Time of Day: 6:15 AM Weather: 81*, 88% humidity, heat indes of 87* (undoubtedly even hotter an hour into this run) Duration:  1 hour 53 minutes 47 seconds Distance: 13 miles Average Pace: 8:46/mile Notes: I did my long run yesterday, but ran out of time to blog about it.  But I did it, oh yes I did, because I [...]

Time of Day: 6:10 AM Weather: 81*, 83% humidity, heat index of 86* Duration:  1 hour 51 minutes 31 seconds Distance: 13 miles Average Pace: 8:35/mile Notes: Does your run ever make you too tired to blog about it?  I just got up from an attempt to nap and I’m a little fuzzy.  “Attempt” because I never fell completely asleep, [...]

Time of Day: 6:10 AM Weather: 77*, 95% humidity, cloudy Duration:  1 hour 43 minutes 02 seconds Distance: 12 miles Average Pace: 8:35/mile Notes: Thanks for your sympathy yesterday.  I am currently too angry to email the race director and I’m hoping that enough people have complained that the committee will decide against a lottery next year.  I think I’m [...]

Time of Day: 6:00 AM Weather: 80*, 84% humidity Duration:  1 hour 33 minutes 32 seconds Distance: 11 miles Average Pace: 8:30/mile Notes: Today I added a mile onto my “long run” that I am trying to slowly build up.  Milo woke me up at 5:30, so I got an early start.  He wakes me up every morning, but sometimes [...]

…But not at the same time or even within the same 24-hour period because that usually goes poorly.  Here’s the thing: lately I’ve felt unmotivated with the blog.  I used to churn out two posts a day with a well-described run (complete with data! Where are you, Garmin!?) and a carefully crafted meal.  Those were the days of [...]