Sunday, 11/2/2014 to Friday, 11/7/2014

I ran 2 times during these 6 days, 9.3 miles.

Sunday, 11/2/2014: A full rest day!

Yes, I rested ... err, just not sleepwise. I went to bed early on Saturday morning at 10 PM after running 2 races (a 5K and a 30K)_ for 22.3 miles. I fully anticipated using the extra hour of sleep that setting the clocks back would proverbially give me. Well ... my darling wife, Christine, came to bed at 3 AM and woke me up with her snoring. So ... I got up. I surfed the web, contemplated going to Wegmans for groceries, watched a wee bit of TV (nothing on between 3 AM and 6 AM pretty much). I did watch a bit of TCM though, 1948's "On an Island with You" with Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalbon, Jimmy Durante and Cyd Charisse. I picked it up about 5 minutes and couldn't turn away. Yes ... there were swimming scenes for no reason, who knew that Ricardo (aka Khan!!!) could synchronize swim, Esther was engaged to Ricardo but chose Peter, Ricardo very quickly rebounded to Cyd and Jimmy Durante sang. It was a hoot!

I woke up my honey when I started laundry around 8:30AM. I put in a load of tech clothes while she sorted the laundry. My honey helped me fold and I did all the leg work. Six loads later and we were done. We also watched a bit of the New City City Marathon. I knew some people who ran it: Chris O'Brien in 4:17:30, Cyndy Schroeder in 4:28:04 and Richard Doe in 5:10:49. Chris told me that "It was all wind" with 20 to 30 mph winds all day.

I went to bed early again before 11 PM because I was tired for some reason. It could be due of "falling back" to EST.

Monday, 11/3/2014: Another rest day. My thighs felt tight during the day so I rested them.

Tuesday, 11/4/2014: 6.2 miles, 47:37, 7:40 pace, 66F, 18% RH, 7 mph WSW wind, partly cloudy.

Garmin Connect Activity for A negative split 10K

I wanted to vote but I needed to run first. But first I had to mess with my Garmin Forerunner 310XT. I was all geared up (shorts, short sleeve tech, reflective vest and headlamp) and ready to go outside when it would not go beyond the Garmin splash screen no matter how many times I cycled the power. So I headed inside, Googled "Garmin Forerunner 310XT hard reset", got the link here,  and applied it. The soft reset didn't do anything. I had to do a master reset to purge all entries and when that didn't work I had to do a "non-prompted non-vol clear" to return it to factory settings. It took about 15 minutes of fussing but I was successful.

So ... I went back outside and headed right out without any warmup. My thighs were a bit tight and I considered turning back at 1 mile. But I am made of sterner stuff and continued onward. I gradually sped up and clicked off a negative split 10K. My splits were: 8:04, 7:56, 7:46, 7:37, 7:19 and 6:51 over the last 0.2 mile. Sweet!!

I jumped in the shower so I wouldn't stink. FYI, I have been known not to after many a run. My darling wife, Christine, had supper ready when I got out. Then we headed out to vote for the candidates of our choice. We both are of like political mind. Let's just say that some of my candidates won and some lost. Nationally ... most of the ones that I would have liked (if we had lived in that state) lost and not so many won. So ... an astute reader would know my political bent. It should be an interesting next 2 years with GOP control of both the House and Senate chambers of the US Congress.

Wednesday, 11/5/2014: Rest day

My darling wife, Christine, and I watched a Redbox DVD by the name of "Edge of Tomorrow" with Tom Cruise. An interesting premise of living the same day over and over until you conquer the alien invader.

Thursday, 11/6/2014: 3.1 miles, 37:54, 12:11 pace, 43F, 87% RH, 3 mph ENE wind, light mist.

Garmin Connect Activity for A "Run with Zach" trail run at Cobbs Hill

I read on Facebook that if you ran the "Run with Zach" trail run down at Fleet Feet Armory that you would get a discount on in-stock Salomon trail shoes. Since my Salomon Speedcross 3 trail shoes have 702 miles on them I thought I would head down to see if I could get hooked up. So ... I went out and ran trail at Cobbs Hill in the dark with a headlamp with wet leaves, roots, rocks and a light mist falling. It was a really super easy run with lots of stopping to gather everyone (20 or so) back together. I was the only I knew of that took a tumble. I was running down to the rugby field when there was a sudden depression beneath my right shoe ... so I did a sudden barrel roll on my right side. I was no worse for the wear and tear. Well ... back at the store I found out that Fleet Feet had no Salomon Speedcross 3 trail shoes in size 13 in stock. So I will have to pay full price when they arrive next week. Oh well!