April 17th,  Sunday,   10 p.m.

Bright Sun, Blue Skies, 58 degrees, wind steady and brisk 10 mph out of the southeast

About 5 p.m. this evening Arlene and I headed to Avon.  While she took pictures of the beach and inlet, I ran on the boards.   It had been a  few months since I  trekked the synthetic compound that nowadays passes for boardwalk.   This particular Boardwalk is about 700 metres long.  It was quite chilly with the breeze coming off the ocean.  So I started slowly, no walk today, but slow jog for about two and a quarter miles.  Feeling okay I stripped my sweats off and decided to try for 2 CQ miles.    I was pleased to be able to run 8:43 for each Mile with a 3 minute break between.   I may have to recalibrate the range I created for Comfortable Quality miles.  My initial feeling was that 9:30 to 10:15 was a reasonable range.   Over the last few workouts I’m beginning to feel comfortable and that 9:00 range.   So I might alter that to 8:45 to 9:30.  The wind from the south was pretty strong so it was two different courses going north and south.  Running north was quite comfortable and relaxed, running south was more difficult.                                     All in all it was a pretty successful workout by my standards.

I really like the picture Arlene took of me running toward her that is placed above.   A close look reveals that at the time of the picture I am suspended in the air with both feet off the ground. Pretty cool. Arlene also took a video of me while I was running when I was not aware. It is  at the bottom of this post if I am able to manage it.

•  Stats –

• I-Mad   3.0

• a.m. HR   54 BPM

• Weight  154#

• Sleep   9 hours

• Workout- Covered 5.4 miles with 2 CQ MILES @ 8:45