Go, you chicken fat, go away!

I ate two huge burritos last night.  And my back muscles are tight from swimming Saturday.  So I thought my run today would be blech.  But after I got going I felt pretty good.

Time - 44:16 (avg pace 8:18)

Splits -

1 mile - 8:13 - I saw the old lady that never looks at me.  But a lady walking a dog was walking right by her when I passed her.  So when I said good morning she was the only one I heard say it back.

2 mile - 8:11 - Passed the day laborers at Circle K.

3 mile - 8:23 - Through the Wal Mart parking lot.

4 mile - 8:28 - Saw a choo choo.

5 mile - 8:17 - I saw my boy's school bus and hoped he wouldn't miss it again today.

0.34 miles - 2:45 (8:07 pace) - No Otis to outrun.

Temp - 78 - Beautiful!

The best part of the ride this morning was when I approached the intersection of Elliot and Ellsworth.  They were doing construction again and traffic was backed up for about 3/4 miles.  I was passing all the cars that passed me and yelling, "This is why you should ride a bike!"

AM Bike Ride

Distance - 17.66 miles

Cycle Time - 1:07:03

Avg Speed - 15.8 mph

Max Speed - 21.1 mph

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PM Bike Ride

Distance - 17.47miles

Cycle Time - 58:31

Avg Speed - 17.9 mph

Max Speed - 24.7 mph

I have another coworker that rides his bike to work.  He lives less than three miles away.  As I was riding home today, I saw him pushing his bike.  I stopped.  He had a flat tire.  He said it was flat before he came to work so he just pumped it up hoping it would last the day.  I said my bike tire was flat today, also.  We looked at my bike tire and it is starting to bald really bad.  I'm glad I made it home, but I ought not ride on it anymore 'til I get a new tire.

Today I made sure to do a little more than 12, just in case.  First I did my 5.65 mile loop.  Then I went in my house real fast to drag my son out of bed.  Then I went back out and did my 5.35 mile loop.  When I got to the 7 mile mark, I stopped at the park for a water break.  Then when I got home I checked to see if my son had left for the bus stop yet.  We couldn't find him, so we figured that meant yes.  But it also meant he probably snuck out the back door without eating breakfast.  I took a few swigs of Gatorade and went out to do my last mile.  I ran to the bus stop and asked my son if he ate.  He said he had a granola bar.  I waited for the bus to get there, said hi to our brand new bishop, and was off again.  I was pretty worn out by the time I was done.

On Tuesday Season 12 of the Simpson's came out on DVD.  I've got one more episode to go to finish Season 11.  My plan was to have them all watched by last night.  By I just couldn't keep myself awake to watch that last one.  So if I can't make it through a marathon of the Simpson's, how am I going to make it through a marathon running?  I can tell you my love for the Simpson's is far greater than my love for running.

Time - 1:45:something (avg. pace 8:45)

Splits - 8:07, 8:15, 8:31, 8:38, 8:52, 8:47, 8:38, 9:02, 9:07, 9:18, 9:05, 8:36, (7:59 for 0.04 miles)

I only planned on running three this morning because I did 12 yesterday.  After two steps I was like, "Ow.  This hurts."  I wasn't sure I would even be able to do three.  After two miles I had to stop and stretch out because my lower back was hurting so bad.  Then after another half mile I had to stop again.  I wonder if it's because of the lumbar support my wife bought me for my truck.  Maybe I had it too low.

Pace - 8:40

Thanks Rocket!

Thanks Alanis!