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So .. this blog post will be brief. Maybe ...
Sunday, 2/7/2015: 9.35 miles, 1:17:33, 8:17 pace, 34F, 74% RH, 4 mph wind, wind chill 32F, sunny.
Garmin Connect Activity for A bit of a 15K
It was Sunday ... time for a run. I got out about the same run as yesterday. I am not an early riser for almost every weekend run. Some people are out at 7 AM. Me ... 9 AM will do. I eased into a slightly fast run until mile 5 or so when I developed a pain in my right hip. So I slowed a bit and finished the run. My splits were:
8:16, 7:55, 8:07, 8:19, 8:38, 8:11, 7:55, 8:22, 8:17 and 8:17 over the last 0.35 mile.
The usual 2 mugs of coffee and a bagel ensued after the run. I made it out later to pick up a pizza and apple pie from Papa John's at 4:30 PM. I had also stopped at Wegmans and picked up 6 chicken wings. So my darling wife, Christine, and I were all set for Superbowl Sunday.
All in all, Superbowl 50 lived up to its billing. Lada Gaga's excellent live rendition of The Star Spangled Banner ... excellent, link here. It has been compared to the late Whitney Houston's taped rendition for Super Bowl XXV between the Bills and the Giants in 1991, links here and here). Denver's strip of Cam Newton six plays in for a fumble TD ... nice. The half time show with Coldplay, Beyonce and Bruno Mars ... boring (not a fan), link here. Cam Newton not going for his strip/fumble in the 4th quarter with 3 minutes to go and only down 10-16 ... stupid. The final score of Broncos 24 - Panthers 10 ... nice, link here. The commercials ... kind of funny, link here and 1967 to present, link here.
A look inward ... today was the second Superbowl that I have spent sober. I have very largely given up drinking. I have come to the realization that I am a binge drinker. If I have alcohol I tend (OK, do) drink to excess. So ... I don't drink. Every day is a challenge but one that I will keep fighting. Alcohol is just empty calories, can lead to balance problems, is expensive and makes you pee ... don't need any of that.
Monday: 2/8/2016: Rest day ... yada, yada, yada.
Tuesday: 2/9/2016: 6.75 miles estimated, 59:34 (from my ecrumb), 8:54 pace (way off), 36F, 69% RH, 9 mph WNW wind, wind chill 32F, overcast.
I loaded my gear into the Equinox before work so I could run Cobbs Hill right after work. I changed at work and headed straight there. Boom ... my Garmin died during the first loop. No matter ... 5 loops and then the long way back via Highland Ave, Coobs Hill Drive, Hillside Drive and Norris Drive. I think the ecrumb was off because it only updated every minute and I was doing loops.
Wednesday, 2/10/2016 through Friday, 2/12/2016: Rest days all
I should have gotten out Thursday but didn't since the weather was turning colder. Freezeroo #5 on Saturday was cancelled on Friday afternoon when the Greece Police Department withdrew their support due to the extreme cold and wind chill forecast for Saturday morning. My darling wife, Christine, and I wanted to head out to OH on Saturday to help celebrate her father's 95th birthday but decided to stay home.
Saturday, 2/13/2016: 2 runs of 6.26 and 2.4 miles ... cold!
It was -1F when I woke up at 7:15 AM. I needed to run ... I questioned my sanity ... but I ate my pre-run bowl of cereal and banana ... puttered around a bit ... got dressed and got out there. Now ... I dressed for the cold. My attire: CW-X tights, running pants, heavy long sleeve tech, long sleeve tech, Brooks jacket, balaclava, lower face shield, 2015 WW Half hat, sunglasses and ski mittens. The weather was: -4F, 70% RH, 13 mph WNW wind, wind chill -23F, bright overcast. A look back at my running spreadsheet ... coldest run ever!! I did have 2 -2F runs last year in February.
I got out there and endured it but I do believe it was the right call to cancel Freezeroo #5. The brutal cold and wind would have been too much for some of the runners and certainly for the support personnel.
