3.75 miles after work

I am back to shorter runs after I work.  Even though I work pretty close to home (half an hour) I just can't seem to get longer runs in after work.  I think part of it is just being tired from working all day.  I really do enjoy getting out and doing something different from my work.  Running helps clear my mind, solve issues, and destress.  It is the motivating myself to come home, deal with the animals, check mail, then suit up and get outside that is hard.  Once I am out there, it is easy and I enjoy it.  It is getting out there that is hard.

I ran 3.75 miles today and kept an 11:47 pace, very similar to last run's pace.  If I can just keep this pace up for a longer time, or speed up some on the shorter runs, I would feel like I was making progress.  Of course, when I look at what I was doing a year ago, I have definitely made progress.  I downloaded a spreadsheet created by David Hays that I adapted to my use.  He has an incredible amount of information that you can track, but I started small and just created a spreadsheet that tracks my races.


Here is the link to his spreadsheet: David Hays spreadsheet