I took 76,923 steps this week according to my Pebble 2 HR smart watch.
Common abbreviations: OMEP is my Orange Mud Endurance Pack and NT360 is my NoxGear Tracer360 vest.
Sunday, 10/28/1018: 13147 steps during the day, 9.35 miles, 1:17:41, 8:18 pace, 39F, 93% RH, 7 mph W wind, wind chill 35F, overcast.
I slept in until 6:50 PM. Last night was an "all nighter" ... which to a 61 year old male means I didn't get up to go pee during the night. Christine had a hand in that ... she kept me up later than I wanted! LOL! I puttered around for longer than I should have but I did get out around 9:45 AM. I started the run at 90 mile for the month but I didn't have time for 10 miles so I went 9.35 miles instead. It was chilly so I wore the usual for around 40F: CW-X tights, a long sleeve tech (heather red 2018 Rochester Half), short sleeve tech (orange Spring Forward), Darn Tough socks, heavy running gloves and ear warmer. I set up a nice and steady pace. My splits were: 8:21, 8:16, 8:16, 8:24, 8:24, 8:16, 8:09, 8:26, 8:20 and 7:54 over the last 0.35 mile. Boom ... done. I have 99.69 miles for the month with one run to go on Tuesday so I can push over 100 miles.
My latest Bluetooth earbud died about 2 miles in after being charged overnight. That is my third set! I DO NOT want wired earbuds. I wear an earbud in ONLY one ear but two.
Meanwhile, some Rochester runners and one ex-Rochester runner, Anne Gie in 4:07:21, ran the Marine Corps Marathon down in DC.
Monday, 10/29/2018: 7088 steps during the day, rest day.
My lovely wife, Christine, got her nails touched up at Polish Me Nails on W Ridge Rd (opposite Ridgemont Plaza). She chose a purple OPI color in honor of Halloween. They do such a nice job!
The Buffalo Bills got a Monday night home game versus the New England Patriots. It was 10 years since their last Monday night game, 20 years since they had won a Monday night game and 25 years since they had won a Monday night home game. But ... Brady had a 28-3 record versus the Bills. Could fate be avoided? Well ... the teams hit field goals in the first half and New England let 9-3. The teams traded field goals in the third quarter so it was 12-6 after three quarters. The Patriot running back White ran for a TD ... 18- 6. Then ... Anderson threw a pick six that was returned 84 yards, 26-6. So ... Brady improved to 29-3 as the Patriot QB versus the Bills and Coach Belichick improved to 32-5 versus the Bills. So ... the Bills lost 25-6, link here. They are 2-6 on the season ... a long fall from the team that made the playoffs last year.
Tuesday, 10/30/2018: 16522 steps during the day, 8.16 miles, 1:06:58, 8:13 pace, 54F, 47% RH, 3 mph W wind, sunny.
A beautiful evening for a run. I got out of work at 4 PM so I was up to the Greece Arcadia High School a bit early. I dressed in shorts, an orange long sleeve tech, Brooks light running gloves and my orange Fleet Feet hat. I carried my Nathan SpeedDraw Plus bottle of water. I set out on my regular 8 mile loop at a slightly harder than nice and steady pace. I ran without music since my latest Bluetooth headset had died (due to an overcharge?). A van veered into the shoulder as it was coming around a corner on Long Pond Rd which caused me a bit of alarm. I blame sun glare. The sun was behind me as I ran north toward Edgemere Drive. Still ... I did jump to the grass quickly while I uttered a curse word. Anyway ... my splits were: 8:19, 8:12, 8:17, 8:12, 8:17, 7:55, 8:14, 8:19 and 7:55 over the last 0.16 mile.
Wednesday, 10/31/2018: 7773 steps during the day, rest day.
Happy Halloween! Well ... one kid dressed as a pirate ran our doorbell so we have a bag of KitKat and Reese's left over.
It's the end of October so it's stat time!
I ran 15 times for a total of 107.83, 7.19 miles/run. I got to 100 miles on the last run of the month.
I ran 2 races in October, 29 races for 2018 so far:
10/14 - Empire State Half, 1:46:19, 8:07 pace (fastest half marathon of 2018)
10/20 - Scare Brain Cancer Away 5K, 22:57, 7:24 pace (fastest 5K of 2018)
I took 304,236 steps during the month and taken 3,640,687 steps so far in 2018 according to my Pebble 2 HR smart watch.