Garmin Connect Activity for A bitter 10K.
The snow squeaked under my Brooks Adrenaline GTS15s when I stepped outside. It was bitter cold and windy. I questioned my sanity but it was too late now. I headed out. My sunglasses quickly fogged up from my warm breath coming out of the lower face shield. I slid them up on top of my hat. So my eyes and upper face were exposed to the elements. The wind was really cold as I made my way upwind. I stayed on the sidewalk on Beach Ave and Edgemere Drive until I was past Dewey Ave. I had to slow and take my feet in and out of the snow that covered some of the sidewalk. I entertained the idea of doing my 8.2 mile loop on Edgemere Drive out to Long Pond Rd but ... wussed out and just did an out and back 10K in 59:34, 9:31 pace. I stayed on the road as much as possible on the way back. I went to the sidewalk only when cars were coming. A couple of vans slowed to take pictures or video as I neared the railroad tracks on Greenleaf Rd. One guy yelled: "Don't let the weather stop you!". Maybe I inspired someone or ... maybe they thought I was crazy! My splits were: 9:35, 10:46, 9:37, 9:08, 9:06, 8:53 and 8:13 over the last 0.26 mile.
I had set our new Mr Coffee maker, link to BJ's here (not too highly rated but it works so far), to autobrew so I had hot coffee waiting when I got in ... sweet! So ... a mug of coffee and a bagel soon were consumed. I brought the same up to the my lovely wife, Christine. I brought her out later in 0F weather so she could do her weigh-in at Fleet Feet Ridgeway. She was excited afterward ... she lost 3.1 pounds!
Garmin Connect Activity for A nice and easy snowshoe run
My snowshoes needed some love so I put all my clothing that I wore earlier back on and got back out there for some snowshoe fun. It had "warmed" to: 1F, 65% RH, 15 mph WNW wind, wind chill -18F, light snow. It almost felt balmy ... almost.
I just took it nice and easy. I got around the train that was behind Greenleaf Meadows and did a loop of the Lakeshore Country Club. My splits were: 13:27, 13:16 and 13:42 over the last 0.4 mile.
Garmin Connect Activity for A bit of a 15K
It was Sunday ... time for a run. I got out about the same run as yesterday. I am not an early riser for almost every weekend run. Some people are out at 7 AM. Me ... 9 AM will do. I eased into a slightly fast run until mile 5 or so when I developed a pain in my right hip. So I slowed a bit and finished the run. My splits were:
8:16, 7:55, 8:07, 8:19, 8:38, 8:11, 7:55, 8:22, 8:17 and 8:17 over the last 0.35 mile.
The usual 2 mugs of coffee and a bagel ensued after the run. I made it out later to pick up a pizza and apple pie from Papa John's at 4:30 PM. I had also stopped at Wegmans and picked up 6 chicken wings. So my darling wife, Christine, and I were all set for Superbowl Sunday.
All in all, Superbowl 50 lived up to its billing. Lada Gaga's excellent live rendition of The Star Spangled Banner ... excellent, link here. It has been compared to the late Whitney Houston's taped rendition for Super Bowl XXV between the Bills and the Giants in 1991, links here and here). Denver's strip of Cam Newton six plays in for a fumble TD ... nice. The half time show with Coldplay, Beyonce and Bruno Mars ... boring (not a fan), link here. Cam Newton not going for his strip/fumble in the 4th quarter with 3 minutes to go and only down 10-16 ... stupid. The final score of Broncos 24 - Panthers 10 ... nice, link here. The commercials ... kind of funny, link here and 1967 to present, link here.
A look inward ... today was the second Superbowl that I have spent sober. I have very largely given up drinking. I have come to the realization that I am a binge drinker. If I have alcohol I tend (OK, do) drink to excess. So ... I don't drink. Every day is a challenge but one that I will keep fighting. Alcohol is just empty calories, can lead to balance problems, is expensive and makes you pee ... don't need any of that.
Monday: 2/8/2016: Rest day ... yada, yada, yada.
