06 January 2015

The weather, this morning, was cool but, as noon approached, was warming. There may have been a cloud in the bright blue sky, but I don’t recall seeing one. When I left home (currently, located in the Texas Hill Country) for today’s mid-week run, the temperature had already risen to 58°F, and there was no breeze.

Endurance Running – Week 8 of 13 Weeks, Day 2 of 4 Days

Right after I started the WU (warm up) for today’s training session, I realized that my legs (and hips) were still tired; but, by that time, I was already down the road and thought that, after the WU, my muscles might settle into an easy running pace and, hopefully, a reduced running effort–it didn’t work out that way, though. The silver lining is that my muscles are not sore.

During the entire run today, I had to concentrate on keeping my cadence at 180 spm or higher. I wasn’t able to just enjoy running today; the run required mental and physical effort. But, tomorrow is a rest day—Janet and I are meeting RV friends in Fredericksburg, TX, to be tourists and do touristy things–and I’m planning for Thursday’s (08 Jan 2015) running session (4 mi) to be run at a true easy pace (~11:00/mi, if I can force myself to run that slow)–I may, even, walk the steep hill, just to keep the overall effort lower.

Happy Running!!!