Saturday, February 9, 2008

Good week...

... so far. I have one more day of running, but I'm at 31 miles, including a long run today and another sub-tempo run on Thursday. I stretched the fast part of Thursday's run out just a bit, by fiishing my warmup at Adeline instead of Shattuck. This made for just over 3 miles at about 6:50 pace. The overall time for the run was identical, to the second, to the previous week.

Today was a planned 12 miler on a 13 mile course. No problem; the extra mile brought me to 31 for the week before tomorrow's run. Seebo and Dubs have been listening to Interpol on their runs recently, which for put me in a mind to start with Franz Ferdinand. Particularly that catchy song that makes me think I'm in Urban Outfitters, but has a great mosh part in the bridge. You know the one. After that I went random, and Tom Waits came up. Not good running music, but I survived and only skipped a few songs. On the way up the hill, I passed the second most hardcore stroller runner that I've ever met. The most hardcore, of course, is my friend Jessi, who once ran the 8.5 mile Schuykill River loop in Philly while pushing her son in a stroller. Normally not a big deal, but she had left the front wheel at home.

The trip back down, accompanied by Slayer/Neko Case/REM, was 3 minutes faster but not much easier. I felt pretty beat by the end, and had to ice my knee and ankle when I got home. The cheddar and chutney sandwich I had for a post-run lunch was well-earned, though.

Tuesday am, 7 miles in :55
Thursday am, 6.1 miles in :47
Friday am, 4.4 miles in :33
Saturday, 13 miles in 1:50

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