Sunday, 12/30/12: 6 miles, 57:09, 9:32 pace, 27F, dusk, no stop, just your usual discomfort.
I had trouble sleeping during the night during my left hip bruise. Plus a neighbor decided to play video games at 5AM for a couple of hours. I couldn't sleep on my back so I just went to the couch to kind of sleep and watch "Them!" on DVD. I woke up Christine around noon with the Sunday Democrat and Chronicle newspaper and coffee. Thankfully, the last home game of Buffalo Bills against the New York Jets was blacked out. The Bills actually won, 28-9, to finish the season at 6-10, link here.
Garmin Connect Activity for Around the streets of Irondequoit
I did make it out for a nice 6 mile run around 4:30PM. Christine was a bit worried and made sure that I took my headlight. It was just before dusk and she knew how long my runs usually took. I did need the headlight. I spent half of the run on the shoulder of the road and half on the sidewalks. Most of the sidewalks has snow on them so it was kind of like running with snowshoes. A good workout!
Monday, 12/31/12: Rest day.
I ran 37.5 miles in the month of December, 7 runs in 31 days, 5.4 miles/run.
I ran 1179.25 mile in 2012, 228 runs in 365 days, 5.2 miles/run.
Well, the Buffalo Bills fired their entire coaching staff. Now how about some players who didn't play?
Christine and I just spent a quiet evening in. We watched our long-overdue-to-be-watched Netflix DVD. It was a nice feel-good movie named "We Bought a Zoo " with Matt Damon and Scarlett Johannson. Then we had a champagne toast around midnight ... sweet!
Tuesday, 1/1/13: 7.5 miles, 1:02:13, 8:18 pace, 22F, light snow, light wind, no stops.
Christine and I were up and out the door at 9AM to make it down to Mendon Ponds Park for Freezeroo #2 with plenty of time before the race at 10AM.
I really didn't get much chance to warm up before just a tiny 0.35 mile run up from the Beach parking lot and up to the starting line. I met up with fellow Brooks Racing Team runners and got into my usual spot about 50 feet back from the starting line. The conditions were cold with light snow and light wind. I wore my usual garb for winter running along with my running jacket because I figured the wind would be cold when we ran through the rolling hills of Mendon ... I was right!
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| The snowy start! |
I appear in this GRTC YouTube video around the 1:35 to 1:40 mark .. I think!
I warmed up and ran the first mile in 7:45 pace. I just concentrated on running smoothly and in control. I knew I wasn't going to set any PR in these conditions.
I crossed 3 miles in 24:00 and 5 miles in 40:25. I knew I was slowing down so I concentrated on just putting one foot in front of the other.
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| Turning back onto Douglas Rd with just one more hill before the finish! |
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| The finish line! |
I brought my warm stuff up to Stewart Lodge where I soon had something to eat and swapped stories with fellow runners, always a good time! I ran most of the way back to the car when I left since it had turned colder. Winter running in Rochester ... always a good time!
I did OK. I finished 123rd out of 376, line here. I was 9th out of 33 in my M55-59 age group, link here.
Wednesday, 1/2/13: Rest day.
I did think about heading down to the Snow Cheap #2 down at Cobbs Hill. It was the first Snow Cheap to have snow since February 2011. 48 snowshoers headed out, link here. 194 non-snowshoers headed out, link here.
Instead I accompanied my darling Christine to the DMV office so she could get the name changed on her license. We couldn't find the title to our Cavalier so we couldn't change that yet. Lots of stuff is lost in our apartment.
We watched a nice classic movie off the DVR, "Singin' in the Rain" made in 1952 with Gene Kelly and a 20 year old Debbie Reynolds. They don't make movies like that any more!
Thursday, 1/3/13: Another rest day.
I thought about going out for a run. But during the afternoon my right Achilles ached worse than usual so I decided that rest was best.
Friday, 1/4/13: 6.6 miles, 1:04:07, 9:49 pace, 33F, night, windy, 1 stop
Garmin Connect Activity for Around the streets of Irondequoit
I needed to run. I didn't want to fall so I put on my Yaktrax. I dressed warmly since it was windy. Then I headed out at a really nice and easy pace to just run street by street between St Paul St and Seneca Ave. A few of the streets were clear and most were snow covered. I felt like a rat in a maze. I like getting somewhere I run. The wind felt warm instead of cold so I stopped to take off my jacket. Then the wind felt a bit cooler. I didn't really feel any pain in my right Achilles just discomfort.
Saturday, 1/5/12: Rest day.
I stuck to my usual day of run followed by a day of rest. So Christine and I lazed around all day. We had a "Things To Do" list but we ignored it. I watched football all day. The home teams won, the Green Bay Packers and the Houston Texans. We discovered a new (to us) pizza place, Papa Johns! I ordered a large pizza with pepperoni, bacon and pineapple around 10PM then went out to get it. It was delicious!
