michigandering miles
9/25 – off
9/26 – 7 miles (auburn hills, mi – featherstone to squirrel up to oakland university and back)
9/27 – 7 miles (auburn hills, mi – featherstone to squirrel to butler and back)
9/28 – off
9/29 – 5 miles (hospital route, easy)
9/30 – 5 miles (west on glacial drumlin, easy)
MTD – 180.5 miles
YTD – 1107.3 miles
Odometer – 29,215 miles
workweek ambling
9/21 – off
9/22 – 7 miles (west on the glacial drumlin)
9/23 – 7 miles (to police station and back)
9/24 – 8 miles (around frame park)
MTD – 156.5 miles
YTD – 1083.3 miles
Odometer – 29,191 miles
catching up
9/16 – 6 miles (university ave)
9/17 – 6 miles (glacial drumlin east)
9/18 – off
9/19 – 21 trail miles at Lapham Peak – 3 black loops in 67:30, 65:18 and 65:12 respectively for a total of 3 hours and 18 minutes
9/20 – 10 miles in 1:25 and change
MTD – 134.5 miles
YTD – 1061.3 miles
Odometer – 29,169 miles
shine on
my morning constitutional was rather quiet today. aside from two cyclists zooming past me with their headlights on, and another runner who opted to shine me with his flashlight as he passed in the other direction, i had the glacial drumlin trail to myself. at this time of the year, my weekday morning runs occur in the darkness before the sun rises. i brought along a small headlamp clipped to my cap but didn’t bother using it as the light from the moon & stars was enough to see where i was going. regardless, i mustered a total of 7.5 miles in about 64 minutes and headed for the shower.
sunday stroll
i woke up before my alarm clock (again), got geared up and stood in my driveway at 6AM waiting for my GPS to sync. as i was shuffling through my first half mile, i spotted a fox running across the street – – very fast i might add. i continued on my way, initially heading east on the glacial drumlin then south on the fox river trail. after five (slow) miles, i did a 180 and headed home bound. i did a double take and let out a laugh as i spotted a orange colored car with “01” painted on the driver’s side door.
a little past 6 miles into my run, i noticed a group of Army Reserve personell doing what looked to be a timed run. i felt sort of bad rolling past them while they were doing their test but i figured i’d at least get out of the way faster. regardless, i made a left back onto the glacial drumlin and was on my own again.
as i neared my house, i was still a few minutes short of 90 minutes elapsed so i improvised an extra half mile to stop my GPS watch at 10.5 miles. while the first five miles were rather pedestrian, the second half of the workout was a bit more “like it.” regardless, i headed in for a shower and a cup of coffee.