Running For My Life

2 mile warm-up, 4 x400, 2 mile cool-down

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/30/2008
• Time: 05:00:00
• Total Time: 00:47:48.00

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/29/2008
• Time: 05:00:00
• Total Time: 00:58:13.00
• Distance: 7 miles
• Average Pace: 8:19.31/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/28/2008
• Time: 06:00:00
• Total Time: 1:05:44.00
• Distance: 8 miles
• Average Pace: 8:13.15/mile

I took the occasion of a leisurely Saturday morning 10-miler to count presidential election signs in my solidly middle-class neighborhood.  Being a perpetual swing state, things tend to get a little testy here in Wisconsin when the presidential election rolls around every four years.  Even a month before the election, there are a fair amount of signs out.  The final count: McCain 23, Obama 1.  Yes, just one lone yard had an Obama sign, which I don’t think bodes poorly for him since most of his votes seem to come from the cities (or people who don’t exist, which will undoubtedly be the case in Milwaukee); my neighborhood is about 25 miles away from the “big city” where all of the “enlightened” people live.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/27/2008
• Time: 06:00:00
• Total Time: 1:18:50.00
• Distance: 10 miles
• Average Pace: 7:53.06/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/26/2008
• Time: 05:00:00
• Total Time: 1:03:20.00
• Distance: 8 miles
• Average Pace: 7:54.93/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/25/2008
• Time: 05:00:00
• Total Time: 1:06:56.00
• Distance: 8 miles
• Average Pace: 8:22.09/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/23/2008
• Time: 05:00:00
• Total Time: 1:04:40.00
• Distance: 8 miles
• Average Pace: 8:05.18/mile

Time-wise, I had a great race; I had expected to finish about 45 seconds slower.  Place-wise, I wasn’t so happy as I was 6th overall and 2nd in my age group.  I should have been 5th and won my age group, but was passed in the last mile and finished 5 seconds behind the winner.  I give him credit because he was at least 1/4 mile behind me at the half-way point and kept cutting away at my lead.  Overall a good race; 37:51 is a great 10K time for an old slow guy like me!

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/21/2008
• Time: 08:00:00
• Total Time: 00:37:51.00
• Distance: 6.2 miles
• Average Pace: 6:06.23/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/21/2008
• Time: 07:00:00
• Total Time: 1:07:20.00
• Distance: 8 miles
• Average Pace: 8:24.91/mile

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/20/2008
• Time: 06:00:00
• Total Time: 00:50:12.00
• Distance: 6 miles
• Average Pace: 8:22.09/mile