catching up
friday i took the day off from running to rest up for my pacing duties on saturday evening. i ended up having some time in the afternoon so i played a quick 9 at a par 3 course before the rain started.
saturday i hung around the house and in between chores i was checking in on the webcast of the kettle100 races. it was awful hot and humid outside and i’m sure the mosquitoes were thick on the trails. i got a call shortly after lunch that my runner (smartly) dropped from the race after 50K. admittedly, i was a bit relieved as very strong storms were expected during the afternoon, evening and overnight. i did feel bad that she came all the way from texas to run in those extreme conditions. overall, it looks like many of the participants opted similarly but there were some folks that amazingly ended up finishing the 100M and 100K events. (i didn’t get out to run on saturday – between the heat/humidity/storms i just didn’t want to)
sunday in the late afternoon i got out and ran down comanche to the glacial drumlin trail towards town. i ran over a bridge that crossed the fox river which was overflowing it’s banks from all the rain we’ve gotten. i then headed south toward the dump to confirm that it’s open on wednesday as i’ve got alot of stuff that needs dropping off. i doubled back on the same course and got rained on a little over the last mile. overall, i mustered 7 miles in a few ticks over 55 minutes.
this morning i got out at 5AM and ran down comanche then up university to I-94 then back home. i dialed back the pace a bit and covered 9 miles in 77 minutes then hit the shower.