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.
I ran 5 times: 21.42 miles.
I took 71,637 steps according to my Pebble 2 HR smart watch.
Sunday, 3/10/2019: 2320 steps during the day, rest day
Yes ... a rest day. I ran Round the Bay (14.95 miles) the day before and my calves told me about it all day. I did busy myself doing 4 loads of laundry though.
I did find my Garmin heart rate strap hiding on the floor of Christine's closet. I married it up to my Garmin Forerunner 220. So ... more data!
I did find my Garmin heart rate strap hiding on the floor of Christine's closet. I married it up to my Garmin Forerunner 220. So ... more data!
Monday, 3/11/2019: 7644 steps during the day, rest day.
I was a bit sad today. My Facebook feed told me that 5 years ago that I was boxing up my late father's belongings at the Wayne County Nursing Home. I hit me that my Mom has been dead since 1/14/2004 and Dad since 3/10/2014. You can find Dad's obituary by searching for "Bernard DeWeaver obituary. I used to be able to find Mom's but not any longer. I just wish I could talk to them. I wonder what they would think of what has happened to me, my siblings and our lives since they have died. What really happens when you die? I sense a "Why I blog" blog post coming up soon. Who reads this drivel anyway? I just hope someone gets inspired to exercise after reading this blog.
Our Time Warner/Specturm cable modem/router/phone died. I called them up and went through their troubleshooting steps ... basically, no lights and a reset didn't work. I was going to go get a replacement the next day but had the idea to pop out to Best Buy to buy (and not rent) a replacement cable modem/router. So I bought an Arris SBG10 cable modem/router. It took a bit on the phone with Spectrum but I was able to get the wireless network back up.
Tuesday, 3/12/2019: 16365 steps during the day, 8.15 miles, 1:11:00, 8:43 pace, 161 avg cadence, 132 avg HR, 36F, 52% RH, 13 mph W wind, wind chill 27F, partly cloudy.
It was Tuesday so I brought my running gear to work like usual. And ... like usual I forgot my tights the first time I wanted to run after I had done the laundry. So ... I had to go home to retrieve them from the basement before I went out for my first Daylight Savings Time (DST) run. And ... I really needed to get out for my run since I had a little tiff with my lovely wife, Christine, in the time it took me to get ready. The subject is best left out of the scope of this blog. It was minor as are 99.999% of our tiffs. I set up a really nice and easy pace once I did get outside. I needed some time to myself ... just me, my pace and the outdoors. The LOSP trail was already 90% free of ice ... though it did have some slippery patches in the section between Dewey Ave and Island Cottage. I pushed the distance up to 8 miles ... because I needed both distance and time away. My splits were: 8:37, 8:43, 8:38, 8:40, 8:39, 8:54, 8:53, 8:43, and 8:10 over the last 0.15 mile. I was much calmer when I got back. It was nice running in the daylight after work and not having to worry about wearing my NT360 lighted vest and my headlamp from eBay.
I got our printers (a HP 1102w laser printer and a Canon Pixma MX492 all-in-one printer) up on my laptop. I had to connect with a USB cable for each install since they were the first printer on the network.
Wednesday, 3/13/2019: 8030 steps during the day, rest day.
My boss brought in 6 donuts from the Boxcar Restaurant just because. I ate two (a maple bacon portion and a peanut butter creme). I brought another one home for the next day ... a oreo crumb mint. I think a road trip to the Boxcar Restaurant is warranted sometime in the future! She just got a promotion to Area Operations Manager where she manages a bunch more Ricoh accounts than just my Harris account ... I hope she doesn't forget to bring donuts in occasionally!
I got the printers back onto Christine's laptop. They went lickety-split since they were already on the network. Then I got our Withings Smart Scale on our wireless network. The wireless network appears to be solid at around 30 to 40 Mbps.
Thursday, 3/14/2019: 15090 steps during the day, 6.6 miles, 55:44, 8:26 pace, 163 avg cadence, 65F, 33% RH, 12 mph S wind, mostly cloudy
The one day I don't turn on the TV in the morning before I go to work is the day the temperature rockets up to 70F! I put on my winter jacket when I went out the door. Luckily I stuffed in shorts and a short sleeve tech shirt into my running bag because I needed them.
