Day # 44: 3 Miles + Beacon Hill Finish

I left the house at 7pm tonight for a 3 mile run in Boston. After running the Charles last night, I was more interested in running the streets tonight, so I ran down Charles, onto Beacon, then Arlington, then ran down the park on Mass. Ave. til I got down to the Prudential Center. Once I was parallel with the Pru, I went down a block to Newbury and ran it all the way back to the Public Garden again before jogging up Charles and sprinting all-out up Pinckney St. It was still very humid tonight, but not as bad as last night. That combined with a drizzle made for less than favorable running conditions, but beggers can't be choosers. I ended up finishing the 3 mile run in 21:34. Roughly 7:11 mins/mile

Day # 43: 7 Miles in Extreme Humidity in Boston + Beacon Hill Finish

Wow, what a difficult run...Arriving home after work at 6o'clock, I quickly laced up the running shoes and trudged out the door and down Pinckney St. for what was one of my most difficult training runs yet. 92 degrees and extreme humidity greeted me as I jogged down the hill and towards the Charles River. I stretched at the 5 minute mark, then proceeded to run from the Arthur Fiedler bridge all the way down Storrow to the Mass Turnpike exit. The run is roughly 3 miles each way. That plus my 1/2 mile jog to get over the bridge got me to the 7 mile mark. Coming home, I crossed back over the Fiedler Bridge, and once I got to the intersection of Charles + Pinckney---I sprinted full speed 1/6th of a mile straight up Pinckney. If you've seen my street, you fully know why they call it Beacon Hill! A great day run considering the conditions. I finished off the 7 miles in 49:55 - just over 7 mins/mile.

Day # 42: No Day Off - 8 Hours of Moving!

I spent today lifting couches, love seats, box springs, mattresses, dressers, a dining room hutch (weighing well over 300 pounds), all in an effort to help Sara move to her new house in Waltham, and also in my move from Waltham to Beacon Hill in downtown Boston. I wasn't able to fit in my scheduled 7 mile run, but it was certainly no day off for the legs. My plan is to run 7 tomorrow evening after work if I can get out early enough and if the weather cooperates.

Day # 41: 90 Minutes of Cross Training - Morning Soccer Game

This morning at 10am, my Men's League Soccer Team had our first fall game in Framingham, MA. We won the tightly contested game by a score of 3-2, a big win against the defending league champions. My fitness was superb throughout the match, which was a nice surprise seeing that in the past I tended to tire out in the last 20 minutes of every game. This game certainly required as much, if not more running than other games, and I was able to play the full 90 mins without a substitution.

Day # 40: 3.2 Comfortable Miles

I left the house this morning with the idea that I would run a very relaxed pace, trying if at all possible to simulate the mile splits that I'd like to run on November 20th in Philadelphia. I accomplished that much. I ran the 3.2 mile course in 25:28, which comes out around 8:30/min miles, which is what I'd like to hit in Philly. I felt comfortable throughout the morning and now I can look forward to my first fall soccer game tomorrow morning.