The Jelly Bean Run
We spent Saturday and Sunday in Cornwall, visiting Guylaine's parents and out with friends on Saturday night.On Sunday, Guylaine and I ran on the nice fresh pavement across from her parent's house - it's a nice stretch of road with zero traffic - on a 'yet-to-be-developed' industrial park. Being the tri-geek that I am, I have measured the loop, and it is exactly 1.75 km out-and-back (so 6 loops is approx 10 k.... 10.5 k to be exact).
This was the third time this year, we ran this road - again, slightly hung over after a late night on Saturday. I decided to name it the "Jelly Bean Run". And here's why:
1) I am addicted to sweets as much, or more than, I am addicted to triathlon training.
2) Guylaine's parents love me, and know of my sweets addiction -- and the house is always packed with sweets: JuJubes, JellyBeans, Hard Candy, Chocolate... you name - they got it.
3) Heading out for the run, I grabbed a handful of Jelly Beans.
4) Being slightly hung-over, I needed some motivation for the run, so I put 5 Jelly beans in my pocket, and promised myself, I could have one after every lap.
Here are the splits (including the other two times we ran it).
| March 28 | May 1 | May 29 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loop | Distance (KM) | Lap Time | Pace /KM | Lap Time | Pace /KM | Lap Time | Pace /KM |
| 1 | 1.75 | 8:43 | 4:59 | 8:55 | 5:06 | 8:07 | 4:38 |
| 2 | 3.50 | 9:01 | 5:09 | 9:16 | 5:17 | 8:25 | 4:48 |
| 3 | 5.25 | 9:02 | 5:10 | 9:44 | 5:34 | 8:47 | 5:01 |
| 4 | 7.00 | 9:00 | 5:09 | 9:54 | 5:39 | 8:48 | 5:01 |
| 5 | 8.75 | 9:11 | 5:15 | 9:33 | 5:27 | 9:50 | 5:37 |
| 6 | 10.50 | 8:17 | 4:44 | 10:03 | 5:45 | 9:23 | 5:21 |
| Total | 10.50 | 0:53:14 | 5:04 | 57:27 | 5:28 | 0:53:22 | 5:04 |
Not a fantastic run, but some exercise nonetheless. (May 1's times are slow because, I was really hung over that day!)
...oh, and the order of the jelly beans was: Black, Black, Pink, Green, Red. (I didn't have one after lap six... but when we got back to the house... )
