During the month of February, 18 runs out of 28 days, 107.38 miles, 6.0 miles/run
Sunday, 2/24/2013: 2 runs of 7.08 and 5.1 miles
I needed a long run so I headed out around 10AM. The weather was your usual 34F, overcast with a real light snow. I headed out on my usual 10K, added a trip to Chapel Hill Drive and then out to the lake. I took it nice and easy, 8:29 pace.
Garmin Connect Activity for Out to the Lake
I walked around the beach for 5 minutes or so while I hydrated and had two Gels.
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| The lake had about 50 feet of ice and slush from the beach |
Then I headed back at a slower pace, 8:46 pace. 12.17 miles was my longest run of the year so far. Progress. My right Achilles was just a minor discomfort. I felt pretty good ... I think the 2 Gels at the turn helped.
Garmin Connect Activity for Back from the Lake
So, my farthest run of the year is 12.18 miles. I ran 23.48 miles over 3 days this weekend, an improvment of 1.48 miles over last weekend. Progress! I can feel a lots of good runs in the future!!
Afterward, I caught up on the exploits of other runners on Facebook. Lots of runs went down: trail runs, runs around the Bay and the out of town Lake Effect Half Marathon in Syracuse!
I settled in to watch the Daytona 500. Danica Patrick took the pole and finished 8th. Jimmie Johnson won a tight and tense race at the end, link here. I did catch the last 3 minutes of the Lakers - Mavericks game. The Lakers won by 4, Kobe had 38, link here. There was a tenseness between my darling wife, Christine, and I. Later she told me that she had wanted to do something else than have me watch sports all day ... who knew!
I stayed up late and pulled the trigger on the Muddy Sneaker 20K on 4/20. This year's race was open to the first 200 runners on www.ultrasignup.com. It sold out in 12 hours. Lots of Facebook posts ensued from fellow trail runners happy to get signed up.
Monday, 2/25/2013: Rest day.
Tuesday, 2/26/2013: 6.2 miles, 49:37, 7:59 pace, 38F, night, light rain, no stops.
Garmin Connect Activity for Usual 10K around the streets of Irondequoit
Christine and I shared a long hug after work. Then I headed out into the night for a run on my 10K run. My right Achilles ached a bit for about a mile then I started to run faster. I looked down at my Garmin at the 5K mark and saw 24:55. I continued onward with my jacket unzipped since I was hot ... then a light freezing rain started. I suddenly tripped over a parking lot curb as I checked my Garmin. I tucked, rolled, dusted myself off and ran on. I stopped at 6.2 miles and saw that I had done a negative split, 24:42. Nice! It did come with a price .. my right big toe hurt like the devil for about 30 minutes. Hopefully, it will be OK tomorrow morning.
Wednesday, 2/27/2013, 5.5 miles, 47:40, 8:40 pace, 33F, night, light snow/rain/sleet mix, no stops.
Garmin Connect Acttivity for 5.5 miles around the streets of Irondequoit
My right big toe was just bruised a bit along with a scrape and bruise on my right forearm. The precipitation during the night and day was a mixture of snow, rain and sleet, very slushy. I went out for a run anyway. My legs felt tired so I took it very nice and easy. I got my trail shoes soaked when I had to take to the slushy sidewalk. All in all, not the best of runs ... but I got out there.
Thursday, 2/28/2013: Rest day ... laundry (lots and lots) night with a late supper.
Friday, 3/1/2013: Another rest day ... just relaxed and chilled with my darling Christine, ate too much, went to bed too late.
A high point was receiving a pair of Salamon Speedcross 3 trail shoe FREE! Way back during one of the 2012 Dirt Cheap trail races I won the raffle for a new pair of Salamon trail shoes. I mailed the card in and ... wham, bam ... they came UPS at 7:42PM! Just in time ... my old, trusty pair of trail shoes, Brooks Adrenaline GTXs, had 544 miles.
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| My new Salomon Speedcross! |
Saturday, 3/2/2013: 11.1 miles, 2:02:10, 11:01 pace, 23F, overcast, real light snow, 1 stop for hydration and Gel
Garmin Connect Activity for Zoo and Genesee Riverway trails
My new Speedcross have a real aggressive tread that needed to run on trail. So I headed for the east Zoo trail (lots of ruts and crusty snow), crossed over on the Rorke Bridge and headed back down the Genesee Riverway trail (with more ruts and crusty snow).
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| Tracks in the snow! |
I took it really nice and slow. Maybe I shouldn't have done trail but the new Speedcross had to be broken in properly! Anyway, I was out there for 2 hours ... a nice way to spend a morning!
