Mon - 9/29 - 1.5 miles

Easy shakeout run in the field. Two laps. 9:27 pace. Six straight days of running and a positive strep test this morning has left me tired.

Week Total - 20.5 miles

It's been awhile since I've even bothered to total the weeks, it's been that bad. After a slow start to the week, it picked up. Six consecutive days running, a 'long' run of 6.3, a quick one lap at Regional, a a few more decent miles thrown in.

Sun - 9/28 - 6.3 miles

Ingleside to City Park, two laps around CC course and back to Ingleside. 8:55ish pace. CC laps were 8:44 pace.

Sat - 9/27 - 3.5 miles

Very easy 3.5 miles from Library to Veterans Park and back. 9 minute pace.

Fri - 9/26 - 3.5 miles

Plan for today was to run three. I was feeling decent so I decided to do a local 5k route (Angie Grubb 5k) and run slightly uncomfortable. After a 4/10 mile warm-up, I started a little too fast - 7:10 pace for the first 2/10. I backed off considerably and went through mile one about 8 minutes. 8:03 for mile two (a couple of hills) then 7:31 for mile three. Finished in 24:18 for a 7:50 pace. Not bad.

Thurs - 9/25 - 3.0 miles

Easy three while Luke was at soccer.

Wed - 9/24 - 2.2 miles

Regional Park. I took off hoping to do two laps; first one fast, then second easy. Mile one was a 7:56, my fastest, yet. But my second mile was slower than previous fast outing and my last 2/10 was a second slower. Overall, pretty much the same as Aug 27th run. Not exactly what I would hope for, but at least not slower. 20:40 for a 9:24 pace.

Tues - 9/23 - 2.0 miles

City Park and Jr High while Luke had soccer.

Sun - 9/21 - 1.5 miles

Around the field.

Fri - 9/19 - 3.9 miles

Easy 3.9 miles at Regional. The legs felt very heavy and slow, possibly due to the quicker running I've done this week (I'm not used to it). But I was light this morning, 196.2 lbs. The pace ended up being faster than what it felt.

Thurs - 9/18 - 3.1 miles

Six tenths of a mile warm-up, two mile middle school cc path in 14:58, and a half mile cool-down.

Tues - 9/16 - 3.0 miles

Three miles around city park and junior high while Luke had soccer. 8:08 first, 7:59 second, and 7:52 third for an 8 minute pace. Fastest easy run, yet.

Sun - 9/14 - 2.5 miles

A mile and a half warm-up on my field loop. Then two half mile repeats in 3:31 (7:02) and 3:26 (6:52).

Sat - 9/13 - 6.4 miles

I had a massage in Chatt today so I stopped by Enterprise before coming home. I haven't been on the trail since Still Hollow in early August. I knew I was running decent because my first mile was under a 10 minute pace (first time this year on that trail). As I hit the next 3 miles my pace crept up around 11 minutes and past, 11:22, I think. But I picked up the pace on the last 1.5 miles or so and finished with a 10:51 pace. I didn't know it at the time, but my quickest pace (minus race), late July, had been 11:25 for my Still Hollow recon. My race had only been a 10:37. My last 8/10 was an 8:18 pace, compared with 8:59 in July. So despite some rather puny weeks of running, there has been some noticeable improvement, much like last year. Speaking of, I didn't break 11 minute pace at Enterprise last year until Sept. 19.

Thurs - 9/11 - 3.1 miles

Ran today while Luke had soccer. After a few minutes, I felt like I would be happy if I ran a mile and a half. But I kept going (laps around City Park). Progressive run. Mile one = 8:29. Mile two = 8:19. Mile three = 8:01. Finished with another tenth and an 8:15 pace, matching my best pace from last Thurs, but today was a continuous run.

Wed - 9/10 - 4.4 miles

Regional. Two laps. It started out well, about 9 mins for the first mile, but then I slowed considerably. Almost stopped after one lap, but kept going. I've been fighting an infection for the last week or so, and I felt like I'd been sick.

Sun - 9/7 - 1.5 miles

After a week where my depression took center stage and a weekend trip to Murphy, NC, today saw a short run around the field. My nephew invited his running 'crew' to come run.

Thurs - 9/4 - 4.0 miles

Four miles while Luke was at soccer. I usually run a bit, stop and watch Luke, then run some more. Today was 1.6 miles, 1.1, and 1.3 miles stretches. Combined time of 33 minutes for a quickest pace this year of 8:15/mile.