CIM Training Week 7, Day 2: 3 taper miles

Today was my birthday, and I was expecting an uneventful day. That's usually how my birthdays go, and today was my 40th, but I didn't really expect anything different.

I was pleasantly surprised, although many things weren't intentional. A lot of small things happened today that made the whole day good.

* A video recorder app was released in Alpha testing for the Pre, called Precorder. It seems to work pretty well, although I don't think I'll be able to run with the phone as a camera. In landscape mode, it's too easy to drop the phone.

* Birthday greetings rolled in all day long on Facebook, and as of 9:30pm, I count 61 greetings. That one made me happy!

* Sam McManus from the Sacramento Bee blogged about my CIM video. This totally surprised me, and now the video has almost 100 views. Pretty cool!

* Speaking of CIM, they posted the confirmed entries today. I'm bib #1131.

* Finally, I ran 3 miles, and it went AMAZINGLY well. I just wish I could run that well for more than such a short run!





Splits
Mile 1: 8:01
Mile 2: 8:28
Mile 3: 8:25

3 miles, 24:55, 8:18/mi average, 335 calories burned

* Then to top it off, I had a wonderful dinner with my wife at the Ranch House, where we had halibut with broccoli. Great stuff!

So my 40th birthday came to a close. It was much better than most of my birthdays have been lately, to be sure!