Time of day 4:00 PM
Distance 7.10 mi
Comments Treadmill run at the Breakers hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. Down here for some work meetings. Played 18 holes on a beautiful course this morning and didn't do too badly, although I did hit one utility truck... Ran once I got back from golfing. Started out at 7:30 pace then gradually ratcheted down to 6:53 pace by the end of the run.
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
Sun November 3rd - 4mi
Time of day 9:00 AM
Distance 4.00 mi
Comments Ran from the house down 8th to East Capitol, around the Capitol, then back to 8th via Maryland Ave. good little 4-mile loop that I'll have to add to my RP routes when I'm not logging via phone.
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Distance 4.00 mi
Comments Ran from the house down 8th to East Capitol, around the Capitol, then back to 8th via Maryland Ave. good little 4-mile loop that I'll have to add to my RP routes when I'm not logging via phone.
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Sat October 5th - 4mi
Time of day 11:00 AM
Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Joe's last run as a free man. We drove out to Plum Island to run at the (closed) national park up there. Chebot stepped in human shit as soon as we arrived - possibly the toilets were also shut down? We made our way over the barrier keeping the park closed to rabble rousers like us, then down along trails, boardwalks, and the beach for about 4 miles. We ran into the law as we were finishing. The federal park policeman, who was working without pay during the government shutdown, was pretty decent, although we were prepared to run if he pulled out his ticket pad.
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Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Joe's last run as a free man. We drove out to Plum Island to run at the (closed) national park up there. Chebot stepped in human shit as soon as we arrived - possibly the toilets were also shut down? We made our way over the barrier keeping the park closed to rabble rousers like us, then down along trails, boardwalks, and the beach for about 4 miles. We ran into the law as we were finishing. The federal park policeman, who was working without pay during the government shutdown, was pretty decent, although we were prepared to run if he pulled out his ticket pad.
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Sat August 24th - 13mi
Time of day 12:00 PM
Distance 13.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments The end of a journey, five years later. Very glad to have finished this with the same guys we started with, no matter the amount of pain that had to be endured to finish.
As for the run, I can't say it any better than Joe, so here's his log:
This was the main point of the trip, to complete the 93mi greenway run that we started in the spring of 2008. I recall that we stopped on Hughes St in Belfast many years ago. Today we picked up from that location to complete the journey.
I still don't know how my Achilles went from feeling terrible on Thursday to awesome yesterday. My only guess is that Mueller drugged me that night and they popped a cortisone injection into it Thursday night.
Papa Mueller (Rudy) came down from Jamestown with the family motorhome. This made logistics easier and we all piled in. 45min drive to Belfast. I dropped a duce and we prepared to head into the bush. The trail in this area still looked like a well kept lawn, but I wore my running backpack anyway so I could tuck in the machetes. Given the issues with my Achilles, gents rode along on the bike, doing 1mi each, since no one was fond of it.
The trail was in such great condition that I feared this "epic 12mi run" would wind up a 80min easy run. These fears were soon assuaged when there was a barrier indicating the trail was closed ahead. We diverted right into the remains of the canal prism and clawed along, using the machete to cut back up to the grade 50m later. We continued but within 200m we found the reason for the closure; the creek next to the path had eroded out completely a 30m section.
Out again with the machete and I took point. We descended a steep bramble covered slope 10m to the creek, leaped across, and then headed up stream 50m and crossed back. Now it was chest high switchgrass and mud. I chopped what I could, but out legs were still quite lacerated. There should have been plenty of snakes, but we saw none. Luckily Mueller was not stung by the myriad swarming bees. Now we clawed back up the very steep, near vertical dirt bank. I got to the top first, using the machete as a piton, and then a human chain, like a barrel of monkeys got everyone to the top. Rusty barbwire greeted anyone at the top that was not careful.
At this point the bike was not such fun any more. Much effort had been extent getting it up and down the banks and we were only 2K into this 20K run.
We headed onward on the good footing and made good time to 4mi. Here we lost the path again and had to bushwhack a little bit, but nothing was much trouble. Some of us, like myself that had not run much in 3 weeks, started to feel a tad tired, but we kept the dialogue within our own heads. Patrick was trailing badly, but we swore that neither he nor I nor Mueller would touch the bike, since we were the three man to have completed all sections to date.
