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Sunday Jul 20, 2014 #
Running hills 48:22
Another absorb Toledo day!
Badger brunch at Black Kite, shoe + sandal shopping at Dave's (new pair of Nikes won from 8k race), and then to Fort Meigs! We wandered around the Fort, marveled that trying to take it from the Maumee really would have been tough (it lasted two short sieges from the British in the War of 1812 and formed a place to gather and collect troops to re-take Detroit).
Then, workout time! Because Fort Meigs features the largest hill in Toledo. I did three intervals of 5 hill-laps (so up+down):
7.38
7.19
6.55
And then was pretty toast. Hot and humid is back!
Badger brunch at Black Kite, shoe + sandal shopping at Dave's (new pair of Nikes won from 8k race), and then to Fort Meigs! We wandered around the Fort, marveled that trying to take it from the Maumee really would have been tough (it lasted two short sieges from the British in the War of 1812 and formed a place to gather and collect troops to re-take Detroit).
Then, workout time! Because Fort Meigs features the largest hill in Toledo. I did three intervals of 5 hill-laps (so up+down):
7.38
7.19
6.55
And then was pretty toast. Hot and humid is back!
Friday Jul 18, 2014 #
7 AM
Running 33:15 [2] 4.01 mi (8:18 / mi) +39m 8:03 / mi
Morning loop around Ottawa Park, a slight deviation at the Police Museum, which had a sign indicating it was only open on Saturdays until later notice. Legs feel ok so far, maybe too early for any soreness from last night's race...
Drills 4:23 [1] 0.21 mi (20:52 / mi)
Ankle plyo drills - back to these!
5 PM
Cycling 27:35 [1] 6.02 mi (4:35 / mi) +19m 4:32 / mi
Cycling 21:07 [1] 4.1 mi (5:09 / mi) +12m 5:06 / mi
Thursday Jul 17, 2014 #
7 PM
Running 7:51 [1] 0.96 mi (8:09 / mi) +2m 8:06 / mi
Drills 4:19 [1] 0.26 mi (16:28 / mi)
Running race 28:56 [4] 5.0 mi (5:47 / mi) +1m 5:47 / mi
Dave's Running Ohio-Michigan 8k
Not bad! 5:47 pace for ~5 miles for 1st woman. The vdot calculator says that's 17:31 5k pace, so good, but not PR-pace I guess.
Anyways, a fun and big race held at Centennial Terrace, an outdoor concert venue coupled with an old quarry that's turned into a commercial swimming hole. (Beach chairs on terraces built into the rock, all sorts of fun floating jungle-gym stuff, watersides.) If we weren't in the middle of a cool snap, totally would have gone in afterwards!
The race course was 100% flat and involved only 5 turns! Not the most captivating. But it did go to Michigan and come back, as advertised. And since it was a big race, there were people around to focus on trying to beat, so not boring.
Brats and beer and live music as part of the post-race party. Plus won a new pair of Nike shoes- anyone wear Nike and have recommendations?
Not bad! 5:47 pace for ~5 miles for 1st woman. The vdot calculator says that's 17:31 5k pace, so good, but not PR-pace I guess.
Anyways, a fun and big race held at Centennial Terrace, an outdoor concert venue coupled with an old quarry that's turned into a commercial swimming hole. (Beach chairs on terraces built into the rock, all sorts of fun floating jungle-gym stuff, watersides.) If we weren't in the middle of a cool snap, totally would have gone in afterwards!
The race course was 100% flat and involved only 5 turns! Not the most captivating. But it did go to Michigan and come back, as advertised. And since it was a big race, there were people around to focus on trying to beat, so not boring.
Brats and beer and live music as part of the post-race party. Plus won a new pair of Nike shoes- anyone wear Nike and have recommendations?
Running 8:00 [1] 0.9 mi (8:53 / mi) +1m 8:52 / mi
Wednesday Jul 16, 2014 #
Note
Had to master reset my Garmin. It was freezing on the startup screen for oh, 45 minutes before moving on to the getting satellites business. I tried a soft reset, no help. Hard reset, no help. So then found instructions for the master reset (unsure what exactly it does more than a hard reset) and that seems to have worked. Hopefully Garmin disease is solved for the time being...
7 AM
Running 7:43 [1] 0.74 mi (10:26 / mi) +14m 9:51 / mi
Only woke up at 5:30 this morning, not bad jet lag! First bit of run was jogging with Tom.
Running 48:35 [2] 6.21 mi (7:49 / mi) +28m 7:43 / mi
And a quicker paced rest of the two Ottawa Park laps. Such a nice day for running - 54 degrees and sunny! A plank is disarranged on the bridge over the creek on the North side, hope they don't close it for repairs...
Tuesday Jul 15, 2014 #
Running 36:00 [1] 3.8 mi (9:28 / mi)
New mission: check things off on the must-to-in-Toledo while still here for the next 2 weeks! Today's item was the Toledo Botanical Gardens, extremely close to my old apartment and helpfully on the way to my CSA pickup.
They were nice, with several mini-gardens within a larger landscape of lawns and trees. The best were maybe the herb and tea gardens. Their rose garden was actually pretty terrible, all the plants were small and struggling, some with fungus spots. Perhaps Toledo isn't the climate for roses, or something about this year has been particularly tough.
Anyways, after the gardens, when on an Ottawa Park loop with top, despite feeling very sleepy. Ran the first hill twice (counterclockwise loop) and went hard the commando route too. Tried the new Asics Gel Lyte 3 shoes I intend to race in on Thursday, they seem similar enough to the previous version that they won't be a problem!
They were nice, with several mini-gardens within a larger landscape of lawns and trees. The best were maybe the herb and tea gardens. Their rose garden was actually pretty terrible, all the plants were small and struggling, some with fungus spots. Perhaps Toledo isn't the climate for roses, or something about this year has been particularly tough.
Anyways, after the gardens, when on an Ottawa Park loop with top, despite feeling very sleepy. Ran the first hill twice (counterclockwise loop) and went hard the commando route too. Tried the new Asics Gel Lyte 3 shoes I intend to race in on Thursday, they seem similar enough to the previous version that they won't be a problem!