This morning, I got out of bed and went for a short morning run over to the West River part of town to get some breakfast with my Aunt, Uncle, and Dad. The total distance of this short morning jog was only eight-tenths of a mile in my Vibram Five Fingers. Also, my calves were a little bit sore from yesterday’s five-plus-mile run in my Five Fingers.
I went out for a late-morning run through Drake Park and over to the FootZone on Wall Street to pick up a couple of pairs of stocks and some running sleeves (in regards to the later, I’m thinking ahead to the cold weather of the Philadelphia Marathon); that is, I might as well take advantage of Oregon’s zero sales tax. Since I’m a big running geek, I love to visit running stores when I’m away from Salt Lake City in order to find out about all the neat races that are going on in the area. In short, there are a number of trail races that take pace in Central Oregon and not that many marathon road races (e.g., the Bend Marathon was cancelled a couple of years ago after only a few year’s of existence). With all the trail racing opportunities that I found out about around Central Oregon, no wonder they call Bend “America's Best Trail Running Town.” After my FootZone visit, I ran through the downtown part of Bend before heading back to Cumberland to get some lunch. The total distance of this run was 2.5 miles at an easy pace.
In the late afternoon, I headed out for a my third and final run of the day. For this run, I ran over to the Bend Library. Then after studying for the CFA for a couple of hours, I ran over to Juniper Park where I took a lap around the outer wood-chip trail encompassing the park before heading over to my Aunt and Uncle’s house on Hawthorne for a spaghetti dinner then running back to Cumberland. The total mileage of this final run was 5.5 at an easy pace.
In regards to my non-running workout, I completed another day of 200 sit-ups and 25 push-ups. | 