- 5 miles
- 8:20/mile pace (including 4 stops)
- 0514
- From/To Home
- Just a cruise run, which felt tougher than it should have -- Finn had a very up and down night, which was much harder on Becca than me since she kept waking up first :).
- Found a $20 bill on the sidewalk on 75th Ave. between Union Hills and the 101, no, it wasn't yours.
- 200 push ups
- Standard form
- 25 pre-run, 15 each corner, 1st one being about 1.25 miles from home and one additional at the end, followed by 4 sets of 25 during post run stretching (15 of set number 7 were with a constantly mobile 40 pound Case on my back -- these in particular, plus the new Push Up streak high for volume, made the effort more exhausting than I have made any to date...expect that I will hurt tomorrow etc.).
- 3.31 miles
- 7:34/mile pace
- 0334
- From/To Home
- I'll consider this a fast run considering the start time -- first mile was slowish, last mile was hardish. Not many people out at all...actually, saw no one outside, but there were cars on the 101, as always. Becca is doing speedwork at the track today, she meets people there at 4:30am, which seems very extreme to me, but I'm glad she enjoys it.
- 3.14 miles
- 8:17/mile pace
- 0545
- From/to Home
- Pi.
- Becca logged 8 miles before me as our plans included an 8am start to a overnight trip involving hiking/backpacking/camping and such. All worked out pretty well and we only left the house a few minutes later than perfect due to the time it took to do the kid exchange with the sitter.
- 2.39 miles
- 8:11/mile pace
- 0520
- From/To Home
- Finn has been having trouble sleeping, which at least allows Bec and I to both run in the morning...
- 2.28 miles
- Streak extender -- didn't feel like going any further as I wanted to get back to put kids to bed and watch more of the addictive, though completely non-sensical show Becca has me semi-hooked on #&@$% *#@.
- Unassociated: Played baseball with Case before work and hit range balls with him after work...I like that he's getting older.
- 2.4 miles
- 8:06/mile pace
- 2015
- From/To Home
- Very nice to be able to run at night now, except that by 8pm on a Saturday I'm pretty much ready for bed, so this was somewhat uninspired. Becca's been watching this show called "Pretty Little Liar's," which is a teenage angst mystery of sorts -- right before going on this run I watched the Halloween episode, which of course weirded me out a little bit because I absolutely hate being scared and or startled, so I saw the neighborhood in a completely different way on this run, convincing me that Becca is never allowed to go out for a non-sunlit run ever again...just too many places for people to jump out from behind.
- 6.34 miles
- 7:40/mile pace
- 0510
- From/To Home
- Negative split by 3 minutes, helped significantly by the fact that Master of Puppets started playing on my iShuffle music player and I decided to run hard for the whole freak 8+ minute song. I really though my average speed would've been much faster, but it wasn't...I felt fine, just not fast I guess. Anyway, did some push ups after stretching, which led to Case riding on my back for a while, so now I'm worn out.
- Becca ran 6+ miles after me this morning...I think together we will log many miles in the coming months, well, as long as I get back on the train at some point.
- 5.02 miles
- 7:17/mile pace
- 0630
- From/To Home
- Becca ran 8 this morning, four of which were mile repeats at like 6:40/mile, which is quite strong considering...well, yeah, she hasn't run any mile repeats in years, but I don't really need to explain why that is quite strong, it just is. Anyway, that made me feel like I couldn't just run 8:50 miles like I wanted to, so I grabbed my iShuffle thing and decided I'd run easy for a song, then hard for a song etc. It was more enjoyable than recent efforts, so I might make a habit of this. What I need to make a habit of is following a schedule, I have all but given up on the schedule I was trying to follow before because, well, I think I just wasn't ready for it and as a result it buried me...perhaps more mentally than physically, but felt 6 feet under regardless. I haven't given up on the early December marathon, though I have little hope of making my sub-3 hour goal...I still want to do it even if only to hang with those that are going (The Rosenlof's and Elliot).
- 1.35 miles
- Fastish
- 0935
- From/To Arrowhead CC
- Decided to join Becca for the "Power Hour" class that she does at the gym -- I ran fast so I could turn around and go back to run a bit more with Becca because I feared the warm up run wouldn't be 1.2 miles long...well, it was, which was good because Becca didn't cooperate. She ran fast too, so I couldn't look cool running back to her. She's a real jerk.
- The power hour class destroyed me....I am not in good overall shape at all, this could be the reason for my horrible collapse, I think I should do something about it, but, yeah, I'd have to do something like that again...hmmm....
- 1.7 miles
- Pushing Case and Finn again, it was fun and Becca enjoys it more than I do -- by-the-way, she's starting to get more serious about running again...could be the straw that finally breaks my back on this streak as it is much easier to do when she does everything around the house and with the kids etc. Yeah, that's just an excuse, but well...the last 2 months have been mentally taxing, for this slow guy anyway.
- 1.96 miles
- 7:28/mile pace
- 2030
- From/To home
- Second mile was sub 7 minute pace, but only because I was surprised how slow I was going when I checked the watch at the 1 mile mark. Think I have some sort of sinus infection, but Becca cashed in a Z-pack subscription she had and gave to me, so hopefully I'll be back to full health soon.
