Sunday, 3/18/12 to Saturday, 3/24/12

I ran 5 times this week, 32.4 miles.

Sunday, 3/18/12: 6.75 miles, 1:02:35, 9:16 pace, 75F, sunny, calm, 3 stops for water, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for Mendon Ponds Park - Blue and Green trail

I don't usually move too fast on Sunday mornings. This Sunday was the usual. I did get out around 1 PM down to my favorite trail, the Blue and Green down at Mendon Ponds Park. I could not believe the warm and sunny weather. It is March 18th, not June 18th? I just ran a bit hard, just stopping 3 times for water. I motored up and down the trail, enjoying the day and just getting my running endorphins, sweet!

I stopped by Fleet Feet Brighton and signed up for Sehgahunda Trail Marathon. It's only logical since I do the Sehgahunda Training.

I didn't move too much the rest of the day.

Monday, 3/19/12: Rest day.

Christine and I did our laundry. While she was minding the laundry, I went grocery shopping, did the dishes and then came back to help her fold our clothes. Just an ordinary rest day ... and we actually got some stuff done!

Tuesday, 3/20/12: Sehgahunda Training, 1:03:30, 5.91 miles, 70F, sunny, calm, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for Sehgahunda Training at Cobbs Hill

Christine and I headed down to Cobbs Hill for my Sehgahunda Training and for Christine to do her No-Bo run from Monday. My group headed out for a 10 minute warmup in Washington Grove, 5 loops of the switchback with a meander over to and down the diagonal, followed by a 10 minute cooldown. It was a beautiful evening with lots of people out enjoying the park. Christine headed out with the intent to run the Pumpkins in the Park 5K course. She cut out the loop around the reservoir and ran 2.38 miles.

My monthly mileage just went over 100 miles, probably the earliest it has ever. I still have 11 more days until the end of the month.

Wednesday, 3/21/12: Sehgahunda Training, 47: 12, 6.0 miles, 72F, sunny, calm, 1 stop, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for Sehgahunda Training at Fleet Feet Ridgeway

Christine and I headed down to Fleet Feet Ridgeway for her No-Bo run. I went for my Sehgahunda Training run. I had a bit of trouble with my Garmin so I reset it and picked up 2 minutes of warmup, an out A-B of 2.3 miles of 19 minutes, 8:16 pace, a rest of 2 minutes, a back B-A of 2.3 miles of 16.5 minutes, 7:10 pace, then a cooldown of 5 minutes. Sweet! The only downer was a kamikaze bug that flew into my left eye on the way back. Man, did that smart! It took a bit before I got it out but I didn't stop running!

Christine rocking her own blonde ponytail!

Meanwhile, Christine had gone out for a run of 2.48 miles. She said that she felt good and ran well. Doubly sweet!

Thursday, 3/22/12: Rest day.

A nice rest day. I put my IT hat on and replaced our D-Link G wireless router. A few weeks ago I had purchased a NetGear RangeMax N150 wireless router along with some NetGear N150 wireless adapters from 1saleaday.com. I even read the instructions since these refurbs came with no CDs. I scratched my head a few times but soon succeeded in upping our download speed from 10.5 to 16 and our security from the weak WEP to WPA2-PSK. I also rehooked up our Canon Pixma MX860 wireless printer. Meanwhile I was also trying to watch the Sweet Sixteen matchup between Syracuse and Wisconsin. Ok ... not so much but I did catch the moments that mattered. The last 15 seconds was not so pretty for Wisconsin as SU hung on to win 64-63, link here.

Friday, 3/23/12: Fleet Feet Ridgeway, 5.75 miles, 44:19, 7:42 pace, 60F, cloudy, a bit windy, no stops, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for Fleet Feet Ridgeway - Pickdale + Pickdale

Christine and I drove out to Fleet Feet Ridgeway for our usual Friday night Happy Hour run. The weather was nice, but a bit cool compared to the last three nights where it was 70F. Ok ... so I am really spoiled with all this hot March weather, lol! My Sehgahunda Training called for 45 minutes at nice and easy. Me ... I don't do nice and easy when I run road by myself. I just ran ... I tried to hold back but I just can't. I am what I am. Christine wanted to do 3 miles but her knees bothered her so she did 2 miles. So ... doubly sweet!

Saturday, 3/24/12: Genesee River trail, 8 miles, 1:08:19, 8:32 pace, 50F, cloudy, calm.

Garmin Connect Activity for Genesee River trail from Blue Cross Arena

I set the alarm for 6AM. Christine needed to be down at the Blue Cross Arena for her No-Bo 5K run at 7:30AM. We both so wanted to just roll over and go back to sleep ... but what fun would that be? So ... after a couple minutes of listening to the radio we got up and at them. We made it downtown around 7:15AM. My Sehgahunda Training called for a nice and easy 1:30 run. I stretched and just headed out south on the west side of the Genesee River trail at a really nice and easy pace. My joints hurt a bit but I kept plugging onward. I went out for 3.75 miles at 8:26 pace before I stopped for 2 minutes. Then I headed back, soon I crossed over to the east side of the Genesee River trail and plugged onward, 4.25 miles at 8:09 pace.


Ellen caught on the left trying to get out of the picture as I came back.



Christine out on her Flower City 5K preview run

I got back just a few minutes before Christine came back in from her 5K. We hung around for a bit before we headed home for some nutrition and a nap. I headed out to Newark to wish my daughter a belated happy 24th birthday, then out to Lyons to the Wayne County Nursing Home to see my father for a bit.

Once I got back I settled down to watch Syracuse play Ohio State. Alas, Ohio State solved SU's 2-3 zone and won 77-70, link here. We did keep up with the latest Battlestar Galactica episodes off of our trusty DVR. Then it was to bed relatively early ... we are headed down to Letchworth for the Sehgahunda Preview run #1 tomorrow. Ok ... not so early!