long and slow

Ran in and around D.C. and Georgetown today. It's a really nice place to run, except for how hard the sidewalks are. They are nice and wide, but wow are they hard. True I could have run on the streets (and I did for short stretches) but I didn't feel like extending my vacation because I'm laid up in a hospital bed...so I played it safe and stuck with the sidewalks.
I found a running store, which is great because I had one shoelace that Gisele chewed up. So I was able to replace the one lace that looked like a my little pony tail reject.
Overall I went about 5 miles in about an hour. I only know the distance because of Google maps for my smart phone...but the time is really just an approximation - hey I'm on vacation.

whoa!

Updated goal #1 for the Shuffle:
Don't break anything.

Gremlin out.

2.5

Yay! I finally stuck to my training calendar it was the first time in almost a week. It appears to have paid off, because my pace was great. Went 30 laps, that’s 2.5 miles, in 22:55… that’s a swift 9:10 pace. Yes, faster than I plan to “Shuffle”, but that’s ok because it was only half the distance. Have I shared my Shuffle goal? I think not. And since I like to be held accountable for my training (hence the blog) I will do so now.

For the Shamrock Shuffle I aim to finish in 49:42 (10 minute pace), that’s called the “let’s be reasonable I can do this goal #1”, for goal #2 (the if I can do it I’m gonna be happy goal) is 47:13 (9:30 pace) and goal #3 (the I don’t think it’ll happen but if the gods are willing and I do manage to haul my ass around the course fast enough then woohoo! goal) is 44:44 (9:00 pace) Got all that?

Up next: supposed to go 2m tonight, we’ll see how that goes.