I went over to Rochester Running Company near URMC and the U of R to pick up my Johnny's (now known just as Runnin' of the Green) bib and long sleeve t-shirt after work. It was 67F so I had to go for a run. I just made up the run as I went along. I went into the Mt Hope Cemetery for a bit and got a picture of the graves of Freddy and Sue (Frederick Douglass and Susan B Anthony).
I very rarely stop to take pictures but today I did. Then I headed out to the Ford St Bridge and down onto the U of R and Genesee Valley Park trails. The sidewalk on Mt Hope Ave was flooded in spots so I had to run in the muddy section close to the road. I didn't slip and fall ... thank goodness. It was weird sweating during a run ... it's something you don't have to worry about during the winter 90% of the time. I noticed that the Mt Hope Cemetery gates were closed and locked when I went back by ... luckily I was outside the gates! The closing hours of that cemetery do vary ...link here. My splits were: 8:33, 8:40, 8:09, 8:26, 8:21, 8:25 and 8:30 over the last 0.6 mile.
03/15/2019: 6492 steps during the day, rest day.
03/16/2019: 15696 steps during the day, 2 runs of 1.65 and 5.02 miles, 169 avg cadence, 143 avg heartrate, 34F, 54% RH, 28 mph W wind, wind chill 21F, partly cloudy
Today's race was my ninth Johnny's Runnin' of the Green. My previous 8 times were: 2007 - 37:34, 2011 - 34:35, 2012 - 33:58 (lifetime PR), 2013 - 36:23, 2015 - 36:18, 2016 - 35:40, 2017 - 37:10 and 218 - 37:46. The Johnny's Restaurant had closed last year. The Rochester Running Company had taken the race over and the YMCA was the new sponsor. The race will henceforth be known as Runnin' of the Green. D&C news article here.
The race start time was at 9:30 AM. I was up around 7:00 AM and puttered around like usual with my pre-race bowl of cereal along wit catching up on Facebook and email. It was around freezing so I wore my UWRG minus the balaclava but plus my ski mittens. I parked about 3 blocks away on State St a bit after 8:30 AM. I walked down to the Blue Cross Arena and just looked around to pass the time.
Most people don't know this but the Blue Cross Arena (full name is Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial) was named the Rochester Community War Memorial when it was built in 1955, wiki here. There is a war memorial set off to the left on the first floor ... not too noticeable or well trodden but it's there. I walked over to take a look and get some pictures. There are plaques, an endless flame along with pictures of foreign and domestic veteran cemeteries. Here is a D&C link here (it is behind a paywall so it may or may not open).
I didn't know that the 1956 NBA All-Star Game was held here. Rochester was home to the Rochester Royals from 1945 to 1956 and won the NBA Championship in 1951. The Royals moved on to Cincinnati (Royals) in 1957, Kansas City (Kings) in 1972 and Sacramento (Kings) in 1985, wiki here. Liberace in 1956, Sinatra in 1993, Elvis in 1976, 1977 and the Rolling Stones in 1965 (concert length was allegedly 7 minutes) have played concerts (among hundreds of other performers) here. A D&C articles says that the Rolling Stones concert was stopped after 6 songs due to a near riot, link here (again ... behind a paywall so it may or may not open) while another D&C article repeats the 7 minutes along with stories of other infamous performances in Rochester, link here (yada about the paywall). Interesting note; a 15 year old Lou Grammatico (Gramm), of pre-Foreigner fame, attended the Stones concert with his girlfriend.
A complete(?) list of 648 Rochester Community War Memorial concerts from 12/31/1957 (Fats Domino) to 4/5/1998 (Sarah McLachlan), link here. A complete(?) list of 220 Blue Cross Arena concerts from 11/3/1998 (Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men) to 11/29/2018 (Trans-Siberian Orchestra), link here. The list of performers is staggering to say the least.
Well ... back to the race. I got out for a little 1.65 mile warm up run at 8:37 pace, link here. I found that the wind was going to be an issue but ... that's a given at this or any race in the winter in Rochester.