Around 5.5mi we found Rudy with the motorhome. We dumped the bike on him, got some water and blocked up. Out we went. Here the path took on an unpleasant feature of 2" hunks of gravel as the footing. Clearly this was the historic rail bed ballast. It was very uncomfortable to run on, but we pushed on and after 2K of it, we were back to solid footing.
From this point forward, the was the end of the nice grass trail. It was overgrown more by the mile. Tim and I had pressed on and were leading the expedition. The undergrowth projected into the trali from the left and right such that we soon seemed like football players at practice juking to and fro. Perhaps a mile from Rudy we hit our first solid wall of overgrowth. I hacked at it with the machete and pulled back other areas and we continued.
There were many pointy and sharp examples of vegetation on the trail now. Some would wrap around your leg and has you continued your stride cut into you like a chainsaw chain pulling free. Ouch. Others were fun, like the green pinecones covered with sharp spurs. Of course you dare not touch your aching legs however as we were knee high in poison ivy at many points.
The apex of the run now arrived where we found ourselves on an old causeway of sorts where the rail bed had 50m wide open bodies of water on both sides, only divided by the 5m wide gravel ribbon the separated the water for a mile. Clearly we could not go left or right, and certainly not backward.
The vegetation was literally a hedgerow of very thick brambles fed by the great ample water source. You could not see more than two feet into it, the stems were so thick. I hacked away and made little progress. Tyle came up and helped, using the saw side of the machete to cut the bushes at the base. We were making about 8" a minute progress and still had miles to go. From our perspective, this thicket continued perhaps 800m. We started taking turns, men coming to the front to hack away, then getting bloodies and cut and trading to the next man.
This was the best part of the run. You're tired, having been out for 90min already and it is high noon. Though a cool day, you're sweating and it's running into the dozens of cuts on your legs and burning terribly. You clearly have an interminable amount of shit left to go through, but you continue on because you must, because it is what you came here to do and you must not be defeated. The only way is forward. The ode of the distance runner.
We shortly discovered that with enough force, we could carefully bend back the bushes as a whole. After about five minutes of this effort, we progressed the 30m past this section and were to open trail again. By open trail, I mean chest high sharp weeds that we plowed through. Two more we were stopped by similar thickets, but again we chopped and plowed our way through.
About 10mi, we came upon Rudy and the motorhome again. We implored why he was cutting the route short and he said it was "pretty bad" and "impassible" ahead. We told him to meet us at the end and headed back into the brush. The next mile was similar high overgrowth, but we were able to make good time through it.
We finally popped out into a field where the path was no longer evident at all as a highway berm cut across it. We headed left (south) and were not literally in brush and sharpies at head height. After struggling through 200m of this, we clawed the 15m up to the road and along the edge of it 800m to the motorhome and victory
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Distance 13.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments The end of a journey, five years later. Very glad to have finished this with the same guys we started with, no matter the amount of pain that had to be endured to finish.
As for the run, I can't say it any better than Joe, so here's his log:
This was the main point of the trip, to complete the 93mi greenway run that we started in the spring of 2008. I recall that we stopped on Hughes St in Belfast many years ago. Today we picked up from that location to complete the journey.
I still don't know how my Achilles went from feeling terrible on Thursday to awesome yesterday. My only guess is that Mueller drugged me that night and they popped a cortisone injection into it Thursday night.
Papa Mueller (Rudy) came down from Jamestown with the family motorhome. This made logistics easier and we all piled in. 45min drive to Belfast. I dropped a duce and we prepared to head into the bush. The trail in this area still looked like a well kept lawn, but I wore my running backpack anyway so I could tuck in the machetes. Given the issues with my Achilles, gents rode along on the bike, doing 1mi each, since no one was fond of it.
The trail was in such great condition that I feared this "epic 12mi run" would wind up a 80min easy run. These fears were soon assuaged when there was a barrier indicating the trail was closed ahead. We diverted right into the remains of the canal prism and clawed along, using the machete to cut back up to the grade 50m later. We continued but within 200m we found the reason for the closure; the creek next to the path had eroded out completely a 30m section.
Out again with the machete and I took point. We descended a steep bramble covered slope 10m to the creek, leaped across, and then headed up stream 50m and crossed back. Now it was chest high switchgrass and mud. I chopped what I could, but out legs were still quite lacerated. There should have been plenty of snakes, but we saw none. Luckily Mueller was not stung by the myriad swarming bees. Now we clawed back up the very steep, near vertical dirt bank. I got to the top first, using the machete as a piton, and then a human chain, like a barrel of monkeys got everyone to the top. Rusty barbwire greeted anyone at the top that was not careful.