Thursday, 11/1/2018: 15466 steps during the day, 6.25 miles, 52:51, 8:27 pace, 46F, 93% RH, 7 mph E wind, overcast with light rain.
Well ... there was a light rain and it was dark and gloomy. But ... did that stop me from my Thursday night run? The correct answer would be no. I wore my CW-X tights, a red Finish Strong long sleeve tech, my Brooks jacket, heavy running gloves, ear warmers and orange Fleet Feet hat. I did modify the run though. I started from home so that I was on the LOSP trail 90% of the run. I was on Island Cottage for about a mile. I also put on my Noxgear Tracer360 (NT360) vest. I set up a really nice and easy pace. It was a light rain but I was drenched by the time I was heading back. I saw a lady runner about a mile from the end. I yelled out "I'm glad I'm not the only one!". I hope she chuckled. I went straight downstairs to the laundry room when I got home to strip and hang up my wet clothes. My splits were: 8:33, 8:30, 8:28, 8:32, 8:21, 8:24 and 8:04 over the last 0.15 mile. My darling wife, Christine, made an excellent mug of hot chocolate along with Lloyd's ribs ... mmm!
Friday, 11/2/2018: 5762 steps during the day, rest day.
Saturday, 11/3/2018: 11165 steps during the day, 2 runs of 1.26 and 3.12 miles, 39F, 93% RH, 14 mph WNW wind, wind chill 32F, overcast with light rain.
Today's race was my fourth Grocery Run 5K (2014 - 21:13, 2015 - 22:06 and 2017 - 21:54). This was my 9th out of the 11 2018 Rochester Runner of the Year series races so far. I have missed the Oak Tree Half in September (hate the course) and the Finish Strong 15K (day before Empire State Half) in October. The last 2018 RROY race is the Race with Grace 10K on Thanksgiving.
I was up with my alarm at 5:40 AM. I puttered around a bit while I ate my usual pre-race bowl of cereal and banana. I looked at the temperature ... 41F at 6:30 AM. It was as dark as pitch ... so I didn't see that it raining. I decided to wear: shorts, my red Finish Strong 15K long sleeve tech. I put on my running pants and Brooks jacket for warmth before I left around 6:50 AM. I was parked at the Rochester Museum and Science Center at 7:15 AM in plenty of time for the 8:15 AM start. The race started and ended in front the Third Presbyterian Church on East Ave. I picked up my bib and latest favorite cotton race t-shirt and walked back to the 2014 Cruze. I decided that it was too cold ... so I put on a short sleeve tech shirt, ditched my Brooks jacket and left my running pants on. I wore my heavy running gloves, Brooks beanie and carried my Nathan SpeedDraw flask of water. I went out for a really nice and easy warm up run of 1.26 miles at 9:09 pace, link here. I needed to get used to the conditions ... it was colder than I thought it was going to be but I adapted.
I got close to the start line since I knew that some of the people that were coming out of the church would pile in front rather than head to the back. And ... we were off! I got up to race pace quickly. The run down East Ave was fast. A young guy who was barefoot wearing shorts and a short sleeve t-shirt passed me a 1/2 mile in. Mile 1 on Oliver St (between East Ave and University Ave) passed in 7:08. Then ... we headed back on University Ave and felt the wind. It slowed me down but I just sucked it up and kept on running. I passed barefoot guy at mile 2, 7:27 pace. Mile 3 sucked. I knew I was slowing down but I kept on running, 7:36 pace. I picked up the pace and ran the last 0.12 mile in 6:25. I was surprised to see the clock below 23 when I approached the finish. And ... and done in 22:55 according to my Garmin ... 22:52 officially ... fastest 5K of 2018!
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The Mendon Trail Run was also being held out at Mendon Ponds Park (MPP). The 50K started at 8 AM and the 10K, 20K, 30K started at 9:30 AM. I have done the double where I ran the Grocery Run 5K and then headed straight out to MPP and run either the 20K (in 2015) or 30K (in 2014). Today I just ran the Grocery Run 5K. Meanwhile ... 80 runners finished the 10K, 72 runners finished the 20K, 31 runners finished the 30K and 47 runners finished the 50K, results here.
