Today's Tweets

00:06 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:07 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:07 New po.. tinyurl.com/dap35p #

07:08 Wt: 177.4, RHR: 52, BF: 17.4%, DWD: 0 #

07:41 Waiting for breakfast to settle before heading out on a 10-miler. #

07:46 So uh, @runnrgrl, who's the columnist? ;) #

08:41 Another one of those mornings. There went my window, guess I'm running this afternoon. *snicker* #

08:46 So you've seen those 26.2 and 13.1 oval stickers. Does anyone make 26.2 embossed metallic emblems, similar to the Jesus fish? #

09:32 RT @MacStainless: I got to meet Nicki Clyne from BSG yesterday! twitpic.com/2vdlx - nikki clyne's hot :) #

09:35 OK, time to put my workout bag together and head off to church. #

11:10 Guy @ church approached me asking if I want to run with him. He ran 7 min miles 6 yrs ago hahaha #

11:11 He asked what my training pace is, I told him 9:30 and he said ohhhh. #

16:26 Note to self: the sun's a lot hotter @ 4:15pm than @ 6am. I'm 4.5 miles in, I wanna quit! #

16:27 Sitting on my butt, @runnrgrl just passed me. Gah! #

16:33 OK I'm off for the 2nd half, enough whining. It's only 10 miles for gosh sakes. #

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Long Run - 10 miles

...and with today's long run, there are now only 4 weeks until the Avenue of Giants Marathon. One more week, then three weeks of taper! It's coming up fast.

This morning I had some serious procrastination action going on. I didn't do my long run on Saturday as usual because I was hiking with the kids, so instead planned on this morning. I wanted to get out the door by 7, but when I found myself at 8:15, I realized that if I'd done the long run as planned, there would be no way on earth I would make it to church on time.

Question: did you know that running in 72 degrees is a lot different than 48 degrees?



Once again though, I'm trying not to stress out about paces. The upside to this is that I don't get stressed, although the bad thing is that it will most certainly affect my performance in the marathon. I'm also barely feeling any pain now, which is a wonderful thing.

Splits
Mile 1: 9:17.85
Mile 2: 10:05.91
Mile 3: 10:34.95
Mile 4: 10:27.03
Mile 5: 10:54.71
Mile 6: 10:05.56
Mile 7: 10:36.67
Mile 8: 10:47.20
Mile 9: 11:10.96
Mile 10: 11:44.45

10 miles, 1:45, 1486 calories burned

My next run will be tomorrow instead of Tuesday, when I do intervals on the treadmill at the gym. The reason for doing it tomorrow is Tuesday is my anniversary! As a trip (and I actually got away with this), I'm taking my wife up to Humboldt, where we'll spend the day and I'll get to drive the marathon route! It gives the opportunity to check things out a month ahead of time, test out phone connectivity for tweeting, things like that.