Not-so-fast-running-blog

Run Workout: Easy pace - (10:52 suggested pace)

• Overall Pace: 10:04
• Splits: 1 mi - 10:53 / 2 mi - 10:22 / 3m - 10:07 / 4 mi - 9:42 / 5 mi - 9:38 / 6 mi - 9:43

Cross Training:

• Body Crush / 10 minute / Anterior & Posterior
• Free Weight Training / 20 minute / Arms & Squats

Workout: Speed (treadmill)

• 12 x 400 / 400 recovery / 8:34 speed & 9:40 recovery

Cross Training:

• Free weights whole body - 30 minutes

Workout: Easy run (treadmill) / 10:20

Cross training:

• Complete Body Crush / 10 minutes
• Total Body Workout / 30 minutes

Workout: Easy run

• Treadmil / 10:02 pace

Cross Training:

• Body Crush Workout / 10 minutes
• Total Body Workout / 25 minutes

Workout: Easy run (suggested pace - 10:52)

• Overall Pace: 10:35
• Splits: 1 mi - 11:11 / 2 mi - 10:27 / 3 mi - 10:17 / 4 mi - 10:17 / 5 mi - 10:00 / 6 mi - 11:22 / 7 mi - 10:45 / 8 mi - 10:33
• All in all, this run felt good. I have not run this distance in over two months so I did not know what to expect. I am out of shape. I lack stamina, speed and the mental drive.
• Today, I went to my school. I closed up my classroom for the year. We have two more weeks of e-learning. I am still sheltering-in-place even though my state has opened up the economy big time. Our COVID-19 numbers and deaths are surging. I just did not want to be at school with the masses of teachers in my building all at once. It was sad to see my classroom empty without the usual fanfare of goodbyes.

Workout: Easy run (suggested pace - 10:52)

• Overall Average Pace - 10:20

Cross Training:

• Total Body Workout - 25 minutes
• Complete Body Crush - 10 minutes

Workout: Easy Pace (suggested pace - 10:52)

• Overall Average Pace: 10:15
• Splits: 1 mi - 11:22 / 2 mi - 10:34 / 3 mi - 10:26 / 4 mi - 9:52 / 5 mi - 9:44 / 6 mi - 9:38

Cross Training

• Total Body Workout / 25 min

Workout: Speed Workout (Treadmill)

• 8 x 800 / 400 recovery / 8:30 / 9:32

Cross Train:

• Complete Body Crush / 10 minutes
• Total Body Workout / 25 minutes

Workout: Tempo run (treadmill)

• Warm-up / 1 mi /11:35
• Tempo / 6 mi / 9:20
• Cool down / 1 mi /10:35

Cross Training:

• Total  Body Conditioning / 25 min

Workout: Easy run (suggested pace - 10:20)

• Overall Average Pace: 10:10
• Splits: 1 mi - 10:46 / 2 mi - 10:09 / 3 mi - 9:54 / 4 mi - 10:31 / 5 mi - 9:03 / 6 mi - 10:15 / 7 mi - 9:30

Cross-Training:

• Total Body Conditioning - 25 min

Workout: Long Run (suggested pace - 10:55)

• Overall Average Pace - 10:15
• I was good for 8 of the 10 miles. The final 2 were arduous and a test of my will. Thank goodness I was far enough away from home that I had no choice but to complete the total distance.
• I am hoping that I am just out of shape and this is not my body's slow decline to old age.

Workout: Easy run (suggested pace - 10:56)

• Overall Average Pace: 10:26

Workout: Easy run (suggested pace - 10:56)

• Treadmill (heavy rain) 
• Overall Average Pace: 10:20

Cross Train:

• Total Body Crush / 10 min
• Total Body Condition / 25 min

Workout: Speed Workout (treadmill)

• Warm-up / 1 mi / 11:20
• 6 x 800 / 8:34 with
• 400 recovery / 9:32
• Cool-down / 1 mi / 10:00

Workout: Easy Run (suggested pace - 10:52)

• Overall Average Pace: 10:47
• Splits: 1 mi - 11:07 / 2 mi - 11:03 / 3 mi - 10:47 / 4 mi - 11:07 / 5 mi - 10:48 / 6 mi -10:18 / 7 mi - 10:32 / 8 mi - 10:32
• I really focused at keeping my paces consistently slow and close to the suggested pace. I feel that I did well. This workout was meant to be a rest for my body so I felt that it was important to stay close to that suggested pace. My body felt relaxed and rested!

