It's just that simple

Borah track - 29:29

Took the canals to Borah track, where I did 6 x 150m. Hot again today and I was not feeling good. Nutrition/hydration/sleep have been horrible of late.

Neighborhoods + canal banks - 51:11

Warm and breezy out this afternoon. I did not feel good at all, but was going to attempt to do a "one-third" workout: first third of the run super easy, next third of the run moderate and last third up tempo. It wasn't in the cards as I struggled from the start. I need to pick and choose my workout days a little better. First 17 minutes at 7:52/mile, next 17 minutes at 7:21/mile, then 10 minutes at 6:15/mile pace before calling it a day and jogging in a mile. Achilles pretty sore and just sleep deprived in general.

Neighborhoods - 30:52

Easy run in the dark. The next couple of days are going to be super busy, so I'm shooting for 30 min per day until the weekend. Nice evening out tonight.

PMI: Treadmill - 26:22

After work, before dinner plans. Had a short amount of time, so I got a short run in.

PMII: Run to St. Al's - 26:18

Ran to pick up my car at 9:30 p.m. Felt decent actually for several nights of very little sleep.

Ellyptical + treadmill - 40:00

At Gold's at 10 p.m. Super easy pace on the ellyptical (15 minutes) and treadmill (25 minutes).

Canal banks + neighborhoods - 31:36

Too tired for much else tonight. A moral victory to get out. This weekend should be better.

Slow pace tonight - just a shade under 8:00/mile.

City of Trees course - 1:31

Hot afternoon at 2:30 p.m. when I started my run, but not as hot as it was forecasted to be. I did a bit of a workout on the course to preview it for the half marathon in October. I've run most of it before pacing a buddy a couple of years ago. It's a loop course - fairly easy and good to get into a rhythm for sure. The first 6 miles gain about 200 feet over a couple of small climbs, then most of that is lost around mile 9 or 10 down Capital Blvd.

I did a progression run for the first 6 miles (7:30, 7:14, 7:02, 6:42, 6:28 and 6:20), then took a mile moderate (7:22) and then did 2 x mile (6:13 average) and 2 x half mile (3:10 average - I blew up) during the last half of the run. The heat really caught up to me.

My legs were cramping the rest of night. Kind of a sad commentary on my running fitness right now. I can't believe I ran a sub 1:20 half marathon 2 months ago when I was in worse shape. I don't feel like I could do that now.