Saturday, August 2, 2008

Hot day today......but of course....it is August.

12:59pm.....10 miles in 1:27:35......8:45 pace.

93 degrees for the run.

Thought I would pull out some old run logs and see what I did on this date in those years:

1995: I ran 10 miles in 1:13:23.......7:20 pace.

That day was also 93 degrees during the run and I was 35 years old....same mileage....same distance...same temp....slower time.....I noted in my log that I took 20oz. of cool-aid and drank at 3.5.....6.0 and 7.25 miles.

1992: I ran 10 miles 1:13:53.........7:23 pace.

That day I noted it was 92 degrees during the run and I capped the run off with a 5:58 10th mile.....I also noted that I had not missed a day of running in two years that date....731 days.....that streak would end at 968 days the following April when I flipped some guys off while running and we went a few rounds on the ground.......hurt my back and missed 6 days before I started what would be my best streak to date......3,155 days that went form April, 1993 to November, 2001....this streak is at 2,282 days as of today.........memories.......maybe I should try some cool-aid tomorrow and make sure I smile at my fellow man instead of flipping them off.........or not.

1 comment:

Ron said...

Terry,

You're not that much slower than back the, just smarter--except those streaks!
I still believe, you're training at close to 3-hour flat pace, with that mileage.
Or humor me and do a half...I'll bet you can still go low 1:20s. You do LOADS of LSD plus thos quicker lunch runs.
Do us all a favor and strut your stuff!
Ron