Training Week 11

I'm a little behind on updates so most of this is gonna be a bit less detail oriented than usual. Work had it twice yearly disaster recovery drill on Tuesday. I was in the recovery center from around 5 until around midnight, so that kind of screwed up my whole week. Running has a good way of getting me back to normal again. I got in a decent 8 miler on Wednesday. I got another Forest run in on Sunday - running 2 miles, then run walking/dragging him the rest of the way home. Friday, Saturday and Sunday I was in Mt. Carmel, IL for Justin and Jackie's wedding. It was a blast and great to watch a close friend get married.

I had to put off the 16-miler until the following Monday, which was Labor Day. It was a bit overcast and the normally crowded beaches were empty. The weather, and the fact that it was a Monday not a Saturday morning, kept the lakefront path sparsely populated as well. I felt good during the run, although the goo packet I had started leaking its sticky contents about 2 miles in. The run took me from my house down to Olive Park. I'm guessing I kept somewhere around a 9 minute pace, but still being watchless I'm not sure, and I'm not sure I really care. Getting the miles in is the point of training for me these days, not how fast I run them.

I finished off the holiday weekend with a early showing of Little Miss Sunshine at the Davis Theater with my dad and sister. Hilarious and serious, I laughed and shed a few tears as well. What a fantastic movie. Highly recommended.