Wasted Continuum

My running schedule has been completely destroyed by my work these last few weeks. I may have ran twice in the last three weeks. Today is one of the first days that I was able to leave work at a decent time. I took full advantage of it and ran just over 5K. It felt so good, but I was a bit sluggish. I’m hoping that this week I can get back into my routine.

Instead of doing my usual 5K today, I opted to go with a 30 minute run. I wanted to try something different. Since it was so humid today, I figured that I couldn’t actually do a 5K anyway. Since I have asthma, I don’t like to push myself in these conditions. I felt good after the run. I might do more 30 minute runs so I don’t feel so pressured to run 5K every time.

It was hot today. It’s going to be a steady 80 degree week. The sun was almost at full force. I haven’t ran in a week because I was staying late a bit work last week. So today I was not expecting to run more than a block before quitting and going home. I did end up running 2.5 miles. Definitely shy of my usual 5 kilometers. I actually set my run to 30 minutes instead of a distance. I won’t be able to run the next two nights. That means I have to go Thursday and Friday. I really need to go buy a bike so I can at least do some late night biking to work my legs a little.

Today’s run was not great. It was sunny, hot and humid. Not the best conditions for me to run in. My pace was already slow but with 2 kilometers left, my left ankle gave out a little. I strained it a little bit. Nothing serious like last year, but I had to walk a couple times loosen it up.

The rolling hills of Grand Avenue got to me. After my pitiful run on Monday, I decided to run on Summit Avenue. It’s definitely more level than Grand. I was not getting tired until around 3.5 kilometers. I think I’m going to run Grand only once a week.

For some reason or another, Mother Nature decided that it should be fricking cold today. It rained most of the afternoon and was 46 degrees when I got off work. I decided to run anyway. I definitely have ran in much wetter and colder situations. Today was not that bad. I ran a full 5K and I took my time. I don’t think I should push my time too much until I’m back on a regular run schedule. I hope that it’s this week. At least I’m going to try to stick to my schedule this week.