I went to Griggs Reservoir by myself after work today to get back into the routine of walking in the middle of the week. I’m planning to enter a half marathon in August and that means my training needs to start pretty soon (I also need to do hills).

The temps were in the mid-80s and it felt hot. When I get more acclimated, the mid-80s will not be bad at all, but right now, it made me feel very slow.

In fact, I was somewhat slow and I couldn’t get my HR over 142. That’s a sign I wasn’t moving much. The first mile was 14:46, then I got a little faster at 14:16, 14:23 and 14:20. Not nearly as fast as I’ve been during our group walks on Saturday mornings.

So, four days in a row I’ve been walking or jogging. Feeling pretty good.

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