Workout: Easy Aerobic (10:52)

• Overall Average Pace: 10:12
• 1 mi - 10:40 / 2 mi - 10:13 / 3 mi - 10:13 / 4 mi - 10:02 / 5 mi - 9:42 / 6 mi - 9:41 / 7 mi - 10:26 / 8.27 mi - 9:34

Long Run: (Suggested Pace - 10:29)

• Overall Average Pace: 10:14
• Splits: 1 mi - 10:52 / 2 mi - 10:37 / 3 mi - 10:01 / 4 mi - 10:15 / 5 mi - 10:04 / 6 mi - 9:58 / 7 mi - 10:11 / 8 mi - 9:49 / 9 mi - 10:07

Workout: Tempo Run

• Warm-up / 1 mi / 11:08
• Tempo / 6 mi / 9:22
• Cool down / 1 mi / 10:15

Cross Training:

• Body Crush - 10 minutes
• Total Body Conditioning - 25 minutes

The state of Indiana is on its Phase 3 of opening the economy. That means gyms are open for business. I continue my workouts from home. Testing is happening at a good pace. It is still taking up to 10 days for results so reporting of cases is not current. Indiana, like most states, has removed data from nursing homes so death rates are somewhat skewed. Few people wear masks in my town and no one understands that social distancing must still be practiced with fidelity.

School ended for the year last Thursday. I felt that my learners and families ended the year satisfied and happy with their online learning experience.

Workout: Easy Pace A (recommended pace 10:56)

• Overall Average Pace: 10:25
• Splits: 1 mi - 11:19 / 2 mi - 10:26 / 3 mi - 10:42 / 4 mi - 10:35 / 5 mi - 10:33 / 6 mi - 9:26 / 7 mi - 10:14

Workout: Speed (treadmill)

• Warm-up / 1 mi / 11:20
• 5 x 1 km / 8:35 by
• 400 recovery / 9:35

This was a difficult workout, but I persisted.

Cross Training:

• Body Crush / 10 minutes
• Total Body Conditioning / 25 minutes

Workout: Long Run (recommended pace 10:29)

• Treadmill / 8 mi / 10:31 / Steady rain
• Outside / 5.25 mi / 10:40 / Intermittent drizzle

This is the first long run that I have attempted since March. Apart from being forced inside for the majority of the run, it went better than I aniticpated. I was never fatigued just bored.

Workout: Easy (recommended pace: 10:52)

Overall Average Pace: 10:31

• 1 mi -11:10 / 2 mi - 10:38 / 3 mi - 10:42 / 4 mi - 10:18 / 5 mi - 10:31 / 6.25 mi - 9:50
• Today felt effortless. I've not felt that way with my running in close to six months. I am hoping that my fitness is returning.

Workout: Easy: Recommended Pace (10:52)

• Overall Average Pace: 10:41
• I'll be the first to admit that running 10:00 minute plus paces is frustrating for me to record, but I know that they serve a purpose both physically and mentally. My fitness level is returning. These easy workouts are easy once again which in turn provide my body and mind a rest. 
• Also, I struggle a great deal with comparison on this running blog. Since we are shelter-at-home, I am taking advantage of the many free learning opportunities. One such opportunity is a Yale University online course entitled the Science of Well-Being. It has been very beneficial. In the course, the instructor talks about how our minds judge relative to reference points. Since bloggers on average are faster than I am, my intuitions mistakenly discourage me from my own runing accomplishments. Savoring, the practice of stepping out of an experience to review and appreciate it, is very beneficial to help with this annoying feature of our minds.