At this point the bike was not such fun any more. Much effort had been extent getting it up and down the banks and we were only 2K into this 20K run.
We headed onward on the good footing and made good time to 4mi. Here we lost the path again and had to bushwhack a little bit, but nothing was much trouble. Some of us, like myself that had not run much in 3 weeks, started to feel a tad tired, but we kept the dialogue within our own heads. Patrick was trailing badly, but we swore that neither he nor I nor Mueller would touch the bike, since we were the three man to have completed all sections to date.
Around 5.5mi we found Rudy with the motorhome. We dumped the bike on him, got some water and blocked up. Out we went. Here the path took on an unpleasant feature of 2" hunks of gravel as the footing. Clearly this was the historic rail bed ballast. It was very uncomfortable to run on, but we pushed on and after 2K of it, we were back to solid footing.
From this point forward, the was the end of the nice grass trail. It was overgrown more by the mile. Tim and I had pressed on and were leading the expedition. The undergrowth projected into the trali from the left and right such that we soon seemed like football players at practice juking to and fro. Perhaps a mile from Rudy we hit our first solid wall of overgrowth. I hacked at it with the machete and pulled back other areas and we continued.
There were many pointy and sharp examples of vegetation on the trail now. Some would wrap around your leg and has you continued your stride cut into you like a chainsaw chain pulling free. Ouch. Others were fun, like the green pinecones covered with sharp spurs. Of course you dare not touch your aching legs however as we were knee high in poison ivy at many points.
The apex of the run now arrived where we found ourselves on an old causeway of sorts where the rail bed had 50m wide open bodies of water on both sides, only divided by the 5m wide gravel ribbon the separated the water for a mile. Clearly we could not go left or right, and certainly not backward.
The vegetation was literally a hedgerow of very thick brambles fed by the great ample water source. You could not see more than two feet into it, the stems were so thick. I hacked away and made little progress. Tyle came up and helped, using the saw side of the machete to cut the bushes at the base. We were making about 8" a minute progress and still had miles to go. From our perspective, this thicket continued perhaps 800m. We started taking turns, men coming to the front to hack away, then getting bloodies and cut and trading to the next man.
This was the best part of the run. You're tired, having been out for 90min already and it is high noon. Though a cool day, you're sweating and it's running into the dozens of cuts on your legs and burning terribly. You clearly have an interminable amount of shit left to go through, but you continue on because you must, because it is what you came here to do and you must not be defeated. The only way is forward. The ode of the distance runner.
We shortly discovered that with enough force, we could carefully bend back the bushes as a whole. After about five minutes of this effort, we progressed the 30m past this section and were to open trail again. By open trail, I mean chest high sharp weeds that we plowed through. Two more we were stopped by similar thickets, but again we chopped and plowed our way through.
About 10mi, we came upon Rudy and the motorhome again. We implored why he was cutting the route short and he said it was "pretty bad" and "impassible" ahead. We told him to meet us at the end and headed back into the brush. The next mile was similar high overgrowth, but we were able to make good time through it.
We finally popped out into a field where the path was no longer evident at all as a highway berm cut across it. We headed left (south) and were not literally in brush and sharpies at head height. After struggling through 200m of this, we clawed the 15m up to the road and along the edge of it 800m to the motorhome and victory
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Fri August 23rd - 5mi
Time of day 1:00 PM
Distance 5.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Made it to Ellicottville late last night. Today we drove down the road a bit to run on trails. Joe's Achilles was acting up, so he started on the bike. I was also a hurting swamp dog, although just due to being out of shape, not necessarily injured, so I hung with Joe. He ditched the bike after a bit (the trails were too narrow to bike easily) and we finished on foot.
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Distance 5.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Made it to Ellicottville late last night. Today we drove down the road a bit to run on trails. Joe's Achilles was acting up, so he started on the bike. I was also a hurting swamp dog, although just due to being out of shape, not necessarily injured, so I hung with Joe. He ditched the bike after a bit (the trails were too narrow to bike easily) and we finished on foot.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Mon August 5th - 4mi
Time of day 6:30 PM
Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments went out thinking i was going for an easy run, but about .5 miles in this guy came up on me at a stoplight, so of course i had to race him. i put the hammer down for about a mile until i couldn't see him behind me anymore, then i veered off of mass ave onto a trail. then a little while later another guy came up on my at a stoplight, but thankfully i lost him after just a block. the uptempo running felt good, although i'm still a little sore.
