Sunday, 10/22/2017 to Saturday, 10/28/2017

I ran 4 times this week for 36.1 miles.
I took 80,090 steps this week according to my Pebble 2 HR smart watch.

Sunday, 10/22/2017: 14745 steps during the day, 10.45 miles, 1:24:53, 8:07 pace, 63F, 59% RH, 6 mph SW wind, mostly suny


 I slept in a bit and then puttered on Facebook before I remembered that runs don't get done by themselves. So I dressed, filled my Nathan SpeedDraw 20 ounce flask with water, strapped on my Garmin Forefunner 220 and go out there. I fired up iHeartRadio, fired off an eCrumb and got going. I struck up a nice and steady pace as I explored a new route out east to Ontario Beach Park (OBP), aka Charlotte Beach, and then out west on the LOSP trail to my more familiar route. I was pleased to see that there is now a beach at the OBP. There wasn't too much of a beach the last time I was out this way. I had a bit of trouble with my pace after mile 8 as I took a few walk breaks. I think I should have taken my Hammer Gel flask so I could have had some Hammer Gel at mile 6. Note to self ... carry Hammer Gel on all Saturday and Sunday runs. My splits were still plenty fast ... 7:58, 7:51, 8:09, 8:06, 7:57, 7:47, 7:55, 7:54, 8:40, 9:00 and 7:55 over the last 0.45 mile. I guess I shouldn't be so hard on myself.

Later ... after a few mugs of coffee and two donuts ... I watched the Buccaneers - Bills game. The Bills ... you gotta believe! They could have folded when they got down 20-27 late in the 4th quarter ... it took them 46 seconds to tie it up with less than 3 minutes left. They could have folded when the Bucs had the ball with 3 timeouts and just had to head down the field for a field goal to win it ... but the Bills punched the ball out on the Bucs first play, fell on it and drove for their own winning field goal. The Bills won 30-27, links here and here, to go to 4-2 on the season.

Monday, 10/23/2017: 5000 (estimated) steps during the day, rest day.

Why the estimated steps? Well ... my Ricoh phone, a Samsung Galaxy S5, decided to do a factory reset (again) while it was in my pocket on the way home from work. It felt warm in my pocket and I did wonder why. I was a bit pissed when I found out but soon I was relieved when I found that it was reloading all my apps and pictures at least. I just had to figure out the usernames and passwords of all those apps. Still ... I was a bit pissed.

Then ..I read vile Facebook comments from locals about Senator Schumer's visit to Canandaigua to talk against 45's and the Republicans tax plan. You can tell from my use of the term 45 for the current occupier of the White House which way my political views lean. Let's just say that I don't believe anything either 45 or a Republican says with regards to politics and leave it at that. So ... my mood wasn't the best.

Tuesday, 10/24/2017: 18628 steps during the day, 9.05 miles, 1:12:40, 8:02 pace, 55F, 52% RH, 12 mph SW wind (it seemed almost calm to me), overcast.


I needed a run ... bad! I got dressed and drove to Greece Arcadia High School to run my usual evening route. I got there and was waiting to clock out at 5 PM ... shh! I set a quick pace and extended it to 9 instead of the usual 7.55 miles. I will have to wear my reflective vest next week. My splits were: 8:04, 8:07, 8:07, 8:02, 8:03, 8:00, 7:52, 7:58 and 8:03.

Wednesday, 10/25/2017: 4285 steps during the day, rest day.

Thursday, 10/26/2017: 14337 steps during the day, 6.45 miles, 51:40, 8:00 pace, 48F, 81% RH, 6 mph NW wind, wind chill 46F, sunny.


The sun was shining so I got out for run before lunch. It was chilly and windy so I set a quick pace. It was nice to get out and run in the sunshine! My splits were: 8:07, 8:03, 8:03, 8:08, 8:00, 7:55 and 7:28 over the last 0.45 mile.

Friday, 10/27/2017: 6272 steps during the day, rest day.

Saturday, 10/28/2017: 16823 steps during the day, 10.15 miles, 1:21:06, 7:59 pace, 55F, 67% RH, 9 mph S wind, sunny.


Another Kelly's Donut Run was slated for today ... so I was up at 6:15 AM. I tried to rouse my darling wife, Christine, but she liked the warm bed more than the thought of going out for a walk. I got there around 7:15 AM in plenty of time for the 7:30 AM start. There was a lot more runners this week ... I would say around 30. I started a bit fast as I tried to keep up with Jason "Jmac". I tacked on a bit on North Ave all the way to the Parkway before heading east on Huffer Rd so I could get to 10 miles. My splits were: 8:34, 7:56, 7:52, 7:46, 7:49, 7:50, 8:11, 8:01, 7:57, 8:02 and 7:41 over the last 0.15 mile. There were a lot of people in line for the delicious post-run donuts and coffee but they were worth it!