Sunday, 3/17/2013 to Saturday, 2/23/2013

I ran 4 times this week, 20.4 miles.

Sunday, 3/17/2013: 11.8 miles, 1:53:01, 9:35 pace, 22-28F, sun and snow, some stops for hydration



I met up with the Relentless Forward Progress (RFP) group for the second loop of their Sunday run. It was scheduled to be 10 miles which met my needs. I drove down to Pantera Bread at the Twelve Corners in Brighton around 8:30AM to wait. They were already out on their 6 mile first loop. Soon enough ... Steve, Wendy, Bill, Cindy and Heather came in view. We headed out at a really nice and easy pace that soon covered a lot of ground. After a bit, Cindy peeled off to go home and we picked up Anzelha who knew we were coming.

Running with RFP, I found roads and trails that I had never run on or seen before. I guess I needed a change of scenery from the usual streets of Irondequoit. Afterward, we had coffee and refreshments at Pantera Bread where we met up with Megan and her baby, Lacey. I also picked up a Brooks tech long sleeve shirt on 50% off winter clearance from Fleet Feet Brighton on the way home.

Monday, 3/18/2013: Rest day ... just the usual.

Tuesday, 3/19/2013: 6.2 miles, between 7:30-7:45 pace, 28F, windy, no stops.

I heard the wind howling and fought with myself .. run or not run, run or not run, run or not run? I waited until about 30 minutes before dusk in the hope that the wind would die down. It did a little so I headed out. I felt good so I took it out a bit hard. My Garmin said Low Battery and died just before 3 miles. It said that my pace was between 7:30 and 7:45 pace. It felt pretty good so I kept my effort up. I warmed up and the wind wasn't so bad.

Wednesday, 3/20/2013: Rest day .... yada, yada, yada.

Thursday, 3/21/2013: 6.2 miles, between 7:45-8:30 pace, 29F, windy, no stops.

I got our 2000 Chevy Cavalier inspected and I resurrected the volume icon on Christine's laptop (thanks to Google) ... and the couch felt so inviting. Yet ... I got out around 7:45PM for a much needed 10K around the usual streets of Irondequoit. This time my Garmin was fully charged ... I just forgot to press Start. So I ran again by "feel". The result was that the first 5K was around 7:45-8:00 pace and the second 5K was between 8:00-8:30 pace. My Garmin was on and showed pace. My right Achilles didn't bother me too much at all, just a minor ache now and then.

Friday, 3/22/2013: Rest day.

We watched "The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey" off of OnDemand. We had both read the book years ago. We both thought it was nicely done.

Saturday, 3/23/2013: 6.2 miles, 50:35, 8:10 pace, 32F, sunny, a bit windy, no stops.

Garmin Connect Activity for Usual 10K around the streets of Irondequoit

Christine and I are not usually early risers on the weekend and today was no exception. The day was sunny, around freezing, a bit windy and just begging to run on. So ... I got around 10AM. I struck up a nice and easy pace ... my joints weren't very limber at first. My first 5K was 26:00, 8:23 pace. I sped up a bit so the second 5K was 24:35, 7:56 pace. All in all, a nice way to limber up on a Saturday morning!

Later, I headed out to Newark to see my daughter and help her celebrate her 25th birthday. We shared some cookie cake and her homemade raspberry and cream cookies. I learned from her more about my youngest son, David. I talked with him. He said that he has been suffering with kidney stones and was in quite a lot of pain. He was going back to sleep and couldn't see me. Then I headed over to Lyons to see my father at the Wayne County Nursing Home. He seemed in good spirits