Almost-But-Not-Quite-Tempo Run - 6 Miles

This afternoon, I finally got around to making reservations for the motel in Garberville for April 30 through May 4. That's marathon weekend: May 2 is the Avenue of the Giants Marathon, my third marathon and a repeat of the same race I ran last year. Last year's race was on May 3, so it will be almost one year to the day. It's the same motel as well, and I got confirmation that this time around there will both be a mini fridge and a microwave in the room. It should be much better this year!

Workout wise, today was a scheduled 7-mile tempo run with a 1-mile warmup for 8 miles total. There was no way on earth I was going to be able to fit 8 miles into lunch, and come to think of it, the way I was running, 7 miles couldn't either.

Then I realized that the last two miles wouldn't make a difference, especially since on Saturday I plan to run 16 miles. The Men's Breakfast is going to be at the Dancing Tomato, which is 8 miles one way. Even with reducing today's mileage, that makes 27 total for the week.

When I ran the 6 miles, I was a little annoyed that I didn't make my pace, but I realized that two of the miles (3 and 5) were slowed by traffic. If it hadn't been for that, I likely would have had a 9:30 average which, while not under 9 minutes per mile, is still nothing to sneeze at.


See the activity on RunSaturday

Type:	Run - Tempo
Duration:	1:02:33
Distance:	6.10 mi

Splits
Mile 1: 9:22
Mile 2: 9:34
Mile 3: 11:02
Mile 4: 9:57
Mile 5: 10:32
Mile 6: 9:32

6 miles, 1:02:33, 10:15/mi average, 653 calories burned

From Twitter 02-17-2010

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• 07:15:55: Wt: 173, RHR: 51, BF: 17.5% #myhealthstats #fb
  
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• 08:56:44: RT @Billychic: @rodmur is a ROCKSTAR
  
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• 14:53:01: MapMyFitness.com: Completed Weight Training. 155 (kcal). 00:25:00
  
• 14:54:39: MapMyFitness.com: Completed Elliptical. 320 (kcal). 3.20 mi.. 00:34:00
  
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• 21:12:31: Time for the 2nd viewing of this week's Lost. My wife's watching it for the first time.
  
• 21:12:50: I won't be telling her to pay attention, because I know she won't. She also won't catch half of the show.
  
• 21:39:55: "But there ain't no point in talkin' when there's nobody listenin', so we just ran away. Patty gave birth to a 10-lb baby boy. YAY!"
  
• 21:41:00: So... did Billy actually write "YAY!" in his letter back home to Patty's parents? Or did Rod Stewart add the YAY! after the fact?
  
• 21:42:04: See, my wife can't just sit and watch Lost. She has to work on her farm simultaneously.
  
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Weight Training + Elliptical

Today's workout:

Warmup, w/45lb barbell, 3 sets of 5
Overhead Barbell Squats
Barbell Squats
Good Mornings
Alternating Lunges
Deadlift
Romanian Deadlift

Workout
Triceps Kickbacks, 3x20x(2x15lbs)
Bench Dips, 3x20
Dumbbell Curls, 3x20x(2x15lbs)
Incline Curls, 3x20x(2x15lbs)

25 minutes, 155 calories, 109/135

But that's not much time, and I still had time left. So I hopped on the elliptical for 34 minutes and burned 320 more calories for 475 total.

From Twitter 02-16-2010

• 09:37:04: Well, that does it. It is now an ex-cantaloupe. Now it's more a cantaloupe shell. #fbn
  
• 09:37:10: that didn't work did it? :)
  
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• 11:03:30: It would appear @cyberpenguin has been put into the Twitter penalty box. @alitherunner
  
• 12:03:31: OK... the schedule says 8 miles on Thursday (7 tempo miles). I can only fit 6 miles into lunch. There are quite a few options
  
• 12:04:15: I'm also scheduled for 13 on Saturday but will be doing 16 by running to breakfast and running back
  
• 12:04:39: So... A) Run 6 tempo miles Thursday, throw the other 2 out the window, because I'm running 16 on Saturday
  
• 12:05:32: B) Run 5 or 6 casual miles on Thurs, then 7 tempo miles in the evening
  
• 12:06:09: C) Run 5 or 6 casual miles on Thurs, but run 7 out of th 13 on Saturday at tempo pace
  
• 12:06:16: Thoughs?
  
• 12:06:18: Thoughs
  
• 12:06:25: I can't type! Thoughts?
  
• 12:09:37: RT @CarltonCuse: Don't miss tonight's episode. A number of things are illuminated.
  
• 12:09:56: I have to say something important: #Lost.
  
• 12:38:32: What's up my #pre's butt today???
  
• 13:55:10: RT @petersagal: Another of my childhood icons destroyed by reality. "My Sharona" now sells real estate. http://www.mysharona.com/experie ...
  
• 13:58:35: "Sharona believes that "'My Sharona' has had an impact on my ability to understand the entertainer's mind, there's something simpatico."
  
• 13:58:42: On whose mind?
  
• 13:58:48: Whose ability? heh
  
• 14:00:08: Also, if Sharona was just 17, dude... why didn't they arrest The Knack?
  
• 14:18:22: Intervals, 20 min warmup, 5x(2 min fast/2 min easy) per mi: 7:57, 7:58, 8:19, 8:22, 8:09, 10 min cooldown, 5.2 mi tot - http://bit.ly/cZklDZ
  
• 14:33:03: MapMyRun.com: Updated 2010/02/16 . 541 (kcal). 5.18 mi.. 00:50:00
  
• 16:10:47: Confused, blossoming trees , homie who was afraid to look me in the eye as I ran by, soapy water on the sidewalk, black dog #seenonmyrun
  
• 18:11:15: Don't tell me what I can't do! #lost #fb
  

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