8:45 AM - Overcast. It rained a bunch last night but it did little to alleviate the relentless humidity! Temperature was mid 70s and sticky. Had a good night of sleep last night. First night over 8 hours in quite some time. I headed to the track after a cup of coffee. My right calf muscle was bothering me yesterday so I didn't run. Plus I worked until nine at night so didn't feel like going to the track in the dark. Calf muscle felt alright during the run though was the good thing. I kept it slow at first to test things out, hitting up the nature trails which were exceptionally dark today given the overcast skies and thickened foliage. I suspect that might be the cause of the super slow time. Did a .8 mile surge on the track between loops @ about 7:00-7:15 pace per mile. Felt good! Cooled down and stretched. Splits were:
- Mile 1: 11:44
- Mile 2: 11:08
- Mile 3: 11:58
- Mile 4: 7:53
- Mile 5: 10:53
- Mile 6: 8:55
Total Time: 1:02:35 Total Distance: 6.01 miles Average Pace: 10:25
After a shower I am off with my mom, sister, her boyfriend, Emma, Emma's mom and our friend Missy to Copake Country Club to get a tour and have dinner. This is the place where we might have our wedding! Emma has been there once and loved it. I can't wait to go to check it out!
Also, I am in need of advice! I am particularly worried about strengthening my left leg. It is the less dominant leg and has always been weaker than my right. I think that all the biking I have done has made the right leg even stronger at the expense of my left leg. I have contemplated doing squats or lunges or something to try to build up my left leg. It is both my quad and my hamstring that are less developed. I have heard of differences of an inch or so, but as the numbers will show, my left leg is essentially nonexistent! In addition, even Harry and my mom could visibly see the differences. Help! What do I do?
Left Leg: 16.5" just above knee, 21.5" mid thigh, 23" upper thigh
Right Leg: 17" just above knee, 22.5" mid thigh, 25" upper thigh
*P.S. Calf muscles are almost identical at 15" (L) and 15.25" (R). Note: This is the biggest my calf muscles have ever been too! Woot!
6:00 PM - Rainy, torrential rain on the way from Emma's hosue to Copake Country Club with mom, Mary Rose, Emmy and Missy. Su and Rocco met us there. We went for a walk and the rain started to clear. We walked about .25 miles out to one of the greens on a hill overlooking Copake Lake and I was sold. This is the place I want to get married!! It is so beautiful, and I know that when I am standing there watching my gorgeous fiancee walk down the aisle that I will be able to say that I experienced a once in a lifetime moment. We had dinner reservations for 6:15 so we walked back and went inside. Ended up spending about two hours having a very nice dinner. There was a live band playing and actually almost all of the tables were full! In addition they had fireworks which we stayed for that started at 9:20. Su and Rocco were going to leave and so were we since they were starting about an hour later than we initially thought, but then we walked back and watched them and found out Su and Rocco stayed in their car in the parking lot and watched them too! Haha! We drove back to Emmy's house and made coffee before we headed out to drive the hour and a half home at about 11:30. Got home at 1am and then passed out. Copake Country Club is absolutely amazing though! | 
