Sunday, 6/10/12: 10.5 miles, 1:26:22, 8:14 pace, 74F, dusk, 1 stop at the lake.
Garmin Connect Activity for Up to to lake and back
Christine and I lazed around all day. I looked on Facebook and saw that other friends were updating about their exploits during this hot and somewhat muggy day ... and I started to feel like a slug. I got up the gumption to get out for a run around 7PM.
But ... my Garmin Forerunner 305 wouldn't turn on. So I came back inside and looked up how to do a soft reset and hard reset, no joy. I searched the Garmin forums and found out that some people had luck with looking inside and cleaning the corrosion around the battery contacts. So ... I figured out how to open 'er up. Yes, there was corrosion. I looked through a magnifying glass and tried to clean as best as I could, no joy. I found that some of the contacts are not all there anymore. I gave up and used Christine's Garmin for a much needed run.
So I didn't get out until about 8:20PM ... just as the sun was setting. I settled in a nice and easy long run on my usual 10K course but ended up going to the lake and back also for a long run of 10.5 miles. I got to the lake at 9:14PM. I stopped to hydrate and saw a couple of deer as I headed back. By the time I got back at 9:55, it was kind of dark. I am glad I went out, I needed to destress. But the stress was still there when I got back along with some cold pizza.
Monday, 6/11/12: Rest day.
Laundry night ... after 4 weeks, how exciting!
Tuesday, 6/12/12: 6.2 miles, 48:xx, 7:50 pace, 78F, cloudy, a bit windy, no stops.
Garmin Connect Activity for 10K around the streets of Irondequoit
I really needed to get out but I was not in the mood to drive down to Fleet Feet Brighton. So I just headed out on my usual 10K course around Irondequoit. I tried to go nice and easy since I do have Dirt Cheap #3 tomorrow. The run felt good ... other stuff not so much.
I did stay up to watch Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Thunder vs Heat. The Thunder overpowered the Heat by 9, link here.
Wednesday, 6/13/12: Dirt Cheap #3
I headed down solo to Lucien Moren Park (aka Ellison Park Wetlands) for Dirt Cheap #3. I got there a hour early since parking at this race is tight. I got my bib and a cool Dirt Cheap Series T-shirt and stretched a bit before I headed out for some pre-miles on the course.
Garmin Connect Activity for Pre Miles before Dirt Cheap #3
I just went out nice and easy for 2.37 miles at 10:23 pace. I was drenched with sweat when I got back. It was about 70F outside but kind of hot in the woods. I made sure that I had Body Glide on and waited around for the race to start.
Since there were over 300 runners registered Yellow Jacket Racing made the decision to start the women at 6:30PM and the men at 6:35PM. Our start went well, about 1/4 mile down a dirt road before we got to the trail and to narrow single track. Soon, we encountered the slowest women runners and started to have to figure out how to pass them without endangering them or twisting an ankle ourselves. It got worse the more narrow the single track got. Believe me, the single track at this race can get a foot wide with no chance to pass for a hundred feet or more. It was what it was, I made do. I tried to pass when I could politely. I lost my footing on a muddy downhill and slid sideways for about 25 feet. I got both hands muddy and my right side. I gathered myself and continued onward. Eventually I caught to some of the faster women who were just running slightly slower. Then the race ended ... a fun Dirt Cheap race like usual!
I did OK, 34:48, 10:10 pace, 64th out of 343, link here. I was 2nd out of 23 in my M50-54 age group, link here. The after party at MacGregor's was pretty good. I learned about Tom Butler's latest venture: a 100 mile hike in the Alleghany National Forest which took him 46 hours!
Thursday, 6/14/12: Rest day.
A normal rest day. Christine prepared her luscious BLTs for supper. Later, we watched Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Heat and the Thunder. The Heat won by 4 to tie the series up 1-1, link here. Now they move to Miami for 3 games.
Friday, 6/15/12: Another rest day.
I wanted to get out for a run after work but laundry got in the way. The one washer and dryer downstairs in the basement were empty (for once) so two loads later our towels were clean. Sometimes life gets in the way of running. Later we watched the new Dallas (links here and here) with JR, Bobby, John Ross and Christopher all conniving and backstabbing!
We forgot to watch Nik Wallenda walk across Niagara Falls ...
Saturday, 6/16/12: 7.2 miles, 55:00, 7:38 pace, 62F, sunny, calm, no stops.
Garmin Connect Activity for Around the streets of Irondequoit
I absolutely had to get out so I got out early with a nice and easy run around the streets of Irondequoit on my usual 10K course with an extra hill twist on Chapel Hill Drive. It was nice and sweaty! Charlotte Appliance called soon afterward and delivered our leather recliner .... sweet!
Then I headed out to Lyons to see my father at the Wayne County Nursing Home for the annual Father's Day Car Show. I fed him his lunch in the cafeteria and took him outside to see the car show. We sat outside for a while. My older brother, Don, showed up and we talked. Then I went over to my daughter's apartment. She had just bought a new Toshiba laptop from BestBuy. She needed help transferring her 143GB(!) of data. I also gave her an external hard drive and set up SyncToy to automate a way for her to regularly back up her files. It was nice to get back to our new couch and put my feet up! All in all, a busy day!
Some Genesee Valley Harrier running news. GVH's Tim Chichester placed 7th overall and Jessica Synder placed 6th woman in the 52nd Mount Washington Road Race which was also the 2012 USATF National Mountain Running Championships. 671 men amd 282 women finished the 7.6 mile race up Mount Washington with an average grade of 12%, no level spots and no downhills! The link to Coach's excellent article is here, male results here, female results here. Tim Chichester snagged the last spot on the 2012 USA National Mountain Running Team and will compete in the 28th Annual World Mountain Running Championships in Ponte de Legno, Italy on September 2nd. The male GVH team placed 4th out of 22, results here.
