It's fun to RUN at the YMCA...

Work travel finds me in Lexington, KY. No Calipari sightings yet but I will keep my eyes open for him. The weather is about what you would expect for the Midwest in April, it was 73 here on Sunday and has been snowing off and on all day today. Since I didn't pack any cold weather gear I was planning to work out at the Fairfield Inn where I am staying. They don't have a fitness room but they do have a deal with the local YMCA for guests to be able to workout. I hit the treadmill for about 25 minutes then followed that up with butt kicks and high knees on the 1/16 mile indoor track. I followed that up with some upper body stuff. My workout ended up being 45 minutes total of high intensity. Not bad since I was sitting in my hotel room trying to talk myself out of working out.

Saturday I hooked up with my long run partner and we drove over to the Monon Greenway for 12 miles. We started at 9am on a very sunny 45* morning. It was a beautiful day to be outside and perfect weather for a run. The first couple of miles were a little rough and I had my doubts about making 12 miles. I got into a rhythm as we passed the Monon Center and headed south towards 465 on the path. As we were running and talking we almost missed our 91st turn around. On the way back I did take two 1 minute walk breaks. I was happy with the overall time of 1:55 for 12.1 miles. That averages out to about 9:30 per mile which projects to a 2:05:xx race time. Given race day adrenaline and aid stations (along with a few more weeks of training) I am starting to feel like a PR is not 100% out of the question. You'd have to check back next week to see if I keep on track this time after a lackluster Jan-March.

See you on the road!