SuperLoop

It's been too long since I really ran long. Chicago is only 20 weeks away so it's time to start ramping up. Finally ran more than the East Falls Loop. Only ~1.5mi more, but ... more. Ran the extension up to the start of hte Wissahickon at Ridge Ave. I think this is 13+. Got caught in a great downpour on the way home.

End-of-week

Friday: ran the Loop, but only Art Museum <-> Art Museum (squeezing in Art after 5 at PMA).

Saturday: essentially DNR. Started out for a leg stretcher, but felt really tight, and it was a nice day for a walk, so I did.

Mid-week

Wed: snuck in a short workout at Hutch before hitting shrew at Shakespeare Festival with C. Knee started acting up after only 2mi on treadmill, which suited me fine because those treadmills stare at a wall of mirrors. Did an upper body circuit.

Thurs: ran to the Columbia Bridge and back in a light rain just after sunset. A fantastic run.

Tuesday

Another busy day. Did 2mi up to Lemon Hill, then 6 x hill repeats, then a (slow!) cool-down run to home. Well tired.

Pottruck

Not a lot of time for a workout last night, rushing to Penn Med's graduation at the Kimmel.

Did 3mi on treadmill in 20:3x, then an easy 2mi (~15min) as a cooldown.

Weekend

Sat: morning bike ride with C and her dad up around the regatta, evening 5mi run (Girard St Bridge on the W River Dr).

Sun: 11mi (East Falls Loop).

Same again

Another jaunt around the Art Museum. Call it 3. Knee still hurts.

Hope to get a long run in this weekend.

Thursday

All my posts seem to be staggered. Just a quick run around the Art Museum. Maybe 3mi?

I secured a place for the Chicago marathon! October 7th!!

Pottruck, East Falls

Ran 4mi on the treadmill at Pottruck. 3.6 or so in 25min, jogged the rest as a cooldown.

(Then met C to bike out to BBQ in East Falls.)

Busy

Monday: At IBM PL Day up in Westchester and so DNR.

Tuesday: W River Dr / Montgomery / Girard / Lemon Hill loop. I think this is well over 7 (maybe 8?) miles?

Weekend

Friday: sunset ride to Manayunk with a couple of jaunts up the hill to Ridge Ave.

Saturday: easy ride to the Linc to get my BSR bib... but on the way home, after stopping at Reading to pick up supplies for a big pasta meal for some other runners, I hit a hole on Spruce St and went over the handlebars. Helmet saved me, but scraped my face, shoulder, and knee up and bent my wheel.

I was still planning to race, but woke up feeling more swollen and the bruises hurt. Also didn't sleep much because Mom and Cara called me at 2hr intervals to make sure I was still lucid and didn't have bleeding in my head.

Sunday: skipped the race, obviously, but got out for a sunset run to John B Kelly. Beautiful weather, 7mi+, I just wish I could have run them on Broad Street 12 hours earlier.

Sweetbriar

Did this loop, about 5.5mi.

I am getting pretty excited for Sunday's race.

Mon -> Weds

Mon: Girard St on the W R Drive. Should be 5+?

Tues: Didn't head out until 10.30pm and straight into a huge t-storm rolling in. Turned around just before the Art Museum. Not sure of distance: more than 2?

Wed: Pottrock <-> East Falls Loop. I think this is 11 miles.

Weekend

Saturday: Loop (11-ish?)
Sunday: Sweetbriar (5-ish; would have been 6, but my legs were absolutely aching and I walked in from Market St).

Pottruck

4.5mi on the mill: warmup, intervals in the middle, 1.5mi to cool down.

Mid-week

Wednesday: 4mi on the treadmill

Thursday: Columbia Bridge (so 7ish?)

US Grant

Another warm, crowded day on Kelly Dr. Squeezed in a run up to US Grant and back before biking down to CBP for the Phillies / Nats game. Somewhere between 40-45min.

Catching up

Was in NYC of the weekend with C, and did not run. Saturday was in Brooklyn and still feeling sore from Thursday and Friday. Started out running over to Hakon's in Fort Greene, but then decided to turn it into a walk. Walked back via Prospect Park and Lolo's old apartment.

Sunday was in Dobbs Ferry and didn't have time to squeeze anything in while a houseguest.

Monday, back in Philly, ran Strawberry Mansion (9ish?)

Conshy

Biked out to the Conshy REI (what up, the right Ben Katz!) to get my new hiking boots. About 35mi total. It was a nice ride--first warm day of spring--but my bad bike luck this week continued. On two nights this week I went for late night rides with C, only to get a flat (or bust my tire off the rim). Tonight, just as I was coming down the hill on Walnut into 33rd, my %#$!ing CHAIN broke! Sheesh.

Off to NYC tomorrow; hope to get a couple of good Brooklyn runs in.

Multi-Blog

Tuesday: 5mi on the treadmill
Wednesday: IM volleyball playoffs (lost), 5k on the treadmill (21:1x), late nite bike ride with C.
Thursday: ran the Loop home <-> home, about 1h20m.