Rainy Day Circle

5.25 miles
51:25 minutes
9:47 pace
74°, light rain, 78% humidity
1/2 mile on the track to work out sunday's kinks before getting started
ali decided it was raining to hard and didn't want to get her hair wet
kept practicing coming back to the now trying to keep my head from spinning out of control with thoughts, mostly about work
i really enjoyed running in the rain, had a goofy smile on my face for most of the run
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Reservoir Dogs

69°, 60% humidity at the start
75° at the finish
15.5 miles
2:30
9:40 pace
i didn't have a lot of confidence starting out on this one. had a hard time rolling out of bed at a decent time but drove to town and was on the road by 8 after a pit stop. this is one of my favorite routes in charlottesville because it is relatively flat, covers some beautiful countryside and is a loop that once you commit going down the hill to the reservoir @ mile 5 there's no turning back. stopped at the top of the reservoir hill to pet two collies. aside from them the most interesting sighting along the way was rich kovatch, an old running partner, who has done this same loop with me many times in the past, passing me in his car at the hunt club store junction of the run, one of the places we would always stop to tank up on fluids. alas, rich is limited to a max of around 50 minutes around town on a sunday nowadays for his long run, but he still gets out there.
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Downtown on a Friday Afternoon

82°, 56%
5 miles
48 minutes
9:36 pace
10¢ found
absolutely nothing to write home about except the dime found along the way.
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OHill Trails

88°, 39% humidity
51 minutes
5 miles
10:12 pace
the map is an approximation, i doubt it was more than 5 though but i
had to get out on the trails again today, i've missed them. besides it was cooler under the tree cover.
only disappointment was not being able to stop for any tootsie roll midgets at the top of the trail.
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Long Belair in Early September

85°, 50% humidity
5.5 miles
9:16 pace
well that felt a lot better than the day before. my legs felt rested and even though it was relatively hot out, the humidity was down so the perceived effort was less. ali is out of action for awhile with a bad back so i best try and get mentally tougher and gut out these solo runs.
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Once A Runner

82°, 65% humidity
4 miles
37.5 minutes
9:22 pace
just a jaunt around the medical side of the university grounds. the construction of the south lawn project is moving along quite rapidly. i felt awful though, like i hadn't run in weeks instead of days. cut it short, just not mentally tough enough.
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Deja Vu

6.5 miles
61 minutes
9:23 pace
83°, 58% humidity
much better temperature and humidity at around 9:30 am
but the pups demanded their walk on the beach first.
still soaked at the end.
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Birthday Bike Ride

82° 65% humidity
32 miles
2.15 hours
14 mph
birthday bike ride
just too humid to go out and run so i hopped on my rusty, but not trusty, 25 yr old, now 1 speed and 1 brake, raleigh 10-speed and headed south of duck. i traversed a good portion of the outerbanks marathon course and i covered that section in 4 minute miles, more than twice as fast as i hope to run it one day. was intent on stopping @ john's (old fashioned drive-in) for a hand made milkshake but they were closed by the time i got there. had to settle for a raspberry rush smoothie instead.
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2 for one sandwich happy hour @ coastal provisions deli:
tomato mozz
(Vine Ripe Tomatoes and Fresh Cow’s Milk Mozzarella with Fresh Basil on Ciabatta with your choice of Aioli or Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Aged Balsamic Vinegar)
homemade peach birthday cobbler for dessert

No Running But...

started the day with 3.5 miles walk on the beach with the four pups
dog walk
put the kayak in @ sanderling resort and headed north to the marshes of pine island for 7.75 miles round trip, lots of fish, 5 egrets, 1 heron, and 1 water moccasin =:-O
paddle
got a phone call from a friend who forgot to remove the garbage can from the curb at their in-law's cottage (apparently a $50/day fine in southern shores) so i biked the 10 miles there to put it back under the house.
bike
took my beer and book to the beach.
swim
a glass of wine watching the osprey @ sunset on the new duck park pier


followed by blackened mahi-mahi @ rundown cafe

and the olympic closing ceremony...
night all.

