Ethan Cannon

6:52 pace, boom island. Smoke was better than last night thankfully. 

6:50 pace. With the fairgrounds blocked off, the Como route is a lot less enjoyable. Felt tired. Yesterday I made a big decision about my fall racing plans. What it means is that I have some important training on hills and soft surfaces at high speeds and in flats that needs to happen in the next few weeks. So I'm hoping my body can feel ready for that ASAP. 

6:40 pace on east river road, just me and the girls in the stroller. Tiring for sure. 

6:46 pace, east river flats. Nice to have really clean air again. Tired still. 

It would have been a really nice cloudy run on west river road if it weren't for two things. The first is that I got a bee sting early on. When I came home I found out my wife was stung too, which is quite the coincidence given that I haven't been stung since...almost exactly three years ago. I figured it must be a time of year thing and turns out yes they are more feisty at the end of the summer. More importantly, I felt some bad patellofemoral pain today. I'm not sure where it came from, though it may have started on a day I was pushing the stroller, which does cause me to alter my form (though I don't see how it would make things worse on my knees). For now, I'll avoid squats and hope that it goes away on its own! 6:45 pace. At least I didn't feel tired. 

It was great to be back on the Gateway again! I figure this will be the only time I get to enjoy that this summer. The last time I was here in May I rolled a long run record 5:35 pace. This time I ran 5:55 pace and it felt really easy. The reason why is my wife came with me on the bike. It was lots of fun. It's kind of cool that I can hold a conversation with ease at 6 minute mile pace. Still, we were more impressed with the athletic abilities of a large number of older folks who were killing it out there. There was a lady who was not young by any means who started where we did at Demontreville park and was continuing to run at around the 6 mile mark. We also saw my PhD advisor lol. Pretty warm out but the shade is always a huge help. Really glad we got to have that experience for the first time as I really love the gateway. My knee definitely felt better than it could have. I wonder if wearing my Sauconys more would help.