Trust The Process

I have been off the blog and not running since July 3rd due to the birth of my son Russell on July 4th.  Being awake for almost 36 straight hours and being on my feet during most of the 14 hours that my wife was in labor really caused my ankle to flare up.  due to this and being very busy learing how to take care of a newborn, i took some time off from running.

Today was my return to work and was also the start of my 18 week training program for the philly marathon in Novemnber.  i was scheduled to run 8 miles with 4 tempo miles in the middle, but my body was not up for starting my day at 5am.  i decided to take a long lunch break and was able to get in 6 miles including 4 tempo miles (treadmill 1.5 incline).  i ran 1 warm up mile at 9:00 pace, followed by 4 miles @ 6:45 pace, and finished with a cool down mile at 9:30 pace.

This workout was very hard for me today due to the time off and lack of sleep but i was happy to fight through it.  at some point soon, i will need to get up early for my workouts.  hoping my body will cooperate.

I ran outside after work.  at 6:30pm, it was 96 degrees and humid so i took it easy.  avg pace was 9:02.  

When i was out on the run, a shipment came to the house with some running supplies i had ordered, including sme compression socks.  i wore the socks for the rest of the evening and will try running in them later in the week.

9 general aerobic paced miles outside this morning along the banks.  It was very difficult for me to get up this morning as the baby woke us up three times in the middle of the night.  I also forgot to eat a banana before my run.  Overall, the run was a bit of a struggle this morning.  Avg pace was 8:17. 

I tried running in the knee high compression socks I recently purchased.  I got a couple nasty blisters from them and one of my toes was bloody when I took them off after the run.  At lease my calves and ankles felt good afterwards.

um long run Saturday afternoon outside along the banks.  The run felt pretty good as the temperature outside was cooler than it has been lately.  Avg pace was 8:18.

I am looking into entering a few races before the half marathon in September.  I found a 15k on Aug 18 and may do a 5k on Sept 1.