GRB to Shepherd and Back

 

Summary

Name	Hyatt -> GRB -> Shepherd and Back
Location	Houston, TX
Start Time	9/22/2012 5:34 AM (UTC-05:00)		Category	My Activities:Running
Distance	6.31 mi		Time	00:55:35.0
Time Moving	00:55:35.0		Stopped	00:00:10.0
Average pace	08:48 min/mi		Max. pace	03:38 min/mi
Weather	Clear; 72.5 °F
Calories	780 kCal
Notes	Ran from the Hyatt to GRB then back to the bayou trail. Took the south side of the trail to Shepherd. The trail is under construction and very different than the last time I ran here a little over a year ago. The finished trails are now concrete favoring bikers over runners. There are some new bridges. The unfinished trails are in progress of being graded and concrete poured. Overall a good thing as it looks like they're investing a lot in the project. Probably not runners' first choice as to the surface! Good to run in Houston again. Humid!

Humidity

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Hyatt to GRB 0.75 mi.

 

Summary

Name	First Leg (non-Garmin synced) of Saturday Run
Location	Houston, TX
Start Time	9/22/2012 5:27 AM (UTC-05:00)		Category	My Activities:Running
Distance	0.38 mi		Time	00:03:18.0
Time Moving	00:03:18.0		Stopped	00:00:00.0
Average pace	08:41 min/mi		Max. pace	07:52 min/mi
Weather	Clear; 84.0 °F
Calories	50 kCal
Notes	From Houston Downtown Hyatt to George R Brown Convention Center. After waiting a long time to get started, gave up on Garmin syncing and headed out. Restarted Garmin for the return and clocked the distance as 0.75 mile

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"New" Old Stomping Grounds

Answered the bell this morning after a good night's sleep at the downtown Houston Hyatt. Decided to run to the George R Brown Convention Center then back through downtown to the bayou trail. The bayou is very different! There's been a lot of work done on the trails. Along the south side, I was running in a construction zone as there's still work being done. They've also added bridges in various places. This is obviously a big investment. It also seems to be more to the benefit of bikers than runners (the trail has been upgraded to concrete from asphalt; concrete is not a friendly running surface.).

It was good to be back but it did highlight the void of missing my Houston running friends. Many of whom were racing today.

My Garmin had some trouble locating among the city's tall buildings. I reset at GRB and had no trouble from that point. I'll upload my Houston runs when I'm back in Chicago.

~7 miles
~62:30


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Memorial Park Loop

 

Summary

Name	Memorial Park Loop
Location	Houston, TX
Start Time	9/20/2012 8:37 PM (UTC-05:00)		Category	My Activities:Running
Distance	3.04 mi		Time	00:27:29.0
Time Moving	00:27:29.0		Stopped	00:00:00.0
Average pace	09:03 min/mi		Max. pace	08:11 min/mi
Weather	Clear; 80.6 °F
Calories	381 kCal
Notes	Late loop at Memorial Park. Long day started at 3 AM. Flew from Chicago to Houston then in meetings all day. Felt really tired but it was good to see and run the park again.

Heat Index

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Travel Day

Stayed up late last night. I was on my own at ARP since Paige is in Ireland. Today started early - 3 AM. Flew to Houston. Meetings into the afternoon. Cut it short to go deal with a couple things which I have put off. Long day but decided to go to Memorial Park for a loop.

3 mi.@ 9:09

Tough run on limited sleep. Obviously didn't go that well.
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Lakefront 4M

 

Summary

Name	Lakefront 4M
Location	Chicago, IL
Start Time	9/19/2012 5:27 AM (UTC-05:00)		Category	My Activities:Running
Distance	4.17 mi		Time	00:36:07.0
Time Moving	00:36:07.0		Stopped	00:00:03.0
Average pace	08:39 min/mi		Max. pace	07:39 min/mi
Weather	Clear; 41.8 °F
Calories	522 kCal
Notes	In the predawn darkness, rolled my right ankle on the edge of the paved trail. Stupid on my part. Fortunately it's not bad but a suspect I'll be feeling it for a day or two. Temperatures have been in the 40's the last two mornings including today's 41°F.

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Lakefront 4M

 

Summary

Name	Lakefront 4M
Location	Chicago, IL
Start Time	9/18/2012 5:17 AM (UTC-05:00)		Category	My Activities:Running
Distance	4.19 mi		Time	00:36:51.0
Time Moving	00:36:51.0		Stopped	00:00:05.0
Average pace	08:47 min/mi		Max. pace	07:16 min/mi
Weather	Clear; 48.7 °F
Calories	527 kCal
Notes	I had no reason to expect to feel good this morning (poor sleep recently, lousy nutrition and hydration yesterday). This one lived up to its billing.

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Lakefront 4M

 

Summary

Name	Lakefront 4M
Location	Chicago, IL
Start Time	9/17/2012 5:10 AM (UTC-05:00)		Category	My Activities:Running
Distance	4.17 mi		Time	00:35:53.0
Time Moving	00:35:53.0		Stopped	00:00:01.0
Average pace	08:35 min/mi		Max. pace	07:23 min/mi
Weather	Clear; 56.3 °F
Calories	521 kCal
Notes	Easy 4-miler before sunrise. Will be registering for Boston 2013 later this morning.

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