JPA Harris Willard Loop

83°, Fair, 40% humidity
5.75 miles
54:31 minutes
9:28 pace
beautiful blue sky with gorgeous clouds
thought i was looking through 3d glasses
last run in Charlottesville for awhile
students are returning, time to head to the beach
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Long Belair w/a Twist

84°, 50% humidity, fair
5.5 miles
50 minutes
9:05 pace
not sure where the humidity has escaped to but it can stay there.
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Barracks To St. Anne's

84°, 60% humidity
a tad warmer out there
chiggers still bugging me
w/ ali
some trails involved
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Chigger Tuesday

79°, 45% humidity
took monday off after the long one on sunday.
biggest problem manifesting itself today and i should say infesting itself today is the boatload of chiggers that i must have picked up to go along for a ride on sunday.
yikes, those little buggers create quite an allergic reaction
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Ring Around Charlottesville

60°, low humidity
2:54
16 miles
around 10 min pace
almost 3 hours
yikes, that's slow...
still felt good, mostly trails and lots of false starts
so i guess its not that bad
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Four Short Trail Ones

83°
4 miles
38 min
9:30 pace
oh solo mio
just going through the paces
no excuses
ali down with an injured ankle
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Long Belair w/St. Anne's Hill

80° something
5.25 miles
50 min
9.30 pace
ali sprained her ankle pretty severely
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Downtown Quickie

83°, low humidity
4.75 miles
45 minutes
9:30 pace
no change
no celebrity spottings
just one more...
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Around Grounds

82°
5 miles
48 min
9:36 pace
w/ ali
around grounds
smooth and easy
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Firehouse Loop

6.5 miles
61 minutes
9:23 pace
83°, 58% humidity
much better temperature and humidity at around 9:30 am
no extraordinary spottings.
new hind singlet and shorts though
still soaked at the end.
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Brother (John) Can You Spare A Dime?

18 miles
80 minutes
13.5 mph
90°, 56% humidity
mixing it up i went on a bike ride with $5 in my pocket and my destination being john's drive-in. when i got there i discovered my rear wheel was all whopperjobbered and that it was rubbing against the frame causing more resistance training than i realized. i ordered my chocolate, peanut butter, and banana shake in a regular knowing the $5 was pushing the envelope. it came to $5.17 and when I told the sales clerk that $5 was all i had she got this dumfounded look on her face like: yeah, so??? i hammered and hawed but she wasn't going to cough up the 17¢ so i finally said that i guess i'd have to give up the banana when two kind customers both offered to pick up the balance of my tab. my faith in humanity was restored by a cute blond in a bikini who gave me a quarter and a smile when i returned her 8¢ with a thank you and big smile of my own.
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You Know This One: Firehouse & Back

6.3 miles
58.5 minutes
9:17 pace
82°, 43% humidity, slight breeze
around 9:30 in the morning, last chance to get one in before the h&h take over for a couple of days.
first run since last thursday, feeling pretty chunky.
got 'er done though, listening to lori mckenna
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Meadowcreek Trail to Cville High and Return

7 miles
70 minutes
86°, 59% humidity
early start but there wasn't a dry square inch on my body by the end
third day in a row with ali.
12 days until the next time
this is a good route but need to make some headway with the time
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JPA Circle

5.15 miles
47 minutes
9:07 pace
85°, semi-humid
nothing earth shattering about this one
decided to get out earlier tomorrow
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Downtown w/Ali

5.15 miles
44:46 min
8:41 pace
monday, monday
back from the beach, 82°, 40% humidity
zazu breakfast burrito bouncing in my belly
nice conversational trip downtown to the mall and back with ali
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Hickory, Dickory, Duck

5.25 miles
48 minutes
9:08 pace
first run in four days, the h&h have just been too great. today a thunderstorm roared threw at 4pm taking the temperature down 20° from 95° to 75° in 15 minutes. strapped them on and got out there, by the time i hit the turn around the pavement was drying and the humidity was coming back up through the soles of my shoes. nevertheless, i got it in.
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Marian's Avon Run Tribute

13 miles
2:00 hours
9:26 pace
79° , sunny 73% humidity
if marian could get up and walk 26.2 miles today i could get up and run half of that
and that is what i did
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Firehouse, No Loop

i will have to go back and check my notes on the time
6.3 miles
around 10am so the heat wasn't too bad yet, around 82°
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Firehouse, No Loop, Take Two

i will have to go back and check my notes on the time
6.3 miles
around 10am so the heat wasn't too bad yet, around 82°
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Chicahauk Trail

11 miles
1:43
9:45 pace
80° 70% humidity, overcast
last night's thunderstorms left the sky cloudy and somewhat cool at the start this morning
the first 30 minutes were a struggle
the next 30 even harder
then it finally kicked in and while i'm sure i was slowing down i managed to kick it the whole way while listening to csny for rythym
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Firehouse

6.5 miles
57 minutes
9:07 pace
82°, 71% humidity
a real dripper around 10 in the morning
nothing of interest to note except that i managed to go a little faster with a little less effort than usual
and i got out and did it
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Rugby Rd to McIntire Park

5.25 miles
50 minutes
9:36 pace
79° sunny, 28% humidity
what's up with the low humidity? NOT that i'm complaining
joints creaking, i got out the door with the ipod shuffle fully charged.
listened to the George Carlin interview in its entirety.
i learned a lot, he was an interesting man.
he run itself was a non event.
stopped not just to smell the roses, but to eat the wild berries.
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Long Belair Redux

