A foggy run

Well, I managed to talk myself into running this morning. I've been in a funk lately and haven't worked out much.  As a result, I've been tired and sluggish.  Also, I've been eating much less than optimally, which doesn't help.

I woke up to a cool 64F day, but it was foggy, so very humid.  I ran a slow (12:05min/mile) pace for the first mile then tried fartlek for the second.  The fartlek even included walking some.  The pace graph is interesting.  I averaged 12:10min/mile for the second mile, so walking didn't really slow me down.

I hadn't ever really done a fartlek session before.  It was interesting.  I've always done structured intervals.  I think I'll keep that in my bag-o-tricks.

During the run, I was feeling really grateful for the ability to run.  I am so glad I have my asthma and allergies mostly under control so that I can run.  Also, I was grateful that I found C25K and c25k.com, which started my new fitness obsession.  At least it's a good obsession!  I am sad to see that the c25k.com forums have been down for a long time.  I wonder if they may never be revived.  Whether they are or not, a lot of people have been affected positively by Knoddie's forums.