run, run, run

Boise, ID 6:00am

Pace: 8:42 Avg HR: 146

Wasn't really feeling into it this morning, but I went out anyway. I want to get my mileage in early in the week, so I can take it easy on Friday before Barber to Boise. I was doing pretty well, picking up the pace each mile, but then I started feeling some rumbling going on inside. I thought I could make it home. I couldn't. I had to stop off at the Albertsons and find the public restroom. After that, I was feeling much better.

iPod song of the day: "Canned Heat" -- Jamiroquai

Meridian, ID 6:00 am

Pace: 8:16 Avg HR: 151

It wasn't quite as chilly this morning, low 40s and dark the whole way. Good pace throughout, but I didn't finish very strong.

I decided to mix things up and try listening to some Podcasts on the iPod instead of music. It worked out really well, I listened to a few segments of the Dennis Miller Show. It helped the time pass quickly and not having music certainly didn't hurt my pace -- it might have even helped.

DMZ guest of the day: James Brown

Boise, ID 6:00 am

Pace: 8:51 Avg HR: 146

Just took it easy this morning. Didn't try to push it. Had a nice run except that three garbage trucks came in my direction as I was crossing the Five Mile overpass. I thought I was going to be smashed for a minute there, but I just gritted my teeth, hugged the rail and let them pass by.

DMZ guest of the day: Frank Caliendo

Sick. I better be over it by Saturday.

A fun race. I was sick for most of the week and hoped to be better by Saturday. I wasn't, but I'd paid the money so I went to the race anyway. I rode with Neil and enjoyed having someone to chat with before and after the race. It was a little crowded at the starting line, but weaving in and out of the crowd is kind of fun. By the time we were a half mile into it things spread out a bit. I did pretty good for the first three miles or so, but the congestion started building up and I had a hard time breathing. Neil took off about the time we passed through the golf course and was out of sight by the time I got to the stadium.

The finish area was really cool. The course looped once around the BSU stadium and then once around the track. By the time it was over I was hacking up phlegm and feeling kind of rotten, but that went away soon and they served pancakes.

I finished with my second best 10k time (out of four). I think the race made me even sicker, but I had fun and took it easy the rest of the day.