Sunday, 9/30/12 to Saturday, 10/6/12

I ran 3 times this week, 11.72 miles.
Month of September: 12 runs in 30 days, 45.4 miles, 3.8 miles/run
So far in 2012: 160 runs in 273 day, 1004.21 miles, 6.3 miles/run

Sunday, 9/30/12: Rest day.

Christine and I got up early. We heard the rain but it stopped before we headed out to volunteer at the Rochester Autumn Classic Duathlon held down in where else? Yes, Mendon Ponds Park! It was around 60F, damp, a bit dark but the rain held off while we helped man a water stop by the boat launch. We definitely did earn the 2 hot dogs that we grabbed when we got back up to Stewart Lodge! The sprint results are here and the F1 results are here.

Once we got back, Christine took a nap while I watched the Buffalo Bills play the New England Patriots. For a while, all looked well. Hey, the Bills had a 21-7 lead early in the 4th quarter. Then ........... the Patriots scored 6 straight TDs while they shredded the Bills defense with 2 running backs over 100 yards and 2 receivers over 100 yards (first time ever for the Patriots). The Patriots scored 45 in the second half (most ever surrendered in a half by the Bills) and 31 in the fourth quarter alone. The final carnage was 28-52, link here. Spanked aside! The Bills have sunk back to 2-2 and the Patriots have risen to 2-2. Ugly facts: The Bills are 2-22 against the Patriots since the year 2000 and are 4-22 against the AFC East since 2008. Getting in the playoffs after 12 straight years ... don't bet on it.

Maybe this is NSFW ... but Christine playfully tied me up for a bit today. Maybe she had seen a bit too much of Basic Instinct. But nothing like either you or I think might of happened transpired ... she used the opportunity to grab a tweezers and plunk some eyelashes out of my really insignificant "unibrow". I do take care of it with the "Man Groomer" that she got for me ... but really? I soon got free ...

Monday, 10/1/12: 3.3 miles, 28:28, 8:38 pace, 63F, sunny, calm, no stops, no pain.

I had a physical therapy appointment in the morning at 8:30AM. The traffic on I590S was terrible last time so I headed out at 7:30AM this time. Same thing ... just a tad lighter. I got there at 8AM and went straight in. I was pretty limber even without doing very many of my prescribed exercises. I was given another exercise to do and told to go my running volume down to less than 4 miles per run.

Garmin Connect Activity for Around the block in Irondequoit

I encountered stress when I got home so I headed out for a run. So ... I just went around the block. I kept it really nice, easy and short just like I had been told. When I got back the stress was there but it dissipated as the evening wore on.

Tuesday, 10/2/12: Rest day.

Just your average rest night. In better days, I would have gone out for a run. So I curled up and made the DVR spit out Castle, Hawaii Five-O and The Mentalist.

Wednesday, 10/3/12: A "should have been" a run night but ...

Laundry trumped running. I got sick of wearing the same clothes three days in a row to work so I washed our clothes all by myself. A pizza for supper, whatever. It was what it was.

Thursday, 10/4/12: Trails 'n Ales, 4.32 miles, 48:44, 11:17 pace, 70F, dusk, calm, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for Trail & Ales at Lucien Morin

I really wanted to get a run in so I brought my running gear with me to work. The first time in a very long time ... much too long. I heard through Facebook that there was a Trails out at Lucien Morin Park and then Ales at MacGregor's, also know as T & A. So ... I changed at work and was there by 6PM ready for some trail running.

Lots of trail fun ensued. Mark M showed off his brand new mountain bike, already muddied. Slowly a whole crew showed up: Stacy, Andy, Carl, Don, Krista, Jim A, Jim M, Laura and Saz. Jim M had already rode 93 miles on his bike! The weather was perfect: 70F, sunny, calm and little humidity. We set off around 6:30PM and headed out nice and easy behind Stacy and Laura up the hill on the white trail. We stopped periodically to gather everyone back up. We started back in the gathering darkness after 30 minutes. I turned my headlight on to see better on the way back. No one got injured or fell on the way back and no zombies were encountered! A nice run of 4.32 miles, 48:44 moving time, 11:17 moving pace, just nice and easy.

Then we headed next door to MacGregor's for some dinner and ales. Lots of bike and running stories ensued. Interesting ideas were batted back and forth: Muddy Sneaker or Sehgahunda on snowshoes, for instance. A good time was had by all! Though we may not be back for a while since Jim A's order was screwed up two weeks in a row.

I did miss out back at the apartment. My darling Christine was baking up some bacon when I called to say that I was eating at MacGregor's so ... sniff .... I will have to wait until another time for some of her luscious BLTs.

Friday, 11/5/12: Rest day.

A long way at work. My right achilles ached a bit during the day. We watched "The Avengers" via On Demand twice. The first time was loud which Christine did not like. The second time was quieter with captions which allowed me to catch the words I missed.

Saturday, 11/6/12: 4.1 miles, 33:05, 8:04 pace, 50F, dusk, calm, no stops.

We woke up to a cold rain that slowly turned into a cool, sunny day. I thought of the runners that were running either the CanLake 50K or 50 Mile race down in Canandaigua. I wished I was there but right now I can't run that far. I woke up around 7:30AM and puttered around for a bit before I took another nap. Christine needed more sleep and slept in. Later during the afternoon we lazed around and caught up on some of our DVR'ed shows: Last Resort, NCIS and NCIS: LA.

Garmin Connect Activity for Around the block at dusk in Irondequoit

I started to get cranky so I slipped out around 6:30PM for a much needed run. I wanted to get my run volume above 10 miles for the week. It was a bit cool and windy, around 50F. I thought it was a bit chilly so I wore a long and short sleeve tech plus light gloves and a hat. I just headed out at a nice and easy pace. My right knee hurt at the 1/2 mile mark and I thought about starting back but I continued onward and it went away. My right achilles just ached a bit. I warmed up and then hiked the pace up from mile 2 to 3 at a 7:20 pace.

Christine made chicken, baked potato and salad for supper ... yummy! Later, I watched "How Playboy Changed The World" off of the History Channel. My sweetheart Christine had recorded it on the DVR. We had a slight tiff when I got up to wash the dishes a couple of hours after supper. She went out for some air ... but no worries about a while.