Use it or Lose it

Morning run to Capital & back.  (4.6 miles) 

Have not been very motivated to do any speedwork - I think the heat has sucked a lot of the motivation out of me!  (Also, I normally do speedwork on the TM, but have had ZERO inclination to get on my TM lately since running outside is so much nicer - even if it does feel like an oven!!)  Anyhow, I started out this morning just planning to get the miles done, but then about a mile from home I decided to try to finish the run under 50 minutes.  I had to really hustle to do that, and made it by 3 seconds.  So, I'm going to count that 1 mile as fast!

On the good news front, the sciatica pain seems to be staying away - I hope it continues that way! 

21:57/28:00/59:57 (7:30 am & HOT!)

I got a 2fer today!  Evening run with Evy to City Creek gate and back = 3 more miles, and it was much much cooler out this evening!  :)

Ran 2 miles at the flat soccer field track (one mile at 9:20, which is not super speedy, but not slow either).  Then ran 3 more miles to City Creek and back. (Finished my run at 9:30 am; it was pretty hot by then - I really need to get out much earlier when it is cooler!)

Ran 2 miles at the soccer field track (AP 10:02), decided it was too hot (86 with the sun blazing away), so I came home to my trusty treadmill that I haven't been on in over two months.  Ran 4 more miles (AP 10:20), then finished with one more very slow mile that was punctuated with several interruptions.  I kind of had a mental block at getting back on my treadmill after so long, but it went fine, and it was super nice not running under the relentless sun!