Sun, 4/3/11: 9.3 miles, 1:10:20, 7:34 pace, 45F, sunny, a bit of a chilly wind, 2 walks for water, some hamstring pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for Spring Forward 15K (forgot to turn on for 0.8 miles)
CJ and I headed down to Mendon Ponds Park for the Spring Forward 15K and 2.5 mile fun run. We didn't get there as early as I would have liked but 22 minutes early is better than being late! I started out pretty hot. I could have sworn that I turned on my Garmin at the start but when I checked at 0.8 miles it was not. But I can see from the data that I was doing some pretty quick miles; 7:20, 7:04, 7:15, 7:11, 7:39, 7:51 ... the rolling hills of Mendon did take a toll plus my right hamstring felt a bit tight by mile 6; 8:26, 7:52. I took water and walked for 100 feet. I dialed back my pace and took water again at mile 7.5. We got back to the park at mile 8. I gutted it into the finish and tried to finish strong, 7:48.
Even with the hamstring pain I still PR'ed by 1:01 ... sweet! I finished 101st out of 514, link here. I was 11th out of 39 in my age group, link here.
CJ walked the 2.5 mile fun run in 42:59:59, link here. She is a trooper! She wasn't feeling her best but put one foot in front of the other!
Later, I headed out to my ex's apartment in Newark to upgrade their Trendnet G Wireless Router to a D-Link DIR-615 N Wireless Router. My kids were complaining about their download speeds of 1 Mbps. It didn't make any difference. I scratched my head and found that their cable modem was ancient ... it had a 10-BaseT connection! They will be calling Time Warner.
Afterward, I watched the Denver Nuggets end the LA Lakers 9 game winning streak, 90-95 , link here.
Mon, 4/4/11: Rest day.
I did my oldest son's and my taxes using TaxAct. Loads of fun (not so much) but still pretty cut and dried. I am getting a refund ... I needed to wait for a 1099. My refund has been accepted already. CJ and I will be getting a new leather reclining couch or loveseat soon!
Tue, 4/5/11: Another rest day.
I didn't sleep well last night ... so rather that going out and running 6 miles with a headache and what probably would be bad form I went to bed early. Eight hours of solid sleep is my goal! Tomorrow will be another running day!
Time Warner did get to my ex's apartment and replaced their ancient 10-BaseT cable modem ... their download speeds went from 1.4 to around 20 Mbps! They are quite pleased. Maybe I should try the same thing! My download speed is around 8 Mbps ... maybe a similar upgrade would help.
Wed, 4/6/11: 7 miles, 56:45, 8:07 pace, 40F, cloudy, calm, no stops, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for Out to Cooper Rd
I really needed to get out for a run. I finally got out around 7PM. I tried to strike mid-foot and went out nice and easy. The last time I ran I had some hamstring tightness but I didn't have any problems. All in all, a sweet run!
Oh, my Endurance Ultra bag from Endurancebags.com came. It's a nice bag with lots of pockets. It's nice to have my running stuff somewhat more organized.
Thu, 4/7/11: Rest day.
Fri, 4/8/11: 4.1 miles, 31:01, 7:34 pace, 48F, cloudy, calm, 2 stops for traffic, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for FF Happy Hour run
CJ and I headed down to Fleet Feet for our usual Friday night Happy Hour run ... after all, what else would we do at 6PM on Friday night? The usual small crowd showed up. I headed out nice and easy ... then picked it up, 7:34 first mile. I slowed a bit to 7:41 on Cobbs Hill Drive, then 7:35 and finished with a 7:26 down Monroe Ave. I tried not to heel strike, reaching out with my stride ... it seems to working. CJ walked 2.36 miles. She said she had worked up a sweat by the time I saw her at N Winton and Monroe.
Sat, 4/9/11: Rest day.
After a nice, slow morning, I did get out and got some stuff done. I changed the oil in both cars, my 1999 Grand Am and CJ's 2000 Cavalier. I practically had to crawl under the Cavalier to find and change the oil filter but was successful. Then I found a hardware store that had the O ring that I needed to fix our Black and Decker blender ... I accidentally chopped up the original O ring when I put it back together incorrectly.
CJ cooked a nice pasta dinner in preparation for the Sehgahunda Practice Run #2 tomorrow morning at 9AM.
