Go, you chicken fat, go away!

Since I was such a slacker last week, I cranked out 12 this morning.  All of my splits were pretty even, although I am 99% sure that when I passed the first mile it said 7:56.  When I looked at my splits afterwards it said 8:31.  Maybe Merri's right.  Maybe I do smoke weed.  I must get so high that I don't ever remember doing it.  And who is my pusher?  Maybe I'll never know.  I saw some more runners out this morning and a couple of old ladies (grrrrowlll.)  

Time - 1:45:00 (avg. pace 8:45)

Splits - 8:31, 8:32, 8:48, 8:51, 8:45, 8:48, 8:36, 8:41, 8:39, 8:56, 9:02, 8:51

Temp - 76 (why has it been so nice out lately?)

What I said earlier about pot isn't even funny to joke about.  Kids, stay away from drugs.

Happy birthday Lani!

I don't think anyone poisoned the prairie dogs, nor did the snake eat them.  I did not count them though because I had infiltration rates and orifice equations swimming through my head.

AM Bike Ride

Distance - 17.49 miles

Cycle Time - 1:05:49

Avg Speed - 15.9 mph

Max Speed - 20.0 mph

Temp - 87

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PM Bike Ride

Distance - 17.47 miles

Cycle Time - 1:05:49

Avg Speed - 16.8 mph

Max Speed - 23.9 mph

Temp - 100

I saw a new old lady out this morning.  She's of Asian decent.  I saw her for the first time Monday.  She won't even look at me though.  But I tell her good morning nonetheless.  With about a mile to go I saw a young woman coming down one of the side roads.  I thought about being bad, slowing down, letting her catch up, and using the blade of grass trick on her.  But I opted to be good and just out run her.  Or maybe that is being bad.  Just mean I guess.  The point is, contrary to popular belief, I do prefer the younger woman to the older woman.  (Except I prefer my wife over them all.  (Somehow (I'm using triple parantheses) I don't think stating that is going to get me out of the trouble I just got in.))

The bike ride yesterday was just what I needed to get me loosened up again.  Even still the first three miles felt like I was dragging.  So did the last two, but I expect to be dragging at the end of my runs.  Anyway, I don't think I was running as slow as I thought I was.

Time - 45:04 (avg pace 8:27)

Splits -

1 mile - 8:21

2 mile - 8:18

3 mile - 8:37

4 mile - 8:47

5 mile - 8:14

0.34 miles - 2:49 (8:18 pace)

Temp - 87

It was so humid out this morning.  I didn't push it at all.

Time - 25:09 (avg pace 8:23)

Splits - 8:25, 8:21, 8:24

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AM Bike Ride

Distance - 17.49 miles

Cycle Time - 1:13:37

Avg Speed - 14.3 mph

Max Speed - 19.3 mph

Temp - 79

That was the slowest ride ever.  A strong breeze was pushing against me.

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PM Bike Ride

Distance - 17.46 miles

Cycle Time - 1:02:41

Avg Speed - 16.7 mph

Max Speed - 23.4 mph

Temp - 94

Blue skies on the way home.  Woo hoo!

This morning I went running with my neighbor Otis.  He's trying to get back into shape.  I told him we could run at his pace.  I grabbed a shirt out of my running clothes but was a little hesitant to put it on.  The shirt was black and so is Otis.  I didn't want him to think I was trying too hard to fit in.  So we were about ready to go, and I saw my home teacher.  We waited for him because I know he always runs to the community gym which is along our route.  Then the three of us took off at a nice liesurely jog.  But I forgot to start my Garmin until we had gone appr. 0.6 miles.  Otis likes to say good morning to people more than I do.  He's so delightful.  After 0.75 miles we parted ways with Br. Adams.  As we were going down Rittenhouse I saw old lady regular and told Otis that I see her all the time.  I asked him how he was doing when we reached the halfway point.  He was doing good.  He ran on the asphalt the whole way while I stayed on the sidewalk.  I told him that since he usually runs on the treadmill, his joints might be a little stiff after we finish.  I kept telling him how much further we had left to go.  He hung in there.  Then when we turned on our street he said, "Let's pick it up."  I told him to get the full three miles in we need to run to my house, turn around, and run to his house.  When we turned around he opened up his stride and just left me behind like it was effortless.  Remind me to drop him early if we ever race.

Avg. pace for the recorded 2.4 miles - 9:55

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AM Bike Ride

Distance - 17.67 miles

Cycle time - 1:08:41

Avg Speed - 15.4 mph

Max Speed - 21.7 mph

I got passed by two cyclists this morning.  That hasn't happened in forever, although I don't know why it doesn't happen more often.  Anyway, after the first one passed me I looked at my Garmin and saw that I was going 15.8 mph.  I tried to speed it up to see how fast he was going.  I got up to 18.5 mph and he was still pulling away.  Unfortunately that little stunt made me reach a level 4 on the sweat charts.  Not good.

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PM Bike Ride

Distance - 17.44 miles

Cycle time - 1:01:49

Avg Speed - 16.9 mph

Max Speed - 22.7 mph

Week in review:

31 miles running

105 miles biking

I went out with Otis again this morning.  He did the same route we did yesterday.  I left him after 1.8 miles to do my 7.66.  We were running at about a 10 minute pace.  After I left Otis I tried to pick it up some, but it was hard getting out of the funk.  That's a fun word.