Sunday, 4/22/12: 5.8 miles, 46:25, 8:01 pace, 40F, cloudy, windy, no stops, no pain.
Christine and I had a lazy Sunday morning complete with the Sunday paper, coffee and a delicious cinnamon raisin bagel from DunkinDonuts. Mmm!
Garmin Connect Activity for Home to Russell's House
Later, I ran over to Russell's house to retrieve our car. I took the scenic route. He had fixed the air conditioner in our 2000 Chevy Cavalier. Funny thing though ... the forecast is for 1-3 inches of wet snow by Monday night. But I bet we will be glad the A/C works before long ... I hope!
On the LA Lakers front, they played the Oklahoma Thunder at home. They came from 17 down at the start of the 4th quarter to force OT and then win in the 2nd OT, 114-108, link here. I didn't see much of the game though.
Monday, 4/23/12: Rest day.
Well ... the weather on Monday was not pleasant. A real light snow, rain and mist all day, certainly dreary! Christine made up a beef stew with onions, celery and carrots served over couscous along with salad, yum! Afterward we caught up on 3 episodes of NCIS: LA and an episode of GCB off of the DVR.
A good rest night ... my achilles were bothering me when I had to go down stairs during the day.
Tuesday, 4/24/12: Sehgahunda Training at Washington Grove, 6.35 miles, 1:04:57, 10:14 pace, 44F, cloudy, light mist, calm, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for Sehgahunda Training at Washington Grove
I headed down to Riley Lodge at Cobbs Hill for the latest edition of Sehgahunda Training. Only 10 or so diehards showed up. We headed out to the Washington Grove after a warmup. Sean and Laura showed us a loop course ... so we looped around, charging the hills and resting on the flats and downs. It was a bit boring and unchallenging after enduring the Muddy Sneaker 20K last Saturday.
I did some grocery shopping at Wegmans and hit up the Redbox for Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. Christine cooked up some pulled pork, I added some potato chips. The movie was quite good in the things blowing up kind of way!
Wednesday, 4/25/12: Sehgahunda Training at Cobbs Hill reservoir, 8.7 miles, 1:13:52, 8:30 pace, 54F, sunny, calm, no stops, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for Sehgahunda Training for Cobbs Hill reservoir.
I headed down again to Riley Lodge at Cobbs Hill for today's Sehgahunda Training workout. I met up with 5 of the group; Don, Jim, Carl, Tammy and Jennica. The workout was 15 min warmup, 20 min tempo, 5 min slow, 10 min tempo, 2 min slow, 5 min tempo, 15 min cooldown. We headed up to the reservoir and took a loop around as a warmup. I ran with Don who runs the same pace that I do. It turned out that a loop around the 0.7 mile reservoir was 5 minutes or 7:10 pace. So we really pounded out the tempo loops.
Christine cooked up some yummy chicken thighs along with a baked potato and peas. Then we caught up on the latest episodes of Grey's Anatomy off the DVR.
Thursday, 4/26/12: Rest day.
Just an usual rest day. Christine went out for a massage at Massage Envy. I stayed home and watched a DVR of In Harm's Way. A classic from 1965 with John Wayne, Henry Fonda and Patricia Neal.
Friday, 4/27/12: 10K, 48:18, 7:48 pace, 40F, sunny, windy, 1 stop, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for 10K around the streets of Irondequoit
The weather has turned clear and cold. It's around 45F and windy during the day and around freezing at night. Brr! My Sehgahunda Training workout called for 45 minutes nice and easy. I really didn't want to drive anywhere so I just ran around the streets of Irondequoit on a route I knew well. I tried to take it nice and easy, I even stopped once to smell a lilac bush. But ... I did run at 7:48 pace. I think that bodes well for the Flower City Half on Sunday!
Christine cooked up a roast beef roast over baked potatoes and onions along with salad. Yummy! Christine wanted to up my protein intake since I am doing so much running.
Saturday, 4/28/12: Rest day.
My Sehgahunda Training called for 90 minutes nice and easy ... my body said rest for tomorrow's Flower City Half. I did feel bad that I did not make it out to cheer on any of the Flower City Du or Tri athletes this morning. I needed to sleep. It was around 30F this morning and did not warm up until 40F until noon. Oh well!
I did make it out to my daughter's and my youngest son's apartments in Newark and Palmyra, respectively. It was nice catching up with them after not seeing them for a bit.
Christine cooked up some ziti for supper along with shrimp as an appetizer ... yum! Did I mention she is an excellent cook? Thank goodness she found me via Facebook way back in August 2009!
