I took 73,288 steps according to my Pebble 2 HR smart watch.
Common abbreviations: OMEP is my Orange Mud Endurance Pack, NT360 is my NoxGear
Tracer360 vest, UWRG is my usual winter running gear: CW-X tights, Darn Tough socks, long sleeve tech, Brooks 1/4 zip long sleeve pullover, balaclava and Brooks beanie.
Monday, 11/13/2018: 1138 steps during the day, vacation and rest day.
I have 11 Ricoh vacations days to take before the end of March 2019 so I took one today. I slept in until 8 AM and lazed around until 5 PM. Then ... I got up, showered, got dressed and went off to Lisa Vallone's calling hours at the , Kevin W Doughtery Funeral Home, obituary here. I sent what I thought were the directions to my cell but somehow I got to the wrong funeral home in Honeoye. It was dark so I was a bit stumped at first. I searched for the obituary, found it and then Google Maps routed me on a desolate, hilly and winding (and kind of scary) road over to Livonia. But I got there.
Mike Vallone was not taking his young wife's death well. Mike hugged me and thanked me for coming. He was very emotional. I don't think I would be much better come to think of it. I got there just before everyone went outside for an Irish song and ceremonial shot of Irish whiskey. I stood out there and eventually I saw people that I knew. Trail runners look a lot different when we are in street clothes. I talked with Mike Meynadasy for a while. He told me that Eric and Sheila Eagan have essentially moved in with Mike Vallone until he is ready to be on his own. I got choked up for a bit. Death and dying young at age 37 are sad subjects. Mike and Lisa had only been married for 6 years. I talked with Chris O'Brien. He told me about his Oil Creek 100K battle of walking the last 17 miles in the rain through peanut butter mud while enduring lots of chafing. I didn't ask where ... though I really wanted to, lol! I got turned around a bit on the way home too. My cell did give visual directions but not audible so I have to sneak looks at it once I was off the beaten path during the entire trip. I have not been able to figure out why either. I found later that there is also another Stephenson-Doughtery Funeral Home in Avon and a O'Connell-Doughtery Funeral Home in Lima. So I was glad I made it to right place in the dark thanks to modern technology. Let's not talk about me not making sure I was heading to the right place in the first place ... hmm?
Tuesday, 11/13/2018: 6819 steps during the day, rest day.
I got out of work late so I bagged the run.
Wednesday, 11/14/2018: 13577 steps during the day, 5 miles on the treadmill, 9:39 pace.
Yes, 5 miles on the treadmill at the Greenleaf Meadows fitness center. I was cold during day and the ideas of running outside just didn't do it for me. So ... I dressed just before work ended and headed to a treadmill in November for heaven's sake. I set it for 6 mph (10:00 pace) and 2% incline. I endured that pace for 3.8 miles and then kicked it up to 7 mph (8:34 pace) just to get 5 miles done. One thing about running on a treadmill in November ... you sweat a lot more than if you were running outdoors. Anyway ... running 5 miles on a treadmill is better than running 0 miles outdoors.
Thursday, 11/15/2018: 5163 steps during the day, rest day.
It snowed during the night but had quit early enough so that the main roads were clear. Six inches of wet snow fell up where we live. More snow fell east in Wayne County. Macedon and Palmyra got about 10 to 12 inches. I didn't want to hit the treadmill again nor did I want to risk the roads so I stayed in.
Friday, 11/16/2018: 8982 steps during the day, rest day.
Saturday, 11/17/2018: 16703 steps during the day, 9.35 miles, 1:19:39, 8:31 pace, 39F, 70% RH, 13 mph W wind, wind chill 32F, overcast.
I set my alarm for 5:50 AM so I could go on a Race with Grace 10K (RwG 10K) run at 7 AM. I didn't do much puttering around ... so enough to check a bit of email and Facebook and then eat a banana. I dressed like usual for upper 30s: CW-X, a long and short sleeve tech, balaclava, Brooks beanie and heavy running gloves. I wore the Darn Tough socks that I won for placing first in the Dirt Cheap Trail Race series back in September ... had to let them age a bit ... lol! I got out a bit late but I would have made it if I hadn't turned on N Greece Rd instead of Manitou Rd to get to the First Bible Baptist Church (FBBC). I got there at 7:05 AM just as all the runners were heading out. I set off after them about three to four minutes later. I set up a nice and steady pace. I just let the run happen. I added another 5K afterward by heading down Manitou Rd past FBBC and out Parma Center Rd to Butcher Rd. My splits were: 8:20, 8:25, 8:18, 8:32, 8:24, 8:37, 8:43, 8:57, 8:34 and 8:02 over 0.35 pace.
