Great run - 3.1 miles!!!

It's been a long time since I had a run this good. I certainly haven't run this well since the marathon... no, prior to the marathon. Even when I ran the Zoo Zoom, which was a 5k, I didn't run as well.

Notice I didn't say faster. I was a minute slower than the Zoo Zoom, but I felt BETTER. The Zoo Zoom was a struggle from beginning to end, and I think that was the beginning of my downward spiral into what ultimately became of my running. Today's run, in the heat, huffing & puffing to the best of my ability, was enjoyable.

My goal for the day was to run as well as I could to see if indeed I was getting over whatever the problem in my hip joint is, or if it was in my mind. I think I'm ready to start training next week.





Splits
Mile 1: 8:53.42
Mile 2: 8:50.13
Mile 3: 9:31.12
0.1 mi: 1:01.59 (9:58/mi)

3.1 miles (5k), 9:07/mi(!), 28:16, 451 calories burned

I walked the last quarter mile back to work. Today I felt I could do no wrong. I love when great runs happen.

From Twitter 07-27-2009

• 08:34:56: @cyberpenguin @karrock Sadly no, I never had a poster. But regardless, my wife wouldn't go for having the poster on our bedroom wall.
  
• 08:35:16: @cyberpenguin @karrock I watched Tron yesterday with my son, my wife told me she'd never seen it... but took a nap with our daughter
  
• 08:35:43: @cyberpenguin @karrock So she STILL hasn't seen it. Yet one of the selling points in our relationship early on was she was a sci-fi fan
  
• 08:35:52: I want my money back. ;)
  
• 08:41:04: @karrock It's my fault I suppose. This was my first viewing of Tron since before we got together, and we've been married almost 8 yrs
  
• 08:41:15: @karrock ACK! Almost 9. April will be 9 years.
  
• 08:42:01: @cyberpenguin @karrock More like, she "likes sci-fi". Or, "She liked that movie with the beeping short robot and the big hairy guy."
  
• 08:43:34: @karrock I am happy to say though that I turned her onto Highlander. Sad to say that she sees nothing wrong with the Sickening.
  
• 08:49:24: @cyberpenguin She did say she had a crush on Luke Skywalker as a kid
  
• 08:49:47: @cyberpenguin @karrock I will say this though... 85% of the time when we watch TV together, we watch sci-fi.
  
• 08:51:52: @karrock @cyberpenguin As I said, I watched it yesterday with my son, but my wife opted to take a nap with my daughter instead.
  
• 08:54:12: @cyberpenguin @karrock Yup, she just found +1 leather armor at her feet as she entered the maze
  
• 08:54:31: @karrock sci-fi enough. My wife does like BttF.
  
• 08:54:56: @karrock I'm still pissed Old Biff was able to get back to his future though ;)
  
• 08:57:48: @karrock I didn't have a problem with the dark alternate '85, although I wouldn't think alt-Biff's involvement would affect the whole world
  
• 08:58:00: @karrock it certainly didn't affect the bum
  
• 09:05:08: @karrock We did see the clip of Biff's meteoric rise of course. All that stuff would have at least had a pop culture effect
  
• 09:05:20: @karrock obviously gambling's legal in hill valley, perhaps the entire state
  
• 09:05:33: @karrock wasn't Biff testifying to congress or something to legalize gambling?
  
• 09:05:58: @karrock @blackfonzie Yup, he was a softcore director, crazy
  
• 09:06:23: @karrock @blackfonzie or should I say the guy who played him was
  
• 09:07:20: @palm What, the sunset was better than my duck & goose crossing? I see how you are. ;)
  
• 09:08:44: @karrock oh my god, I was reading the line "the van wouldn't act again for many years" and the FIRST THING I thought of was Hurley... hehe
  
• 09:12:31: @karrock I don't think it's the same exact van. Same type though.
  
• 09:12:55: @cyberpenguin @karrock That's where The Time Traveler's Wife will come in handy, I just realized
  
• 09:14:34: @karrock @blackfonzie By the way, Red the Bum's not the only person who didn't change. Marty's uncle still went to prison.
  
