Sunday, 10/16/11 to Saturday, 10/22/11

I ran 4 times this week, 27.03 miles

Sunday, 10/16/11: 10.7 miles, 01:51:34, 10:25 pace, 56F, cloudy, windy, light sprinkles, 1 stop for water and fuel, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for Mendon Ponds Park - Blue, Green, Blue, Blue trail

Christine and I spent a leisurely Sunday morning together before we headed down to our home away from home, Mendon Ponds Park. Christine went out on the road for her "No-Bo" workout. I headed up to the Blue and Green trails. My plan was also to head out to the East Lodge to simulate running the Mendon Trails run on 11/5/11. I am still trying to figure out what version (20K or 50K) of this race to run. I did feel a twinge in my right hip once.

After a quick shower and lunch, I headed out to Newark to pick up my youngest son, David, then to Palmyra to pick up a friend, Harold, of my ex. Then I headed back up to my apartment so Harold could teach David how to drive stick.

Meanwhile, the Buffalo Bills lost by a FG to the New York Giants, 24-27, link here. David listened to the game via NFL Mobile on the way back up to Rochester.

I was saddened to hear that Indy Car driver Dan Wheldon died as a result of a horrendous 15 car crash at the final race of the season, youtube line here.

After a nice BLT dinner, we settled down to DVR'e episodes of Fringe, Hawaii Five-O, Pan Am and Charlie's Angels.

Monday, 10/17/11: Rest day.

A well deserved rest day. We just settled in to watch Scream 4 again with a polish sausage, potatoes and green beans supper. Later, a DVR'd episode of Castle fit the bill.

Tueday, 10/18/11: 6.03 miles, 46:50, 7:46 pace, 52F, cloudy, calm, no stops, no pain.

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

Christine had a headache but I convinced to come on down with me to our usual Tuesday night haunt, Fleet Feet for the Hills workout. It was a Mizuno night with the opportunity to test drive Mizuno shoes and clothes. I headed out with Bill Beyerbach so I knew we would run well. We started a slow run up to Cobbs Hill, then pounded up and eased down the hills. We just seemed to glide along. We looked at the splits when we got back to Fleet Feet and were impressed: 7:50, 8:13, 8:05, 7:44, 7:31, 7:15. We ran negative splits from mile 2 on even on the hills at miles 3 and 4! Half of mile 5 and all of mile 6 were running back to the store.

When we got back to the store, we also met up with and heard stories from runners who were back from the Columbus Marathon and the Toronto Marathon.

Wednesday, 10/19/11: 6.2 miles, 47:29, 7:40 pace, 52F, cloudy, a bit windy, light mist, 1 stop at the turn, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for Genesee Valley Park - East on the Canal Trail

After a vigorous pre-run stretch, Christine and I headed down to Genesee Valley Park for her "No-Bo" workout. We got there just in time. I headed out easy at first, then hard out east on the Canal Trail. I ran hard 5K in 23:06, 7:28 pace. I walked a couple of minutes, then headed back. I ran easy back ... 5K in 24:23, 7:52 pace. Yes, it was a light mist ... but we know how to have fun! Christine walked/ran over 2 miles during her workout.

Afterward, we enjoyed a rotisserie chicken along with some DVR'd episodes of The Mentalist and Private Practice.

Thursday, 10/20/11: Rest day.

Just your average rest day. We didn't do much besides watch a DVR'd episode of Pan Am.

Friday, 10/21/11: 4.1 miles, 50F, cloudy, calm.

Christine and I headed down to Fleet Feet for the usual Happy Hour run. Christine picked out her new pair of Mizuno's, a pair of Wave Inspires. I headed out with Bill Beyerbach and some new guys. We started out nice and easy. I felt a twinge in my right hip and knee around mile 1 so I slowed for a bit until it settled out. I kept it nice and easy, maybe around 7:45 pace. My Garmin was full of data so it stopped recording new data. Afterward, we somehow found our way to Fairport High School to hear a GVH talk by Joan Benoit Samuelson and John Tuttle. Quite interesting with some good stories. Then Bill invited us out to Pizza Hut for some late dinner. A late night ... usually we are at home by 8PM.

Saturday, 10/22/11: A rest day ... though I didn't want to.

Christine got up and went for her "No-Bo" workout at Ontario Beach Park. I still needed sleep so I stayed home. Christine tried to upload data from her Garmin but it didn't record anything.

Congratulations to Becky Duberry for her 4th place finish in 21:04 at the USA Track and Field's National Masters Cross Country Championships held at Center Park in Fairport, link here. Christine and I are sorry we missed it. "Yeah, baby!" as Becky would say!

We got out and about after a nice post-run stretch. We picked up my father's mail at the Newark post office. I really need to get all his mail sent up to Rochester. I live practically next door to a post office for heavens sakes! Then we saw my youngest son at Bryne Dairy. He told me all the little(?) things that are wrong with his car: headlights have no low beam, O2 sensor is bad, muffler is not attached, right passenger windows doesn't work (though it worked on the way down from Rochester) and the sunroof doesn't open. The first three need to be fixed before the car can pass inspection. He says that the headlights will be half the price if he gets them off eBay. Ahh, the joys of buying a car from a private individual ... let the buyer beware! Then we saw my father at the Wayne County Nursing Home in Lyons. On the way back up to Rochester we enriched the local economy by stopping at Wal-Mart, Jo-Ann's Fabric and Crafts and Wegmans. We had a nice barbeque rib and potato salad supper while we caught up on all the Battlestar Galactica episodes that we hadn't watched yet.