Of Mice and Marathons

Lunch: Treadmill - 7.25 miles

Megan, Chas, and I went to the Y. Didn't feel like running but I did. It felt good. Did some captain's chair stuff and some adduction work in an effort to make sure my hip is strong. It's been here and there for about 2 years or more. A fairly serious imbalance on the right side. It's time to get proactive so it doesn't cause a hernia, which would suck given that we don't have insurance until August 15. Back to southeastern Michigan tomorrow to look for apartments.

Off. Apartment hunting. I think this was the day we looked at places closer to Detroit. Lots of big places for cheap. Nothing endearing about the area. Hard to persuade me after living in Chestnut Hill, which has a ton of character.

Off.

We looked at a few more places and looked a few more again because we looked at so many we got confused. Tired of driving 90 minutes to then drive around all day. Weird traffic light patterns here. We are settling in Rochester Hills. It's a niceish area and it's closer to campus.

Off. 

Drove back to Philadelphia. Walked around on Google maps, scouting out possible routes, parks, and tempo loops. I might have to drive to places to run at times in addition to getting another car, which doesn't thrill me.

The area is, predictably, flat. Our area of Philadelphia is very hilly in places. I'll miss my hills and trails. I think I'll need to do some fairly serious incline runs on the treadmill. I don't think running some many hills the last 2 years has made me a better hill runner but I think it has done a lot for my aerobic capacity.

PM: 4 miles with Megan. Enjoyed the run and the warm but tolerable weather.

PM: Treadmill - 5.1 miles with some automatic hill intervals

Our application went through on a townhouse lease, which is good. You know you've been living in apartments for too long (about 12 years now I guess) when in-unit washer/dryer and stairs get you excited. The upfront cost was drastically reduced with Megan's job. We saved $400-500 with that.

PM: 5 miles

Megan and I walked with Remy (a dog I am walking for two weeks, walked him last year) for 50 minutes or so. He was better today than he was yesterday. He's very sweet but doesn't do well with other dogs and although he likes me he has a bit of separation anxiety since his owners are in Italy.