Nony's New Shoes

Nony invested in a good pair of runners this past week. She had a little trouble with the first pair she had, from New Balance, but she took them back and ended up with a pair of Adidas. Tonight was the first run in them, and she says they're definitely keepers.

I pushed her to 5 & 5 tonight for intervals. We were going to check on what it felt like for her at the four minute mark in the first interval, but I wasn't paying attention, and we went the full five. She forgave me (I think) cuz the shoes were performing just fine.

I took her down the path under The Stairs, and then across the foot bridge to Prince's Island, only we got off on the path along Memorial Drive. We followed that all the way to 10th Street, and across the river to the promenade, through Eau Claire back to Centre Street, and back home. A very nice, very fun run.

Today's run:
Distance: 3.72 km. Time: 26:07. Speed: 8.5 kph.
Rest distance: 2.51 km. Rest time: 25:00.
Total distance: 6.22 km. Total time: 51:07.

Weather: Sunny and 20C. Actually a nearly cloudless blue sky, and just an incredible evening. Probably the nicest day we've had yet this year.

And this may be the last run for Nony and I for a couple of weeks. Next week she's off to the west coast for a few days. But that's OK, because that weekend is the 8 km Canmore Spring Thaw.

And the week after that, I'll be in Banff for the Montclair Banff Calgary Road Race, a relay race that the firm I work for has entered a team. I'll be running the first leg, so I'll be up bright and early, running from downtown Banff to the park gate - about 22 km.