I lined up near the front. I had given up on my earbud and MP3 player, started my RoadID eCrumb and was trying to get my ski mittens back on when suddenly we were off. I struggled to get both my ski mittens on and not drop my water bottle all while I was trying to get up to race pace, not run over anyone and not get run over myself (plus my Garmin got paused for about 25 seconds). So ... I managed but not well. The Fleet Feet cheering section was at the 1/4 mile mark (not their usual 1.25 mile mark on Wilson Blvd).
Anyway ... I never really felt in sync the whole race. I ran slightly ahead of Jim McLaughlin, who was the RRC 8:00 pacer, on the way up to the turnaround. I stopped to take a sip of water from my water bottle ... Jim passed me. I got going again, passed him and kept him in my rear view mirror so to speak.
I kept pushing though ... down Exchange Blvd ... the I-490 overpass ... Court St ... no finish arch or chute ... clock under 39 ... done with 5.02 miles in 39:32 (actually 39:56). I was happy to be done. I had just a banana and a pint of water. I am no fan of green bagels. I looked at the results and saw that I was 8th in my age group ... so no awards. My splits were: 7:32, 7:52, 7:52, 7:42 and 7:27. PCR-timing did the timing like usual. I finished 180th out of 1155, link here. I was 8th out of 45 in my M 60-64 age group, link here. I was a full minute slower than 2018 ... I still did my best ... but slower this year.
I had places to go so I headed to the 2014 Cruze. Boom ... I was on my way out to Macedon and Palmyra for my biweekly grocery shopping trip with two of my three kids. My oldest son, Michael, in Macedon was first. He did his grocery shopping at the Macedon Walmart. My daughter, Karen, in Palmyra was next. She did her grocery shopping at the Newark Walmart and Wegmans.
I was a bit sad today. My Facebook feed told me that 5 years ago that I was boxing up my late father's belongings at the Wayne County Nursing Home. I hit me that my Mom has been dead since 1/14/2004 and Dad since 3/10/2014. You can find Dad's obituary by searching for "Bernard DeWeaver obituary. I used to be able to find Mom's but not any longer. I just wish I could talk to them. I wonder what they would think of what has happened to me, my siblings and our lives since they have died. What really happens when you die? I sense a "Why I blog" blog post coming up soon. Who reads this drivel anyway? I just hope someone gets inspired to exercise after reading this blog.
Our Time Warner/Specturm cable modem/router/phone died. I called them up and went through their troubleshooting steps ... basically, no lights and a reset didn't work. I was going to go get a replacement the next day but had the idea to pop out to Best Buy to buy (and not rent) a replacement cable modem/router. So I bought an Arris SBG10 cable modem/router. It took a bit on the phone with Spectrum but I was able to get the wireless network back up.
Tuesday, 3/12/2019: 16365 steps during the day, 8.15 miles, 1:11:00, 8:43 pace, 161 avg cadence, 132 avg HR, 36F, 52% RH, 13 mph W wind, wind chill 27F, partly cloudy.
It was Tuesday so I brought my running gear to work like usual. And ... like usual I forgot my tights the first time I wanted to run after I had done the laundry. So ... I had to go home to retrieve them from the basement before I went out for my first Daylight Savings Time (DST) run. And ... I really needed to get out for my run since I had a little tiff with my lovely wife, Christine, in the time it took me to get ready. The subject is best left out of the scope of this blog. It was minor as are 99.999% of our tiffs. I set up a really nice and easy pace once I did get outside. I needed some time to myself ... just me, my pace and the outdoors. The LOSP trail was already 90% free of ice ... though it did have some slippery patches in the section between Dewey Ave and Island Cottage. I pushed the distance up to 8 miles ... because I needed both distance and time away. My splits were: 8:37, 8:43, 8:38, 8:40, 8:39, 8:54, 8:53, 8:43, and 8:10 over the last 0.15 mile. I was much calmer when I got back. It was nice running in the daylight after work and not having to worry about wearing my NT360 lighted vest and my headlamp from eBay.
I got our printers (a HP 1102w laser printer and a Canon Pixma MX492 all-in-one printer) up on my laptop. I had to connect with a USB cable for each install since they were the first printer on the network.
Wednesday, 3/13/2019: 8030 steps during the day, rest day.
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| Scenic! |
There was a beautiful sunrise this morning. Eric Eagan captured a couple of pictures of the sunrise over Cranberry Pond.