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Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments went out thinking i was going for an easy run, but about .5 miles in this guy came up on me at a stoplight, so of course i had to race him. i put the hammer down for about a mile until i couldn't see him behind me anymore, then i veered off of mass ave onto a trail. then a little while later another guy came up on my at a stoplight, but thankfully i lost him after just a block. the uptempo running felt good, although i'm still a little sore.
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Sunday, August 4, 2013
Sun August 4th - 4mi
Time of day 8:30 AM
Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments A little sore from yesterday, and that didn't really go away on the run. Ran the same loop as yesterday, except that I turned around after running by Ol' Joe's house where Mass Ave. bends around the Observatory. Found an old jar of Accelerade for after the run.
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Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments A little sore from yesterday, and that didn't really go away on the run. Ran the same loop as yesterday, except that I turned around after running by Ol' Joe's house where Mass Ave. bends around the Observatory. Found an old jar of Accelerade for after the run.
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Saturday, August 3, 2013
Sat August 3rd - 5.41mi
Time of day 12:45 PM
Distance 5.41 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Route Cathedral - St. Albans Loop
Comments First run in a while. Felt good, and felt better as I kept running.
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Distance 5.41 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Route Cathedral - St. Albans Loop
Comments First run in a while. Felt good, and felt better as I kept running.
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Sat June 8th - 4mi
Time of day 8:45 AM
Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments ran to the morgan street house in the morning to check out the house and the neighborhood.
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Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments ran to the morgan street house in the morning to check out the house and the neighborhood.
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Thu February 7th - 6mi
Time of day 5:30 PM
Distance 6.00 mi
Comments easy run after work with pmurph from rosslyn, into the city, through georgetown, and back to virginia over the key bridge.
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Distance 6.00 mi
Comments easy run after work with pmurph from rosslyn, into the city, through georgetown, and back to virginia over the key bridge.
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Sun October 21st - 13.1mi
Time of day 7:30 AM
Distance 13.10 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Temperature 55°F
Wind Light
Conditions Sunny and Dry
Intensity Easy
Overall Feeling Bad
Comments Empire State Marathon
I knew it was going to be rough, so I took it easy from the start hoping to hold off the inevitable knee pain. I was pain free for about half a mile, but the pain was manageable until about mile 6. From mile 6 to 9 it was excruciating. Around mile 9, though, we hit some hills and my knee felt much better on the uphills. It's the only time I've wished for more uphills in a race. I made it to Baldwinsville OK, but I knew my knee wouldn't hold up much longer so I cut it short at the half marathon timing mat. My mom was there to watch at miles 6, 11, and 13, so I was able to get some ice and ibuprofen right away before hopping in the car to head home.
It was a beautiful day and a beautiful course. I'll definitely go back at some point, hopefully with more training and a well knee.
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Distance 13.10 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Temperature 55°F
Wind Light
Conditions Sunny and Dry
Intensity Easy
Overall Feeling Bad
Comments Empire State Marathon
I knew it was going to be rough, so I took it easy from the start hoping to hold off the inevitable knee pain. I was pain free for about half a mile, but the pain was manageable until about mile 6. From mile 6 to 9 it was excruciating. Around mile 9, though, we hit some hills and my knee felt much better on the uphills. It's the only time I've wished for more uphills in a race. I made it to Baldwinsville OK, but I knew my knee wouldn't hold up much longer so I cut it short at the half marathon timing mat. My mom was there to watch at miles 6, 11, and 13, so I was able to get some ice and ibuprofen right away before hopping in the car to head home.
It was a beautiful day and a beautiful course. I'll definitely go back at some point, hopefully with more training and a well knee.
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Monday, October 1, 2012
Sat September 29th - 8mi
Time of day 9:00 AM
Distance 8.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Ran with Fleisher on a RCP loop through the horse trails. My left knee started to bother me after we stopped at the Capitol Ruins, which ended up bothering me through the rest end of the weekend. It's getting a little worrisome with the marathon around the corner.
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Distance 8.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Ran with Fleisher on a RCP loop through the horse trails. My left knee started to bother me after we stopped at the Capitol Ruins, which ended up bothering me through the rest end of the weekend. It's getting a little worrisome with the marathon around the corner.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Mon August 13th - 6mi
Time of day 4:00 PM
Distance 6.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Beautiful run along a coastal path from Asilomar to Bird Rock and back. According the the signs it was a little more than 6 miles round trip. My left knee was bothering me a little bit, but as long as I didn't push the pace is wasn't too bad.
