I ran 24 times in 31 days during the month of July, 144.4 miles, 6.0 miles//run, 5th month in a row of greater than 100 miles
2012: 145 runs in 212 days, 944.31 miles, 6.5 miles/run
Sunday, 7/29/12: 2 runs of 11.5 and 3.8 miles
Well, I knew I needed a long run so I folded it around what I needed to do. The trunk of our 2000 Cavalier won't close so I drove it up to our auto mechanic, Russell. Then I started out on my long run armed with my Camelbak and 3 Gels.
It was 74F, sunny, calm and humid. I set off on a nice and easy pace, probably 8:15 pace. It's probably because I paused my Garmin twice. I mapped my run on mapmyrun.com so I know it was 11.5 miles. I headed north on Lake Ave and saw Charlotte Beach then I headed back south to cross the O'Rorke Bridge. I wasn't paying attention to my footing around mile 3 when I ran over a rock at mile 3. Ouch! I stretched my right achilles. I still had miles to go so I kept going. I saw the beach north of St Paul Blvd, then headed south on St Paul Blvd. My right achilles was starting to bug me so I slowed. I was more than ready to stop when I got back to the apartment.
Garmin Connect Activity for Home to Russell's House
Russell soon called to say that he was done welding the receiver of the trunk in place so that it would stay stationary and accept the trunk lid and stay closed. So ... no matter what my right achilles was trying to say to my body I headed back out. First to the bank and then out to his house to pay and pick up our car. It took about a quarter mile to stretch out but soon I was in a really nice and easy pace. Running as transportation! So ... 15.3 miles in the books on a Sunday, nice! A nice shower and lunch did feel good!
Later, I headed out to the Wayne County Nursing Home in Lyons to meet up with my sister, Diane, from Kentucky and my brother, Don, from Syracuse to see our father. We took him outside and sat in the shade and caught up with each other. After we took him back in so he could eat supper, we headed to Parker's Grill in Newark so we could do the same. You could tell that we were siblings ... we all had the Dewey though we all did have it cooked differently and with different types of fries!
Sadly, the tri community lost Heather Boyum who was killed on her bicycle at 7:45AM this morning, link here. She was 40 and had just completed the Musselman Half IronMan. She was hit by a 22 year old man riding his motorcycle and then ran over by his 23 year old girlfriend in her car. He was out on parole for 24 days after serving time for his 3rd DWI. Both have been charged with DWI and vehicular manslaughter. A sad day. Words can not express how I hope that these two are held responsible to the greatest extent.
Monday, 7/30/12: Rest day.
I don't do rest days well. Christine called me during the day to ask what our super secret network password was. I wondered what she needed it for. Well ... it turned out that she bought herself a Kindle.
Tuesday: 7/31/12: A thunderstorm-induced rest day.
A thunderstorm rolled through Rochester around 4:30PM with heavy rain. I didn't get home until 5:30PM after waiting for the rain to get out and let up along with some "hunting and gathering" at BJ's. I could have gone out but I didn't want to risk splashing into a puddle and finding that it was a pothole. Some runners did get out running and enjoyed the rain and free light show.
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| Kathy and Wendy waiting for the OK to go out and run. |
Garmin Connect Activity for Around the streets of Irondequoit
I dallied around a bit with Christine but finally got around 7:15PM. I started out nice and easy, then hit it harder until mile 2 when my right achilles started to hurt. I cut the road short, dialed back my effort and endured the right achilles ache the rest of the way.
Thursday, 8/2/12: Rest day.
I rested today. I walk a lot at work, I limped a bit at times. I wanted to run the GVH XC 5K #1 down at Cobbs Hill. Why? Just because.
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| The start! |
Friday, 8/3/12: Another rest day.
Rochester became part of the tropics today. At one point during the day it was 85F, 65% RH, kind of of tropical. Christine called me during the day and told me to buy a bag of ice on the way home from work. She filled up a tub, filled it with ice and filled it with water. Oww ... man was it cold! I put my right foot in and out as much as I could. Meanwhile I posted on Facebook that I would not run the Phelps 20K tomorrow even though I am signed up. I do not like a DNS but I will not be able to run the Phelps 20K while I want to run it ... there will be other races. But my PR in the 20K was last set at the Phelps 20K in 2008 and there is only one 20K around Rochester each year ... the Phelps 20K. Alas ... next year!
Saturday, 8/4/12: Yet another rest day, Phelps Sauerkraut 20K: DNS
I woke up around 8:20AM ... the Phelps Sauerkraut 20K was going on. I wished it was there but knew that I would have hurt myself. Still ... I yearned to run and thought of all 201 runners that ventured forth into the heat and humidity, results here.
A really hot, humid and bitchy day. A day best forgotten since all Christine and I did was miscommunicate, pick fights and argue. We just sat and watched the Olympics ... men's basketball, men's volleyball and the men's 400m heats, 100m heats, 10K finals come to mind. There were other sports during the morning and afternoon. At one point I just had to get out so I took a walk up to Titus Ave and back, 2.8 miles, when it was 90F and 51% RH out ... just a bit steamy. I wore Christine's yellow Zensah' calf sleeves. My right achilles did not bother me. We actually broke down, closed all the windows and turned on the air conditioning. It was just too hot. Later we watched more Olympics .... women's rowing, women's beach volleyball, women's 100m and women's heptathlon come to mind.
I am concerned about Christine. Her thyroid is so off ... she couldn't sleep at all 3 nights this week, then slept during the day with little energy at all.