- 4.62 miles
- 8:12/mile pace
- 0830
- From/To Home
- Picking up grocery items during the days run adds a little something to the effort...running with rattling stuff could probably get annoying though, which means it is a good thing that I was over halfway home when I stopped to pick stuff up per Ms. Becca's instructions.
- 1.7 miles
- Inspired by the 12 mile run my wife completed before this run I really pushed the distance today...head still lethargic, thinking the short and slow runs will extend another day at least.
- 5.11 miles
- 7:31/mile pace
- 0414
- From/To Home
- Slower than it felt, but isn't that more common than not? Surprisingly warm/hot this morning considering the early start time -- Becca wanted to do a long run this morning, so I had to finish before her scheduled 5am start time...I thought that would've made for a nice cool run, but yeah, it's August.
- 7.48 miles
- 7:38/mile pace
- 2034
- From to Pat and Kathryn's -- Mt. Pleasant, SC
- First 3 miles with Becca while cousins watched Finn and made sure Case didn't wake up etc., then cruised around the neighborhood for the remainder. Felt pretty good and increased speed as I went.
- 3.15 miles
- 8:34/mile pace
- 1600
- DHGC to parents house -- Atlanta, GA
- First run with Becca in what seemed like forever, was nice, but absurdly hilly.
- 4.82 miles
- 8:14/mile pace
- 0815
- From/To home
- My efforts to follow the McMillan training plan are getting worse, but I am starting to feel better (Probably aided by the boys and Becca letting me sleep in etc.). Today's long run turned into the above...not very impressive, but felt like as much as I should do today. Anyway, hoping to resume in full soon.
- 2 miles
- Slowish
- 0605
- From/To home
- Though I truly hate to do it, I switched tomorrow's "off day" to today for a number of reasons, here are some of those:
- I am feeling sickly -- body aches and general crud
- I didn't think I could accomplish what was on the schedule today, considering "1" above
- Needed more time than usual this morning because I had to work in an appointment to have this dealt with:
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/casewein/7414787132/in/photostream
- Yep, that's right, I now have pink eye too. Joy, but wait, there's more...Finn had crusty eyes this morning as well and Becca's eyes itch. Family fun! I really dislike pink eye, but I think I prefer it over the body ache's, which I really need to get rid of before tomorrow's make up run.
- On the positive side, Case asked to go running with me again today, so he and I had as enjoyable a 2 mile run as can be had considering all of the above...plus he serenaded me with "Go Faster Daddy, Go Faster!" and "Step on it Dad!, Step on it!" He's a funny little dude and I was very glad he was out there with me this morning. I might still be somewhere between mile one and two without the incentive to speed up. As I always say, kids are good for your health.
- 12.3 miles
- 9 min/mile pace
- 0555
- Squaw Peak Area
- First of all let me sing the praises of what I formerly thought to be a somewhat silly idea -- The Staycation. Turns out that, like almost everthing, life is different with kids...our "staycation" weekend at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort here in town was truly fantastic because it helped us entertain our kids for the entire weekend, while also enjoying ourselves. Part of that enjoyment was actually this run too...I left the hotel, located just on the other side of Hwy 51 from Squaw Peak, headed for the Squaw Peak hiking area with the thought of running the trails I had heard about around the Peak itself -- I did not have the mental strength to try a pseudo running effort summit attempt. After reaching the end of the paved road I kept going in that same basic direction (North and slightly east) onto trails circling around Squaw Peak itself. I soon realized that there are many many miles of trails out there and some gorgeous cholla catcus as well...I was really impressed with the area. To my surprise I even found a bit of "Trail 100" as made famous by the 2012 LMI...I never pushed the pace, which probably also contributed to the overall enjoyment. So anyway, I ran for a while before feeling like I needed to return to catch back up with the family since the original "finish before they're fully awake" plan was scraped when Finn woke up around 4:30, resulting in he and I hanging out in the hotel lobby until we felt at least Becca had slept long enough.
- 5.03 miles
- 7:46/mile pace
- 0615
- From/To home
- "Easy" run that felt harder than easy, but not hard. Off to Staycation we go!
- Only because it happened last night, the same day the earlier "tee-tee incident" happened, I will share this story:
- Just before dinner I announced that I needed to go to the bathroom and then we (Case and I -- Becca was upstairs trying to put Finn to sleep) we would sit down and eat dinner together. I walked to the bathroom and started to relieve myself...just then I hear Case start running my way followed by a loud and excited announcement that he would like to tee tee too. "We can go at the same time Daddy!" as he immediately arrives next to me, drops his pants and starts to pee before I can even start to say anything positive or negative....well, this was no big deal, but was pretty funny when he finished in less than 2 seconds, jumped up on the step he uses to get to the sink, wash his hands with half a pound of soap, pseudo dry them by high fiving the towel and running out turning off the light behind him then sprinting away cackling like a mental ward escapee. Can't decide if I want to hope for a continuation of Case related tee tee stories or not...that streak is at 2 days.
