Sun, 9/12: 14.1 miles, 2:01:04, 8:35 pace, 60F, overcast, humid, 2 stops for gel and water, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for Up to the lake and more
I didn't run the Rochester Marathon or Half this year again. So I headed out around 9AM to go at least 13.1 miles. I headed down to the lake as usual. I took a slightly different route. I headed down Seneca to Titus to Cooper to St Paul to Lake Shore to the lake. I ran slowly along the beach. I discovered that I had accidentally stopped my Garmin on the way down. I estimate that I shut it off for 0.9 miles or 7:12 while I was running 8:00 pace. It was not the greatest run. I ran OK down to the lake but not so well back from the lake. I ran faster down to the lake but slower from the lake ... like usual. But a run is always better than no run.
Kudos to all the runners in the Rochester full, half and relay marathon today. Maybe next year ...
Tue, 9/14: 5.3 miles, 44:40, 8:25 pace, 64F, sunny, calm, no stops, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for FF Cobbs Hill run, 2 y's, 1 hill
I went down to Fleet Feet for just your average Cobbs Hill run. I did 2 Y's plus ran down and up the hill on the left hand Y for good measure. I didn't push since Dirt Cheap #6 is tomorrow.
Wed, 9/15: 3.7 miles, 38:02, FF DC #6, 60F, sunny, calm, walked some hills, no pain.
CJ and I headed down to Ellison Park Wetlands for the final Fleet Feet Dirt Cheap of the year. The weather was excellent, there was just a bit of mud. I started out too fast and had to let some people pass to catch my wind. I did pretty well actually. I finished 58th out of 174, results here. I finished 5th out of 13 in my age group, results here.
Thu, 9/16: 3.05 mile walk, Benches on Parade, 65F, cloudy, rainy, a bit of knee pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for FF Benches on Parade
CJ and I went down to Henry B's for Fleet Feet's Benches on Parade scavenger run/walk. We headed out to collect a piece of a puzzle from each of 20 painted benches. It was a warm, sometimes rainy night. We were a bit damp when we got back to Henry B's to assemble our puzzle and scarf some appetizers! Then it was back to the apartment to celebrate my 53rd birthday!
Fri, 9/17: 6.2 miles, 49:49, 8:02 pace, FF Happy Hour run, 60F, 1 stop for hydration, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for FF Happy Hour run + 2 loops
CJ and I headed down to Fleet Feet for the usual Friday night Happy Hour run. I ran a bit hard. I did the usual route plus I added 2 loops around the reservoir. I was dripping wet with sweat when I finished. A nice, sweet workout. CJ baked me a nice chocolate cake with chocolate frosting for my birthday! Yum, yum!
Sat, 9/18: CJ and I took a road trip down to Painted Post near Corning. We met her brother and his wife at an Applebees for lunch. Afterward we made a side trip over to Houghton to try to see my daughter. We learned that she was at the Lower Falls at Letchworth State Park. We tried to met up with her but later learned that she was on the west side and we were on the east side. We were at the Parade Grounds entrance where we saw the south entrance of the Finger Lakes Trail heading north. It was compelling ... just thinking about putting on my trail running gear that I just so happened to have in the trunk and just heading north. I so wanted to do it ... just for the fun. But ... we motored home instead. Some day soon I want to run south from the Dam all the way to the Parade Grounds just to prove to myself that I can do it. It will require a bit of planning though ... and 3 to 4 hours of trail running.
