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Saturday, November 28, 2009

CIM Training Week 7, Day 6: 3 taper miles

What's a taper mile? Heck, I dunno, but that's what I'm callin' 'em. I'm in taper mode, right? End of the 2nd week, in the shorter runs, all that jazz.

Anyway, today was a scheduled 3-mile run, and as I promised my son on Thursday's run, I took him with me. Since it had rained yesterday, I didn't want to have him ride through the puddles and cover himself in cold mud, so I ran down Skyway behind the airport.

When I woke up this morning, AccuWeather was claiming 25mph winds outside. 25mph! So I put off the run until about 10:30, but the wind hadn't died down at all. According to Sporttracks, the wind was only 8mph, but I don't care, 8 or 25, it was windy, and tough going. On a few occasions, my son completely stopped riding because he simply wasn't pedaling heavy enough to cut through the wind. In fact, Mile 3 is significantly slower due to having to stop completely to wait for him to catch up. Gotta love it!





Splits
Mile 1: 9:34
Mile 2: 9:28
Mile 3: 10:32

3 miles, 29:36, 9:52/mi average, 364 calories burned

Now, tomorrow... tomorrow's my final long run, leaving exactly 7 days until the California International Marathon. One week! Nervous much? I'm being repeatedly assured that the marathon will go well, I'm just a bit nervous. Only 9 miles to run during the week until the big day.

And so it goes.

From Twitter 11-27-2009



  • 03:02:57: New post on my blog: From Twitter 11-26-2009: 03:04:16: New post on my blog: From Twitter 11-25-2009: 09:39:51: Yes... http://bit.ly/79E2yA
  • 07:09:39: Wt: 171.4, RHR: 50, BF: 17%
  • 08:41:00: Good morning everyone! What damage did you get from yesterday?
  • 08:41:12: I'm like a pound and a half up today.
  • 09:10:16: Oh thaaaaaat's right. It's #FF... prepare for battle!
  • 10:15:10: RT @ginaharris1: Can't wait!! RT: @runnersrambles: We are in the single digits now! 9 days until #cim :) - agreed!
  • 10:48:26: Sacbee's #CIM Tips, Miles 18-20: http://bit.ly/91rBk7
  • 12:35:17: RT @tryingtoqualify: dear holiday season: I will not be into you until the evening of Dec. 6. sorry. #CIM #marathon
  • 12:42:50: Tiger Woods in serious condition after car crash: http://bit.ly/4D6EFd
  • 13:06:20: Not sure why this strikes me as hilarious but... Amazon.com is selling the Wii... for the Nintendo Wii.
  • 13:17:41: Time for some #FF love... @Sarianastar is someone I've known for about 20 years, she's starting her weight loss journey and doing great!
  • 13:24:02: I think that covers everyone, if not let me know. :)
  • 13:31:49: My HS math teacher's running #cim. I looked at his time from last year: 3:15. Dude's 57 years old. :-o
  • 13:41:51: "What? Windows Movie Maker won't load any file format ever created?"
  • 13:43:32: This project's going to be the end of me and it's not even my project. Someone doesn't understand the nature of downloaded a/v.
  • 13:53:27: RT @richcruse: RT @abc7: Update: Tiger Woods was treated at hospital & released in good condition http://bit.ly/8devcE
  • 19:51:02: How sad, I gave a #FF mention to @sarianastar this morning, but none of my Tweeps here followed her. *snif*
  • 20:01:50: Word of wisdom: when you eat 350 calories worth of a maple bar, at the end of the day your calorie count is much higher.
  • 20:23:17: Podcasters: do you know of a smartphone-compatible microphone suitable for running? :)


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