I ran 1 times for 13.15 miles this week.
1 walked (couldn't run) for 3.1 miles this week.
I took 40,205 steps this week according to my Garmin Vivoactive HR (VA-HR) smartwatch.
My VA-HR gives me steps, heart rate, hours slept and floors climbed (take those last 2 data points with a grain of salt).
My Withings WS-50 Smart Body Analyzer scale gives my weight.
UPDATE: My darling wife, Christine, is in her 6th week of a suspected COVID-19 illness (or the flu ... who knows). Her symptoms have been mild thankfully. She had a low grade fever that spiked to 103.8 on Monday night, March 30th, She called URMC on Tuesday, March 31st, and was told to self-quarantine. I got her Tylenol which lowered her fever during the rest of that week. She has had a bit of trouble breathing from time to time but it had been taken care of with an inhaler. She is just now starting to get back her strength. We don't know how she got it since she had not been out for 2 weeks prior. I probably brought it home. I am asymptomatic as of right now. I take care of her while I work from home for Ricoh taking care of the L3Harris printers.
COVID-19: I work for Ricoh as an essential employee. I support the 169 Ricoh printers in the four L3Harris SAS buildings. I am required to wear a cloth mask when I enter any L3Harris building and I also wear my light running gloves, news links here, here and here. I also do this whenever I enter any public building ... like Wegmans or BJs. I realize that a cloth mask isn't a N95 mask but it's better than nothing. I don't have disposable gloves so I wear light running gloves. I don't want to spread COVID-19 if I am asymptotic (heaven forbid). I have read all the COVID-19 news and have seen the case and death toll rise daily in the world, Europe and the US. I am definitely looking forward to the 11/3/2020 elections. I think there will be just virtual races and no public running races during the rest of 2020, link here.
Sunday, 5/10/2020
20037 steps, 48/137 resting/peak HR, 6:56 hrs sleep, 174.7 lbs, 9 floors climbed
run: 13.15 miles, 1:58:00, 8:58 pace, 312 feet elevation gain, 129 avg HR, 159 avg cadence, 43-48 F, 40% RH, 9 mph W wind, wind chill 38F, mostly cloudy
Today's race was the Bigfoot Virtual Half. Yes, a virtual race that I found last month. I chose not the 5K, not the 10K, but the Half because I like to go big or go home. I didn't choose the full because full marathons and I do not get along (and for good reason as it turned out afterward).
I had run the Fleet Feet Virtual Mile the day before in 7:18 but I had only ran 2.05 miles in total so I figured I was all good. Yes ... it was my 4th day in a row of running but I figured I was made of stern stuff.
Anyway ... I was up early around 6 AM, puttered around a bit with catching up on email, Facebook and having some cereal. I got out there after 8 AM. It was cold on May 10th ... yet again ... so I dressed in my usual winter running gear: CW-X tights, Darn Tough socks, Brooks 1/4 zip long sleeve pullover, Brooks beanie and heavy running gloves. Runners who know me can probably know who I am for a distance since I wear basically the same gear all winter (I know what works and stay with it). I used my Nathan Zipster to carry a Hammer Gel flask. I had my MP3 player and new eBay (and cheap) bone conduction earphones along with the run along with my Nathan water bottle. I got everything set (RoadID eCrumb and music) and set out. My left knee and joints (everywhere) hurt a bit but I got up to a nice and easy pace on my Half Marathon route. I felt OK for the first six or seven miles. My earphones died at mile 2.4 (weird ... I had fully charged them the night before). Onward. I saw Eric and Shelia Eagan in their truck as I turned onto Edgemere Drive from Island Cottage ... I waved and they beeped. I had some gulps of Hammer Gel at mile 5 along with some water. My left knee nagged me but I kept running. I had some more gulps of Hammer Gel at mile 10 and more water. Just a 5K but my left knee insisted that I walk a bit more. I was around 1:32 at mile 10. I tried to ignore it as much as I could. I had looked at my Garmin and knew that I would be tight on breaking 2 hours if I did much walking. Onward ... keep going. I turned into Greenleaf Meadows with only 0.2 miles to go ... and ... done with 13.15 miles in 1:58:00. My 40th road half marathon in the books. I did my usual stretches but noted that my left knee really hurt. My splits were: 8:50, 8:44, 8:43, 8:52, 9:03 (Hammer Gel), 9:33, 8:38, 8:33, 9:11, 8:44, 10:18 (Hammer Gel), 8:43, 8:57 and 8:01 over the last 0.15 mile.
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| I think this shirt is on backwards ... |
I got my coffee and sat down for a long while. I did put on my Bigfoot shirt that I had received earlier in the week. You can't put it on until you earn the shirt you know!. I limped the rest of the day when I did get up. It hurt to even balance on my left foot when I took a shower before supper. Oh well ... I will heal. My darling wife, Christine, does worry about me ... but knows that I do stupid stuff sometimes when I run. Monday will be a rest day for sure.
Monday, 5/11/2020: 3891 steps, 47/124 resting/peak HR, 8:22 hrs sleep, 0 (!) floors climbed
Well ... I limped painfully all day. I had to go into 3 of the 4 L3Harris buildings to look after some of the Ricoh printers. I had to be careful not to overstep ... else I felt a really painful twinge from my left knee. Oh ... the joys of running a half marathon when your left knee told you to quit after 4 miles or so. I guess I told it who's in charge ... lol!
Tuesday, 5/12/2020: 973 steps, 46/100 resting/peak HR, 7:19 hrs sleep, 174.4 lbs, floors climbed
Wednesday, 5/13/2020: 343 steps, 46/122 resting/peak HR, 7:39 hrs sleep, 172.9 lbs, 0 (!) floor climbed
Thursday, 5/14/2020: 5420 steps, 46/114 resting/peak HR, 7:13 hrs sleep, 172.3 lbs, 0 (!) floors climbed
Friday, 5/15/2020: 3301 steps, 50/105 resting/peak HR, 8:22 hrs sleep, 173.1 lbs, 2 floors climbed
Saturday, 5/16/2020:
6240 steps, resting/peak HR, hrs sleep, lbs, floors climbed
walk: 3.1 miles, 52:57, 17:04 pace, 62 feet elevation gain, 76 avg HR, 104 avg cadence
I signed up for Medved's Spring Spirit 5K virtual run ... but it turned into a walk. I got up at 5:42 AM, puttered around for a while with email and Facebook, had some cereal, got dressed (shorts, long sleeve tech, buff, light running gloves) and got out there. My left knee was cranky but it had be getting slowly better all week. I walked without pain on Friday. So ... I tried to run ... but both knees (mainly the left though) told me "Not today buddy" ... so I walked to the 7-11 to take back my Redbox DVDs (The Current War and Jumanji: The Next Level) and make a loop until I got to 3.1 miles. I did walk faster the last mile. My splits were: 16:52, 18:40, 15:37 and 17:45 over the last 0.1 mile.
I have been enjoying watching some old NBA games: the 2010 NBA Finals Game 7 Lakers game (Kobe's 5th NBA championship) full YouTube link here and ESPN summary here. The 2016 NBA Finals Game 7 Cleveland Cavs vs Golden State Warriors (with Warriors only scoring 13 in the 4th quarter, the Lebron Block and the Kryrie dagger 3) highlights here, last 3:39 here. Kobe's last game with 60 points, scoring 17 straight points in the 4th, then an assist on the last 2 for the win by 5, link here.
