I was at a conference this week, so I basically abandoned any running schedule. I’ll get back on that next week. I was going to try to run with some of the RunChat/BibChat friends, but with me being at the conference and unable to get anywhere AND having to be in certain places at certain times, I didn’t pursue it.
Monday: I drank too much bourbon the evening before, got to bed too late, and generally didn’t feel well. Got up and decided to attempt to run it off. Ran on the Path 400 trail, which is nice except for the lack of drinking fountains and the high road noise. 5.44 miles in 52:58 (9:45 min/mi).
Tuesday: the weather felt a little better today, I didn’t drink quite as much (although I feel like I’ve been eating too much at this conference). Ran up the Path 400 trail, much faster this time. 3 miles + 7 strides + round off to 4 miles in 35:02 (8:44 pace).
Later on Tuesday, I got to see the Reds play at SunTrust Park…
Wednesday: the weather felt about the same as yesterday. After looking at the Path 400 map on their website, I thought I could continue north past Weiuca Rd NE, but as I made it down a considerably poorer path in the twilight of the morning, I saw a vehicle and some mailboxes and since I didn’t see anything restricting vehicles, I figured the online map was incorrect. Not wanting to cause problems being potentially on someone’s property at that time in the morning (I wouldn’t have been all that cool with it if it were me), I turned around and stuck to the sidewalks for a while. This was pretty hilly and I felt like I was running faster than what I was. I wonder if <5 hours of sleep had something to do with it? Or maybe that last night’s dinner was a big plate of yummy nachos? 6.21 miles in 57:37 (9:17 pace).
Thursday: back home in Cincinnati! Ran across the suspension bridge and back across the Purple People Bridge, one of my more favorite routes. Had to mentally/physically slow myself down on the Newport Floodwall, as I was down in the 7:45 range and was actually trying to go easy in preparation for (spoiler alert!) what I thought would be a long run tomorrow. 4 miles in 33 minutes (8:15 pace).
Friday: No running :-(. Thursday ended with me having a tooth pulled, and I was told to not run for a few days, so I’ll be back at it on Monday. Since I have a step counter, I did go for a morning walk in Friendship Park.
