8:00 PM - Late run in Galway, NY with Emm. We went and saw my dad in the hospital. He looked really good! He is up and walking around now and says that the doctors, nurses, even the cleaning staff are the friendliest hospital staff he has ever dealt with. That says a lot because he is really afraid of hospitals like I am. He should be home on TUESDAY!! Amazing considering he had open heart surgery just last Tuesday! Took Emm on a run I did for high school track and xc. Ran from the school down to Crane and back. Splits were (8:47, 8:14, 8:03) for 3.16 miles in 26:22 <--Really neat, right? You know you're a long distance running junkie WHEN you try to get your times to equal race distances. (I find I do this with my car too and aim for 26.22 when filling my car at the gas station lol!) Then walked down to the track as Emmy had fun howling back and forth with two coy dogs in the woods. There was a lady on the track but I think she headed for the hills after hearing that one. Wanted to do a mile on the track (tempo). I knew I couldn't go all out and beat the 5:55 I had a few weeks ago, but I wanted to see just how out of shape I am since I haven't done good speedwork. Lap splits were: 1:33, 1:35, 1:34, 1:35. Total was 1.04 miles in 6:16 (6:03/mile pace). Pretty pleased with this! Cooled down .47 in 4:03 around the parking lot average of 8:34/mile. Total Time: 36:43 Total Distance: 4.67 Average Pace: 7:51
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