Runs w/ Bobby

On Monday, Bobby and I did a crazy trail run through the woods of Hammel Forest Preserve. We did his high school cross country meet trail, which was an even 3 miles up and down some unforgiving hills. After finishing, I left him at the car and decided to do a couple hill repeats which kicked my butt. Overall, I ended up running about 4.3 miles and did it around 33 minutes with a couple breaks, one was to do some elevated pushups off the path.

Here is Tuesday Run with Bobby.He decided to write our run through my eyes. Enjoy!

-What was meant to be no more than a banal Tuesday evening augmented into a noteworthy run for Bobby and I on this cool, spring evening. Fighting gusts and dodging cars along dirt banked roads were humbling in my "Welcome to P-ville" run.

The first mile was a bit more kinetic than planned, and the downhill, southbound stretch of Ridge down not placate our steady pace. At roughly the 2.5 mile mark I noticed I was starting to create some distance, so I suggested heading back East early to Bobby. He looked tired and didn't take much convincing. Starting our watches simultaneaously we took off down perpendicular paths and Bobby shouted out "See if you can catch me!", a tough challenge to ignore, but it was too early in our run to demand speed.

As the Muse poured out of the ear buds, I was only starting to hit my stride when I was surprised to see Bobby not far behind (I later learned that he felt invigorated after our short pause and changed his mind about cutting the run short). He signaled for water while making our turn at Rt 52, and I placed it on the gravel path. Enervated, Bobby sprinted to return the half-empty Sam's Choice bottle, and slowly dropped behind.

My pace was still steady at the 5 mile marker, and I charged forward hoping to make a dent in the last 3.3. The latter stretch of the loop was hilly, but the elevated sections were sparse, which worked to my advantage, enabling me quicken my turnover at appropriate checkpoints.

I finished the 8.3 in 64 min, and had to wait no more than 2 min for Bobby to finish. His watch told him 65, but he admitted to stopping for a minute to get his legs under him for the last 3. Overall, a great run for my first 8-miler back. I think it's safe to say I'll be having a partner for some of my future long runs.

Distance: 8.3 miles
Time: 64:04
Pace:7:21

M1-8:20
M2-7:51
M3-7:57
M4-7:36
Part 5-9:47
P6-5:31
P7-7:35
P8-6:53
End-2:42

Good Ol' 5K Run...

Today has been a great day off so far. I was able to sleep in on our new Sealy Euro Top Mattress and new pillow, which Vanessa has said has stopped my snoring, which sounds pretty good to me. So once I was up I grabbed a water bottle and a couple granola bars and checked up on Twitter and then got my alarm for the Barcelona/Real Madrid La Liga matchup at 1. The game was an unbelievable 2-1 victory for Real Madrid on a beautiful Ronaldo goal.


0Once the game was over I decided to get a run in. I did my usual 5k run that I've done so many times, except this time I was determined to push myself and have negitive splits for each mile, and I did. This was the first time I managed to get a sub 7 minute mile split in a non-race run this year, so I'm pretty excited about my recovery process. The cooler temps may have helped, the air had a bit of a chill in it. Temps  hovered around 52 degrees at 3:30pm. There were a few walkers out but only one other jogger.


Now I have to get ready to go see Snow Patrol at the Aragon Ballroom with Vanessa and my sister, Abi. Should be a fun night! 


And to whoever is reading my blog in Russia, Spasiba! Tell all your friends!!


Here are my stats:
Distance: 3.2 miles
Time: 23:12
Pace: 7:15
Avg HR-188
Peak HR-199
kCal-432
M1-7:41
M2-7:17
M3-6:57
M.2-1:15
#-173
Temp-52*, 8mph NNE, 43% Hum

My Legs & Feet Hurt!!

After putting in 2 long days at work, I finally managed to get a run in today after my half day at work. I decided to do a down-and-back on Theodore Ave. to Hwy 59. There was a nice wind at my back on the first leg of the run, but the way back took a little longer with the breeze hitting me in the face from the left side. The road was busy with traffic from the rush hour traffic, which was a nice backdrop to the tunes that were jamming in my ears. If you were interested in my run route here is the link here it is.

Totals:

Distance: 5.8 miles
Time: 44:27
Pace: 7:39
Calories Burned: 769
Avg HR: 183
Peak HR: 200

First Mile: 7:57
Part 2: 14:06
Part 3: 15:03
Last Mile: 7:20

Night Run

Did a nice little post-work run with Bobby.
Vanessa biked with us. Here's the link for our run

Dist-2.0 miles
Time 14:18
Pace: 7:09

Wilderness Run

I did manage to get a run in today while Vanessa had her appointment with Debra. It was a very quiet and serene run along the Salt Creek Greenway Trail. The trail started out as paved but then it got a little wild and became a nice dirt trail and skirted the river for a little over a mile. I was escorted by some birds for a little while, I'm sure they were protecting their nests. Here's the link to check out my route.

First Mile: 8:02
Middle Distance: 9:54/10:03
Last Mile: 7:28

Totals: 35:29, 4.6 miles, 7:42 pace

Windy Run

Today's run was a windy one, gusts reached speeds of 45mph, it was a formidable foe. Click here to see my route. It was very quiet out aside from the blowing wind. Hopefully tomorrow I can get a short jog in.

57:28, 7.1 miles, 8:06 pace

Here's a good site for checking observed weather reports for any area. Click Here!

Trying to Keep Up

Here's Sunday's Run. Distance-4.9 miles, Time-38:40, Pace-7:53

And today's run with Bobby. Dist-3.2 miles, Time-26:28 , Pace- 8:16

This is my next race on the calendar that I'm going to try to do.
Rockdale Ramblin' Run 10k