Garmin Connect Activity for Mendon Ponds Park - Blue and Green trail
I got a good 9 hours of sleep then got up and hunted on the internet until I found a live feed of the Chicago Marathon. I saw Mose Mosop finish, link here. Then I decided to head out ... thinking of all the 45000 people who ran the Chicago Marathon.
I didn't get an early start but I did make it down my familiar trail haunt, Mendon Ponds Park. My plan was to run two loops. I was a creature of habit and ran the Blue and Green trail like usual. I ran nice and easy, just motoring up and down the familiar hills. I tripped on an unfamiliar root at mile 4.5 and picked up a scrape on my left elbow. By this time my upper right hamstring was giving me a twinge. So when I got to the end of the first loop I decided that one loop was enough. When I got home I iced it, then sat on a heating pad all night. At first, I was pretty hombled but by the end of the night I was walking OK. I felt this twinge before yesterday's Scarecrow 5K but didn't feel it during the race. Hopefully I will be able to do the Mendon 50K Trail Run in early November.
I caught most of the Bills - Eagles game. The Bills had a 17 point lead but it got exciting. Buffalo intercepted Vick yet again during the last minutes then got an incroachment penalty due to a 4th down "hard" count to preserve a 31-24 victory, link here. The Bills, 4-1? "Bill-lieve" it!
Christine and I got sucked into watching live TV on FX ... the end of Jurassic Park and all of Transformers: Rise of the Fallen. I really missed not being able to fast forward through the commercials.
Monday, 10/10/11: Rest day.
Garmin Connect Activity for No-Bo walk with Christine
Christine and I headed out to Durant Eastman Park beach for a change of scenery for her "No-Bo" workout. I am not the best coach but I did advise her to stretch more before she heads out. Maybe that will help her shin splints.
Tuesday, 10/11/11: A cautious rest day.
I decided to stay in. When I was walking during work I felt a twinge in my upper right leg when I was moving my right leg forward.
Christine made an excellent dinner of pork chops, green beans and zucchini. Then we settled down and watched a DVR'd movie: El Dorado with John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and James Caan.
Wednesday, 10/12/11: 5.4 miles, 43:22, 8:02, 56F, cloudy, light sprinkles, calm, no stops, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for Out to the Zoo, 2 loops
I helped my youngest son buy his first car, a red 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT coupe with 87K miles, 5 speed and sunroof. I remember my first car, a 1969 Chevy Nova ... decidedly not as good looking!
Christine had already headed out to her No-Bo workout at Genesee Valley Park. She had a good workout ... she did a light jog during the runs! Before the run, she bought a used Forerunner 305 from Krista who upgraded to a Forerunner 610.
So I headed out to the Zoo with 2 loops in a light sprinkle. Nothing hard, nice to out for a run, just nice and easy!
Thursday, 10/13/11: 5 miles, 37:09, 7:24 pace, 66F, cloudy, calm, no stops, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for Remington's Run
Christine and I headed down to Remington's for the final Remington's run of the year. Christine headed out first on her "No-Bo" workout wearing her Forerunner 305. I started slow, then hiked it up. I concentrated on stretching out with each stride and on my form. I seemed to glide ... I didn't look at my Garmin until the end. Sweet!
Friday, 10/14/11: Rest day.
Christine and I got Black Swan from Redbox last night but didn't get to see it. I wanted to see it before 9PM ... we tried on all three of our DVD players, no go. So we watched it on my laptop. I must say it was nice, dark and twisty ballerina flick with Natalie Portman! I took it back just before 9PM ... to get Scream 4. A nice sequel to the Scream franchise!
Saturday, 10/15/11: 3.1 miles, 21:07, 6:49 pace, 48F, cloudy, windy, no stops, no pain
Christine and I headed out to north Greece for my first try at the Run for Hospice 5K. It was a Rochester Runner Of the Year (RROY) race so your typical fast group of runners showed up. The weather was a bit raw ... 48, cloudy, windy with a bit of spitting rain during the race. I started out fast with a first mile of 6:26. During the second mile Wilt passed me. During the second mile mile we turned back into the wind ... the second mile was 13:54. I passed Bill around mile 2.5, third mile at 20:20. I finished just behind Wilt at 21:07.
I did OK, 67th out of 614, results here. I finished 3rd out of 30 in my M50-54 age group, results here. There was a mixup at the awards, I was posted and announced 2nd. Kudos to my darling Christine for sticking with me while I waited during the tedious award ceremony for my award ... a $25 gift certificate to Jim Dalberth Sporting Goods. It turned more windy and cold during the morning. We were shivering ... luckily we know enough to bring warm and dry clothes to running events.
We enjoyed the rest of the day and evening by watching a DVR'd The Sons of Katie Elder, eating ribs, and a DVR'd Fringe.
