Sunday, 5/27/12: Rest day.
I ambled more than walked today. Though I did move better in the evening. Christine and I woke up down at the Genesee Falls Inn, a beautiful bed and breakfast in Portageville that Christine found for us. We really enjoyed our stay. We'll be back!
We stopped for a while in Mount Morris. We visited a craft store where I bought a cute bird house and Christine bought a earring.
We saw a nice queen four poster headboard that would go well with our new queen bed in an antique store. We had a very nice lunch at Questa Lasagna. The owner recognized my Sehgahunda finisher's necklace since he had catered our delicious feast yesterday. I had the seafood lasagna, Christine had the chicken alfredo lasagna, along with sweet iced tea. Yummy!
Soon we were back up in Rochester. Christine took a nap, I lazed around. We watched a bit of TV; a mix between Game 1 of the Spurs - Thunder series (Spurs won by 3 for their 19th in a row , link here), the Nascar CocaCola 600 race (Kasey Kahne won, link here) and the movie Tora, Tora, Tora. The only thing that got a workout was the remote control, lol. The inventor of the remote control died recently, link here.
Monday, 5/28/12, Rest day.
We just lazed around. I did walk out to the local Dunking Donuts to get some cinnamon and raisin bagels. It was very hot and muggy. A fan didn't help ... it just moved the hot air around. We watched the Heat outgun the Celtics by 14 in Game 1 of the East Finals, link here).
Tuesday, 5/29/12: Rest day.
Christine convinced me that I needed to take another rest day. Who was I to argue? So ... I ended up with a late supper and watched the Spurs manhandle the Thunder by 9 in Game 2 of their West Finals, link here, to remain perfect in the Playoffs (10-0) with 20 consecutive wins.
I really need to run again. The Mendon Mauler on Saturday ... 4, 8 or 12 trail miles? Hmm?
Wednesday, 5/30/12: Webster Park, 4.41 miles, 52:36, 12:00 pace, 72F, sunny, calm.
Garmin Connect Activity for Webster Park trail run with the group
I had thought about just doing a solo run but Christine suggested that I run with the group. We swapped stories, then headed out for a really nice and easy trail run. There were some slight hills, roots and roots to deal with but we did so easily without any trouble. Meanwhile we just enjoyed each others company. I am glad that I went, a nice way to ease back into the saddle.
I watched the Heat beat the Celtics by 4 in OT in Game 2 of their East Finals, link here.Rondo of the Celtics played the entire game and had 44 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds. Rondo got a shot to head in the last minute of OT that went uncalled, the Heat went back from a dunk, a swing of 4. I don't have a horse in this race but ... the Celtics shot 29 FTs, The Heat shot 47 FTs, Lebron shot 24 FTs by himself. It does look like a Heat - Spurs Final at this point.
Thursday, 5/31/12: Mile Repeats, 6.37 miles, 57:51: 9:05 pace.
Month of May: 167.48 miles (the most ever in a month), 22 runs in 31 days, 7.6 miles/run
2012 through the end of May: 670.95 miles, 99 runs in 151 days, 6.8 miles/run
Garmin Connect Activity for Mile Repeats with Bill Beyerbach
I met up with Bill Beyerbach at the King of Christ on Kings Highway. We ran part of the Irondequoit 10K course. The first 3 mile repeats were on a slight downhill: 7:04, 6:39, 6:44. By this time I was a bit tired. The last mile repeat was back uphill, 8:10 (I guess). Then we just ran it back to the start around 7:45 (I guess). It's been a long time since I did any speed work. Bill told me about a marathon in Erie PA on 9/16 (my birthday) that he is thinking about running.
I watched the Thunder beat the Spurs by 20 in Game 3 of their West finals, link here. The Spurs winning streak was snapped but the game was boring, I fell asleep.
Friday, 6/1/12: Rest day.
I stopped by Fleet Feet Ridgeway on the way home to sign up for tomorrow's Mendon Mauler, the 12 mile version. I have to keep up my endurance!
I watched the Celtics beat the Heat in Game 3 of their East finals, link here. Both series are now 2-1 for the Spurs and Heat.
Saturday, 6/2/12: Mendon Mauler, 12.87 miles, 2:06:46, 10:03 pace, 56F, sunny, windy.
Christine and I made it down to Mendon Ponds Park at 8:15AM in time for the 8:30AM start of the 12 mile edition of the Mendon Mauler. The 8 and 4 miler started at 9AM. I said "Hi" to people that I knew as we mllled around for the start. I hadn't run this race in three years so I kind of knew the course. Basically it was three 4 mile loops. I settled into a nice trail pace and kept it up. It got warm and sweaty in the trees pretty quickly and the wind felt good. It was kind of fun passing some of the 4 and 8 milers during the second loop. I started running the tangents during the last two loops trying to shorten the loop a bit. But I had to be careful since the tangents had more roots. I had forgot to pack gels so all I had was my hand bottle. Finally the third loop was done ... I was more than ready to turn left to go to the finish.
I felt pretty good after the finish, just 1 week out from running Sehgahunda. I finished in 2:06:46. My loop times were consistent: 41:33, 41:19 and 42:39. I was 20th out of 60, link here. I was 4th out of 15 in my M50-59 age group, link here.
I fueled a bit on hot dogs and a banana while I talked running with fellow runners which is always a treat. Christine and I stuck around for the awards before heading home. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday morning!
My running for the day was not done though. Our 2000 Cavalier still needed repairs (A/C hose, fuel leak and an oil change). So I drove it out to our auto mechanic and ran home at a really nice and easy pace, 8:56.
Garmin Connect Activity for Russell's house to home
Later, Christine made tilapia with risotto and asparagus, mmm! I watched the Thunder beat the Spurs by 6 in Game 4 of their West finals, link here, to tie up their West finals at 2-2. Though I did wake up just to see the final score.
