St. Petersburg Beach

 
On our anniversary in 2007, Susan and I flew to Tampa and went to St. Petersburg Beach, Florida. We absolutely loved the area that we came back this past August. When we were talking with the girls about where they would like to go over Christmas break, they said they wanted to go somewhere warm. We left on Friday morning and headed to just south of Atlanta. That trip took us about 12 hours. The next day we had a short day and arrived around 3:30 on Saturday afternoon. Our condo that we reserved for 4 days is a two bedroom, two bath. We are having a great time. We have enjoyed walking on the beach every morning and evening. We will be here until Wednesday morning when we head to Orlando to visit Shamu for New Year's Eve. Thursday we will comeback to St. Petersburg for one night and the girls and Susan will fly back to Springfield. I will be on my way to Virginia for some Public Health Service training for two weeks.

Christmas Day Run

Well another year is coming to a close. I have really increased my running lately. Last week I logged 26 miles and the week before I logged 25. I owe the increase in my intensity to Rob, who has embraced running at an obsessive level. I am also big time trying to get my weight to 155. I am feeling really good running at this weight (167). Today I ran 6 miles in Republic. The sun was out and was shining brightly. The crisp December air was highlighted by a 20 mph wind from the South. Surely this wind running will help my overall speed in the spring when marathon time comes around.

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: Springfield, MO Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 12/07/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 08:12 AM Difficulty: 0 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   28 F temp; 55% humidity   28 F heat index; winds SE 12 Performance Distance: 10.00 miles Time: 1:38:38 Speed: 6.1 mph Pace: 9' 52 /mi Heart Rate: 148 bpm (Avg) Calories: 1752 170 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)   Pace (min/mile)   Heart Rate (bpm)   Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone Zone 5 176 - 195 0h 00m 0%  0.00 mi Zone 4 156 - 176 0h 20m 20%  2.17 mi Zone 3 137 - 156 1h 12m 73%  7.43 mi Zone 2 117 - 137 0h 11m 11%  0.93 mi Zone 1 98 - 117 0h 01m 1%  0.11 mi (none) out of range 0h 00m 0%  0.01 mi Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 37 -0' 15 6.2 +0.1 140 -- ft 2 10' 04 +0' 12 6.0 -0.1 145 -- ft 3 9' 48 -0' 04 6.1 +0.0 145 -- ft 4 10' 21 +0' 29 5.8 -0.3 147 -- ft 5 9' 49 -0' 03 6.1 +0.0 148 -- ft 6 10' 09 +0' 17 5.9 -0.2 148 -- ft 7 10' 16 +0' 24 5.8 -0.2 149 -- ft 8 10' 01 +0' 09 6.0 -0.1 148 -- ft 9 9' 54 +0' 02 6.1 -0.0 152 -- ft 10 8' 55 -0' 57 6.7 +0.6 160 -- ft end ** ** ** ** 170 ** ft Versus average of 9' 52 min/mile ** Insufficient data to calculate this split

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