today’s run
Nothing spectacular about the run, but the view (as you now know) WAS spectacular. It was really beautiful out there. The leaves are changing rapidly now and are even different than when I took those pictures on Friday. Lots more on the ground now too.
The run consisted of 8km (5 miles) in 44 minutes at a 5:30min/km (8:48min/mile) pace. It felt very difficult today. Not surprising considering the rest I took recovering from my cold, aches and pains – all of which are much better now. Also not surprising since I drank too much beer and wine yesterday with my Dad and Aaron and was dehydrated for my run today.
Side-note: Aaron, my dad and I were making wine yesterday. How much wine you say? About 250 liters or 66 gallons! If you bottled that in those regular sized (750ml/25 ounce) wine bottles, you would have 333 bottles of wine! No, we are not alcoholics and are not going into the wine making business. Being Italian, my dad has been making terrific wine for most of his life. His supply is almost dry so he wanted to make some more. Plus, I wanted to learn how, plus Aaron is getting married in June so we decided it would be neat if we made the wine for his wedding. Lori’s parents also wanted in on it too so we are splitting everthing four or five ways including the wedding. Cool huh?
Back to running. Tomorrow I’ll do some leg drills, Wednesday my four-hill route and Thursday a tempo run. Friday will mark the beginning of a SWEET 10 day taper. I’m looking forward to that!
I’ve also made an appointment for another massage on Friday. I’ve been experiencing a LOT of tightness in my hamstrings. Gotta work that out before the marathon. I’ve had hamstrings cramp up during a marathon and it simply AIN’T ANY FUN!
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Tuesday September 28, 2004 @
Ah, winemaking. I enjoy doing that myself, although its been a couple of years. My wines aren’t great, but they’re certainly drinkable – more to the point though, I don’t mind tossing an entire bottle to sautee some mushrooms if it cost me less than $1.