Sunday, September 14th to Saturday, September 20th: 34.3 miles run

I ran 3 times last week:

Sun: 26.2 miles, 4:29:37, slow, hot & humid, 70 to 85F, multiple stops, 10:17 pace
Wed: 3.5 miles, 37:56, easy, 70F, sunny, calm, multiple stops, 10:50 pace
Fri: 4.6 miles, 41:48, easy, 45F, sunny, calm, multiple stops, right knee problem, 9:05 pace

A tough week. Sunday was the Rochester Marathon. More about that in the previous blog entry.

Wednesday, I ran in the Dirt Cheap Trail Race #6. I was 60th out of 123, results here. I placed 7th out of 10 in my age group, age group results here. At the awards ceremony afterward I met a woman, KK, from f-s. She had run the Monster Marathon (a marathon run on trails) in Virgil a month earlier. Other women at her end of the table had run half an Ironman and a full Ironman ... I felt like I had entered the deep end of the women's running pool.

Friday, I tried to run my usual 7 miles. I had to cut it short. I developed a problem with my right knee. I could not raise my leg to take a long stride and was forced to trot/walk because of the pain. Recovering from the marathon is taking longer than I expected ... which is pretty frustrating since that is how I relieve my anxiety and frustration.

Karen is home from Houghton for the weekend. She has a bunch of work due next week but felt the need to be home for the weekend. I have not heard much from Michael since he has been at Ithaca except for a couple of emails and IMs. I am still taking David down to FLCC in the morning. It does give me a chance to talk to him ... when he is not doing his homework on the way there.

Keeping active, Doug