Sun, 10/24: 12 miles, 2:05:44, 10:29 pace, 65F, cloudy, calm, multiple stops, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for Running Around Mendon Ponds
CJ and I managed to get out to Mendon Ponds at 3PM. It was a perfect day, 65F and cloudy. We parked up on the hill at the Devil's Bathtub. I set out ... got lost several times. The trails in that area of the park at not too well marked. I ran on the bright blue, red, pink and green trails at various. I tried to make it to the bottom of Devil's Bathtub so I could run up the stairs. I eventually made it back, then ran down and back up the stairs. A long run ... I found mud for sure! CJ hiked 1.78 miles.
Mon, 10/25: Rest night. We learned via Facebook that a fellow runner, Dave, was murdered on Sunday night, link here and here. Senseless violence ... words escape me. I had said "Hi" to him, CJ had talked with him.
Tue, 10/26: 6.8 miles, 55:03, 8:06 pace, 68F(!), dusk, a bit windy, 2 stops for hydration, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for FF Cobbs Hill run, 3 Y's, long way back
CJ and I headed down to Fleet Feet for the usual Cobbs Hill run. CJ dropped me off and then up to Riley Lodge for her walking group. Ellen said some heartwarming words about Dave before we headed off. I did the usual 3 Y's, ran hard a bit with Bill, went the long way back. My headlight was needed on the way back. The usual supply run to Wegmans ensued as well as a pasta dinner.
We watched Iron Man 2 from redbox.com after supper. Then I tried to watch the Lakers first home game of the season versus Houston ... I was mostly successful. They ended up winning by 2 with some drama at the end ... that I slept through.
Wed, 10/27: Rest night. We watched Twilight from Netflix.com. A pretty good movie!
Thu, 10/28: Another rest night. It was a long day at work and my feet were killing me. CJ cooked up a beef stew and biscuits. We had German chocolate with pecan coconut frosting ... yum! We caught up on some DVRed shows: Castle, Hawaii Five-O and NCIS.
Fri, 10/29: 4 miles, 30:02, 7:30 pace, 44F, dusk, a bit windy, just traffic stops, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for FF Backwards Happy Hour run
CJ and I headed down to Fleet Feet for the usual Friday night Happy Hour run. Since it was the last Friday of the month, we ran it backwards. I started out a bit slow but kept it on. Good warm up for Pumpkins in the Park tomorrow morning!
Sat, 10/30: 3.1 miles, 22:12, 7:10 pace, 46F, cloudy, calm, no stops, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for Pumpkins in the Park 5K ... forgot to turn off the Garmin
CJ and I headed down to Cobbs Hill for our first Pumpkins in the Park. A whole bunch of people in costume for sure! I headed out hard, 7:04 pace. I slowed a bit in the hills, then up the reservoir, 15:00. Then downhill to mile 3, 21:30. I finished in 22:12 ... pretty darn good for such a hilly course. I cooled down, then walked out to CJ and walked her in at 56:56, a PR! Afterward, I checked the results, found that I had finished 31st out of 467 and 1st in my 50-54 age group, link here! I got a plaque at the award ceremony!
The rest of day we just lazed around. CJ went to bed early after we wated a DVR'ed NCIS-LA. Then I watched Transformers ... kind of loud, it's a guy thing.
Keeping active, Doug
