Friday, August 05, 2005

Vacation Runs and Guestimation


We vacationed in California for one week. I had to try VERY hard to keep up my running regimen, but I did it. It was a "step-back" week. This means that distances are cut back every third week to give the body some recovery time. For instance, my longest run was 7 miles last week. But this week, my longest is 12.


I did my longest run last week along the San Onofre Bluffs. The road along the Bluffs is exactly three miles long, which means that after finishing the round trip, I had to double back and run one more mile.


My mileage counter on the rental car was not working, so I could not measure out running distances. I had to rely on expressway signs to determine that the distance between the I5 entrance and a street called Christianitos is 1.7 miles.
Anyway, not bad for a vacation, I ran 16 miles. But this week I am up to 24.
This AM I did 6 and felt really really good!