Sunday's No Excuses Weather for Philadelphia

weather.gov: Partly sunny, High near 60, low 41

weather.com: Partly Cloudy High 56 Low 45

inaccuweather.com: Cloudy with a chance of rain 60

weatherunderground.com: Partly sunny, high 60

Lookin' good.

This week, I just have to get in maybe a 8 miler today and a couple of shorter runs.

3 weeks left

I finished off the week with a 16 mile run today and 49.3 miles for the week. Either my Heart Rate monitor is broke or I'm in way better shape than I thought. My run stats from today....

Pace / HR (my "easy" HR is 138-150)
10:46/ 148 (had to stop and adjust monitor)
10:19 /130
9:59/ 129
9:55/ 130
9:47 /132
9:43/ 132
9:28 /136
9:44/ 136
9:46/ 138
9:37/ 144
9:54/ 137
9:49/ 140
9:42 /143
9:37/ 143
9:46/ 146
9:48/ 149

Avg 9:47 138 (throwing out the warm up mile)

I have no idea what this means, except that maybe that 4:00 is definitely within striking range in 3 weeks.

This week I have a 20-21 miler on Friday or Saturday and I guess about 45-48 total miles. Then I get a 2 week break before race day.

BlackJack

21 miles today. It took me FOREVER. 3 hours 39 minutes. That's about 10:20 pace and I've verified that it is possible to have your nose run like a faucet for three and a half hours.

I think 3 hours 39 minutes is about the flying time to Las Vegas.

That is 51.4 miles for the week for me.

Philly Week 4 & 5

Well, I've been absolutely battling this sinus thing, and I swear I could use that toilet paper invention.

To the passing biker on the sidewalk the other day who I almost spit on: Next time, can you yell something like "on your left" when you are passing me at 20 mph, so I don't end up sending a lunger on you? You missed my projectile by about 1/2 second.

So, I got 36 miles in last week, it was my cut-back week and this week looks something like this:

Mon: 9.34
Tues: O
Wed: 9.9
Thur: 4
Fri: 21 (yep blackjack tomorrow) 3.5 hours (3.5 hours Uh huh)
Sat: 5
Sun: 8-10

I haven't quite done the math and I mostly run by time anyway. Sometimes I just say to myself, "okay self, just run 10 more minutes and then head back" so my mileage kind of varies.

I got some new shoes! Dicks had my Cumulus 10's for $60 and then DSW had these lightweight shoes Brooks Ghost (I've never run in Brooks before) for $55. I am going to try them out today....



"You don’t have to be fast to feel fast in the Ghost. With an enhanced midfoot wrap for runners who like a secure feel around the arch, and an increase in the amount of forefoot cushioning and under-foot support, the new Ghost, with its eco-friendlier BioMoGo midsole, lets you run as fast as your feet want to go. Like, as fast as if you'd seen a ghost—or two." Skeery Fast - Must wear these on Halloween.

Sinus Special

This is me running this week...but I use kleenexes, and don't have the soccer gear on.

This is really what I need for my cold (below).

Crabs, Democrats and Tigers - Philly Week 3 - And Spartans!

Well - week 3 of Philly is in the books. The day I was supposed to do my 16, it was rainy all day. So I stayed inside, stared at the treadmill (see picture above) and watched The Deadliest Catch (which if you've not seen this show, is about fishing for crab off the Bering Straits in Alaska click here to see a video -- this one kid who volunteered to be a deckhand made $13,000 in 3 days of crabbing) followed by The Democratic National Convention of 1968 (which if you're not familiar with this, I must've been delirious to have this on - I was too lazy to change channels) recap on the History Channel.

Sixteen miles running. In. One. Place. Makes even the Democrats seem interesting. (kidding to my D buds)

To be honest, it didn't seem that long, until I realized I saw the Snuggie Commercial about 20 times. (oh no, now if Jim's mom sees this commercial we'll probably get 20 of these things for Christmas)

So, yeah, onto the Tigers...Today, I could have made my 9 miler outside, but didn't want to miss the game (which the Tigers won!), so I again hit up my 2.0 horsepower pal.

I love my treadmill because I got 40 miles in this week - I am counting the 1 recovery mile I had yesterday running from the MSU-Beats-up-on-Michigan-yet-again game to the car. Scoreboard photo below.....



And yeah, the entire house probably stinks like sweat.

Rain Rain Go Away

This is what it looks like today, but more rainy and without the palm trees. I am supposed to get my 16 miler in today.

So far this week I've done.
Mon: Off
Tues: 9 at 10:05
Wed: 5
Thurs: Off

And I'm due for...
Fri: 16
Sat: 5
Sun: 6