100 Miles for October

I noticed I needed a touch over 4 miles to hit 100 for the month, so I ran again today. I'll have to try for the consecutive 6 mm's another time, I just felt like an easy run tonight. Shoulder checked a ghost, Chris Limbaugh: Obama Is A "Threat To Liberty" - Full Video Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 879 ft Location: -- Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 10/31/09 Up/Downhill: [+259/-259] Time: 6:11 PM Difficulty: 2.6 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 5.28 miles Time: 0:40:09 Speed: 7.9 mph Pace: 7' 36 /mi Calories: 727 Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 7' 53 +0' 17 7.6 -0.3 +16 ft 2 8' 11 +0' 35 7.3 -0.6 +40 ft 3 7' 26 -0' 10 8.1 +0.2 -82 ft 4 7' 25 -0' 11 8.1 +0.2 +46 ft 5 7' 03 -0' 33 8.5 +0.6 -49 ft end 7' 40 +0' 04 7.8 -0.1 +29 ft Versus average of 7' 36 min/mile

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NEVER FEED BIRDS RICE

Don't let the title fool you, lots of birds eat uncooked rice in the wild. Well, I set out at a decent pace, but then my phone rang. After talking for a few moments; even though I was still chuggin' along at a good pace, I figured 6mm's were out. Besides, it was windy as all hell like Pali Lookout (which I've been to many times). It is an awesome place to see and yes, more than 400 of Kalanikūpule's soldiers were driven off the edge of the cliff to their deaths 1,000 feet below. 6mm's next time, Chris Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 871 ft Location: Stoughton, WI Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 10/30/09 Up/Downhill: [+400/-400] Time: 5:42 PM Difficulty: 3.2 / 5.0 Weather: Windy 52 F temp; 83% humidity 52 F heat index; winds S 17 G 35 Performance Distance: 8.79 miles Time: 1:09:48 Speed: 7.6 mph Pace: 7' 56 /mi Calories: 1238 Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 7' 22 -0' 34 8.1 +0.6 +3 ft 2 7' 40 -0' 16 7.8 +0.2 -3 ft 3 7' 42 -0' 14 7.8 +0.2 -10 ft 4 8' 13 +0' 17 7.3 -0.3 +16 ft 5 8' 07 +0' 11 7.4 -0.2 -6 ft 6 8' 18 +0' 22 7.2 -0.3 +26 ft 7 8' 15 +0' 19 7.3 -0.3 -16 ft 8 7' 42 -0' 14 7.8 +0.2 -10 ft end 8' 07 +0' 11 7.4 -0.2 0 ft Versus average of 7' 56 min/mile

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6 Minute Miles

Well, the first one was in the 6mm range. Looks like I ran out of steam and I was trying kinda hard. Hey, it did start to rain and the head wind coming back had gusts over 20 mph. I also had a 24oz Sparks before the run; nevertheless, excuses aside, sooner or later I'll be able to run 6mm's consecutively. It's tough check out this guy trying to run a 6mm. Enough about a 2.2 MILE RUN, how about $2.2 MILLION A WORD with a handpicked audience for the unveiling ceremony of "1,990 Pages Of Bureaucracy". Next time, Chris Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 860 ft Location: Stoughton, WI Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 10/29/09 Up/Downhill: [+118/-118] Time: 7:18 PM Difficulty: 1.8 / 5.0 Weather: Cloudy 53 F temp; 88% humidity 53 F heat index; winds SE 14 G 21 Performance Distance: 2.17 miles Time: 0:15:22 Speed: 8.5 mph Pace: 7' 05 /mi Calories: 304 Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 6' 40 -0' 25 9.0 +0.5 +3 ft 2 7' 23 +0' 18 8.1 -0.4 -23 ft end 7' 39 +0' 34 7.8 -0.6 +19 ft Versus average of 7' 05 min/mile

