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Training Log Archive: Rosstopher

In the 7 days ending Oct 14, 2007:

activity # timemileskm+m
  Road run4 3:01:39 19.8 31.86
  Total4 3:01:39 19.8 31.86

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Sunday Oct 14, 2007 #

Road run 49:09 [3] 6.8 mi (7:14 / mi)

Nice run this morning along commonwealth ave. Autumn is officially here, which means that running is colder but it smells nice. I personally don't smell nice, because even though it's cooler I still sweat in a rather unpleasantly profuse fashion, but the leaves have the deeply satisfying rake-into-piles-and-jump-in smell. Sam went off to run with Hill somewhere this morning but I think that the 50 minutes I did this morning represent about the perfect distance for me, and they are looking for something more around the 2 hr range. Still coughing up lot's of phlegm, so I can use that as an excuse right?

Saturday Oct 13, 2007 #

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Went Apple picking with the Roommates and Hilly. Highlights include kettlecorn and apple turnovers plus really excellent raspberries. Oh and we picked some apples too, of course. Hilly is an apple-eating champion, so she was really dominating. Afterwards I fell asleep on the couch and Sam decided getting me up to go running was going to earn her only grumbling and grumpiness so she went out for a run and I continued my nap until it was fully dark outside.

Friday Oct 12, 2007 #

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was really looking forward to some good exercise after work on Friday, but at 5, when I headed out to change into short for my trip home, I realized that I left my shorts at home. oh well, I took the T home and was disappointed to find that the Boston NOW daily paper had printed the wrong crossword puzzle with the days clues so I did the sudokus instead. I think that I will try to reverse engineer the puzzle by trying to solve the clues and then fit them into a framework.

Thursday Oct 11, 2007 #

Road run 52:00 [3] 7.0 mi (7:26 / mi)

Today I took a sick day, my throat still hurts from whatever sickness I picked up over the weekend, and it hurts a lot more in the morning when I made the decision not to bother going in to work. After breakfast I felt kinda like a wuss for not sucking it up and going in. I spent the next 8 hours cleaning the house and trying to organize my life ( I assume some sort of penance for my guilt at malingering) this gave me time to photocopy Jeff's map of the Newton Streets, and make some pizza crust. CSU training was attended by Pia, Lori, Brendan and Jeff. we got a late start and headlamps were necessary for map reading ( and also with some of the sidewalks too) I just followed Brendan which was hard enough in itself since he was running faster than I would have given the conditions, but it was really fun.

afterwards, there was much pizza 'sumption facilitated by the lovely Sam and Hilly and Judy.

Wednesday Oct 10, 2007 #

Road run 30:00 [3]

short run around the reservoir with Jenn. I felt pretty gross today with a sore throat that was unpleasant and made swallowing a chore. I went to work because I felt obligated to collect blood samples from all the experimental mice, and that gets done on wednesdays. Needless to say I felt a bit bitter about missing an opportunity to use a real sick day. after work went running with Jenn and then played pictionary at game night. Jenn and I were trying to hold our team together, but we were no match for our opponents. in truth we were trounced.

Tuesday Oct 9, 2007 #

Road run 50:30 [3] 6.0 mi (8:25 / mi)

whoa, my legs were a bit resistant to the idea of running to work in the morning. it took me a couple of miles to feel like I had a real stride going. My heels were a bit sore still from the callouses that built up from my feet sliding around in my o-shoes during the highlander and I was also feeling the onset of a sore throat and the remnants of a muscle knot in my left calf muscle. after the first couple of miles my legs relented and felt great again ( perhaps abashed that they had been so whiny for the first bit).

Monday Oct 8, 2007 #

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No running, in honor of Christopher Columbus and his quest to reduce the prices of top quality furniture, automobiles and mattresses. Also the highlander was pretty physically demanding and I was still tired.

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