I took 79543 steps during the 6 days.
Monday, 9/18/2017: 4421 steps during the day, rest day.
I took my heather gray Nathan Flipster, size L back to the Fleet Feet Armory and exchanged it for a heather blue, size M. I went it into a dressing room to try the new one on to make sure it fit. It felt snugger. I also got the pricing of my 4 Balega socks (Buy 4, Get 1 Free) fixed.
Tuesday, 9/19/2017: 13905 steps during the day, 6.25 miles, 52:35, 8:24 pace, 81F, 62% RH, 8 mph NE wind, mostly cloudy.
I got out of work a bit late so I went straight home. I knew I would be cranky if I didn't run so I went straight upstairs to change into my running gear. I told my darling wife, Christine, that I would be gone for a hour. My goal was a nice and easy run ... so I got it done. My left ankle and legs felt pretty well. I was tempted to stretch the run to a 15K but decided that 10K was enough. A nice and easy recovery run was accomplished. My splits were: 8:18, 8:18, 8:25, 8:28, 8:30, 8:34, and 7:78 over the last 0.25 mile.
Wednesday, 9/20/2017: 7997 steps during the day, rest day.
Thursday, 9/21/2017: 18088 steps during the day, 8.15 miles, 1:07:21, 8:15 pace, 75F, 65% RH, 10 mph NNE wind, partly cloudy.
I had to go to Fleet Feet Armory after work to pick up my Four Season Challenge shirt. I had dropped it off on Monday to have Finisher heat transferred onto the back. It was Thursday so I had my running gear in the Cruze and changed into it after work like usual. The Pub Run down at the Char was having the Four Season Challenge awards but I didn't want to drive over so since I was dressed for running I just headed out and ran loops at Cobbs Hill. I ran nice and steady ... 5 loops clock-wise on the road and 4 loop counter-clock-wise on the reservoir loop. My splits were: 8:50, 8:11, 8:03, 8:07, 8:19, 8:12, 8:25, 7:56 and 8:25 over the last 0.15 mile. Boom ... done.
I am slightly optimistic about the upcoming Empire State Marathon on Sunday, 10/8. My left ankle is starting not to ache. I am taking the full dose of Hammer Nutrition Tissue Rejuvenator every day (though I have forgot the evening dose the past two nights). I plan on doing my last long run on Saturday morning. I may not do the full 20 miles since I do have the Heather Boyum 5K coming up the next day, Sunday, 9/24. I would be happy with any long run that didn't involving any right hip pain.
Friday, 9/22/2017: 9453 steps during the day, rest day.
I learned from Facebook chatter that there were Four Seasons Challenge overall and age group awards given out during a ceremony at the Char last night. I found a PDF of the awards and I found that I had placed second in my old M 55-59 age group, link here. I was 16th out of 84 males overall, link here. So ... I headed down to Fleet Feet Armory to pick up my award.
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Saturday, 9/23/2017: 25681 steps during the day, 17.45 miles, 2:40:11, 9:11 pace, 63F, 77% RH, 8 mph WSW wind, sunny.
I thought I set my alarm early but I forgot to click Saturday on my phone. So ... I groggily waited around 6 AM ... and went back to sleep until after 7 AM. Oops! I had a bowl of cereal, dressed, filled 2 20 ounce water bottles, filled my Hammer Gel flask and headed out. I had found my old Blueant T1 Bluetooth headset, charged it, paired it and tried it out on iHeart Radio. I fired off a RoadID eCrumb to my wife and kids and started a nice and steady run.
I stashed one of my 20 ounce water bottles at the intersection of the LOSP trail and Island Cottage like usual. The first 10 miles went without incident. I took a couple of squirts of water every 2 miles and a couple gulps of Hammer Gel at mile 6 (a minor Hammer Gel explosion ensued) and 10. I liked the music coming out of the headset but I put it in my pocket at mile 8 because it kept on trying to fall out of my sweaty ear. I refilled my handheld 20 ounce water bottle with my stashed water and continued on. It was getting warmer. I knew I didn't want to go down Jane so I went past Edgemere Dr and down Beach Ave almost to Dewey Ave instead. I knew I would run out of water but took another gulp of Hammer Gel at mile 14 anyway. I ran out of energy on the LOSP trail on the way back and lapsed into a run/walk. My splits were: 8:24, 8:38, 8:24, 8:30, 8:45, 8:26, 9:06, 8:43, 8:47, 9:57, 8:57, 8:58, 9:35, 9:27, 9:57, 10:41, 10:52, and 8:55 over the last 0.45 mile.
I found out when I got back that it had warmed up to 82F by the time I got back. The plus side is that my right hip didn't start hurting. But ... I don't know if I can hold 8:45 pace for a full marathon. I just hope for a cool morning on Sunday, October 8th for the Empire State Marathon. Training for a fall marathon during the heat of July, August and now September sucks!!
I didn't do much during the rest of the day. My darling wife, Christine, didn't feel well and didn't come downstairs. I mostly stayed downstairs. Positive note: my joints have been feeling better since I started taking Hammer Gel Tissue Rejuvenator a bit more than 2 weeks ago.
