9.3 in the hills

Distance 9.3
Time 1:28:53
Quality 7

I set out to 8 and ended up doing 9.3, why? It wasn't that I was feeling motivated, rather it was that I needed a restroom very fast and there aren't a lot of options for you when you are 4 miles into a run and it's 5:30am. So I detoured to the local Safeway. Their restrooms get high marks. I'd like to thank the guy with the initials "BN" for making sure that the place was clean at 9pm last night, or at least that's what was on the little timesheet on the back of the door. The rest of the run was uneventful. I did negative splits, which had me down to about 8 minute miles at the end of the run. The knee feels good, calves are fine, and not reall issues to worry about. I'm heading to Sacramento tomorrow for Thanksgiving week, which means I get to haunt my old running grounds. More specifically, my next blog will reference a long run on the American River Bike Trail.

A brief note about weight:

I'm very conflicted right now. You may recall that I proudly shouted out in my blog that I got down to 187 pounds (which was still probably 30 pounds heavier than my hay eating brother, Eric, AKA Karen Carpenter). Now I find myself jumping up to 194.4 pounds. AHHH! So let me get this straight, I increase my miles and effort, and I gain 7.4 pounds????? Here's my conflict, I've held in the back of my mind that I should get down to 185 by the time I hit the streets for the marathon on January 18th, which is a much more attractive thought than carrying around 10 extra pounds for 26.2 miles; howerver, if I'm at 195, then I qualify for the Clydesdale division, which I may have a shot at placing in if my time is ok. I need to push ego aside and take the weight off.

Now get back to work...