5.5 miles
50:00
9:05 pace
75°, 50% humidity
a rare, relatively cool summer day here in the hook.
ipod shuffle died 4 minutes in so i couldn't hear the george carlin interview.
had to concentrate on my motion and try to be present instead
thoughts kept wandering but i just tried to refocus when that happened
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Wesley Chapel

10 miles 

94 minutes

85°, 50% humidity

overcast and a bit breezy

this was a real mental battle at the start

getting dressed i discovered i had not packed my shoes from my locker. wound up cobbling a pair together with some inserts that weren't too worn down. out the door and onto the gravelled hills.

took 40 minutes before i was comfortable enough to know whether or not to make it a semi-long run.

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Around Buck Mountain

17.25 miles

96 minutes

11 mph pace

90°, 45% humidity

hot out there, started feeling sick to my stomach

gatorade did not help

probably dehydrated from cutting the lawn earlier

pretty day though

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Jefferson Park Circle

5.5 miles

52 minutes

9:27 pace

84°, 52% humidity

got out early around 10:30 with highs predicted to be in the mid 90°s

new shoes, saucony jazz 

started out with 1 mile on track

right knee warmed up

tried to stay in the present

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Workaday Wednesday

5 miles

50 minutes

10:00 minute pace

79°, 42% humidity

got out before it got too warm

nice mix of street and trails

only stubbed my toe once on a rock

tried to be in the present, hugged a tree, listened to the environs

felt good at the end

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Stuck In Duck

9.5 miles
90 minutes
9:28 pace
80°, 71% humidity
the mind wanted it more than the body but i managed to get out there and do it.
not a dry spot on my body at the end.
met pam on the way back, she was out for a 6 mile walk.
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3rd Street

4.75 miles
42 minutes
8:50 pace
82°, humid
along the duck trail, not quite to the firehouse and back. my right knee was giving me some signals. i stopped halfway to stretch it out. could not catch the only runner in front of me. pathetic.
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McIntire Park

5 miles
45 minutes
9:00 pace
mixed roads and trails
79°, beautiful day
making room for department picnic
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Long Belair

5.5 miles
48 minutes
8:43 pace
long belair
79°, sunny, 44% humidity not a cloud in the sky
the time slipped by quickly today as i was concentrating on listening to the book on tape, or rather ipod, that i was listening to.
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Monday Monday

4.5 miles
43 minutes
9:30 avg pace
84°, 45% humidity
my legs were tired going out the door. i alternated run/walk for the first 5 minutes. finally fell into a slow rhythm. weather was fine for a day in mid june in central virginia. eventually wound up on the observatory hill trails, stopping for the now, almost obligatory, tootsie roll break.
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To Market To Market

8.5 miles
77 minutes
9:03 pace, doesn't seem right because the degree of effort was way higher.
after going to the city market for my weekly veggie fix, i set out to do the charlottesville 10 miler course but the heat and humidity caught up with me big time.
80° at the start around 10:30
90° at the finish around 11:45
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Friday, the 13th

5 miles
51 minutes
10 minute pace
mixed trails & streets
82°, sunny
am i really that slow?
21 weeks until the OBX marathon, not that anyone is counting, or are they?
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Bodos' Wednesday

5.25 miles
48 minutes
9:09 pace
82° sunny 48% humidity
i wore my older pair of shoes today and paid the price.
my left ITB started acting up again even though these are the pair with the better insoles.
my running partner, ali, is taking a course between 10:45-12:30 until July 14 so there's going to be some significant solo miles in the next several weeks.
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Beat The Heat Tuesday

4.5 miles
46 minutes
10:20 pace
mostly ohill trails
trying to stay in the shade to avoid the heat
got out early 10:45, temp 83°
temp now 93°
sunny, breezy, relatively low humidity 45%
felt good to be outside
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Too Hot

5 miles on the dreadmill
long enough to listen to one episode of click&clack, the tappet brothers on the ipod.

Thirsty Thursday

4.5 miles
40 minutes
8:53 pace
82° @ 7:30 in the morning
suspect it will be my last run until the heat breaks
or i'll need to get up earlier.
supposed to last through tuesday or wednesday.
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Walking Wednesday

5 miles
quit running after 36 minutes
walked it in
left ITB giving me fits
86°, 67% humidity
getting hotter
walked the tightness out, finished last 1/4 mile running with no pain
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Tough Hill Tuesday

5.5 miles
9:05 pace
mixed street & hilly trails
83°, sunny
hills were tough, right knee slightly sore
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Recovery Monday

4.5 miles
44 minutes
mixed trails & streets
80°, sunny
legs felt good despite 30 mile bike ride the day before

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