I ran 4 times this week, 43.51 miles.
Sunday, 8/10/2014: 14.4 miles, 2:04:28, 8:38 pace, 61F, 88% RH, 3 mph SW wind, sunny
Prem Kumar told me yesterday that he needed a long run on Sunday. Well so did I. We are both signed up to run the Rochester Marathon in 6 weeks so we made up a plan to run from Fairport to Pittsford and back which is about 14 to 15 miles. I got up early and was getting ready when he chatted on Facebook that he would meet me on the Erie Canal path in Fairport at 8AM. I got there at 7:55AM and was just going to head east to meet up with him when he appeared. He had run from his house and already had 7.7 miles in.
Garmin Connect Activity for Canal path long run
So we headed east on the Erie Canal path at a nice and easy pace ... out for me and back for him. I forgot to turn on my Garmin for 0.3 miles. It was kind of hazy and shady for a while with the sun mostly at our backs. There were a lot of people out. We said "Hi" to most of them, some answered and some didn't. Prem said "Bye" at Schoen Place at mile 5.6 and ran the 1.5 miles back to his house for his 15 miles. I continued onward until my Garmin said 7 miles before I turned around to head back. I picked up my pace a wee bit until my right Achilles started barking. The sun was in my face plus the shade seemed to have disappeared. I was happy to stop at mile 14.4.
A female bicyclist was stopped at a nearby picnic table. I ambled over since I needed to sit down. She had a lot of gear attached to her bike. I stuck up a conversation. I learned that her name was Sheila and that she had started riding east from Washington on June 21 ... about 3000 miles ago. She was riding 80 miles this day to Wolcott and had gotten lost a bit when the Erie Canal path had merged with the Genesee River Trail. Her ultimate destination was Bar Harbor, Maine. Wow ... a coast to coast biker! It kind of makes my 14.4 mile run look a bit tame.
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| A cross country bicyclist named Sheila stopped in Fairport for a break. |
Meanwhile ... the Sodus Point Triathlon was held. In past years I have volunteered for this sprint triathlon (0.45 mile swim, 13.1 mile bike and 3.1 mile run) but not this year. 158 triathletes finished, link here.
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| Swimmers exiting Sodus Bay |
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| Tim Dwyer ... who has turned 55 and is now in my age group |
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| Barry Cherney |
I watched sports most of the rest of the day. First, the Nascar race from Watkins Glen and next the PGA Open from Valhalla in Louisville KY. Both had lots of drama. The Nascar race had 2 crashes that caused red flags as AJ Allmendinger won, link here. The PGA Open had lots of lead changes until Rory McIlory won by a shot over Phil Mickelson (runner up in a major for the ninth time) in the gathering gloom at 8:43PM, link here.
Monday, 8/11/2014: Rest day ... sure enough!
Tuesday, 8/12/2014: A coulda, shoulda, but didn't day ... got caught up with watching Poirot on PBS and then a thunderstorm moved through.
Wednesday, 8/13/2014: 11 miles, 1:29:23, 8:07 pace, 66F, 83% RH, 10 mph WSW wind, partly cloudy.
I told my darling wife, Christine, that I was going out for a long run ... and did. I dialed in a pace that I would call a bit north of nice and easy but not a lot. I just meandered around my usual 10K route and added in the Chapel Hill Drive hill just for fun. The cool and gusty breeze felt nice and kept me from being totally drenched when I got done. My splits were: 8:04, 7:57, 7:47, 7:54, 8:40 (Chapel Hill Drive hill), 8:04, 8:05, 8:18, 8:07, 8:18 and 8:09. I need to get new tread soon since my Brooks Adrenaline GTS14 shoes have 593 miles on them. But I know I should and getting them are two entirely different things.Plus I have a lot of old shoes to get properly dispose of ... i.e. recycle.
Thursday, 8/14/2014: Rest day ... nothing unusual. I thought about going out for a run ... but not too hard.
Friday, 8/15/2014: Rest day .... before a race along with two loads of laundry.
Saturday, 8/16/2014: 2 runs of 7 and the Rochester River Chase of 11.11 miles.
My darling wife, Christine, has had trouble sleeping of late and this night was no exception. I woke up at 5:45AM and did the dishes and folded the whites from last night. I quietly got ready, kissed Christine bye and was out the door to Ontario Beach Park in Charlotte by 6:45AM and arrived by 7AM. The weather conditions were:
This was my first atttempt at the Rochester River Chase (RRC) put on by GVH at 8AM. This race was a unique idea of seeding the runners so that the slowest start first and the fastest start last so that everyone has a chance of winning depending on how well you run. I was seeded 33rd with a start time of 8:33:33AM.
Garmin Connect Activity for Warmup before Rochester River Chase
So ... I had the bright idea of going out for a 5 mile warmup run. I got this idea from Bob Dyjak who planned on running 9 miles to the RRC and then running the RRC. I did see him about 1.4 miles after I started and waved "Hi". I decided to stretch my run out to 3.5 miles instead of 2.5 miles. But .. this had the detriment that I had to rush to get back. I looked at my Garmin and saw that it was 8AM and I still had 2 miles to go! So my "warmup" run of 7 miles was 8:21. My splits were: 8:33, 8:30, 8:24, 8:37, 8:15, 8:03 and 8:09. I saw Tom Butler heading out as I got back.
I had 15 minutes to cooldown, get some water, hit the bathroom and get settled before I headed out. Prem Kumar was scheduled to start 22 seconds behind me and Andy Ciaio was scheduled to start 1 minute or so behind me. Jason "Jmac" McEllorn was to start last since he was the fastest.
The weather conditions had warmed up a bit: 61F, 72% RH, 10 mph SW wind, sunny. And ... off I went! I settled into a kind of fast pace. I followed the cones out and north on Lake Ave and then onto Pattonwood to the O'Rorke Bridge across the Genesee River. Prem passed me just before I got to mile 1.
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| Thomas Ave just before entering the trail heading up to the Seneca Park Zoo - taken by GVH |
Officially, I was 18th overall out of 46 in 1:34:21, link here; 38th in the chase, link here; passed 6 runners and was passed by everyone behind me. My splits were: 8:05, 8:15, 8:18, 8:52, 9:03, 8:55, 8:17, 8:42, 8:35, 8:17, 8:08 and 7:28 over the last 0.11 mile. A long and pleasant race. I have run a very similar route on my "Bridge route" but always in a counter-clockwise direction. It was definitely different to run it in a clockwise direction.
Soon I was back home. I woke up Christine with some coffee. I would have liked to put up my feet for the rest of the day but my Uncle Bud Nevil's 90th birthday party was at 2:30PM at the Williamson Town Park. Uncle Bud married my mother's sister Eleanor VerPlank way back in the late 40s. She just died last year. Christine and I got there around 2:40PM. I met up with my youngest son, David, and my daughter, Karen. My older brother, Don, and my younger sister, Diane, and her husband, Jim, were there ... along with a lot of other people. All of Uncle Bud's four kids were there: Terry (his oldest) and his wife, Linda; Larry (his 2nd oldest) and his wife, Donna; Mary Tack (his 3rd oldest) and her husband, Steve; and Judy Nevil (the youngest). Uncle Elmer (my late mother's brother) and his wife, Aunt Pat, were there and sat with us.
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| My sister, Karen, and my youngest son, David |
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| My older brother, Don, and my younger sister, Diane DeMent |
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| (l to r) My brother-in-law, Jim DeMent, Uncle Elmer VerPlank, Aunt Pat VerPank and sister, Diane DeMent |
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| The 90 year old birthday man, Uncle Bud Nevil |
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