I biked once this week, 15 miles
During the month of June, I ran 21 times 103.35 miles (5 were warmups, 4 were cooldowns), 4.9 miles/run
During the month of June, I biked 4 times, 65.9 miles, 16.5 miles/ride
So far in 2013, I have run 104 times in 181 days, 616.51 miles, 5.9 miles/run
Sunday, 6/30/2013: Injured day.
I went to bed on Saturday night by gingerly laying myself down on my back and hoping that sleep would come. It did. I wore a eye shade since I wanted to sleep past sunrise. I slept pretty well.
When I woke up I could move a bit better. I had twinges of pain when I moved my right side but it wasn't anywhere as bad as during the day on Saturday. So it was just a normal Sunday with just a bit of pain when I moved my right side. Later, Christine and I headed out to BurgerKing and Wegmans for some food and supplies.
Monday, 7/1/2013: Injured day 2.
I tried to get up and go to work but didn't. So I lazed around all day and surfed the web. What a great use of time .. not!
I sneaked a peek at the current Rochester Runner of the Year (RROY) M55-59 standings, link here. I am currently a soild third (32) to Mike Viterise (42) and Bill Beyerbach (41). I have finished the M55-59 runner behind Bill in the last three RROY races. The best 6 races count toward the M55-59 age group award. There are still 6 more RROY races to go this year. The next race is the Sodus Bay Lighthouse 5K on July 4th.
Tuesday, 7/2/2013 and Wednesday, 7/3/2013: Injured days 3 and 4 ... just getting whatever I had to do done, just not running or biking.
Thursday, 7/4/2013: 2 runs of 0.6 and Sodus Bay Lighthouse 5K of 3.14 miles, 79F, 77% RH, overcast, calm
I had gone to bed the previous night at 8:15 PM so I was up at 5:42 AM. The Sodus Bay Lighthouse 5K was slated at 9 AM. I tried to get Christine up but she begged off because she was still tired and her stomach didn't feel good.
Was it a wise idea to head all the way out to Sodus Point to run this race? Well ... I was already signed up, it was a Rochester Runner of the Year (RROY) race and I'm stubborn. So I headed out solo at 7:46 AM. I was soon in the small village of Sodus Point smack dab in the middle of a small town race with lots of people and long lines. The fact that this race was a RROY race brought out more runners than usual so the logistics were a bit strained.
Garmin Connect Activity for Warmup before Lighthouse 5K
I did get out for a short warmup run of 0.6 miles. It was long enough to tell me that I should just run not race this race. My right rib nagged me.
I lined up next to Bill Beyerbach and near Wilt Alston about 20 feet from the start. Soon we were off. I tried to start off hot but I had to back down so both Bill and Wilt were far ahead. I couldn't breathe hard because of my right rib plus it just plain nagged me. So I just concentrated on not stopping and getting the race done. The race itself was an unusual double out and back so I could see the race leaders twice. We all ran through a couple of sprinklers twice which was nice.
Bill Beyerbach on his way to a 20:52. |
Wilt Alston on his way to a 21:06. |
Cruising mode on ... 23:06 |
I headed down to see my father at the Wayne County Nursing Home. I think he enjoyed seeing me in my racing gear. I showed him some pictures from my iPhone and a video of Jenn Suhr clearing 16' 1" on the pole vault. He perked up when I told him that my ex's father had died and asked how old he was. I saw my daughter at her apartment in Newark. She had a bout of bronchitis and was on strict bed rest. In fact she was going to bed after I left.
Friday, 7/5/2013: Vacation day.
I got stuff done: oil change, haircut, getting a replacement Social Security card (don't ask), got a bike bell for Christine at the Bike Zone and took her to New Nails for a manicure and pedicure in OPI's "An Affair in Red Square". Christine thinks that New Nails should be renamed Perfect Nails ... but I reminded her that there is already a Perfect Nails on Monroe Ave.
Saturday: 7/6/2013: bike of 15 miles, 1:11:21: 12.7 mph
A lazy day was had by Christine and I ... while other more hardy types were doing the Finger Lakes Fifties, results of the 50K here.
Garmin Connect Activity for 15 mile bike on both sides of the Genesee River
I did squeeze in a 15 mile ride on my bike on my usual 15 mile route on both sides of the Genesee River with an average speed of 12.7 mph and a maximum speed of 30.2 mph. This time I had to wait 5 minutes at the O'Rorke Bridge for a boat to pass. It seemed that all the traffic in Greece stopped while this drawbridge took its leisurely time to go up and go down. Luckily I had to only wait for it to go down.
I ended up installing the Sony Blu-Ray BDPS185 player that I got off of 1saleaday.com and a bike bell from the Bike Zone on Christine's bike. We watched the last half of the Daytona 400 and I finished my first Kindle book, Zero Day: A Novel by Mark Russinovich. Zero Day was a gripping read about the completely plausible idea that the idea that the world's computers are completely open to attack. I finished it in two nights ... until 3:30 AM on this night.
I got stuff done: oil change, haircut, getting a replacement Social Security card (don't ask), got a bike bell for Christine at the Bike Zone and took her to New Nails for a manicure and pedicure in OPI's "An Affair in Red Square". Christine thinks that New Nails should be renamed Perfect Nails ... but I reminded her that there is already a Perfect Nails on Monroe Ave.
Saturday: 7/6/2013: bike of 15 miles, 1:11:21: 12.7 mph
A lazy day was had by Christine and I ... while other more hardy types were doing the Finger Lakes Fifties, results of the 50K here.
Chris Washburn |
Heather Bailey Ostrander |
John Muoio & Kathy Reardon |
Tom Butler |
I did squeeze in a 15 mile ride on my bike on my usual 15 mile route on both sides of the Genesee River with an average speed of 12.7 mph and a maximum speed of 30.2 mph. This time I had to wait 5 minutes at the O'Rorke Bridge for a boat to pass. It seemed that all the traffic in Greece stopped while this drawbridge took its leisurely time to go up and go down. Luckily I had to only wait for it to go down.
I ended up installing the Sony Blu-Ray BDPS185 player that I got off of 1saleaday.com and a bike bell from the Bike Zone on Christine's bike. We watched the last half of the Daytona 400 and I finished my first Kindle book, Zero Day: A Novel by Mark Russinovich. Zero Day was a gripping read about the completely plausible idea that the idea that the world's computers are completely open to attack. I finished it in two nights ... until 3:30 AM on this night.