training day number fifty-five

another week of running done. it was an amazing week with a 14 mile run and two 7 milers. the best part was that through all of that, i still worked out and had very little pain. that is good stuff.

i did have a very close call today. at an intersection a car pulled to the stop sign and stopped. the driver started wiping the windshield with his arm outside of the driver window. i was sure he saw me but he pulled off and almost hit me as i yelled out. i stopped, backed up and ran behind his car. he yelled out "sorry man" but i just waved him off. this was at mile 6 when i am way in the zone of "no fear" but i did watch out for cars more carefully until i was done. (maybe i shouldn't run in the road?)

we have new neighbors and i ran into one of them on the home stretch. she was so excited to see me it gave me a boost as i finished the last mile. this was after i was feeling lonely for the first time in all of these training runs. i usually run into other runners but today after 3 or 4 miles i had not crossed paths. then boom as the sun started to rise i ran into two of the regulars doing their training, singing "you are not alone." (ok, they weren't singing)

i get a cool break on sunday's long run; only 9 miles and then a nice long nap. maybe it will rain too

run: (today's stats are skewed. the distance is accurate as i ran the same as tuesday. my run was faster today though. i did not start my timer until after 1.95 miles)

duration: 1:19:39 approx
distance: 7.19 mi (goal 7 miles) accurate
pace: 10:26 min/mi approx
calories: 1079 approx


garmin link: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/219467658

weight: 178 lbs

days to go until race day: 65 (not long to go)

week total distance: 28.45 miles (go head)