Sunday, 8/5/12 to Saturday, 8/11/12

I ran 1 times this week, 5.3 miles. My right achilles really hurt when I did try to run after resting it a week.

Sunday, 8/5/12: Yet another rest day squared.

Just another hot and humid day. I got out for a 2.5 mile walk to get the Sunday paper. A thunderstorm and 1.79 inches of rain moved through around 2PM which might have cooled us down a bit. Once Christine woke up, we watched the Olympics. Many sports came upon the screen during the morning, afternoon and night: women's indoor volleyball, women's beach volleyball (with bikinis!), women's handball, men's water polo, men's 1500m heats, men's 400m hurdles, men's 100m semis, women's vault, men's 400m semis, men's 100m finals (Bolt, 9.63!!), men's floor finals, men's pummel horse. Missy Franklin's ending segment with Bob Costas was priceless!

Monday: 8/6/12: Yet another rest day to the 3rd power.

No running since last Wednesday. Christine cooked up meat loaf with mashed potatoes and green beans ... man food! Later I just watched the Olympics ... letting each event wash over me. By now, Christine is bored of the whole thing. I saw the extra periods of the epic women's soccer game between Canada and the US. The US got two favorable calls in a row which allowed them to tie the game at 3. There will be lots of internet discussion the next day. The US goal in the last 30 seconds of stoppage time was incredible! I endured watching the women's uneven bars while I waited for anything about the women's pole vault. Jen Shur from upstate NY won the gold medal!

Tuesday, 8/7/12: Yet another rest day to the 4th power.

Just one more day. I took Christine to get her nails done. She chose a pinkish red for her color ... nice! After supper and digesting our supper, I watched more Olympics. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings for the US will play for the women's beach volleyball gold tomorrow. Women's balance beam (a US woman named Alexandra Raisman took the bronze after a protest), women's 200m semis, women's 100m hurdles (US women - Dawn Harper got silver and Kellie Wells got bronze, Lolo was fourth) men's 1500m (a US man named Leonel Manzano took silver), men's high jump (A US man named Erik Kynard got silver), woman's floor (a US woman named Alexandra Raisman took the gold).

Wednesday, 8/8/12: 5.3 miles,44:48, 8:28 pace, 80F, sunny, calm, a bit humid.

Garmin Connect Activity for Around the streets of Irondequoit

I just had to get out ... it had been a week since my last run. I didn't know how far to go so I took it nice and easy, about 8:00 pace. I thought I would go about 5 to 6 miles. I started to feel my right achilles ache at mile 3.75. I walked 3 times after that. I got home and told Christine that I needed a towel and a bucket of ice. F***!! I probably should have gone 3 miles like Christine suggested.

I really don't know if I will able to run the Bergen 5K on Saturday at all. For Heaven's sakes, I ran 53 races last year and 31 so far this year ... to run over a f***ing rock because I wasn't looking where I was going and mess up right achilles really irks me!!!

Christine cooked up some pizza and I settled down to watch more Olympics while I soaked my right foot. I have gotten quite good at just sticking my foot into the cold water. Here are the results: Women's platform, men's 110m hurdles (US men - Aries Merritt won gold, Jason Richardson won silver), women's beach volleyball (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings won the gold), men's 200m semis, women's long jump (US women - Brittney Reese won gold, Janay Deloach won bronze), women's 400m hurdles (US woman named Lashinda Demus won silver), women's 200m (US women - Allyson Felix won gold, Camelita Jeter won bronze),


Thursday, 8/9/12: Rest day.

I went to work today limping. It was truly a day from hell. I had to walk ... OK, limp ... constantly all day between buildings and printers. My right achilles ached. Accordingly to my smartphone I took 6781 steps ... which doesn't count when I didn't have it on because it was charging or couldn't have it due to restrictions.

I came home and promptly put my right foot in ice water. I tried to find a channel that would show me the US women's soccer final but could only find highlights that they had won 2-1 over Japan. I settled down to watch the Olympics: men's 800m final (Kenya's Rudisha won gold in WR time), women's indoor volleyball semis ( US women advance), men's 4x400m prelims, men's triple jump (US men -  Christian Taylor won gold, Will Claye won silver), women's platform semis, men's 200m (Bolt won gold in 19.32).

Friday, 8/10/12: Another rest day.

I didn't limp today but I could feel my right achilles complaining to me all day. Kind of sucks!!

More Olympics: men's platform semis, men's 4 x 400m semis, men's pole vault (France won gold), women's 4x100m finals (US won the gold in WR time), men's 4x400m finals (Bahamas won the gold, US won silver), women's 5k final (Ethiopia won gold), women's BMX finals (Columbia won the gold), men's BMX finals (Latvia won the gold).

Saturday, 8/11/12: Yet another rest day.

The Bergen 5K was held today out in Bergen. I didn't want to go ... I couldn't run it anyway so I just slept. I woke up at 8:22AM, the race started 8 minutes later. I knew that a fast crew was out there, results here. The winner was Colin Leak in 14:33. Fleet Feet's master runner, Mark Andrews, was masters winner and 9th overall in 15:20. Tim Dwyer was 76th in 17:44 and 1st in his M50-54 age group, Becky Duberry was 138th in 20:06 and 4th in her F40-44 age group, Bill Beyerbach was 149th in 20:55 and 4th in his M55-59 age group, Jeanne Herrick was 215th in 25:03 and 2nd in her F60-64 age group

The Olympics: men's soccer final (Mexico beat Brazil 2-1 for the gold), women's mountain bike, a bit of rhythmic gymnastics, lots of women's handball, women's basketball (US won the gold), men's 5K (Mo Farah of Great Britain won the gold), men's platform (US - won gold), women's high jump (Russia won gold, US won silver), women's 4x400m finals (US won gold), men's 4x100m finals (Jamaica won gold in WR time, US won silver equaling the old WR).