I tried using Windows Live Writer (beta) and it posted to my LiveJournal account because I had never set up my WordPress blog. Then after setting my WP blog, WLW proceeded to crash on me. [Insert Microsoft Joke here]. Actually, in all honesty, I think it’s my hardware and what I put it through that caused said crash. So here’s the post:
I started my run today thinking that I wanted a change of course. But what would it be? I wanted to run a new route, and wander around a bit in my city. I thought perhaps, I would run around the Fort Sander’s area but that area requires a bunch of different street crossings and traffic concerns. So, as I crossed the Henley Street Bridge, I decided that I would take a hard left and see what I could find. I ended up rounding the west side of the Downtown YMCA and up to Summit Hill Drive. I turned on Walnut or Locust (I don’t remember) and cut through to Market Square. For being the crappy weather, there was a bunch of people out on the square…cool.
I cut over to Gay Street and headed down to around the Courthouse and then cut back to where I could hop back onto my normal Market Square Fab 4 Miler route. This way, I wouldn’t be to far out and could get back to shower and back to (BOOOO) work. Since I didn’t have any of the mile splits, I wasn’t sure where all the mile markers were, well, except for the 1st two.
7:58 for the first mile
8:13 for the last mile
The rest, I dunno… I ended up going 4.15 miles and got a new route. I might even try to expand out to the northern part of Knoxville… I should be exploring my city, not just running the same course day after day.
I have some concerns about my running next month. I’ll be in American Samoa (in the South Pacific) and will be there for about 18 days (including travel) and I won’t have the resources that I have here. Now, I do know that hotel that I will be staying at has a treadmill… well, that’s fine for 3-4 miles, but I don’t think that I could get the 7-10 that I want. The roads on American Samoa are not all that great. I’ll find a good map for you.
I looked back at my log from 2004 and I really didn’t do that bad for running while on the island. My longest run was 5.3 miles, which if I could get 10 miles once or twice, all might not be lost. Okay, I feel better… thank you blog for the free therapy.
I will email you… I only got 1-12 pack’s worth of Coke Reward points. BAH! Did you know that Sprite has no Reward Points?
What’s up with THAT?! Make a call to someone, Terry. LOL
M~
You’ll have to take lots of pics of your runs there! Do a lot of people run around there?
Happy Thursday!
[quote comment="171"]I will email you… I only got 1-12 pack’s worth of Coke Reward points. BAH! Did you know that Sprite has no Reward Points?
What’s up with THAT?! Make a call to someone, Terry. LOL
M~[/quote]
Sprite? Why you drinking Sprite… what are you some Pixie?
Okay, I am going to call Coke in the morning and state that it’s a NATIONAL OUTRAGE that Sprite was precluded from being in the promotion! How DARE they do this…
[quote comment="172"]You’ll have to take lots of pics of your runs there! Do a lot of people run around there?
Happy Thursday![/quote]
Believe or not, they do have a 1/8 almost circular “track” that is right behind the firehouse. I plan on running some there as last time I did see some people walking and running
I almost snagged you some more points today, but I didn’t want to ask for the cap in the middle of a meeting and forgot to ask afterward. Good intentions.
If you put all these routes together from your office you can probably come up with a nice cloverleaf or something for 16 miles.
[quote comment="175"]I almost snagged you some more points today, but I didn’t want to ask for the cap in the middle of a meeting and forgot to ask afterward. Good intentions.
If you put all these routes together from your office you can probably come up with a nice cloverleaf or something for 16 miles.[/quote]
Clover Leaf… great idea!
You mock NW weather but I look at the weather forecast and after today, it’s all little sunshine icons so there!