| Today's long run was the last one before the P.F. Chang's Rock 'n Roll Arizona Half Marathon, which is only a week away. Today was also the first time in quite a while that Bill, Barry and I ran together. We think the last time might have been The Other Half in Moab in October. We decided to run 8 miles this morning. I actually wanted to do 9 or 10, but I'd rather run with someone than alone, so 8 it was. I was up later than usual last night. We went to visit our friends, the Hargroves. We watched the Cardinals and their most improbable win over the Panthers. If the Eagles win today, the Cardinals will host them in the NFC Championship next weekend. Wow!! I thought I would be dragging this morning, but I didn't feel too bad. I loaded my shuffle with a new Genius playlist based on a DJ Icey track from his album "Twisted" which I just bought on iTunes: DJ Icey - Under Constructo - Twisted Keoki - Caterpillar (The Crystal Method Remix) - Altered-Ego-Trip (The Remix Album) Boozoo Bajou - Under My Sensi (Les Demon Flowers Mix) - Remixes Paul van Dyk - Connected - Reflections Eddie Amador - 6 AM (Belocca & Soneec Dublife Remix) (feat. Joy Allura) - Yoshitoshi Ibiza Mixed By Miss Nine Tiësto - Battleship Grey - In My Memory Paul Oakenfold - Time of Your Life - Bunkka DJ Icey - AB/DC - This Feelin’ (Boy 8-bits Grindhouse Mix) - Y4K Timo Maas - First Day (Radio Edit) - House 2006 The Prodigy - Get Up Get Off (Fujikato+Dancingdiscoduke Remix) - Always Outsiders, Never Outdone Tosca - Gute Laune (feat. Tweed) - Dehli9 Trentemoller - Le Champagne - Ibiza Grooves: The Best in Chill and Club Sounds Diesel Boy + Kaos - Barrier Break - The System Dozen eMusic Sampler Paul van Dyk - Forbidden Fruit - Seven Ways (Special Limited Edition) DJ Icey - Escape (Electro Mix) - Essential Mix I continue to be impressed by the playlists that the Genius feature produces. I love Tosca and have all of their albums, but I never would have put any of their tracks in a running playlist (especially anything from the super-mellow Delhi9) because they're more downtempo than I like. But somehow it worked. I'm not sure exactly how the Genius feature works. It must use more than just the mp3 tags like Genre (unless Trip-Hop and Dance are related in a way I'm not familiar with) and do something similar to the Music Genome Project , like Pandora. However it works, I like it!! When we met this morning, it was COLD! The weather forecast called for 43 degrees at 7AM. It felt colder than that when we met at Granada Park at 7:30. I wanted nothing more than to get right back into my car and drive home and climb back into my warm bed. But we stretched out a bit and got going when Barry arrived, heading east on the canal. The first mile was slower than the next 7 (a 9:00-ish pace). My fingers were painfully cold at the beginning. The ends of my thumbs were purple from the cold and even my lips were hurting from the cold. As usual, I warmed up and the cold stopped bothering me after a mile or so. The three of us ran the next 3 miles together at an 8:40-ish pace. I'd like to finish Chang's in about 1:52 (which is a little quicker than an 8:30 pace) so this was about right for a training run. We paused for a couple minutes at the turnaround. Bill and I had steam coming off our necks and shoulders from sweating in the cold. It looked like Barry hadn't even broken a sweat. When we started off again, Barry ran ahead. After a mile or so, he was just a distant speck. Bill and I ran together for the rest of the run. We ran miles 5, 6 and 8 at an 8:30-ish pace-- right at my goal race pace. My Garmin says we ran mile 7 at a 9:04, probably because we had to stop for cars at Camelback, 32nd St. and 24th St. At the end of the run, my legs felt perfect. After a little light stretching, I felt good and loose and I didn't have any soreness or pain in my legs or back. I feel ready for the race next weekend. I'm not nearly as nervous for it as I was last year. Instead, I'm going into it with goals and a plan in mind (more on that later). Today's run was a total success. I'll probably run once or twice this week, and maybe get in a spinning session or two. Otherwise, I'm ready for the starting line! Activity
  
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Final Pre-Chang's Long Run
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