Start time: 4/30/03, 8:00am
Location: Local neighborhood
Activity: Running
Distance: 2.5 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 3:2
Average pace: 13:30min/mile

Oof. Been a loooooong time since I did a weekday run in the morning. This is a habit I need to get back into. Unfortunately I found it hard to fall asleep earlier last night and so I was pretty beat before I even started this morning. My pace definitely dropped a bit in the second loop, where I ended up walking a tiny bit more because I was feeling so ragged. Still, a good overall pace.

Start time: 4/27/03, 6:20pm
Location: Local neighborhood
Activity: Running
Distance: 3.25 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 3:2
Average pace: 13:30min/mile

I was working my once-a-month shift at Big Planet today, and after writing a review and getting home I discovered the 3 1/2″ disk I’d saved it to was corrupted. So clearly, I had to go back before someone emptied the computer’s recycle bin. But it’s not that far away—less than two miles—and I started thinking, “Why don’t I jog over there since we cancelled our Saturday run because of rain?” And the next thing I knew, that’s exactly what I was doing. Now I admittedly stopped halfway through because once I got to the store I got three or four minutes of rest while I retransferred the file, but I’m still really happy with my pace. I rounded down what the distance seems to be thanks to my odometer (MapQuest totally lied and said my route was 4.4 miles round trip, which is ludicrous), and after last week’s disastrous running loop, this is a distinct improvement.

Start time: 4/19/03, 9:45am
Location: W&OD Trail
Activity: Running
Distance: 4 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 3:2

It ended up being just Julie and myself (everyone else was injured, alas) but we had a nice run through some brisk weather. The sun never came out, but the breeze sure felt good by the end. That long-sleeve shirt was perhaps not the smartest of things to do! We didn’t move that fast, but it was good to just move again.

Start time: 4/16/03, 6:15pm
Location: Local neighborhood
Activity: Running
Distance: 2.5 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 3:2
Average pace: 14:30min/mile

“Holy crap!” That’s all that was going through my head by the time I finished today’s little run. It’s been, um, a while since I’ve pounded the pavement. I have no real good excuses for the vast majority of my avoidance of doing so. So this was gonna hurt, that much was certain.

Let’s just put it this way. I don’t remember being this wiped out from a mid-week run in a looooong time. Ugh. Looking down at the gut, I can see why. Time to stop being such a lardass. Ah well, better get the pain in now instead of Saturday, which would be far worse if I didn’t start moving today!