Tuesday: 2/9/2016: 6.75 miles estimated, 59:34 (from my ecrumb), 8:54 pace (way off), 36F, 69% RH, 9 mph WNW wind, wind chill 32F, overcast.
I loaded my gear into the Equinox before work so I could run Cobbs Hill right after work. I changed at work and headed straight there. Boom ... my Garmin died during the first loop. No matter ... 5 loops and then the long way back via Highland Ave, Coobs Hill Drive, Hillside Drive and Norris Drive. I think the ecrumb was off because it only updated every minute and I was doing loops.
Wednesday, 2/10/2016 through Friday, 2/12/2016: Rest days all
I should have gotten out Thursday but didn't since the weather was turning colder. Freezeroo #5 on Saturday was cancelled on Friday afternoon when the Greece Police Department withdrew their support due to the extreme cold and wind chill forecast for Saturday morning. My darling wife, Christine, and I wanted to head out to OH on Saturday to help celebrate her father's 95th birthday but decided to stay home.
Saturday, 2/13/2016: 2 runs of 6.26 and 2.4 miles ... cold!
It was -1F when I woke up at 7:15 AM. I needed to run ... I questioned my sanity ... but I ate my pre-run bowl of cereal and banana ... puttered around a bit ... got dressed and got out there. Now ... I dressed for the cold. My attire: CW-X tights, running pants, heavy long sleeve tech, long sleeve tech, Brooks jacket, balaclava, lower face shield, 2015 WW Half hat, sunglasses and ski mittens. The weather was: -4F, 70% RH, 13 mph WNW wind, wind chill -23F, bright overcast. A look back at my running spreadsheet ... coldest run ever!! I did have 2 -2F runs last year in February.
I got out there and endured it but I do believe it was the right call to cancel Freezeroo #5. The brutal cold and wind would have been too much for some of the runners and certainly for the support personnel.
Garmin Connect Activity for A bitter 10K.
The snow squeaked under my Brooks Adrenaline GTS15s when I stepped outside. It was bitter cold and windy. I questioned my sanity but it was too late now. I headed out. My sunglasses quickly fogged up from my warm breath coming out of the lower face shield. I slid them up on top of my hat. So my eyes and upper face were exposed to the elements. The wind was really cold as I made my way upwind. I stayed on the sidewalk on Beach Ave and Edgemere Drive until I was past Dewey Ave. I had to slow and take my feet in and out of the snow that covered some of the sidewalk. I entertained the idea of doing my 8.2 mile loop on Edgemere Drive out to Long Pond Rd but ... wussed out and just did an out and back 10K in 59:34, 9:31 pace. I stayed on the road as much as possible on the way back. I went to the sidewalk only when cars were coming. A couple of vans slowed to take pictures or video as I neared the railroad tracks on Greenleaf Rd. One guy yelled: "Don't let the weather stop you!". Maybe I inspired someone or ... maybe they thought I was crazy! My splits were: 9:35, 10:46, 9:37, 9:08, 9:06, 8:53 and 8:13 over the last 0.26 mile.
I had set our new Mr Coffee maker, link to BJ's here (not too highly rated but it works so far), to autobrew so I had hot coffee waiting when I got in ... sweet! So ... a mug of coffee and a bagel soon were consumed. I brought the same up to the my lovely wife, Christine. I brought her out later in 0F weather so she could do her weigh-in at Fleet Feet Ridgeway. She was excited afterward ... she lost 3.1 pounds!
Garmin Connect Activity for A nice and easy snowshoe run
My snowshoes needed some love so I put all my clothing that I wore earlier back on and got back out there for some snowshoe fun. It had "warmed" to: 1F, 65% RH, 15 mph WNW wind, wind chill -18F, light snow. It almost felt balmy ... almost.
I just took it nice and easy. I got around the train that was behind Greenleaf Meadows and did a loop of the Lakeshore Country Club. My splits were: 13:27, 13:16 and 13:42 over the last 0.4 mile.
