Saturday, July 30th

Weather - Sunny, 78 degrees and the humidity was ridiculously high. 

Clothing - Black running shorts (longer, biker style), Short sleeve tech shirt (rockstar),  fuel belt

Nutrition -   Ate a banana before. During the run:  (2) 8 oz powerade, (1) 8oz water

Route -  Went 2 miles down Roberts and 2 miles back.  Parked the car by the Walmart, near Burke Centre Parkway and Roberts.. 

Distance Completed: 4 miles

Time:  Started at 6:30am, took 47 minutes, 21 seconds

J.W., T, and I met at 6:30am to do the 4 miles we had scheduled.  We mixed it up a bit and did a hilly route to get used to running on something other than a flat surface.  Roberts is hilly!

Anything I'd do different?  No.  I have to say that given the extreme heat, this run went as well as could've been expected. While 4 miles doesn't seem like a lot, throw in a hills and heat and I was dying.  I am so looking forward to cooler weather. 

Mid-week runs - ran 5 miles on Tuesday, ran 4 miles on Thursday; both on the treadmill at the gym.  Was happy how I am managing to pick up my pace a little.

Saturday, July 16

Weather - Sunny,  69 degrees (BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!)

Clothing - Black running shorts, Rockstar tech shirt, fuel belt

Nutrition -   Ate a banana before. During the run: didn't drink anything.  Too busy talking!

Route -  Oak Green and Burke Centre Parkway.  Took a right onto Ox and went a total of 2 miles before turning around.

Distance Completed:  4 miles

Time:  Started at 7:30am, took 49 minutes

J.W. and I met to run the 4 miles we had on the schedule.  We knew the weather G-ds would be on our side and decided to sleep in a bit and meet at 7:30am.  WOW, what a difference it makes when humidity is not a factor.  It was a very enjoyable run.

Surprising, no music was played and we talked the whole time.   

Anything I'd do different?  Yes.  My interval timer on the Garmin was completely full and it stopped keeping our time in mid-run.  I just eyeballed the running/walking parts for the remainder.  Need to reset and clear the timer.  

Mid-week runs - Was not able to run either on Tuesday or Thursday this week due to still being in Orlando.  I did run 4 miles on Friday at the gym.  I am still slow, slow, slow.

Sunday, July 3rd

Weather - Sunny, 88 degrees.

Clothing - Black running shorts (shorter ones), cotton shirt (rainbow)
Nutrition -   Nothing before the run.  During the run:  (1) 20 oz bottle of water

Route -  Gym treadmill. 

Distance Completed: 4  miles

Time:  Started at 11:45am, took approx. 48 minutes.

It's a good thing we only had 4 miles to do this week according the schedule.  We all ended up doing our own thing running it when we had the time.  Originally I was going to run with J.W. this morning, but I knew I wouldn't be in any kind of shape to wake-up early and beat the heat.  I am still not feeling a 100% and had a hard time getting back into running, even on the treadmill.  I struggled with this one and did a lot of running fast and walking intervals...not set to any kind of pattern, just what I felt like.  It was hard.  I am very nervous about what is to come.  10.5 miles this Saturday.  OMG!  I will be tracking down a treadmill in Orlando to do it.

Anything I'd do different?  Yes, I should've started this run earlier in the day. And, I should've eaten before heading to the gym.  It was too late in the day to run on an empty stomach.

Mid-week runs - Unfortunately my mid-week runs didn't happen.  Ugh!  Between traveling to Vegas, getting a nasty head cold, and having my body clock all messed up adjusting to the time difference, it was a bad scene this week.  I did walk about 5 miles on Friday, but that does not even come close to missing the 2 mid-week runs completely.