{"id":476,"date":"2010-09-05T11:03:19","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T15:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/?p=476"},"modified":"2010-09-05T11:03:19","modified_gmt":"2010-09-05T15:03:19","slug":"wowee-today-was-even-more-gorgeous-than-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/2010\/09\/05\/wowee-today-was-even-more-gorgeous-than-yesterday\/","title":{"rendered":"Wowee! Today Was Even More Gorgeous than Yesterday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CNN tower has been out the last couple days, so I&#8217;ve had to rely on the needle nearby for temperature readouts.  Today it said 61 at one glance, 62 at another.  Whatever the case, it was considerably cooler today&#8211;yea!  Humidity was a neglible 44% and it was beautiful morning sun all the way.  I did today&#8217;s loop in 44:20, my fastest loop this year.  That translates to 7:04s.  And in doing 6.27 miles today, I ended up with 65.31 miles for the week.  I don&#8217;t remember when I&#8217;ve ever run that many miles in a week, and actually, I don&#8217;t feel bodily as if I&#8217;ve accomplished that.  So pat-on-the-back.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the deets for today:<br \/>\n<iframe width='465' height='548' frameborder='0' src='http:\/\/connect.garmin.com:80\/activity\/embed\/47670255'><\/iframe><br \/>\nThis morning&#8217;s run was helped by a couple of guys running together who passed everyone they approached.  They didn&#8217;t look all that fit but they were speedy.  I figured maybe they were picking up the pace for a final mile, and when they split off for a water fountain, I thought I might have been right.  But then they passed me again.  Eventually, they separated from themselves, the less fit-looking one far overtaking the fitter-looking one, who split again for another water break.  I never caught the fastest one, who got more than 30 seconds ahead of my by my estimates.  But I did catch everyone they caught, even a guy who didn&#8217;t seem to want to be overtaken by them.  Ha!  All in all, chasing these pacers helped boost my time today, coupled with a desire during the run to challenge myself to pick up the pace.<\/p>\n<p>My plantar fasciitis is back.  I don&#8217;t feel it so much when I&#8217;m running, but I&#8217;ve been feeling it in my day-to-days walking around.  I&#8217;ve already begun wearing my <a href=\"http:\/\/theorthoslipper.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OrthoSlippers<\/a>, which I keep taking off mysteriously in the middle of the night but don&#8217;t recall doing.  I haven&#8217;t yet started letting my feet soak in hot water immediately when getting up, though that may be on the docket eventually.<\/p>\n<p>What felt good about today&#8217;s run was the temperature but also my body.  It felt pretty strong.  I was feeling how strength really helps in pounding that pavement and moving forward.  For that reason, I&#8217;m wondering if I can keep getting protein into my system to solidify muscle.  However, my average daily rate isn&#8217;t going down (still hovering around 175 lbs., even though I&#8217;ll drop 5-8 lbs. in a single long run), so I&#8217;m wondering the balance.  I want to get rid of excess weight in order to help me speed up, too.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m having a protein smoothie I made.  That&#8217;s en route.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CNN tower has been out the last couple days, so I&#8217;ve had to rely on the needle nearby for temperature readouts. Today it said 61 at one glance, 62 at another. Whatever the case, it was considerably cooler today&#8211;yea! Humidity was a neglible 44% and it was beautiful morning sun all the way. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/2010\/09\/05\/wowee-today-was-even-more-gorgeous-than-yesterday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wowee! 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