Zombies, Run! Season 2, Mission 31: Hello

45:50 minutes - 2.55 miles - 17:57 min/mile

Yet another long time since the last run. Back when I last posted, I tried getting up at 6 AM to go out and run, but at that time of summer, the sun was coming up over the mountain by 6:30 and I was still getting fried before I finished. I did it a time or two, but soon gave it up. I then tried going out for a walk in the evening after the sun had gone behind the mountain and it had started to cool down, around 7 or 8 PM. That worked, as far as the weather went, but I just couldn't get into the habit. So I soon gave that up, too, and I haven't been exercising much at all these past few months.

This morning, I woke up around 5:15 AM, grabbed my phone to check mail and futz around a bit online, as I do, and then thought, well, since I'm awake, why not get up and run/walk? I got started a little after 6 AM and the sun had just come over the mountain by the time I finished, but hadn't quite started getting hot yet. It's late enough in the summer that the sun is rising a bit later, and it looks like I'll be able to start running at 6 AM and finish before the heat sets in. So I hope to keep this up now, getting a morning run in at least three times a week. There is going to be a Zombies, Run! Virtual Race for Halloween that I may sign up for, that would give me something to work towards.

Anyway, for this run, since I hadn't done any exercising in a while, I decided to just run during the zombie chases and walk the rest of the time. There were three chases, at 4, 19, and 40 minutes. I evaded them all, though the first one had me huffing and puffing—I hadn't really warmed up yet. The others were easier. My splits were 17:41, 17:56, and 17:38. (Which is weird, since all three splits are less than my overall time, how does that work?)

It felt pretty good to get out there again. I am wondering if I could get myself into  the habit of taking a siesta during the hottest time of the day, say from 3 PM to 6 PM. Then I could stay up later and get up early to run, and still get enough sleep. Hm.