Notes
--- First run since Feb. 3 and just my 10th this year. Dry-heaved four times, stopped twice and still didn't break 8:00-minute pace. Haven't broken 8:00-minute pace for a 3.00-plus mile run since Oct. 7, 2011 (12 runs in between).---
After picking up my new glasses, I drove out to a park on College near Navajo. I found it on RunningAhead earlier in the day and decided to give it a whirl. It was similar to the park near my house (Rancho Canyon Park) that has a 0.25-mile cement loop. The new one was about 0.30, maybe 0.31. The best part about it was that it was flat, while Rancho Canyon Park is more of a rolling hill loop. The new one can also be run as a figure eight.
Anyway, I guess I was excited to just be running again because I was going way too fast in the beginning. I hit ½-mile around 3:48 and came through the mile at 7:43. That was way too fast considering my shape and weight. I slowed down a bit after covering the last two in 8:09 and 8:11. That’s more my style for the time being. I ran the first 1.89 miles or so around the park, then ran on some neighboring streets for a bit, then came back to run one more loop.
I was pretty happy with it, since it was my first run since Feb. 3 and just my 10th this year. I dry-heaved four times, stopped twice and still didn’t break 8:00 pace. And I really tried that last half-mile, but just couldn’t pull it off. The two dry-heaves at the end certainly didn’t help.
I was breathing pretty hard the whole run, but my legs felt decent. I plan on running tomorrow, but we’ll see how I feel. I weighed in at 186.6 this morning, well below my Jan. 2 weight of 194.2, but still a long way to get to 165 by July 1. Losing just under eight pounds is nice considering I’ve hardly run, but I’ve got to get going.
Song: Rag Doll (Aerosmith)
Stops: 2 (1.43 - pussy & 2.39 - pussy)
Dry-Heaves: 4 (1.41, 2.30, 2.98, 3.00)
Past April 4th’s
2012 - 3.00 mi. in 24:04 (8:01 pace) at 5:23 p.m. in San Diego (Allied Gardens: Random); AHR: 178/MHR: 198; Weight - 191.4
2011 - 3.41 mi. in 27:01 (7:56 pace) at 7:40 p.m. in San Diego (Mission Gorge: Pussy Riverdale); AHR: N/A/MHR: N/A; Weight - 186.6
2010 - Did not run
2009 - Did not run
2008 - Did not run
2007 - Did not run
2006 - Did not run
2005 - Did not run
2004 - Did not run
2003 - 10.00 mi. in 1:09:12 (6:55 pace) (w/ Alex & Blew) at 4 p.m. in Brockport (Outside/Inside)
2002 - 7.75 mi. in 56:57 (7:21 pace) at 5 p.m. in Brockport (Random)
2001 - N/A
2000 - N/A