I ran 1 times this week, 3.16 miles.
I took x steps this week according to my Garmin Venu smartwatch.
My Venu gives me steps, heart rate and floors climbed (take that last data point with a grain of salt). My Withings WS-50 Smart Body Analyzer scale gives my weight. All weather conditions are from the Greater Rochester International Airport (KROC) which is 13.3 miles away.
WALKING/RUNNING: I have a swollen right knee that I ignore. My PCP said that since there is no pain to just watch it. He thinks that it may be that the leg muscle is outside of the ligaments that should surround it (which makes it puffy looking).
WALKING/RUNNING: I have a swollen right knee that I ignore. My PCP said that since there is no pain to just watch it. He thinks that it may be that the leg muscle is outside of the ligaments that should surround it (which makes it puffy looking).
Walk/Run electronics: I use my Garmin Venu for runs and walks. I listen to my TechNet bone conduction headphones, link here.
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BTW, I am on a 2216-day steak (since 6/24/2020 or 6 years) of either a walk, run or bike of greater than 1 mile (as of Saturday night, 7/18). There were more than a few days when a mile was all I could walk or limp.
Sunday, 7/19//2026
steps, resting/max HR, pounds, floors climbed
Run: 3.16 miles, 28:48, 9:06 pace, 135/150 avg/max HR, 155/239 avg/max cadence, 64F, 73% RH, 7 mph NNW wind, partly cloudy
Shoes: blue/orange Brooks Glycerin GTS22 - 173.78 miles
Today's race was the Jungle Jog 5K held at the Seneca Park Zoo. I raced it back in 2024 so I knew the course. It was the 6th of 12 2026 Rochester Runner of the Year races. I have run the last 3.
The Jungle Jog 5K was only a 10 minute car ride and I got there at 7:01 AM for the 8 AM start. Why so early? Well ... you have to park about a mile away and then walk to the start. I had plenty of time, but I still walked at a good clip. I didn't take a warmup run and opted for a bit of stretching and bouncing at the start.
And ... we were off! I got slowly up to an OK race pace when I got to open road. I just let people by and concentrated on my race. The first mile was rolling at first and then a climb out of Trout Lake. I took a fast walk break there at mile 0.6 and another at mile 2.4. I was OK with that. I had shortened my stride and made it one long run on the out to St Paul St and back and then into the Zoo before I took another walk break on the climb inside the Zoo. Then I ran it on in. I didn't like seeing the clock go almost to 29 minutes ... but it was what it was. I'm still running ... so it was a good day.