• 09:17:19: @karrock Then again, that van WAS dead for almost 30 years when Hurley resurrected it. Them things got stayin' power.
  
• 09:18:35: @ginaharris1 @alitherunner I just run the lights, screw 'em.
  
• 09:19:32: @blackfonzie @karrock He was hoping to hit him in the head, or maybe knock the gun out of his hand. He had to try SOMETHING.
  
• 09:21:33: @blackfonzie @karrock Since we're on the subject... "What if we don't succeed?" "We MUST succeed". Huh? You're in a frickin' time machine.
  
• 09:22:11: @alitherunner @ginaharris1 Same here, there's only one place I really have to be cautious (freeway exit) everywhere else is cool
  
• 09:23:46: @alitherunner A headlamp is a wonderful thing.
  
• 09:25:36: @blackfonzie @karrock REAL TINY FONTS
  
• 09:26:30: @karrock But just think of the hilarity! Can you imagine, an army of Martys doing all sorts of things while Marty plays guitar?
  
• 09:28:11: @eveblackorwhite Watching Torchwood, when they first showed Eve Myles, I forgot how much I enjoyed the show and had missed it
  
• 09:28:38: @eveblackorwhite I've only seen the first episode of the mini but I can't imagine ending Torchwood, it's just SO good
  
• 09:29:47: @karrock Cover design Chang? You came up with that awfully fast.
  
• 09:32:07: @eveblackorwhite Yup, that's one of the series' strongpoints although I think it's what weighs it down. Situations get worse & worse
  
• 09:32:20: @eveblackorwhite and realistically since there's no way to fix it, it just gets worse
  
• 09:33:12: @eveblackorwhite Nope, haven't seen either one
  
• 09:34:02: @alitherunner I don't worry about the homeless as much as I do stray animals
  
• 09:36:56: @alitherunner the thing is, you have to do something. People will say "oh you're running where it's dangerous" or "how can you run at 4am"
  
• 09:37:14: @alitherunner But if you're going to run, you have to do it when you can do it. Sometimes you don't have a choice, so you take precautions.
  
• 09:37:37: @karrock ah ok I thought you were just really really into BttF :)
  
• 09:49:14: @ginaharris1 I'm extremely careful, although I do need a flashing red light for my butt.
  
• 09:54:57: RT @blackfonzie: @karrock @gchance Never mind, found it: http://bit.ly/rtn4E - nice!
  
• 10:23:55: @rolandjyoung that was fast, hehe
  
• 10:44:43: RT @BillDrew4 RT @sciencebase Do you know more science than the average American? http://tr.im/tOVk Do the quiz. - 100% for me, thank God ;)
  
• 10:59:57: @beejjorgensen You have a problem with that?
  
• 11:00:17: @beejjorgensen I find random science facts infinitely more useful than Shakespeare facts.
  
• 11:00:41: @turtlescanrun did you come up with a conclusion? (water stops)
  
• 11:03:13: @beejjorgensen I think the point of the quiz is that most people don't know basic science facts.
  
• 11:03:54: @beejjorgensen RE large schools of fish, it may be cool, but it'd suck if they could cause tsunamis. We'd have to butcher fish for survival.
  
• 11:11:33: I just got an email telling me my knob will go up. I'm glad.
  
• 11:36:17: @turtlescanrun You'll have a good idea when you get over 10 miles actually, that's when it starts to matter
  
• 11:38:50: Snack: 1 oz honey roasted peanuts
  
• 12:03:18: RT @ironbrandon: AWESOME!! http://tinyurl.com/nt85v5 - not for him!!!
  
• 12:25:38: @davidrees Woo! Great job, you tamed the beast. Sitting in a chair, not having to get dressed, nobody seeing you... that's what I was saying
  
• 14:05:40: @davidrees Re: dressing for work even though at home, that's awesome. You've got it down. :)
  
• 14:06:22: @nethed Zero apps? Zero. Really, zero? #pre
  
• 14:07:03: RT @beejjorgensen: The Internet has returned! - Great! Let the pr0n begin!
  