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| Double mmm! |
I got the printers back onto Christine's laptop. They went lickety-split since they were already on the network. Then I got our Withings Smart Scale on our wireless network. The wireless network appears to be solid at around 30 to 40 Mbps.
Thursday, 3/14/2019: 15090 steps during the day, 6.6 miles, 55:44, 8:26 pace, 163 avg cadence, 65F, 33% RH, 12 mph S wind, mostly cloudy
The one day I don't turn on the TV in the morning before I go to work is the day the temperature rockets up to 70F! I put on my winter jacket when I went out the door. Luckily I stuffed in shorts and a short sleeve tech shirt into my running bag because I needed them.
I went over to Rochester Running Company near URMC and the U of R to pick up my Johnny's (now known just as Runnin' of the Green) bib and long sleeve t-shirt after work. It was 67F so I had to go for a run. I just made up the run as I went along. I went into the Mt Hope Cemetery for a bit and got a picture of the graves of Freddy and Sue (Frederick Douglass and Susan B Anthony).
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| Fredick Douglass (top) and Susan B Anthony (bottom) |
03/15/2019: 6492 steps during the day, rest day.
03/16/2019: 15696 steps during the day, 2 runs of 1.65 and 5.02 miles, 169 avg cadence, 143 avg heartrate, 34F, 54% RH, 28 mph W wind, wind chill 21F, partly cloudy
Today's race was my ninth Johnny's Runnin' of the Green. My previous 8 times were: 2007 - 37:34, 2011 - 34:35, 2012 - 33:58 (lifetime PR), 2013 - 36:23, 2015 - 36:18, 2016 - 35:40, 2017 - 37:10 and 218 - 37:46. The Johnny's Restaurant had closed last year. The Rochester Running Company had taken the race over and the YMCA was the new sponsor. The race will henceforth be known as Runnin' of the Green. D&C news article here.
The race start time was at 9:30 AM. I was up around 7:00 AM and puttered around like usual with my pre-race bowl of cereal along wit catching up on Facebook and email. It was around freezing so I wore my UWRG minus the balaclava but plus my ski mittens. I parked about 3 blocks away on State St a bit after 8:30 AM. I walked down to the Blue Cross Arena and just looked around to pass the time.
Most people don't know this but the Blue Cross Arena (full name is Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial) was named the Rochester Community War Memorial when it was built in 1955, wiki here. There is a war memorial set off to the left on the first floor ... not too noticeable or well trodden but it's there. I walked over to take a look and get some pictures. There are plaques, an endless flame along with pictures of foreign and domestic veteran cemeteries. Here is a D&C link here (it is behind a paywall so it may or may not open).
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| The eternal flame, 2 plaques and a plaque about the 4 clergyman who gave up their life vests during WWII |
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| Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones at the Community War Memorial on 11/1/1965 ... photo courtesy of Rochester Democrat and Chronicle by staff photograher |
Well ... back to the race. I got out for a little 1.65 mile warm up run at 8:37 pace, link here. I found that the wind was going to be an issue but ... that's a given at this or any race in the winter in Rochester.
I lined up near the front. I had given up on my earbud and MP3 player, started my RoadID eCrumb and was trying to get my ski mittens back on when suddenly we were off. I struggled to get both my ski mittens on and not drop my water bottle all while I was trying to get up to race pace, not run over anyone and not get run over myself (plus my Garmin got paused for about 25 seconds). So ... I managed but not well. The Fleet Feet cheering section was at the 1/4 mile mark (not their usual 1.25 mile mark on Wilson Blvd).
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| The Fleet Feet cheering crew ... photo courtesy of Tim Matthews of https://runnerpics.shuttlefly.com |
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| Bottom two photos courtesy of Barb Boutillier of Fleet Feet Rochester |
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| Pushing down Exchange Blvd with 1/2 mile to go ... photo courtesy of Tim Matthews of https://runnerpics.shuttlefly.com |
I had places to go so I headed to the 2014 Cruze. Boom ... I was on my way out to Macedon and Palmyra for my biweekly grocery shopping trip with two of my three kids. My oldest son, Michael, in Macedon was first. He did his grocery shopping at the Macedon Walmart. My daughter, Karen, in Palmyra was next. She did her grocery shopping at the Newark Walmart and Wegmans.
