Sunday, September 9, 2012

training day number fifty-six

wow another run that was fun and exciting. i was thinking about doing a different route for today's run on friday but i could not decide. it should be an easy task with the garmin tool for planning routes. i like the tool but i just love my old route more for lots of reasons. on my route i run in a state of peace with the changing landscape and it is amazing that it is on the beautiful duke campus and historic downtown durham.

today's goal was just 9 miles. so with my first pit stop at 8 miles i did not want a pit then run one more mile. so here is the exciting part, i chose to pit in motion to see how it worked out. when i hit 8 miles and needing a pit, i took out a gu and slowly eased it in as i kept a good pace. i did ok and it worked. this is a good freedom lesson.

gu in motion worked so well that i wanted to keep running after making the goal mark. i had to talk myself into heading home and not over do it. it was a good thing since i had cut my toe running. i only learned it though after i walked for about 45 minutes after my run.

the weather was so pleasant that i took a walk around the perimeter of downtown. it is a really nice walk and i should share the route for others to enjoy. there are lots of hills to conquer and the view is such a treat. but all this time i am walking, i have a bloody toe. i felt some small pain but just kept on walking. once home, i saw the blood. it had to be a toenail scratch so i cleaned it up and cut those nails. i had heard even a little bit can do damage. lesson learned.

my boo at home was sick in bed and needed to see a doc. it took some convincing but we finally went to urgent care. that took a couple of hours and he is resting on antibiotics. fingers crossed for a quick recovery.

run: 

duration: 1:45:40 
distance: 9.64 mi (goal 9 miles) 
pace: 10:58 min/mi 
calories: 1422 


garmin link: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/221199480

weight: 178 lbs

days to go until race day: 62  

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