A Penguin in the Orchard

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Runkeeper activity.

Started off well, but quit at roughly the 17:00 mark. No physical reason, just mental. And, no real explanation.

Big Thing(s): 1) Humidity in the low 90% range. 2) 17:00. Not sure what that’s about, but it’s the first mental wall. If I can get to 20:00, I’m good to go. Making it past 17:00 has been hard.

Little Thing(s): 1) Some tightness in the left thigh. DIdn’t really affect the run, but I noticed it almost from the start. 2) Felt the mental shift on Sycamore just before turning onto Lakeside.

Runkeeper tracking here.

I’m moving the run log from the old format at steidler.net, and combining the narrative I’ve been posting in Runkeeper. That’s in an effort to keep everything in one place.

There probably won’t be a lot of startling insight here. I’m just a 50-year-old man who came back to running after a 26-year hiatus filled with cigarettes, fatty foods and sedentary jobs. But, I do want to capture the runs and the thoughts of any other runners who might venture or stumble this way.

This was another good run day, though not as easy and freewheeling as the Saturday run. I had to work a little harder at it. The heat (83 F, 83 RF, 65% humidity) was a factor. I’m finding out this year that I’m less tolerant to the heat than I assumed. Overall, though, I found a reasonable stride early on and was able to maintain a pretty consistent pace throughout. My target pace is 9:20. I stayed in that ballpark for the full run, finishing at 9:16.

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