Sunday, 9/19/10 to Saturday, 9/25/10

I ran 4 times this week, 28.8 miles.

Sun, 9/19: 7.7 miles, 65:02, 8:26 pace, 56F, cloudy, damp, 1 stop for hydration, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for Run to Wildmere Drive and back

I headed out around 9:30AM for a nice, easy run. I headed up Seneca to Titus to Cooper to St Paul. I turned around at Wildmere and headed back down St Paul, side trip on Winona, back to Ridge and home. It wasn't the best run. My left edge of my left foot hurt ... probably due to the old shoes. Oh well!

After a bit, CJ and I headed down to the Palmyra VFW for my father's 85th birthday party. We rented a van and 'sprang' him out of the nursing home for a bit. Afterward, my brother, sister, CJ and I went to Parker's Restaurant in Newark for a bite to eat and to catch up. A good time was had by all!

Mon, 9/20: Rest day.

After a day of work, CJ and I just relaxed ... a good time was had by all :-). The network shows are starting up, we watched Chuck and Castle. Thank goodness, we have a DVR plus you can watch shows on the internet!

Tue, 9/21: 6.1 miles, 51:22, 8:26 pace, FF Cobbs Hill run, 78F, sunny, calm, 1 stop for hydration, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for FF Cobbs Hill run, 3 Y's

CJ and I headed down to Fleet Feet for the usual Cobbs Hill run. It was the last day of summer and fittingly it was warm: 78F, sunny but not humid. I ran up in an easy pace and did 3 Y's. CJ went to the Fleet Feet Walking Program.

After a stop to Wegmans for some supplies, we had our usual pasta dinner. We watched our usual Tuesday shows: NCIS and NCIS:LA off the DVR.

Wed, 9/22: Rest night. Just your old fashioned left-over dinner.

Thu, 9/23: 10 miles, 1:27;42, 8:46 pace, Zoo trail run, 72F, sunny, calm, 1 stop, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for Zoo trail run up to Rourke Bridge and back

I went out for a nice Zoo trail run. I went out to the Rourke Bridge and back. I got there in 4.6 miles, 37:50, 8:13 pace. I hydrated for 2 minutes or so, then headed back: 5.4 miles, about 47:52, 8:52 pace. I built up a nice sweat, it was pretty sweet! CJ went out to Planet Fitness for a 26 mile bicycle ride burning 400-ish calories.

We watched a DVR'ed Fringe and Grey's Anatomy. Nice!

Fri, 9/24: 5 miles, 41:27, 8:17 pace, 85F, sunny, windy, 4 stops for hydration, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for FF Happy Hour run + loop

CJ and I went down to Fleet Feet for the usual Friday night Happy Hour run. Since it was the last Friday of the month, it was backwards. It was hot and somewhat humid, I stopped 4 times for hydration ... still I ran 8:17 pace. I must have been running faster than what I felt, I felt sluggish. But you can't argue with the Garmin I guess. CJ walked 2.7 miles. I was a bit worried when she wasn't back when it started to get a bit dark.

After the run, I spent some money. I signed up for the Fleet Feet Autumn Class Trail Race. I also took advantage of the Expo sale and hooked myself up with a pair of green Brooks Adrenaline GTS10s in size 13 for only $80, a sweet $20 off! I can finally retire my old blue pair of Brooks Adrenaline GTS9s with 713.6 miles on them! Yes, they were getting way long in the tooth ... they had definitely lost more than a bit of cushion!

We watched a DVR of Monday's Hawaii Five-O.

Sat, 9/25: A rest day. After a lazy morning, CJ and I headed out to Newark to get my father's mail from his PO Box and to get my hair cut at Mason's. Maybe I should get a barber up in Rochester ... I have only lived up here for almost 2 years.

Supper was exceptional. CJ made a shrimp salad with cucumbers, tomatoes and mushrooms! We washed it down with some Hardy's Riesling.