Struggling but Empowered

I got up at my usual time, but everything since then has taken greater effort. I did the figure 8 extra plus doing 8.88 in 2:04:49 for a pedestrian 14:02 minute per mile walking pace and an elevation gain of 155 feet with an average pulse of 111 bpm at a temperature of 35 degrees at 64 percent humidity, yet somehow it was flurrying at the end of the workout. Looking to Him! God Bless!

Couldn’t Put the Plow Up

I decided to leave the figure 8 extra plus loop for Friday since it is done close by my house and is slightly shorter than the other loops. I got out a little early, but it didn’t matter.  My pace was slow— I just lacked the firepower to pick my pace up. I was glad to complete five different workouts on five different loops.  I think I will do the same next week. Here are the stats 8.69 in 2:00:22 for a 13:50 minute per mile pace with an elevation gain of 157 feet with an average pulse of 119 bpm at a temp of 33 degrees with humidity at 59 percent.  Looking forward to snow tomorrow— have a blessed day! 

Status Quo

I got up at my usual time and got out slightly earlier thanks to things just going smoothly.  I went on the Randall Loop doing 9.39 miles in 2:00:26 for a 12:49 minute per mile walking pace with an elevation gain of 155 feet with an average heartrate of 119 bpm at a temperature of 36 degrees at 60 percent humidity.  It was a quiet morning and things just flowed together well. The work commute went well. Have a blessed day!

Mild and Drizzly

I got up earlier today, but it didn’t put me ahead.  If I didn’t get up early I probably would have been behind so that’s the bright side of things.  Day 3 of my week of different courses brought me to the Ridge Road Loop.  I had to cheat by jogging some as my walking pace was slow. Here are the stats- 9.01 in 1:59:42 for a 13:17 minute per mile pace with an elevation gain of 139 feet with an average heartrate of 142 bpm.  The temp was a balmy 48 degrees with a humidity of 73 percent. I am blessed and am grateful for answered prayer. God bless you in Jesus name!

Day 2

This week I am trying to do a different route each day to help me prevent boredom.  Today I had to run a bit at the end to stay within my timeframe.  I did the Medford,
Randall, Woodlot loop doing 9.2 in 2:01:09 for a 13:09 minute per mile pace with an elevation gain of 192 feet with an average pulse of 118 bpm at a mild temp of 49 degrees at 78 percent humidity all this with a cool southern breeze blowing.  I felt fairly focused today.  I didn’t have quite the power in my stride today, but it was sufficient.  Looking for great things from the Lord. Jesus is the reason for the season.

Rise and Shine

I had a restful weekend for the most part.  I slept decent for most of the night, but had one section where my mind was very worried.  Thankfully, I took time to pray for others and myself and sure enough I fell back to sleep— praise God.  My goal this week is to do a different route each day.  Let’s see how it goes:)! Today I did the standard which is the Scenic Hills, Niewood, Medford Loop doing 9.07 in 1:57:46 for a 12:59 minute per mile walking pace with no running at all with an elevation gain of 311 feet with an average heartrate of 120 bpm at a temp of 29 degrees and 100 💯 percent humidity.  My wife and I got a nice tree from a local nursery.  The price and service were right which made the experience a good one. My wife and I had the tree decorated in no time. Time to go! God Bless You!

Friday on Fumes

I woke up after a sound night’s sleep.  I had a not so good feeling as I had a blowup last night with my wife and said some things that I shouldn’t have said—

things that I knew hurt her.  I apologized, but yet I know that it broke her spirit.  The workout this morning was the Ridge Loop.  I did 9.2 miles in 1:57:05 for a 12:43 minute per mile pace with a 117 foot elevation gain with an average heartrate of 122 bpm at a temp of 46 degrees at 95 percent humidity.  I had to bring intersperse jogging with walking as my pace was off.  Looking forward to the weekend. God Bless!