I ran 3 times this week, 16.95 miles.
I took 53598 steps during the week according to my Pebble 2 HR smart watch.The Bluetooth connection between my Pebble 2 HR smartwatch and Ricoh Samsung Galaxy S5 cell have been flakey lately (even the two are never more than 3 feet away from each other) so some of my steps during the day are estimated. The Pebble does not remember its step count from day to day. That info is forwarded to the connected cell. I deleted the connections between the two devices and also any extra Pebble apps on my cell besides the essential Pebble app to see if that will fix the problem. UPDATE: It has helped.
Sunday, 8/20/2017: 1200 (estimated) steps during the day, rest day.
Yes, a total rest day. I had wanted to get some stuff in the basement done but ... I didn't get up the gumption. My darling wife, Christine, cooked the spare ribs that she didn't cook last night. I ate spare ribs at noon ... mmm! Later we watched two movies. The first was "The Lone Survivor" off of the DVR. The movie was based on a true story but there are differences, links here, here and here. There are actual websites that details the differences between movies and books. The second was "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" with Daniel Craig was off of the Free Movie list on OnDemand.
Meanwhile, other athletes were out there being awesome. I noticed on Facebook that the Peasantman in Penn Yan, results here and Lucifer's Crossing in Ithaca were held, results here.
Monday, 8/21/2017: 5822 (I looked before I went to bed) steps during the day, rest day.
My left ankle still feels wonky like I sprained it but I know I didn't. Weird.
Today was the day of the "Great American Solar Eclipse", links here (BBC), here (greatamericaneclipse.com), here (eclipse2017.org), here (time.com) and here (space.com). Local links, Buffalo and Rochester. I went outside to take a selfie at 2:35 PM when partial eclipse hit the 69.4% totality maximum.
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| A composite image of what the solar eclipse looked like from the Lowell Observatory in Madras, Oregon |
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| The Lowell Observatory Solar Eclipse Experience at Madras High School in Madras, Oregon on Aug. 21, 2017. Jason Redmond—Reuters |
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Buffalo - WGRZ
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| John Kucko Digital - Solar Eclipse Day in Rochester NY |
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| John Kucko compilation of photos from Rochester NY |
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| I have room for improvement in taking a partial eclipse selfie |
One area in particular will get both eclipses, link here, here and here. Some other solar eclipse in 2024 links: here and here.
Tuesday, 8/22/2017: 10048 steps during the day, 3.15 miles, 29:54, 9:29 pace, 73F, 89% RH, 12 mph SW wind, overcast.
Another day, another day my left ankle felt wonky in the morning. It gets better the more I'm on it during the day but it's enough to get me miffed. It was humid this morning and before lunch so I didn't take my running gear.
But ... my new Brooks Transcend 3 running shoes (review here) that I bought online from Holabird Sports were waiting for me when I got home ... saying "Doug, take me out for a run ... you know you want to ...". I tried to resist ... my ankle still felt achy and weird. I went upstairs and changed into half running gear ... cargo shorts and a 2017 Shoreline Half tech shirt but I did slip on my Garmin Forerunner 220. My darling wife, Christine, had put some leftovers in the oven that would take 15 minutes to warm. So ... I told her that I was going out for a walk. Well ... the walk lasted for 0.4 miles. Then the walk because a slow and steady run. I cut it way short ... just on the LOSP trail out to Dewey Ave and back. The promised cold front had not been all the way through yet ... it was a wee bit cooler but just as humid. I was still drenched with sweat when I got back. My splits were: 11:29, 8:39, 8:31 and 8:16 over the last 0.15 mile. They didn't feel too bad. I will try to ease into long run slowly ... though probably not since a long run on Saturday morning is looming. It probably won't be a 20 mile run though.
Wednesday: 4333 steps during the day, rest day.
Yes, my ankle felt wonky, achey or whatever you want to call it during the day. It's really beginning to piss me off!
Thursday: 16068 steps during the day, 7.55 miles, 1:03:36, 8:25 pace, 66F, 60% RH, 11 mph NNW wind, overcast.
Yes, my ankle ached during the day but I took it out running anyways ... because it was Thursday and I run on Thursdays. There was construction down the road from where I was working before lunch at the intersection of Lee Rd and Lexington Ave so I felt it was safer to run after work. I took a hour off as PTO, dressed at work and drove to the Greece Arcadia Middle School on Island Cottage. I geared up with a 20 ounce water bottle, stretched and headed out. I struck up a careful, slow and steady pace. My left ankle ached but I didn't have sharp pain so I kept running. It was my second run on my new Brooks Transcend 3 road shoes. I tried to hit on the middle of my feet most of the time but I do tend to heel strike. I was afraid to really push off because of my left ankle. Slowly ... then pain moved from the top of my ankle to the outside bottom middle of my foot. Oh joy ... not! Whatever. My splits were: 8:25, 8:29, 8:27, 8:20, 8:28, 8:29, 8:21, and 8:20 over the last 0.55 mile. It was cooler than normal but I was just as dripping with sweat as usual.
Friday, 7/25/2017: 5079 steps during the day, rest day.
I wanted to do a long run on Saturday morning but knew I couldn't so I stayed up late reading a new Kindle book that I picked up for free, "Sea of Shadows".
Saturday, 7/26/2017: 11048 steps during the day, 6.25 miles, 53:10, 8:30 pace, 61F, 77% RH, 5 mph SW wind, sunny.
I slept in until around 8:30 AM. My darling wife, Christine, needed some hugs so I didn't get out until later. I didn't go as far as I wanted or as fast as I wanted but I wanted to get out for a run and get out I did. I was afraid that my left ankle would complain and complain it did. I ignored it and just took it nice and easy at first. I decided that an out and back 5K was just enough for today. My splits were: 9:05, 8:23, 8:24, 8:29, 8:21, 8:27 and 7:57 over the last 0.25 mile.
There were other athletes out there being awesome in their own fashion. Fleet Feet Rochester held a Rochester Marathon preview run down at Ontario Beach Park with paced runs of various distances. Medved held A Midsummer's Night Madness down at Mendon Ponds Park, overall results here. The Rochester Triathlon was held by RATS, results here.
We did a bit of movie watching later in the day, "Inferno" with Tom Hanks and "Logan" with Hugh Jackman.
