Sunday, 6/12/11 to Saturday, 6/18/11

I ran 3 times this week, 19.1 miles.

Sun, 6/12/11: 11.5 miles estimated, nice and easy, 1 stop for hydration, moderate hip pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for up the east side, across O'Rorke, down the west side

I wanted a new long run so I headed up St Paul with a side trip on Winona, down into the Flats on Seneca Park Ave, up Sagamore Ave, then down Thomas Ave to the O'Rorke Bridge. I took a Gu and water there. I accidentally put my Garmin on pause, then continued down the Genesee River Trail back to Lake Ave where I turned my Garmin back on. I estimate that I didn't record 2 miles. My hips started hurting as I slowly made my way down Lake Ave and Maplewood Drive, across the pedestrian bridge to the Seneca Park Zoo and back home. My Garmin recorded 9.5 miles in 1:23:00, 8:44 pace. My hips were barking at me so I immediately took a shower and a soak in the tub.

CJ made a luscious BLT supper. Mmmmmmmmm ... very tasty!

Later, CJ and I watched Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Dallas Maverick and the Miami Heat. Dallas closed out Miami, 105-95, link here. Dirk won the MVP. He started out slow, 3 in the 1st half but had 18 in the 2nd half when it counted. The Mavs won their 1st championship ... the Heats were denied!

Mon, 6/13/11: Rest day.

Just your average rest day. There were no NBA games ... just Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup between Boston and Vancouver. It was a game I should have watched ... at least the first period. I am not much of a hockey fan.

Anyway, Boston chased the Vancouver goalie 3-0 in 8:35 of the 1st period and won, 5-2, link here. The goalie had gotten chased the previous game in Boston and said some derogatory remarks about Boston ... which the Bruims took offense to. The deciding Game 7 will be Wednesday night in Vancouver.

Tue, 6/15/11: Another rest day.

I could have ran today but I wanted to be fresh for Dirt Cheap #3 tomorrow. I also wanted to wait for the arrival of a 10.4" Digital Photo Frame that I ordered from www.1saleaday.com ... which ended up being rescheduled to Wednesday, :-(.

Wed, 6.16.11: 3.4 miles, 36:30, 82F, sunny, calm, walked some hills, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for Dirt Cheap #3 - 2011

Please forgive the Garmin data, I accidentally turned on my Garmin for 2 seconds on Friday down at Fleet Feet. I didn't magically fly over to Brighton!

CJ and I headed down to Ellison Park Wetlands for Dirt Cheap #3. They started the men and women off separately. It was a tough course with lots of up and down like usual. We were all over ... the White, Blue, Red, Yellow, Salmon trails. I ran well, 70th out of 297 runners link here. I finished 4th out of 22 in my age group. I was a bit pooped afterward from the heat and the exertion. I ran a dental care kit from Randy, the running dentist, at the raffle!

Pre-race ...

 The run down the road at the beginning ...

Gritting my teeth as I went up the final hill ...

The finish!

The post race raffle win!

 

Afterward, CJ and I just plopped our stuff down and went to bed! I did note that in the deciding Game 7 of the Stanley Cub, the Boston Bruins won 4-0 against the Vancouver Canucks to win their 1st Stanley Cub since 1972, link here.

I didn't sleep well ... an apartment in the next building which is adjacent to our bedroom window decided to have a party until the wee hours of the morning. Oh well!

Thu, 6/16/11: Rest day.

Just your average rest day. CJ and I went straight to bed after dinner. Alas, two hours early to bed meant a hour early to work ... but I was well rested!

Fri, 6/17/11: 4.2 miles, 31:45, 7:32 pace, 74F, sunny, calm, 2 stops for traffic, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for FF Happy Hour run

CJ and I head down to Fleet Feet for the usual Happy Hour run. We got there late because we detoured around an accident on 590S. I headed out for the usual run after a very brief stretch. I was a bit tight at the beginning but loosened up after a mile. CJ was afraid due to her twisted ankle of a month ago but went out for 2 blocks. I found her lost Nike+ in the back seat of my car.

Sat, 6/18/11: Rest day.

CJ and I made our way down to see my father at the Wayne County Nursing Home. They held their usual Father's Day car show. We wheeled Dad around and looked at the cars. We met up with my brother from Syracuse and enjoyed catching up with each other. I had not seen him since my father's birthday last year. Afterward, we went over to my ex to see my youngest son and daughter. He had to go off to work at Byrne Dairy in Phelps.