Well, with my recovery week over, it's back to loooong runs on Sunday's.
For the next 3 Sundays, I will be setting new longest run records. Today was a 14 miler, followed by next Sunday's 16, and 8/31's 18 miler!
I got up at about 6:15, and was out the door a little after 6:30. Weather was perfect, thermometer read 56.9. I decided to run an out and back , down Edinburgh / Old Trenton Rd, towards Cranbury, and back.
At about the 2 mile mark, I had my 1st encounter with a dog. The part of Edinburgh Rd. I was on, just past the entrance to Mercer County Community College, it was still a four lane road. Well don't you know, a house across the street from me had a dog out on their front lawn, and it sees me, and starts barking. I thought it was tied up, but next thing I know, it's coming across the street, and standing in the middle of the road, verbally letting me have it. Well, I just froze in my tracks, and let the dog bark. I told it to go home a few times, and it finally did.
For those who don't know the area I run in, Edinburgh Rd. is a very high traffic road, and this dog was really lucky it wasn't quite 7:00am. If it was any later, his attempt to cross the road, could have been a disaster. If you check out my splits, you can see mile 2 was just a bit slower, because of my 4 legged cheerleader.
The rest of the run was pretty uneventful. I did pass a bunch of roadkill, check out this list of animal roadkill:
red fox, possum, birds, garden snake.
I ran to U2 live from Paris, for a 1987 concert on Itunes. What a great concert. It really helped me for the 1/2 half of my run. If you are a fan of U2. I highly recommend it.
I was surprised at how good I felt during the entire run. I guess the week of easy mileage was good for the body.
My split at 13.2 was 2:04:00, which would put a estimated finish at 4:08:00. I know it's way to early to think about time, but if I can run like I did today, I think I have a shot at that type of a finish.
The rest of the week is back to the 6,8,6 Tuesday -Thursday, with a 5 miler on Saturday.
14.01 miles (2:11:56)
Lap/Mile
1 9:28
2 10:01 (damn dog!)
3 9:14
4 9:29
5 9:30
6 9:30
7 9:32
8 9:31
9 9:24
10 9:23
11 9:19
12 9:16
13 9:11
14 8:58
.01 :04
6 comments:
Awesome job. You and my wife both ran a 14 miler yesterday morning. I stayed home with the kids.
Roadkill! Come on man, take the camera phone with you next time.
Are you doing the Philly Distance run in September?
Prog, I don't have the camera phone. I'm lucky my company just sprang for a nextel/blackberry, so I can get emails!
And yea, I will be in for the PDR.
I haven't signed up yet, but I will be doing that.
Sounds like you had a terrific four legged cheerleader. It must been a chiachiua ! It looks like you are doing nicely with your mileage buildup.
The area where you have ran sounds quite familiar. I used to live in Plainsboro.
Great job. That sucks about the dog. Need to get yourself some dog mace.
Ya know, stumbling across a loose dog during a run is a lot like your mother calling and leaving a message on your answering machine while you're having sex. Sure, you can try to keep going but damn it's hard to ignore! ;) Kudos to you for perservering and getting the miles done!!!
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