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Mile Repeats Course

Tonight, I ran a test lap of a great route for running mile repeats. As you can run a fast mile with a full recovery mile (and not have to look at GPS). It's a short 2 mile warm up run to the 1 mile loop. I ran this loop on my 3rd mile tonight. It's just boring running it alone, with a buddie theirs competition to run faster on the fast laps; then on the slower lap you can catch back up or vice versa to start out the fast lap again for the competition! Still not a bad run, very relaxing and that 1 mile loop is great with minimal elevation change. If I can find a faster runner to run it with (e.g., Adam). It's a great way to build up speed to run faster miles. Feed your dog well, Chris Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 874 ft Location: Stoughton, WI Elev. Gain: -3 ft Date: 10/27/09 Up/Downhill: [+433/-436] Time: 5:29 PM Difficulty: 3.2 / 5.0 Weather: Partly Cloudy 48 F temp; 75% humidity 48 F winds Vrbl 3 Performance Distance: 10.19 miles Time: 1:19:15 Speed: 7.7 mph Pace: 7' 47 /mi Calories: 1447 Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 06 +0' 19 7.4 -0.3 +19 ft 2 8' 40 +0' 53 6.9 -0.8 -10 ft 3 7' 06 -0' 41 8.4 +0.7 0 ft 4 8' 19 +0' 32 7.2 -0.5 +14 ft 5 7' 27 -0' 20 8.1 +0.3 +17 ft 6 7' 35 -0' 12 7.9 +0.2 -36 ft 7 8' 00 +0' 13 7.5 -0.2 +17 ft 8 7' 49 +0' 02 7.7 -0.0 -16 ft 9 7' 23 -0' 24 8.1 +0.4 -7 ft 10 7' 41 -0' 06 7.8 +0.1 -6 ft end 5' 31 -2' 16 10.8 +3.1 +6 ft Versus average of 7' 47 min/mile

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Nobel Peace Prize

I don't have much to say about this run, so I'd like to offer my apologies to the four people that read my running blog. However, while running tonight something jogged my memory...the recollection was like a vivid dream I couldn't out run it. Tonight in 2006 I watched Flags of Our Fathers and even can recalled the 9:00 show time because, we were in a hurry to get to the theater. I was on leave from far away and remember wearing Oakley boots and a pair of Oakley combat gloves (as it was cold out or maybe, I was used to the heat). Hell of a movie, I'll never forget that week in a haunting kinda way! This was a time in my life I usually manage to keep repressed. A time when I was hopeful and should have won the Nobel Peace Prize; moreover, by the end of 2006 all hope was gone; I would've no longer met the criteria for the Nobel Peace Prize. What am I rambling on about? If I were a dog I'd be a melancholy, but seriously the Nobel thing is true; I would've won it, but Al Gore beat me to it. Gore was every bit as as deserving as Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan or Yasir Arafat. It would've been nice to win such an esteemed award, after all I had hope.   Never rely on hope, Chris Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 883 ft Location: Stoughton, WI Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 10/24/09 Up/Downhill: [+236/-236] Time: 5:24 PM Difficulty: 2.5 / 5.0 Weather: Partly Cloudy 48 F temp; 67% humidity 48 F heat index; winds W 9 G 17 Performance Distance: 4.74 miles Time: 0:37:21 Speed: 7.6 mph Pace: 7' 53 /mi Calories: 674 Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 7' 53 +0' 00 7.6 -0.0 0 ft 2 8' 08 +0' 15 7.4 -0.2 +43 ft 3 8' 03 +0' 10 7.5 -0.2 -19 ft 4 7' 58 +0' 05 7.5 -0.1 -49 ft end 7' 08 -0' 45 8.4 +0.8 +26 ft Versus average of 7' 53 min/mile

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Headed For The Hills

I headed for the hills; the biggest hills this town has to offer. I thought hard all day what route had the steepest inclines and this was it. While I was running, the only one that felt steep was the first one by the river; it just wasn't long enough. What’s more, this is a good run to improve speed so I thought mile repeats. Well, once again, modified; after the warm up with the hills, I just never took a break (a drop in pace) in between miles, and just kept increasing my pace (that's my modified repeat part). Not the correct way to run repeats, but my comfort pace is a low 8mm, so this run does help my speed. Although, I should run a high 6mm recover with a low 8mm and so on...that would really help for increasing speed. To the hills, Chris Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 891 ft Location: Stoughton, WI Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 10/20/09 Up/Downhill: [+393/-393] Time: 6:13 PM Difficulty: 2.8 / 5.0 Weather: Fog/Mist 51 F temp; 94% humidity 51 F heat index; winds E9 Performance Distance: 6.41 miles Time: 0:50:54 Speed: 7.6 mph Pace: 7' 56 /mi Calories: 914 Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 01 +0' 05 7.5 -0.1 +33 ft 2 8' 16 +0' 20 7.2 -0.3 -20 ft 3 8' 17 +0' 21 7.2 -0.3 +50 ft 4 7' 53 -0' 03 7.6 +0.0 -29 ft 5 7' 47 -0' 09 7.7 +0.1 -17 ft 6 7' 31 -0' 25 8.0 +0.4 -29 ft end 7' 33 -0' 23 7.9 +0.4 +13 ft Versus average of 7' 56 min/mile

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