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Week 9 of training and off to a decent start. I only ran twice in week 8, and both were on the treadmill. It was a busy week of high school playoff basketball, so it made for my most inactive week thus far. I needed this start.

Fresh legs prevailed as I ran my first sub-30 min 4 miler in a couple years. Good to know I didn’t lose too much. Today, I got out for a 2.5 mile tempo run. It probably wasn’t the smartest decision to run a tempo on the first time running that particular greenway. I had to run a couple over-land connectors because of flooding. My time slowed from the waits at crosswalks, but the new scene made up for it.

Backend of week 9 recap: This week started out strong and the weekend was more of the same. Thursday’s 2 miles got pushed back to Friday due to rain, and my refusal to get on a treadmill. I ran it with a little bit of tempo, and came in with a pair of near 7 min miles.

Into Saturday, my daughter had a three hour practice, so I ran those 3.25 miles on a greenway near uptown. There were plenty of people out taking advantage of the near perfect running weather. I didn’t go too hard for much of this run, but a solid effort for sure. I tried to leave a little bit in the tank for Sunday’s eight.

Sunday’s run has been the longest run thus far. Haven’t ran 8 miles in forever, so I kept it in cruise control in order to secure a strong finish. Every single mile stayed within 8 mins, give or take a few seconds. It didn’t feel like I was moving at that pace, but I will not complain about the result.

Third run of the week for 6 miles. The combination of events and weather had relegated me to the treadmill for my first two runs of the week, resulting in a small hiatus. Hard to get excited to post about those, but today made up for it. It was 37 degrees out with virtually no wind, so I warmed into a nice groove rather quickly. I stayed in cruised control for the first five and hasten the pace just a hair to finish it off. The greenway was still nasty from this week’s storms and it was flooded out at the bend around mile 4, but what is a run without obstacles, right?

First run of the week😬These rainy days are killing the vibe for a good run. Today it was cloudy all day, but no rain and a perfect 60 degrees. I need more of this. It’s been a few days, but I still felt pretty solid. Took it to the hills for the first time in almost 2 weeks and got a good burn in.

Finally getting back to posting after the recent turn of events and this terrible work schedule I’m now on. I haven’t been as active since the postponement of the race, getting only 4 runs in the last two weeks. It put me in a funk, but I think I’m starting to climb out of it.

Today would’ve been race day, so I made it a purpose to get out and still run 10k. Maybe not as fast as I wanted, but it felt great. Hopefully, I can maintain at least 3 runs a week until I get back into the training window.

First outdoor run in a week, but it finally happened for me. Much needed! 3-mile tempo with the last mile coming in under 7:15, which is about 10 seconds faster than my desired race pace. I thought I’d be a little slower today being that the last few runs have been on the treadmill, but it didn’t effect me much if at all. It feels good to see the sub-8:00/mi splits becoming more of a norm.