• 14:07:37: Why is my swoosh so soft? I can't hear my swoosh! @palm #pre
  
• 14:09:51: MapMyFitness.com: Completed Elliptical. 503 (kcal). 00:45:25
  
• 14:19:07: @HellaSound @TLM26 Chico got its rep from the Playboy article in like 1987 or something, and it still sticks.
  
• 14:19:35: @HellaSound @TLM26 That said, it's all what a student makes of it. I went to Chico as well.
  
• 14:31:12: @HellaSound @TLM26 @ridgeley Hey I did run a 24:13 5k there :)
  
• 14:46:26: @alitherunner Did we really lose to HER? I love it.
  
• 14:48:21: @wowzurz I haven't noticed it different... the alert volume was turned down, I had to turn it up. But the swoosh, that ones weird.
  
• 14:48:34: @wowzurz The swoosh isn't just softer, it's barely audible.
  
• 14:50:06: @Portneuf "Maybe he died while writing."
  
• 14:51:50: Snack: atkins bar
  
• 14:57:46: @keeponrunning Doesn't work. I only have 600 followers. ;)
  
• 14:58:09: @wowzurz Clif bars are 50g of carbs. Next! :)
  
• 14:58:21: @wowzurz I eat Clif Bars when hiking/backpacking, that's about it.
  
• 15:00:37: @keeponrunning amen brother!
  
• 15:04:32: @Portneuf The black beast of aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh lives in that cave. Or at least that's what the guy who wrote on the wall wrote.
  
• 15:06:26: RT @leolaporte: cccccccckbgfrjkjhgvvtjrdfgnffknbulgvnjvbnblb http://ff.im/-5NFpJ - and THAT'S what happens when your fingers are too fat.
  
• 15:09:26: @Portneuf I don't like to come right out and be obvious, I like the recipient to have to think about it... in this case I was too obscur ...
  
• 15:11:07: @SystemJinx he just has fat fingers
  
• 16:21:45: @TLM26 Which one? They have this weird 1/4 marathon distance thing they do. Very manual, they're a small operation.
  
• 16:22:15: Well this bites, Jillian Michaels' radio show is no more. Why, @jillianmichaels, why? :(
  
• 16:24:38: @paleopaul1971 A year late to the smartphone party? I had my PalmOS Kyocera Smartphone (1st of its kind) in 2002, that's not late.
  
• 16:25:09: @paleopaul1971 By my reckoning, Palm had a smartphone before anyone else even knew what it was. @palm #pre
  
• 16:31:48: @phampants Are you doing the half?
  
• 16:33:00: @ironbrandon A new tradition is born. :)
  
• 16:38:03: @paleopaul1971 Dude. You're so clueless it's not even funny. My point is that they aren't late to the game, not by far. @palm #pre
  
• 19:38:34: Snack: protein bar, Dinner: taco meat & cottage cheese
  
• 19:41:22: For @ZenRunner: Yes, "Onward" &#266B; http://blip.fm/~aq0aq
  
• 19:43:36: @alitherunner re salt: just use a cow lick :P
  
• 19:45:48: My wife found my copy of Walk in the Woods! Now I can finish it. That was annoying.
  
• 20:22:33: I did it! I did it!
  
• 20:22:41: I finally wrote a blog entry!
  
• 20:23:15: New post on my blog: I'm Back! (where have you heard that before): That's right, I'm back. S.. http://bit.ly/HPeLc
  
• 20:44:59: @alitherunner @alitherunner I watched it last night, it was interesting. I won't watch it again though.
  
• 20:53:09: @alitherunner what?
  
• 20:53:39: @alitherunner oh right. You're watching the 2nd episode. I watched the 1st where one of the women was a douchebag :)
  
• 20:54:00: @alitherunner She laughed & shook her head when she saw the guy, then stood him up as he watched her leave. He cried.
  
• 20:55:13: New Flickr upload: CIM Logo: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: http://bit.ly/18YZn1
  
• 21:00:41: @ginaharris1 Yeah hopefully I'll make it ;)
  
• 21:06:00: @wowzurz Northern CA. Olivehurst is 40 miles north of Sacramento.
  

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