Getting back to Boston

Easy, easy on a Sunday morning.

Up predawn; highly unusual for me. I needed to get a run in, then go look for a new mattress, then go to work for 12 hours. Pushed the run just a tad and liked the results. Average was 9:33 with the last mile in sub-9, including up the hill to the house. AHR still where I like it, even with the surge. Wound up doing 9.11. Now to go find a nice squishy pillowtop mattress.

Got a nice surprise at work yesterday. GF came up there for some reason and I got, not only o see her, but a little lunch date. Made my whole day better. And I wasn't nearly as surly as I usually am on a Sunday, even though the Packers lost.

Now to shower and mattress store... 

Windy day for a 7 miler. Temps 40ish, but wind made it more tolerable even as it climbed into the 50s (amazing how the 50s can seem warm). Kept the AHR to 126. 

Date after work tonight with GF (I hope). We'll see how it goes. 

Date went very, VERY well last night and I had to get up today and wait for my new mattress to be delivered. That combination, along with a heavy set of legs, caused me to decide to take today off. I've done 16 runs in 18 days; if I can keep the RD rate to around 10% and stay healthy, I should hit all my mileage goals and then some. Better sleep on the new mattress should help keep the RD rate down too. I hope.

Need to go back and update for Tuesday...

Took Wednesday off from running because of mattress delivery and the fact I was up too late Tuesday night :) Then last night at work, I found out my schedule at work changes immediately: Instead of 10 to 10, I'm now 1 to 1, possibly becoming 2 to 2. Which is OK; it gives me more time for daylight runs before work. But to change schedules in the middle of the workweek is kinda weird. It's happened, though, so deal with it. Got to work today at like 12:52.

So this morning, after sleeping to 9:30, I did 8.3 easy on the SHS/Cliff/Free Ferry loop. AHR probably around 130, so needed to slow down a little, but I didn't want to dawdle out there too much. It was also a little warm; climbed into the 50s during the run.

So now I have 11 hours of work left. We'll see how this works. The change came down as an edict from the CEO to get more daytime coverage. So swing shift was eliminated, that doc moves to days, and I shifted later basically to take over swing shift.

Afternoon run, mainly memorable because I got to Southside at the time school was letting out and had to dodge all kinds of 17-year-old drivers. A bit scary. I was fine, maybe even a tad warm, in singlet and shorts, but at about the same time GF was running near her house and freezing. Funny how people respond so differently to the same conditions.

Until run after time at GFs, and nap, and Hog basketball.

Really had a hard time motivating myself to get out the door; finally did so around 3:30 p.m. It was pretty chilly this morning, but turned out to be a quite nice afternoon. Running in t-shirt and shorts was quite comfortable. Sunglasses came in handy too, until sun got behind tree level. Ended up stretching the run past 11, which almost got me to a 50-mile week, but 49 and change is adequate. And tonight's run cut it real close on the call to come into work, which came moments after I got out of the shower.

Keep doing 70+ on the off weeks, 50 on the work weeks, and I'll get a 3000-mile year. I do need to work in some XT on the upper body; I've noticed some deficiencies there in the past 10 days. :)