Good or Bad Run?

I'm not exactly sure how to interpret todays run. The schedule called for 5 minute warm up, 20 minute run, and 5 minute cool down. I started the day tired, because I got off duty from my part-time job at 6am. By the time I got home, picked-up Taylor, and got back to the house it was 9am. It's July in Houston, so naturally, the temperature was already in the 90's.

The 5-minute warm-up felt good. I even felt fine as I started running, but at the 6 minute point I blew up! I was too hot to continue. I checked my pulse rate and it was in the 160's. I rested for a couple minutes, then set my watch for 7 cycles of; run 2-minutes, walk 1-minute.

I felt fine from that point on. The total running time was 20 minutes. I still logged the entire 7 cycles as a run, because the pace was under 14:00/mile. That has always been my mark... anything less than 14:00/mile is a run (because I can't walk that fast) and everything above 18:00/mile isn't even logged was exercise. These numbers will differ for every person, but these are the parameters I'm using.

While I'm glad I finished the run, I'm disappointed I didn't run continuous for 20 minutes. I'll try again tomorrow on the treadmill.

Drove all the way to Clear Lake to retrieve my wallet at Sun and Ski. That sure was a long drive. On the way home I stopped by Performance Bikes and had them make sure everything looked good, since I've rode ~750 miles since I bought the bike. I typically do all the maintenance myself, so I was happy when the mechanic said the bike checked out really good. All he did was tighten the brake cables a little.

Good luck to those bad asses running the Badwater 135. I read online that the temperature was in the 120's in Stovepipe.

Walk:
0.71 mile
12:06
17.03 pace

Run:
1.99 mile
27:00
13:34 pace

Also bought a cool new shirt today..... "Cranky Old Guys Rule"