Fast Running Soldier

Finally was able to get back to the gym. We were on a mission for a couple of days to help out in another AO. It was pretty awesome. 61 mortar rounds, 1 javelin rocket, 1 F-16 gunrun, and a bunch of machine gun and M4 rounds. We got some bad guys too, which makes it even better. And best of all, my platoon had no casualties!

I was feeling like I was going to do a slower run today, around 8:00pace. But I was feeling pretty good. My splits were:

8:10   7:53   7:30   7:30   6:22   6:22   7:30 (last .2 of a mile)

I felt pretty good about running a 12:44 on my last two miles, especially after running 4. PT test will be good when we get back to Italy...November can't come any sooner!

Today was a slower run, ran about an 8:00 pace. A bit of a recovery from yesterday's run. I was feeling tired, so it was good.

Well, got after it again today. I was feeling a little dead in the legs still, but not too much. I kept it at an 8:00 pace for the length of the run except the last 1.2 miles. At that point I was feeling pretty good, so I went down to a 7:41 pace. Things are feeling good though. When I get back to Italy, I should be exactly where I want to be.

Today's run was good. I was feeling some good energy today, most likely for taking it easy the past two days. I warmed up the first 1.5 miles at slightly faster than an 8:00 pace. Then ran the rest of the run at a 7:30 pace and felt pretty good. I also set the treadmill to do a Random Hill workout. My body is feeling pretty good, should hit about 40 miles this week.

Wow, I felt really tired today. This is the most miles I have run in one week for a while. I should be able to keep this up through the rest of the deployment. Gotta get used to the mileage now, so I can pick it up when I get back to Italy and get ready for that Marathon!

Got it, hit my 40 miles for the week. Today's longer run was at a slower pace. An average of about 8:27, however the last mile was just under 8:00. I felt pretty good.