4.8 @ 13:25 pace
Weight 180
Trying to get back into a rhythm after 10 days of no running on trip to Boundary Waters.
Still averaging 3-4 miles a day walking in multiple segments. Creating the be on the move mentality.
I’m a free man after September 30th. Getting my affairs in order after 42 years with the company.
Not sure where the daily mileage limit is. Just about there as it takes time and when you cross a certain threshold it becomes harder to manage other responsibilities.
Suffered a few days getting back to trotting. These paces do not include any walking.
4.6 Starting 8/31 Monday @ 13:42
4.6 @ 13:54
4.6 @ 14:37
4.7 @ 13:32
4.7 @ 12:49
5.0 @ 12:39 pace on bike path.
Well, I have been jogging a month and feel pretty good. I’m not any faster, but I am 8-9 pounds lighter and have started to even out the rough patches. I will not be doing much in a couple days as the BWCA annual excursion begins. Every year I go buy more fishing tackle and realize I already have this stuff. I guess it is the FOMO reaction.
My current trajectory has me gaining a mile a day of running in a months time. So around the end of October I will be near 7 miles in the morning hobby jog. I’ll probably change things up at that time…however I will be retired and my disposition might change from lovable, humble shoe shine boy to hong kong fuey cubed.
5.0 @ 12:25 pace on roads. Felt heavy legs at first, but the run started smoothing out. A benefit of running every day. You pick up on the subtle messages of when to hang in there. I enjoy managing the effort. Years ago when I was able to get higher mileage in without taking so long, you knew if you stayed out there that eventually you could find a hotspot. That’s why I was partly not interested in back to back long runs. I’m already in that mode and I could just bury myself for a week doing that. This is how I account for that. I was always a believer in the collapse point theory. If you average 10 a day for an extended period of time then the number would be 30 miles. If you add the occasional long runs, and either go slow or add walking you extend the number. In marathoning I could only train to 23 miles no matter what I did when racing. The last 3 miles are on you. Same with a 50-mile. If you’re going for time then you have to figure out the last 10 miles yourself. It can get pretty grim out there.
Stand aside! Can’t you see what got the damn ballgame on here?
4.9 @ 12:48 on roads. Again took it as it came…slow and easy. I seemed to have smoothed out in terms of energy output. Go out slow and taper. I think at some point I will have a day where I do a run/walk. I can then mimic a cadence that is appropriate for a longer event (if that ever happens) and it could serve as an easier day if my mileage increases. Honestly, if I did a run/walk now the paces overall would be about the same.
Getting out consistently has been good. I know there is a limit somewhere, but now that I have no ambition of achieving a set pace maybe I could reach a 2 hour hobby jog in the morning. It’s all about mastering the time continuum if you want to do ultras. Don’t be afraid to lean into it and good a good whiff of the jalapeños.
4.9 @ 13:25 on roads mainly. Took it easy purposely.
As I look to the future activities I can see lots of options. Thing is there is only so much good energy a day and I believe jogging helps. However, if you’re a long distance runner there is a tendency to invest too much into it and become someone who has to fake your way through the rest of the day. What’s the boundary?
Maybe I take up napping soon? I’m already at a world beater coffee level. And…loving it.
8/13 - 4.8 @ 12:39 on bike path. Felt good last mile.
8/14 - 4.9 @ 12:14 on bike path. Felt good last mile.
The reason the blog is called how far to the barn is because it is the verbiage we used in college when out on training runs. The barn was the field house. A big building where there was the basketball court, pool, and indoor track amongst other things. Slippery Rock, PA is rural so there were numerous back road runs. Some came within 4 miles from where I lived back home so I knew the area. How far to the barn? Five miles back to the barn…pack a lunch. Which meant someone was about to put the hammer down. Good times.
