Ran outside for the first time this spring

   I gained another .7 pounds today so I was 210.8 this morning.  The Wii  whined that I was going to miss my goal, which is pretty odd since I've lost 10 pounds in the last two weeks, and I have less than 10 pounds to go, and 96 days to do it in.

   But today will be a day of weight loss.   I'm going to do my walk with Dennis and the walk to Wegmans and I won't eat anything but the salad.  Then tonight if I did another 60 on the treadmill I'd have a chance of losing another pound by tomorrow.   It sounds excessive but I think the three day cycle is a good one.   One day of draining, and two days of medium activity.  I want to lose the weight and be done with it.

   It was over 50 degrees this morning so instead of going to the track for a 25 min run, I just ran out of the house and down to the towpath.   I tried to do intense running to Fairport, and then took it easier on the way home but not that easy, because I was worried I wouldn't be home in time to get the donuts I promised to buy at Clawson's on the way home from the community center.

 So I got to the canal after 6 min 47 seconds of easy warmup running.   Then I ran at a faster pace until 24 min 40 seconds.     So that means I was on the canal for 17 min 53 second.    7/8 inch = 2000.    

 

2000 * 5.5 * 8 / 7 / 5280 =   2.38 miles

17 min 53 second is about .298 hours   so I was going about .1252 hours/mile = 7.98 mph = 7.51 min miles.

1 5/8 inch = 1.625 inch   2000 * 1.625 * 8 / 7 /5280 = .703 miles

So total distance traveled = 2 * (2.38 + .703) = 6.17 miles

in 51 minutes= 7.25 mph Average

Not great but not awful.

I felt like I could run forever at 7mph.  But 8mph is a whole different thing.   9 mph would be really pushing it for me.