Overall great week! Went a mile over the goal of 34 total miles and feeling pretty healthy. This week I’m looking at 36 miles, capping it off with a long run of 18 miles on Sunday. The New York Mets are coming to Pittsburgh on Friday, so I’ll be laying low (no travel) and should be able to have another productive week… Figure with all the beers and dogs I’ll be eating at the games, I should be good fuel-wise

Last weeks long run was just under 17 miles (going roughly 9 minute pace). The conditions were incredible, beautiful sunny day, cool breeze whipping through, tons of people out on Pittsburgh’s rivers and I was able to manage my hydration perfectly. Actually saw a good buddy who I ran my first marathon with, Dr. Glenn Updike. Great guy, runs a fast 26.2 but apparently never stretches… Not me, I stretch like a mainiac. In fact I’ve been trying to do yoga once a week to keep the muscles even more flexible. There is a place called School House Yoga just down the street from my apartment that hooks it up.

The long run took me past the South Side Works where I was able to catch a pretty good concert the night before; American Eagle Outfitters and Anthony Kiedis pulled together Gnarls Barkley, Spoon, The Racoteurs & Bob Dylan. Missed Mr. Gnarls, but the rest of the show was decent.

An old college buddy and fellow endurance freak Chris Cahee, recently turned me onto athlinks.com which is a pretty cool site that digs up all of your past race results and provides access to tons of other athletes. There’s a really good search feature for local events as well, definitely worth a look.