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Distance 6.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Beautiful run along a coastal path from Asilomar to Bird Rock and back. According the the signs it was a little more than 6 miles round trip. My left knee was bothering me a little bit, but as long as I didn't push the pace is wasn't too bad.
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Sun August 12th - 4mi
Time of day 10:30 AM
Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Ran around Berkeley with Chebot. The hills got to me a little bit - I'm so out of shape. It was great seeing Chebot and Rebecca for the night (Saturday night) before heading down to Monterey for my conference today.
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Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Ran around Berkeley with Chebot. The hills got to me a little bit - I'm so out of shape. It was great seeing Chebot and Rebecca for the night (Saturday night) before heading down to Monterey for my conference today.
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Fri August 10th - 4mi
Time of day 2:00 PM
Distance 4.00 mi
Comments easy run after a lot of time off. grad school and work have both been keeping me busy, especially with a few presentations coming up. left knee and IT band are bothering me (for a change - usually it's my right side).
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Distance 4.00 mi
Comments easy run after a lot of time off. grad school and work have both been keeping me busy, especially with a few presentations coming up. left knee and IT band are bothering me (for a change - usually it's my right side).
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Sun July 15th - 10mi
Time of day 6:00 PM
Distance 10.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Extended Wisco loop in the heat, humidity, and rain. Decent pace, and no worse for wear from the 26 miler the other day.
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Distance 10.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Extended Wisco loop in the heat, humidity, and rain. Decent pace, and no worse for wear from the 26 miler the other day.
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Friday, July 13, 2012
Wed July 11th - 26mi
Time of day 3:00 AM
Distance 26.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Birthday run - 26 miles on my 26th birthday. I had to get to work early for a meeting, so I had to wake up at 3am to get going. I knew I wasn't in shape to do this very quickly, so I made sure to budget about 4 hours. I started out by running up into Maryland, then back down into Georgetown, across the Key Bridge into Virginia then ran along the bike path, then back into DC on the 14th street bridge. I looped around the Capitol and then up into Columbia Heights, then home. My IT band started bothering me around mile 8-9, and I thought about turning in early, but it wasn't getting any worse so I kept going. I'm writing this a few days after the run, and thankfully all seems well.
I snapped this photo around 5:30am while I was in Virginia as the sun was rising.
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Distance 26.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Birthday run - 26 miles on my 26th birthday. I had to get to work early for a meeting, so I had to wake up at 3am to get going. I knew I wasn't in shape to do this very quickly, so I made sure to budget about 4 hours. I started out by running up into Maryland, then back down into Georgetown, across the Key Bridge into Virginia then ran along the bike path, then back into DC on the 14th street bridge. I looped around the Capitol and then up into Columbia Heights, then home. My IT band started bothering me around mile 8-9, and I thought about turning in early, but it wasn't getting any worse so I kept going. I'm writing this a few days after the run, and thankfully all seems well.
I snapped this photo around 5:30am while I was in Virginia as the sun was rising.
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Mon July 2nd - 7mi
Time of day 7:00 AM
Distance 7.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Temperature 85°F
Comments Working my way back up the distance ladder. Felt fine, and I even pushed the pace a little through the middle miles. I was kind of surprised at how many trees are still down on sidewalks/roads.
For anyone interested in a good recap of how the Derecho storm formed, check this out: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/derecho-behind-washington-dcs-destructive-thunderstorm-outbreak-june-29-2012/2012/06/30/gJQA22O7DW_blog.html
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Distance 7.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Temperature 85°F
Comments Working my way back up the distance ladder. Felt fine, and I even pushed the pace a little through the middle miles. I was kind of surprised at how many trees are still down on sidewalks/roads.
For anyone interested in a good recap of how the Derecho storm formed, check this out: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/derecho-behind-washington-dcs-destructive-thunderstorm-outbreak-june-29-2012/2012/06/30/gJQA22O7DW_blog.html
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Saturday, June 30, 2012
Sat June 30th - 4.25mi
Time of day 9:00 AM
Distance 4.25 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments A little over 4 miles today through DC. A crazy wind storm (pictures here) last night (70+ mph winds) took down a bunch of trees and limbs, although the trails I ran on in Rock Creek Park were surprisingly clear. It's also incredibly hot and humid. The high reached 104 yesterday and is supposed to hit 100 today.
