Sunday, 2/19/2017: 7.35 miles, 1:02:22, 8:29 pace, 46F, 71% RH, 10 mph W wind, wind chill 42F, sunny.
I slept in and didn't get out until after 9 AM. But I did get out. It was a bit warm but decided to go with my CW-X tights, a long sleeve tech, a short sleeve tech, my yellow Brooks beanie and heavy running gloves. I probably could have gotten by with shorts. I decided to let my body dictate the pace and length of this run. My thighs were still tight from yesterday's 15 mile Round the Bay run so I went nice and easy and shortened the run from 15K down to just over 7 miles. My splits were: 8:26, 8:36, 8:29, 8:33, 8:30, 8:35, 8:20 and 8:08 over the last 0.35 mile.
A couple of mugs of coffee soon ensued along with a LOT of episodes of "Star Trek Voyager". The DVR had a lot more episodes because BBC America is playing all of the episodes. A lot of these episodes are new to Christine and I. She had worked nights back in the day so she missed them. I had missed them because it wasn't broadcast on cable for a few years back in the late 90s so I couldn't tape them. Yes, I taped all the Star Trek episodes that I could (ST TOS, ST TNG, ST DS9, ST Voyager) back in the day. I don't think I taped many ST Enterprise episodes.
Monday, 2/20/2017: Rest day.
My youngest son, David, took Christine and I out to dinner at The Distillery on West Ridge Rd. He caught us all up with what has been going on with his new job as Cash Room Lead at the del Lago Casino. He works 6 PM to 2 AM but doesn't usually get out until 5 AM or so. So ... he is raking in the OT.
Christine went straight to our respective bedrooms once we got home. It is sad to say that we don't sleep together too much. We were both tired. I guess getting only 6 hours of sleep catches up to me after a while.
Tuesday, 2/21/2017: 8.6 miles, 1:10:31, 8:12 pace, 48F, 37% RH, 9 mph S wind, wind chill 44F, overcast.
The forecast was for mid 50s today and 60s through Friday so I wore shorts today. I didn't feel 100% for some reason but I just motored in my "get it done" mode all the out to Elmgrove Road and back. My splits were: 8:22, 8:04, 8:17, 8:16, 8:30, 8:13, 8:26, 8:03 and 7:10 over the last 0.6 mile.
Wednesday, 2/22/2017: Rest day.
Thursday, 2/23/2017: 7.05 miles, 54:45, 7:46 pace, 64F, 68% RH, 15 mph WSW wind, overcast.
I got out a bit early for my pre-lunch run so I could do a 8.6 mile run out to Elmgrove Rd but ... I decided to do a "pedal to the medal" 7 mile run instead. The weather was in the mid 60s with a stiff wind somewhat out of the south. I don't particularly like out and back runs but it's the route that I have so far. Anyway, my splits were: 7:59, 7:43, 7:54, 7:59, 7:44, 7:41 and 7:26.
Friday, 2/24/2017: Rest day ... the usual before a race the next day.
Saturday, 2/25/2017: 2 runs of 1.05 and 4.35 miles, 52F, 87% RH, 17 mph W wind, overcast.
A word about the weather that I report at the start of each run. This weather is picked up by Garmin from the Rochester International Airport, call sign KROC. This is NOT where I was running today. It was closer to 60F at race start and probably colder than that when we finished. A cold front went through during the race. It was low 40s by nightfall and snowed during the night.
Today's race was Freezeroo #6, aka the White House Challenge. This was another new race location, the third of this year's six race Freezeroo series. The venue was the Webster Town Park and the race headquarters was the White House shelter across Lake Rd from the two parking lots at the corner of Holt Rd and Lake Rd at the White House ... hence the race name. The course was 2 loops of the old Polar Cat 2.2 mile course, link here. I looked it up (well, Strava did) and I ran a 32:21 in 12/19/2010 and a 30:23 in 12/18/2011.
I got to the race venue around 9:15 AM in plenty of time for the 10 AM start. It was warm, around 58F, with a light rain that ended about 15 minutes before the race started. I just wore my Brooks shorts and a yellow 2015 Phelps Sauerkraut short sleeve tech shirt. I got out for a nice and easy warmup run of 1.05 mile at 8:19 pace, link here. I stopped to go to the bathroom, take a swig of water and cross the street to the start. This course is all right turns so the traffic was at our back ... which I don't think any runners like but it was the course so we raced it.
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| The start ... photo courtesy of Tim Matthews of https://runnerpics.shutterfly.com |
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| Running up the last hill before the end of loop 1 ... photo courtesy of Tim Matthews of https://runnerpics.shutterfly.com |
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| Running up the last hill in a light rain before the end of the last loop ... photo courtesy of Tim Matthews of https://runnerpics.shutterfly.com |
My next stop was to see my daughter, Karen, in Palmyra. She was having hard drive along with overheating issues with her Toshiba Satellite P752-5102. I decided to give her a "new to her" used Dell Latitude E6420 with Windows 10. I had some issues connecting to her wireless router which I fixed by connecting to it via a network cable and changing its security and password. The transfer of her 200 GB data took about 3 hours. I got lucky because the destination hard drive was only 250 GB. So ... I guess I should look for a bigger hard drive for her. She paid me with delicious cookies ... mmm! I work cheap, lol!
My last stop was to see my oldest son, Michael, in Newark. I took him out to supper at Parker's Grille. We had a nice table for two in the back where we caught up on stuff.
Then it was back to my lovely wife, Christine. We spent a quiet evening together. I didn't talk much and she didn't ask much about my day. I uploaded my Garmin and checked the results. I finished 24th out of 119, link here. I was 6th out of 14 in my M55-59 age group, link here. I placed 5th out of 15 in in the series M 55-59 age group, link here.
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