Ok, maybe not as monunental as posts 100 or 1000 (or 69), but it is a cause for celebration. Lots of topics to cover today, so let's get to it in a big four oh kinda way.
Today's run:
Ugh. Weather.com is now on my shit list. It takes the no. 2 spot right behind the hills in Prospect Park. The hour-by-hour forecast for this morning was partially cloudy, turning into mostly cloudy. Great, I thought, it'll be a little warm (80ish) but the cloud coverage will take off the edge. So I map out my route, put my play list together, gather all my gear and head out at 8am on the dot.
Funny, no clouds. Ok, maybe they aren't here in Astoria, maybe the clouds are just in Manhattan.
I get out of the subway at Central Park. Funny, still no clouds. So nice and warm, humid weather for 18 miles. If I had known that I would headed out earlier!
As I approach my starting line I hit play on Liam and hear "Proud Mary" by Tina Turner. Great song, I always start my races with it. Problem is, it's the same playlist I've had in there all week--and it only has 60 minutes of music on it. So now I have warm weather and the wrong playlist. Fantastic.
Then at about the five mile mark (still in Central Park) I see a flood of pink runners pouring into the park. Oh snap. Today is the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure (for breast cancer). I'm all in support of the race...but if I had known it was happening today I would have not have planned to run three miles AGAINST the runners. Sheesh. If you're keeping track, we've got hot weather (yes, upgraded from warm), the wrong playlist, and 1000s of runners going against me.
At the one-hour mark I start injecting walking breaks. I've given in to walking breaks on hot runs: better to finish slow than not finish at all. These carry me on until mile 13ish comes around, and then it hits me: hunger. I take GU on my runs and have a pack about once an hour. But this wasn't "I'm tired and need energy" hunger this was full on "serve me a steak dinner" hunger--the type of hunger you have when you get home from work. Yeah, that doesn't work well when I have to run another five miles, and there's already heat, tired music, and 1000s of runners going against me.
So lots of things aginst me. But I finished all 17 miles. Woo hoo. I did not let it beat me! I finished in 2:54. Certainly not my goal of 2:42 (9 min pace), but all things considered, I don't think I did too bad.
Feet:
Marcy's challenge is too good to resist. So here are the feet in all their post shower splendor (and before mystery liquid from the trash bag spilled all over them):
My wife agrees that they're pretty--and in a husband's world, that's as good as Gospel.
Food pictures:
Went to the green market a few weeks back and went camera crazy, here are my faves:
4 comments:
At least you guys didn't have pouring rain all day. Up in A-town ( this is my ever so cool way of saying Albany. I know, I'm friggen Rico Suave over here :P) we had crazy rain. I'd say all things considered you did a most excellent job with the run ;D
Also I am pretty darn impressed with the man feet. Really I am surprised. I've seen many o man feet and those really don't repulse me. Sweet!
Nice feet, nice run, nice pics. :)
Great job getting through the run. I always tell myself when it's tough and you get through it, it's bound to make you stronger.
Nancy
PS hubby is working on writing up whatever he did to my tunes. Will send as soon as he does.
Have you experienced the joys of a black toe nail yet? The 4th nail on my right foot is in continual blackening, fall off, blackening, grow-out, fall off cycle for 2 years now. Currently, I'm in post fall-out, blackening phase again. Doesn't make for nice feet according my wife.
sRod - I just published the iPod file compression explanation on my site :)
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