Days 9: Rest and Travel

Day 9:  Actually rested, more owing to the fact that I was on the road to Columbia University and Steven's Institute for some presentations and a career fair.  Flew into Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) which seems a lot bigger to fly into than it does to fly out.  Weather in Newark, NJ is 64F--I thought it would be colder, but super-excited that the weather is so nice.

Day 8: UBC to Home

Molly and I established pretty well that Unity Baptist Church connects nicely to our house via about 2 miles on Route 51, but we also know it connects through miles of cotton fields over a nice, rolling course.  Running from UBC to Wilkinsville Road and back is pretty nice, because doubling back is slightly downhill.


Drizzling on Day 8, so decided that Zeke should go to Kroger's with Molly while I ran the back way from UBC to home.  Unfortunately, this means the pleasant downhill half of the run was nonexistent.  Light drizzle turned into all out rain which permeated what used to be a waterproof jacket.  Even so, a really great run.  Made the really unfortunate discovery that I cannot blame my poor times on Zeke's jogging stroller.


4.29 miles at 9:01.

Day 7: Treadmill

2.4 miles at 9:58.

Day 6: Running at Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park

This should've been the day to take photos, but I failed.  Ran with Zeke along about half of the bike trail before doubling back to meet Molly so we could walk the end of the trail together.  Trees are just starting to yellow, but a little sad that the leaves will probably be gone by the time my folks get here next month.

Molly and I LOVE Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park--it's always our destination of choice when we're trying to extend car rides so Zeke will sleep longer or when we need to get out of the house.  We try to take as many visitors there as possible.

Park's brochure says the whole trail is paved, but it would be more accurate to say that the whole trail WAS paved--Zeke will tell you that there are some pretty rough stretches.

2.39 miles at 10:03 pace.

Day 5

Another run by UBC.  Molly fed baby Monkey before we left for our run, so he slept the entire time.  As a result he woke up in a great mood:

3.97 miles at 9:27 pace (37:38 total).

Day 4

First of the real runs.  Cotton fields by UBC are gorgeous.  


4.34 miles at 9:42 pace.

Day 3: Rest

The Hanson brothers say that Wednesdays can be rest-days or used to build mileage.  I chose to build, but was rapidly foiled by sudden rain (Baby Monkey said we had to turn around).  Running around UBC was very pleasant--watching trucks move the cotton bales was pretty fascinating.  


Halfway through, I was excited to get a call from Fletcher on his way back out to the rig.  Have a good hitch!


2.42 miles at a 10:26 pace.