8/24 – 5.5 miles
8/25 – Off
8/26 – 2 mile warm up, 10 miles at 6:45 marathon race pace, 6 miles cool down – 18 total
8/27 – 7 miles in Vibram Five Fingers
8/28 – 4 miles in Vibram Five Fingers
8/29 – Skirt Chaser 5k in 17:47, 7 miles total
8/30 – 12 miles

53.61 Miles Total

Decent week of training. I was happy with the long run with and the marathon race pace thrown in, felt good, plus the weather was nice and cool. Makes such a difference to not run in the blistering heat, almost seems easy. I was hoping to go >17:40 at the Skirt Chaser but it was not in the cards, oh well, still a decent performance and at least it’s not slower than last year.

Recommended Reading:

Joe Newton Interview
Barefoot Ted Responds to Denver Post Article
Wiggling Their Toes at the Shoe Giants
Matt McCue Interview
The Economics of Doing What You Love

I really enjoyed the last one, I think about opportunity cost all the time. Life is all about maximizing utility.

At the Skirt Chaser, I had the following conversation with the girl handing out wrist bands for the beer tent:

Girl “Do you want a wrist band?”
RunColo “Yes, please!”
Girl “Can I see some ID?”
RunColo “Nope, I don’t race with my drivers license, but I am old enough to drink by ten years if that helps”
Girl “Sorry, we have to have ID”
Simon “Look, you see this t-shirt, it says Burlington High School Cross Country 1995-1996, that’s the year I graduated high school, how’s that for an ID?”
Girl “Ok, that’s fine, here you go”

So there you go, just wear your old high school t-shirts to the bar the next time you forget your ID.