'Gonna Be A Great Summer

This will probably get obnoxious before the end of baseball season ... but I am gonna ride this hot streak this summer as long as possible ...

The Kansas City Royals are in FIRST PLACE!!!

Some of you gals show pics of your dresses and clothes and new hair cuts, but I have no fashion sense and I cut my own hair (Don't laugh, I'm not joking)  So here is something I think is cool.  I mentioned last post that we have over 300 autographed baseballs, here are 100 of them.  I used to be really into sports memorabilia, and still really enjoy it, but it takes a lot of time and is pretty expensive, so I've slowed down a little over the years.  But I've got a pretty cool collection.  (I'm actually more proud of the frames I made for these jerseys and the balls than the stuff in them - ha.)

Baseball geek in my basement - if you come visit I'll give you a guided tour.

Anyway, back to running - I had a fairly good run this morning, again, all things considered.  I know I keep reporting "all things considered", but we just can't get a consistent run of warm weather, and I feel like all my times are a little slower because of the cool temps.  This morning it was 34 degrees, with mist and 91% humidity, 13 mph West wind.  But overall  my Tempo Run was decent.  Here are the splits ...

Mile 1 - Warm up
Mile 2 - Warm up
       Mile 3 - 7:25
       Mile 4 - 6:57
       Mile 5 - 6:56
       Mile 6 - 6:46
       Mile 7 - 6:43
       Mile 8 - 6:46
       Mile 9 - 6:41
Mile 10 - Cool down

I warmed up with two lite miles and then stopped completely for about 6 minutes, milling & stretching, and then stood still in one spot for about a minute, simulating the corral at the start of a race.  After that, I tried to gradually ramp up with actual race splits for my half-marathon coming up in three weeks.

It took me a little while to feel like I was running smoothly, mostly because I did hills on Tuesday and my legs were still a little fried.  And I reaffirmed that I need a couple of more miles to get loose before and during a race.  I don't think I could have gone another 6 miles at that pace this morning.  But on the bright side, I felt good overall about the times since I ran them on the road and not around a track.  The course I ran this morning wasn't tough at all, but it had some rolling elevation that made me focus on pace and heart rate.

I felt decent about the run, but I still have a long way to go before my half-marathon in a few weeks.  I don't feel at all like I'm where I need to be, but I don't know that I've had a realistic snap-shot of it recently either. Hope your week is going well!
... be great today!