2011 Training Log – Week 51

71 to go to hit 3,000…

Tricky week. Had a tough time every day squeezing a run in. Nothing long, had to make due with a couple of doubles and other bits and pieces. My plan was to stack some miles up this week to make it easy to break 3,000 next week. That didn’t happen, but the goal is still within reach. Hopefully things will calm down a bit and I can get some good runs in. It looks like the weather is going to cooperate.

Monday
Run – 7 miles
76 TSS
Saucony Kinvara

Very cold and slick with pellet-like snow. Pressed for time so went for a quick-ish 7. Here’s a peek into how my mind works while running sometimes:

A car starts to pull out of a church parking lot as I’m coming down the sidewalk.
They see me coming, and actually reverse and pull back to give me room.
Cool! Thanks!
As I was running along a busy road about 30 seconds later, I heard the car coming behind me.
I knew it was the same car because of the engine sound (nothing extraordinary, just a Subaru Forester).
I hadn’t tried to ‘memorize’ the sound, I just knew it.
I thought it was cool I picked out the engine sound like that.
Then it struck me.
Is it engine, or is it motor?
Hmmm.
Maybe it has to do with where the power comes from (external source vs. generated).
I never hear anyone say electric engine, it’s always electric motor.
Then I thought how train engines have a diesel generator that provides power to an electric motor.
Maybe combustion = engine.
But wait a minute.
Boats have motors.
They are combustion.
Detroit is motor city.
Hmmm.
That boat ride I took on Lake Michigan sure was cool.
Squirrel!