Key Bank Vermont City Marathon

My family loves the Burlington VT area. We stayed at 2 different Marriott motels. The first the TowneSuites. We had ajoining rooms. The staff was very helpful. It was nice. 4 stars.
On Sunday night we stayed at the Marriott Residence Inn which was even nicer and the staff were equally as nice.
The first night, Friday, 3 of us ate at the 3 Tomatoes next to the theater. The Switchback beer was excellent, bartender not so much and the calamere was salty.
Shaws has a great selection of natural foods which is in walking distance of the restaurant in Williston. But onto the race.
I had a banana and a power bar, Clif Builder, the morning of the race and I remembered the Tylenol. The night before Keith and I had whole wheat pasta, I had a couple of beers.
The weather was perfect. We started with the 9:00/mile group. This is a great race because the family gets to see you at the start, 3.3 miles, 8.7 miles, 15.1 miles, and the finish. Keith was high fiving everyone as we went by.
Keith was on pace for a sub 4 hour until his IT band acted up at mile 14. He had to stretch it at every drink stop from 15 miles on. But he hung in there and he finished in 7:25:12 taking 30 minutes off his Chicago time. A new PR!!! I finished 1 second back. I may write more later. It was a wonderful experience to run the whole race with my son. Not many people get the chance. I'll always remember it.

Saturday May17th

I ran with Steve Warner for the first time in months. We ran 4 miles at a 6.5 mph pace. Steve hasn't been running much we started out taking it easy and 4 miles was enough.
I ran a total of 10.5 miles in 1:34:40 (6.7 mph) at a 9:01.0/mi. pace. This is exactly what I hope I can get my son to run in the Vermont City Marathon on Sunday. We would come in at 3:56 for 26.2 I try JOTT today for my up date. I'll see if I did it right and if it does up date correctly.

Running This Week

I took Sunday off and ran Monday through Thursday. Here is a summary for the week:
Monday 10.0 miles (6.9 mph) at a 8:37.0/mi. pace
Tuesday 7.1 miles (7.2 mph) at a 8:16.8/mi. pace
Wednesday 10.4 miles (7.2 mph) at a 8:14.7/mi. pace
Thursday 4.2 miles (7.5 mph) at a 7:59.8/mi. pace
I have been busy going to interviews but no job yet.
I have also added a few links.
Tomorrow I'll take the day off and get a massage.

2 Weeks Til Vermont

On Thursday I ran 10.1 miles in 1:25:10 (7.1 mph) at a pace of 8:25.9/mi.
I took Friday off and got a massage. My legs felt a little tired.
I read that article on Slogging and Jogging in Running Times and I thought I might try it this Summer.
Today I ran 4.1 miles with a friend, Simone, and then ran another 10.3 miles. In total I ran 14.4 miles in 2:02:00 (7.1 mph) at a pace of 8:28.3/mi. With Simone we ran a 6.7 mph pace. That was good because I will try to pace my son in Vermont and he runs closer to 6.7 mph.
I just signed up for JOTT to try and post using my cell phone.
I'll see if it works later today.

...Update

Wow! it's been a week since I wrote. I guess since I'm probably the only one who reads this it doesn't really matter.
I ran last Thursday 7.1 miles at 7.5 mph in 56:38 a 7:58.6/mi. pace. I had gotten a phone interview and felt very good. However, I took Saturday and Sunday off because my legs still did not feel right.
Saturday My daughter Kelly presented her Honors Thesis and received her metal along with her boyfriend Tom. It was a great day as good as a great run!
I called Shannon on Sunday because I felt sooo bad. She didn't call me back but I thought of all the advice she always gives me and then I ran 7.4 miles in an hour (7.4 mph) at an 8:06.5/mi. pace. My legs felt better after the run. Monday 10.4 in 1:26:25 at 7.2 mph in 8:18.6/mi. I felt good but I was hoping to run at a slower pace one my son would run.
Tuesday I ran 6.2 miles in 51:58 (7.1 mph) at a 8:22.9/mi. pace. My legs are a little tired today.
So now it's Wednesday and I actually took the day off to garden. I t was a beautiful day. Really beautiful. I got a new plot done, Bob A helped with the hops, and I got some flowers and vegetables planted. I even applied for a couple of jobs!
Bridget our Beagle got loose 6 times today. It was so funny at one point I was in the garden with Bob and Bridget was next to the fence between us and the park and I said had the dog is loose. It took us about 5 minutes to get her but she was running free and I thought it was so great!!! She is so fast. She loves to just run and follow a scent.