Sun, 7/3/11: Rest day.
Just your usual rest day. I went out and got the Sunday paper and two Apple Cinnamon donuts from DunkinDonuts. The Sunday Democrat and Chronicle recently went up to $2 ... I am beginning to question whether it is worth it. Later we watched our latest NetFlix DVD, The Tourist with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. An unremarkable movie. I tried to go to bed early to rest up for the Brighton 5K but it was a hot and sticky night ... not too great for sleeping.
Mon, 7/4/11: 3.1 miles, 21:01, 6:47 pace, 78F, sunny, calm, ran hard, no pain.
CJ and I made it down to Brighton High School for the Brighton 5K. I wanted to run this 5K because everyone told me it was flat and fast. My Garmin said only 16 feet of vertical rise... flat enough!
I went out hard with a 6:27 first mile. I slowed a bit to 6:56 in the second mile and a bit more to 7:00 in the third mile. I sprinted to the finish over the last tenth in 38 seconds in 6:20 pace but couldn't break 21:00. I set a new PR by 35 seconds! Yeah, baby! My heart rate was pretty constant, around 160 all the way and peaking to 168 in the sprint to the finish.
I finished 81st out of 658, link here. I finished 5th out of 37 in my age group, link here.
CJ and I made it a leisurely day by heading to Starbucks in Brighton, Fashion Bug in Webster, Lane Bryant in Greece and Famous Dave's for lunch.
Tue, 7/5/11: 5 miles, 82F, sunny, calm, ran hard then easy, mild pain later.
Garmin Connect Activity for FF Cobbs Hill speed workout, 8x200m sprints, 4 loops
CJ and I just headed down to Cobbs Hill reservoir for the Fleet Feet Tuesday night speed workout. Mark had us triple up to do 8x200m sprints back and forth. I had to start out a bit slow since I was not warm yet. It was quite a workout! I cooled down with 4 times around the reservoir and then a bit down Highland Ave to get to 5 miles. My lower abs tightened up afterwards and couldn't go into Wegmans with CJ. I hobbled back to the apartment. CJ made a late supper of pork chops, baked potato and salad. I went to bed early too.
Wed, 7/6/11: Rest day.
Just your average hot, humid rest day. CJ and I were just a bit off all day. I couldn't sleep ... I watched a DVD of Them! for a bit out on the couch with one eye open until 2AM.
Thu, 7/7/11: 5.45 miles, 1:10:20, 74F, cloudy, calm, no pain.
Ellison Park Wetlands, White trail out, got lost, White trail back
I really needed to run tonight. Luckily it was a bit less humid. I headed out to Ellison Park Wetlands which is quite a bit closer than Mendon Ponds Park. I headed out nice and easy. I soon found out that there were some hashers running around too. I ran into them a number of times. I got lost at the end of the White trail ... I had to bushwack a bit until I found the White trail again with some hasher help and ran it to the end. I ran it all the way back without any trouble. I picked up another slash on my right shin for my trail trouble ... oh well!
Fri, 7/8/11: 4 miles, 30:22, 7:35 pace, 78F, sunny, calm, no stops, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for FF Happy Hour run
CJ and I headed down to Fleet Feet for the usual Happy Hour run. We met up with the usual Friday night runners plus Ron from Texas was there. I went out easy but turned it on after a bit. What can I say? I just have one speed most of the time when I run road. CJ walked 2 miles. We went to the Otter Lodge after with Anne, Becky and Ron for some rehydration. A nice change of pace.
Sat, 7/9/11: Rest day.
A nice, relaxing rest day. After a good morning we headed to New Nails so CJ could repair her left pinkie nail. They sure do look nice!
Then we headed out to Newark to get my father's mail then out to see 2 of my 3 kids. My daughter is getting ready to move to Ohio at the end of the month. My youngest son was slowly getting ready to work from 11PM to 7AM, then to a poker tournament at noon tomorrow.
After a bit, we headed to Prime Steakhouse to use our Groupon coupon that was going to expire that night ... luckily I looked at the coupon on Friday. Afterward, we listened to the sweet sound of Hard Logic at the Webster Jazz Fest.