A message from DC's electric utility about the storm:
"Friday night’s violent windstorm that ripped through the Washington area has devastated the Pepco electric system, leaving more than 443,000 of Pepco’s 788,000 customers without power. Winds in excess of 70 miles per hour uprooted trees and blew down limbs, which brought down numerous power lines and broke crossarms and poles."
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Distance 4.25 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments A little over 4 miles today through DC. A crazy wind storm (pictures here) last night (70+ mph winds) took down a bunch of trees and limbs, although the trails I ran on in Rock Creek Park were surprisingly clear. It's also incredibly hot and humid. The high reached 104 yesterday and is supposed to hit 100 today.
A message from DC's electric utility about the storm:
"Friday night’s violent windstorm that ripped through the Washington area has devastated the Pepco electric system, leaving more than 443,000 of Pepco’s 788,000 customers without power. Winds in excess of 70 miles per hour uprooted trees and blew down limbs, which brought down numerous power lines and broke crossarms and poles."
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Friday, June 29, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Wed June 27th - 5mi
Time of day 7:00 AM
Distance 5.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Morning run around Dupont, then into Rock Creek for a little bit, then back via Mass Ave. Feels good to be out running again.
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Distance 5.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments Morning run around Dupont, then into Rock Creek for a little bit, then back via Mass Ave. Feels good to be out running again.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Tue June 26th - 4mi
Time of day 7:15 AM
Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments easy morning run into georgetown and back
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Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (19)
Comments easy morning run into georgetown and back
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Tue June 5th - 4mi
Time of day 10:00 AM
Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 10 (18)
Comments Easy run on Nantucket from Sconset up past the Sankaty lighthouse.
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Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 10 (18)
Comments Easy run on Nantucket from Sconset up past the Sankaty lighthouse.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Sat May 19th - 4mi
Time of day 11:30 AM
Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 10 (18)
Comments Easy run after taking a month off after running only part of the Boston Marathon. I'm finished with my first semester of grad school now, so hopefully I'll have more time to run. I didn't realize how much time it was going to take to work full time on top of grad school. Right now I have no races on the schedule until Boston next year, so I'm just going to have fun and slowly get back into a routine. Hopefully this time I can actually plan out a smart training plan for Boston and stick to it, although I don't need to think about that for a few more months.
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Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 10 (18)
Comments Easy run after taking a month off after running only part of the Boston Marathon. I'm finished with my first semester of grad school now, so hopefully I'll have more time to run. I didn't realize how much time it was going to take to work full time on top of grad school. Right now I have no races on the schedule until Boston next year, so I'm just going to have fun and slowly get back into a routine. Hopefully this time I can actually plan out a smart training plan for Boston and stick to it, although I don't need to think about that for a few more months.
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Mon April 16th - 16mi
Time of day 10:45 AM
Distance 16.00 mi
Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
Comments Decided to defer my race entry to next year. Race day temps got up into the high 80s (the forecast was 89, but I don't know if it got up quite that high or not). Instead of racing, which would have been a bad idea under ideal conditions considering my lack of training, I ran with Jarrin from mile 8 through mile 24. The heat was taking its toll on everyone in the race, and Jarrin was one of 3 GRCers to finish the entire race (Jarrin, Bain, and Lavar). Everyone else decided to either defer or cut the race short and focus on other spring races. I'm glad I hopped in to preview the course, and I'm especially glad I was there to be able to help out Jarrin by grabbing him ice, gatorade, etc.
Next year... third time's the charm.
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Distance 16.00 mi
Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
Comments Decided to defer my race entry to next year. Race day temps got up into the high 80s (the forecast was 89, but I don't know if it got up quite that high or not). Instead of racing, which would have been a bad idea under ideal conditions considering my lack of training, I ran with Jarrin from mile 8 through mile 24. The heat was taking its toll on everyone in the race, and Jarrin was one of 3 GRCers to finish the entire race (Jarrin, Bain, and Lavar). Everyone else decided to either defer or cut the race short and focus on other spring races. I'm glad I hopped in to preview the course, and I'm especially glad I was there to be able to help out Jarrin by grabbing him ice, gatorade, etc.
Next year... third time's the charm.
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Sun April 15th - 4mi
Time of day 11:15 AM
Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
Comments easy run in boxford the day before the marathon
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Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
Comments easy run in boxford the day before the marathon
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