Another quick blog post via my phone!
Got up for my morning run and had to wait to go out for more sunlight. Since there is like one streetlight every mile or so, I would be asking for a bad time running on the side of the road before there was enough light.
Easy run pace today, enjoying the elevation changes. Weird seeing so much road kill. Not sure how far I went, GPS wasn't picking up fast enough for me and bugs started to pick up my scent. Ran for 70 minutes. Around 8.5 considering my easy pace. Only part of the run here I don't like is the loose stone covered road with cars flying back, kicking up pebbles at me, ouch!
Near the end of my run, I ran into the chickens I saw yesterday and took a video. After I stopped the video, the squawker in the video got mad and started to chase me. Woops.
Today is the big family BBQ! Gotta earn the calories to burn tomorrow. I'm making a sangria float for the party.
What ya'll doing today?
Anyone else still do early runs on vacation?
To make good on my last post, here is a recap of the rest of my vacation out in New England.
My wife and I went to a wedding in Newport, RI. It was on the beach, the weather just barely held together, but it went very nicely! It was my mother's first time watching our daughter for more than a couple hours, but they survived. Quick picture from the night:
Another friend of mine from my hometown area also started a running blog, went on vacation, and asked me to do a couple guest blog posts, I did my first one over here.
On one of the mornings as I was about to go out for a run, I saw a wild turkey in the backyard and decided to take a video of it... the ending is hilarious:
Now for running in my hometown... was not fun to do on the roads. Where we stayed, was next to a busy road where cars go 40-55mph. The shoulder is anywhere from 2-4 feet. Maybe 20 feet of sidewalk within a few miles. Lots of fast corners that cars won't see you running up that soon and so forth. I did encounter a lot more elevation changes which was a nice change of pace. I didn't feel that safe running out there. No other runners out there, I saw one guy on bike. After a few runs doing this, I decided anything longer than an hour, I would drive to the gym and use the treadmill.
I still don't like treadmills, but I did make a PR! I did my 13.1 miles under 1:30 finally! I've been wanting to do it without tapering or resting. Will I be able to reproduce this on the pavement? Soon I hope. Might be awhile with the weather getting warmer.
The rest of the vacation was friends, family, and more meat and unhealthy food in a week that I usually eat in a month!
And to close off, my daughter watching our plane at PVD Airport as we were waiting to leave:
She brought a mini airplane as well
I was glad to get back to Chicago. I missed the better tasting water, less pollen, and the lakefront path. Right after unpacking and my ladies went down for a nap, I went out for my recovery run!
Do you wish Chicago had wild turkeys to speed your run along?
