run, run, run

Boise, ID 6:30 am

One last run before leaving town for a while. Picked up the pace for this one. Avg pace was 7:52. Haven't been under 8 for a 7-miler in a long time. I really need to start pushing myself more.

Boston, MA 6:30 pm

The last time I was here, I tried to run to the temple in Belmont and I got lost over and over again. This time, I came loaded with enough electronic navigational gear to mount an arctic expedition. I had my Garmin watch, the GPS from my car, my cell phone and a camera (I know, an iPhone would do all of these things, but I'm just too cheap). I used the GPS several times to stay on track getting there. I would have never made it on my own.

The run was ok. Pretty slow, but it was warm, then rainy and I was going off of about 3 hours sleep the night before. I stopped and got some Gatorade twice on the way back. My legs were kind of hammered by the time I got back.

Boston, MA 6:30 am

Since this is my third week in Boston and I hadn't seen most of the historic sights yet, I decided to bring my camera and run along the Freedom trail. It's marked with a big red line, so I didn't get lost until I got to the end of it and then it didn't take long to get back on track.

I saw some good sights, Boston Common (I've run through there many times already), the Mass 54th monument from the movie Glory, Paul Revere's house and statue, the Old North Church (I wanted to yell "The British are Coming!" but there were people around), The USS Constitution and Bunker Hill. At the Constitution I stepped over a little fence and got yelled at by some sailors.

It was a short run, but took a long time because I stopped a lot and didn't run very fast.

Boston Common

Paul Revere

Bunker Hill (self-portrait)

Norm!

Boston, MA 6:30 am

Went along the Charles River this morning. Got turned around by some construction but otherwise uneventful.

I went by Bill Rodger's Running Center last night and chatted with Charlie for a while. Great guy and he gave me a free t-shirt.

Meridian, ID 9:00 am

I really pushed it this morning. My pace was just under 8 min. per, but I didn't haven't been sleeping much this week and I ate pretty early last night, so I felt like I was giving it a pretty good effort. Now I'm tired.

I signed up for a race in Bountiful on July 24. I'm planning on using it as a good hard workout for Top of Utah. Maybe I'm ready to finally get serious about things. Maybe.