Chad's Runs

4:20 start again this morning.  These crazy early runs are becoming a bad habit, (insert sarcasm here) I need to sleep in another 40 minutes.  I got out of be all right but I tried hard to talk myself out of this run for the next 20 minutes.  I didn't want to do it.  I got out and did it at a slow 9 minute pace and didn't ever really enjoy it.  It was a beautiful morning too.  48 degrees, bright moon overhead, clear skies.  The river was absolute glass reflecting lights from the other side.  I still wanted to be in bed.

Slept in and ran at 5:10 instead of 4:20.  1.5 mile warm up, 4 0.5 mile repeats and 0.5 cool down.  Repeat times:  3:31, 3:29, 3:53(the Garmin robbed me), 3:29.  I was running with the virtual partner and was a comfortable distance ahead of pace when I referred to my watch and was suddenly an insurmountable distance behind pace.  It must have robbed me of some distance because by effort that 3rd repeat was the fastest.  I wore a long sleeve shirt this morning and it felt great.  I love this weather, however, I don't like that it represents the impending winter.  I have never done a lot of winter running.  If I'm going to keep up these miles and increasing them little by little I'll need some more winter gear and fix my tread mill. 

5 miles at 5am on the JRP.  I don't know the average pace because my Garmin hic-upped again.  Only this time it gave me distance instead of taking it away.  The first mile was a "faster than expected 9:10."  Foul play was confirmed when the Garmin read 2.58 at the normal 2.50 mile mark.  The last mile I was running at or around 8:00.  Suddenly the mile ended several hundred yards short and the mile time read 7:02.  No chance did I run it that fast.  I hope this thing gets better so I don't have to buy a new one.

On another note I actually saw runners this morning, two of them.  It was a little weird. 

Rest day, no running.  Spin class, 1 hour swim, total body work out, p90x plyo, yoga, jujitsu, zumba, and sweatin' to the oldies.  I feel very rested.

9 miles on the JRP.  This was a lot easier than the 8 miler last week.  It felt good.  They are opening up the road going over the trail just south of the golf course tomorrow.  The trail doesn't seem to be ready though.  It was still blocked and not yet paved.  It doesn't look like it will be too long though.  I ran through it and it was nice and graded.  There was even a couple people fishing under the bridge.  They looked it but I don't think they were vagrants.