Monday, 4/27/2015 to Saturday, 5/2/2015

I ran 2 times this week, 11.7 miles.
I biked once this week, 19 miles.

Monday, 4/27/2015: Rest day.

Just a full rest day after running the Flower City Half Marathon (FCHM) yesterday. I saw lots of congratulations to the Fleet Feet Rochester and Yellow Jacket Racing pages on Facebook. Physically, I fared pretty well. I only had mild aches and pains when I walked up and down stairs during the day.

Tuesday, 4/28/2015: 6.2 miles, 1:00:43, 9:47 pace, 66F, 37% RH, 14 mph WNW wind, mostly sunny

Garmin Connect Activity for Cobbs Hill workout

The Medved Madness Trail Race is coming up on Sunday, 5/3/2015, so I needed to run hills. I packed my running gear and changed at work. I was in the Fleet Feet Armory parking lot by 5PM. I geared up and headed out to Cobbs Hill. I took it really nice and easy since it was my first run since the FCHM and because it was warmer. I just did 3 Vs on the grass hill, 2 switchbacks (I lost count) and took the long way back. A really nice and easy 6.2 miles ... if there is such a thing for me.

Ellen Brenner of Fleet Feet Rochester posted about the story behind the Flower City Challenge, link here. It's nice to hear the a bit of  the backstory behind the race that I have run 6 times.

Wednesday, 4/29/2015: Rest day ... yada, yada, yada.

Thursday, 4/30/2015: 5.5 miles, 64F, 1:00:51, 11:03 pace, 37% RH, 14 mph NE wind, mostly sunny

Garmin Connect Activity for Lucien Morin Park

I wanted to run trail but didn't want to run down at Cobbs Hill again. I didn't want to drive all the way down to Mendon Ponds Park either. So I went to an old standby of mine, Lucien Morin Park. It was my first time there this year. I called my darling wife, Christine, to come down and meet me at MacGregor's afterward around 6:30 PM.

I changed into my running gear at work and got here around 5:15 PM. I headed out for an in and out on the white trail. Man, what a workout! Lucien Morin Park is very technical with lots of roots, uphills, downhills, rock and some narrow trails. I only fell once when I was going up a hill on the way back. I caught myself with my hands so no harm came to me. It was nice getting out on a nice trail. My splits were: 10:59, 9:59, 11:49, 11:23, 11:50 and 9:34 over the last 0.5 mile.

I toweled off at the Equinox before I went into MacGregor's ... but no Christine. I called her and she told me that she was lost. She had put Lucien Morin Park into her GPS and it guided her to Old Browncroft Blvd and Parkview Dr at the south end of Lucien Morin Park. She finally backtracked to Browncroft Blvd and got her bearings once she got on 590-N. We met up around 7 PM and had a pair of nice California Club Wraps.

Friday, 5/1/2015: Rest day ... another case of yada, yada, yada.

Saturday, 5/2/2015: 19 miles on the bike,

I was up early like usual. I had the Medved Madness Trail Race tomorrow but I couldn't resist a bike ride on such a beautiful day. So I got the Trek FX7.2 out of the storage unit in the basement, geared up and headed out. I took a trip out to see the new townhouse at Greenleaf Meadows. I learned that the previous tenant in our unit had moved out yesterday but that the unit was not ready yet. I didn't expect that it would be but I wanted to see it anyway ... well, from the outside anyway. What a beautiful day!

My darling wife, Christine, made ribs later. I had bought them from Wegmans. They weren't the best ... so I guess Skip's on the Ridge will be where I buy ribs in the future.