running

9 min miles. Pretty comfortable.

8:50 average. Legs feeling much better now. Really took two weeks to completely recover from the half.

Lots of  other things on adgenda today.  4 miles at 8:08 pace.

Ran with a group for the first time in years, since collage.   I have off and on done a couple of miles with some groups when our paths accidently cross but this is the first time I showed up at the start of a run with the intention of running together.  It was an okay change of pace for me.  I didn't have any trouble hanging on to the pace, average was around 9 with a couple of 8:30s.  Not sure how it fits into my training.  Not sure right now how my training fits into anything.  I think I am trying to shorten the distance and drop the pace some.  Then add back more distance.

4 miles at 8:05 per mile.

Average 8:44.  One in the middle at 8:06.  I cannot run 9 and 10 min miles every day and then show up and expect to race 8 min miles.  Over the next few months I am gonna work on getting that pace down and worry less about overall distance.  Working on getting this old body to go faster without getting hurt.  When I was younger I had plenty of speed and my only training for distance events was to run about 2/3 of the distance at a slow pace and then just show up and run fast.  30 years later that strategy does not work at all.

5 on the treadmill. 4 at 8:00 average. No more work weekends for a whole. Should make running more consistent again.

8:50 average. Legs a bit tired from yesterday.

8:45 average. I have been running pretty well, increasing milage and doing some faster stuff since June. I am puzzled that I don't seem faster.

50 but windy. Wish I had worn more than shorts and a tee shirt. Why when it's windy is it always a headwind. No matter which direction I run the wind is always blowing toward me. 8:35 average. Want to keep pushing that average down without making these hard runs.

Went with the group again. Was challenging. Ave was 8:50, but first two were slow last 4 at 8:30. Better workout than I would have done on my own.

Ran with the group again. It's like a who's who of the local masters women. It is not easy to hang on their pace the whole way. They chat and gossip, laughing and carrying on like they are in a Starbucks over a cup of coffee. I am gasping for air the whole way. Can sometimes grunt out a "no it's good" when they ask if the pace is too fast.

8:47 average. Legs a little tired.

8:51 average. Pretty flat today. I am not sure why but I seem less fit than I did earlier in the summer. In late June I ran a 5k that I was pretty happy with. Feels like I have gotten slower since then. Will see tomorrow, running a hilly 9 miler. Not expecting much. Ran the course last weekend in 8:50 average. Guess that is what I am shooting for tomorrow.

Thrilled with my time on a hilly windy course. This is the kind of run I expected in the half. Last mile in 8:30. That's all I had left. Didn't even place in my age group. There are a lot of "fast" over 50 year olds that live in the area.

Slow. Just couldn't find a comfortable pace.