4 Miles Running on Spring Creek Greenway Trail - 10/6/23

So my Internet is out this afternoon, what better time then to go for a run, right?

Most afternoons I set my Microsoft Teams status to the fact that I'll be out of the office for about 45 minutes and then I'll head to 24 Hour Fitness in Springwoods Village for a 33-minute elliptical workout.

Today, I headed to Dennis Johnston Park and ran on the Spring Creek Greenway Trail. 

I normally walk out here, but the four miles takes me about 23-24 more minutes to walk and besides, I need to run more.  Right, Chuck Engle?

I ran this past Sunday 10:11.7 per mile for a 31:40 5K at Texas 10 Cypress - a season best out of 26 races and the best since a 31:38.47 at the Terry Hershey parkrun 5K on December 11, 2011.

However, running four miles might have been the longest since April of last year, even though I've been close at 5K.  (Even the 6K at Baylor was pretty close.)

For the longest time, I thought there might have been some residual effects of a very mild case of COVID I had in July 2021, but the bottom line was:  it was weight.

Once I started to count calories, and maintain and/or increase some my fitness level, things improved.

I ran from the park towards Interstate 45 and then back.  The miles looked like this:

2:32.62 - 2:41.31 - 2:41.48 - 2:45.82 = 10:41.23

2:43.87 - 2:39.68 - 2:49.40 - 2:39.62 = 10:52.57

2:37.90 - 2:44.47 - 2:45.03 - 2:49.76 = 10:57.16

2:38.64 - 2:48.65 - 2:48.74 - 2:31.67 = 10:47.70

I just need to get out and run more than walk.  Now that I know that I can pretty much without having to stop and walk, which I achieved during Sunday's 5K, my confidence level towards running will continue to improve.

I didn't run the whole way today.  Incredibly, 82 degrees felt more like 92 degrees.

I was pleased.  I'll take it.  Looks like I'm going to run Terry Hershey parkrun 5K in the morning so I can get on down the road to Seguin to see a football game at Texas Lutheran, which will be a new football field for me.