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: 33.55 miles.
I took 70,110 steps according to my Pebble 2 HR smart watch.
Sunday, 3/17/2019: 12386 steps during the day, 8.55 miles, 1:10:01, 8:11 pace, 133 avg HR, 164 avg cadence, 26F, 48% RH, 10 mph W wind, wind chill 16F, mostly sunny
I combined practicality with running ... I mailed the Netflix DVD (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) and took back my Redbox DVD (A.I. Rising) along with a longish run. I wore my UWRG minus the balaclava but plus the heavy running gloves and sunglasses. I set up a nice and steady pace ... got it done. My splits were: 7:59, 8:08, 8:40, 8:23, 8:04, 8:19, 8:06, 8:07 and 7:41 over the last 0.55 mile.
Later, I went down to the basement and put together the shelving unit that Christine brought back from her late father's basement last year. Yes ... it sat in the trunk of her car and then in the basement for that long. It was a double rivet shelving unit and I had no instructions or any clue about how to put it together. She had to come downstairs and give me some ideas about how to orientate the parts onto the support rails. My initial idea was 90 degrees out of sync. A couple of email to her two brothers gave me ideas also. It didn't help that there were 5 wood shelf planks and only parts for 3 shelves. So ... I made a bottom, middle and top shelf. The hardest part was the middle shelf where I had to get the bottom support rail, top support rail and double rivet support together at the same time with no one else to hold things steady. But ... I managed. I don't know if our neighbors on either side appreciated my hammering onto metal though. The end result is 18"D x 36"W x 72"H.
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| My first double rivet shelving unit! |
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| Mmm ... |
Monday, 3/18/2019: 4647 steps during the day,
My lovely wife, Christine, made it back to Polish Me Up (Facebook page here and Yelp reviews here), to get her nails done at long last. She picked a color named Maui Sunset by IBD for her new nails ... nice and sexy! There are more images of Maui Sunset here.
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| Mail Sunset from IBD |
Well ... it was Tuesday so I was out for my usual run.. It was 40F so I wore shorts, a long sleeve tech, Brooks 1/4 zip long sleeve pullover, Brooks beanie and heavy running gloves ... and regretted the shorts! The weather at Harris B601 was different than the weather about 6 miles north at Greece Arcadia High School. A light wet snow started when I began my run ... I thought I was crazy to be in shorts and probably any drivers that passed me thought so too. I kept on running. The snow quit for a while and then started up again. I had to blink to keep the snow out of my eyes. It was pretty though ... if you weren't running into it. I think I was under a lake effect snow band. But I kept on running until I got done. My splits were: 7:58, 8:14, 8:10, 8:14, 8:13, 8:13, 8:05 and 8:06 over the last 0.45 mile. Brr ... I was a bit wet and cold from getting snowed on so I took a warm shower when I got home.
Later ... I took all of Christine's boxes that she had brought from her late father's house that had cuddled together underneath the dining room table for a year and put them on the bare shelving unit in the basement. It was a bit tough ... up and down the basement stairs ... after a run but I managed. Now maybe we can sit at the dining room table again! UPDATE a month later: not yet.
Now ... maybe I will get the gumption and ambition to get some of MY junk cleared, sorted and maybe tossed out. It's only stuff ... and you can't take it with it when you're gone ... or so they say.
Wednesday, 3/20/2019: 6576 steps during the day, rest day.
Thursday, 3/21/2019: 10376 steps during the day, 6.25 miles, 50:44, 8:07 pace, 166 avg cadence, 42F, 74% RH, 9 mph SSE wind, wind chill 36F, overcast.
Well ... Ricoh is forcing me to take all of my vacation time before the end of March so I will be off on Thursday, Friday and Monday for 5 total days off. OK ... maybe not force but strongly encourage me since it's a "use it or lose it" situation. I guess I don't schedule vacation very well?
So ... what better way to kick off my vacation but by "sleeping in" until 6:40 AM and getting out for a run at 8:00 AM? So ... I did. It was bit warm so I celebrated the first full of spring by running a simple out and back 10K in shorts. I ran in my old Brooks Transcend 5 shoes with over 600 miles. I could tell the difference. I set up a steady pace and got it done. My splits were: 8:24, 8:04, 8:01, 8:09, 8:08, 8:06 and 7:39 over the last 0.25 mile.
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| Karen got a free chocolate ice cream with whipped cream! |
Friday, 3/22/2019: 10757 steps during the day, 6.25 miles, 51:25, 8:14 pace, 164 avg cadence, 38F, 94% RH, 5 mph WNW wind, wind chill 34F, overcast.
Fridays are usually a rest day but I just couldn't help myself. I slept in until after 8 AM and got out a bit after 10 AM. It was a bit colder and windier than yesterday so it was back to all my UWRG. It run with my heavy running gloves instead of ski mittens. I wore my newish Brooks Adrenaline GTS18 shoes with about 50 miles and could definitely tell the difference. I set up a light and easy pace just to pass the time and get the same out and back 10K in. My splits were: 8:21, 8:32, 8:15, 8:10, 8:12, 8:01 and 7:35 over the last 0.25 mile.
Saturday, 3/23/2019: 9815 steps during the day, 5.05 miles, 43:50, 8:41 pace, 169 avg cadence, 24F, 63% RH, 14 mph WSW wind, wind chill 12F, sunny.
I slept in a bit longer than usual. It was colder and windier than yesterday so it was back to the UWRG. I wore my Craft long sleeve tech and a Frezeroo long sleeve tech just to change things up a bit. An inch or two of crusty wet snow had fallen. I thought the LOSP Trail would be icy so I stuck to road. The road shoulder was there was slushy snow and a bit of ice to boot. So I took up a careful and steady pace. My splits were: 9:08, 9:15, 8:34, 8:11 and 8:20.
Christine's daughter, Beth, had come up from Lakewood OH to spend some time with her friends from Niagara University, Diane and Bridget. We met up with them at the George Eastman House. It was my first time past the lobby. I had run the Photofinish 5K in 2013 and 2014 which used the lobby as the headquarters. We went with the guided tour at 2 PM. George Eastman certainly had a nice house! I thought there would be more photographs though.
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| The living room and its player organ |
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| The Kodak slogan |
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| George Eastman associated locations in Rochester |
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| Hat boxes from companies long gone ... Sibley's, McCurdy's and B. Forman |
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| I'm in support of that! |
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| Truth! |
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| I wouldn't mind reading a biography on George Eastman |
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| A couple pictures from Black Button Distilling |
