Rebels Been Rebels Since 1916

I realize the expression Easter Monday is some what of an mute point here in America,here it's just another day but in Canada,England,Ireland and several other probably European based countries it's an actual holiday.....how'd ya like them apples???
For me Easter Monday marks a land mark point in Irish history,the Easter Uprising of 1916 that would eventually lead to the formation of The Irish Free State or The Republic Of Ireland as it's been known since 1932.
Legend has it while the British Army were off at the horse races the small band of rebels lead by Patrick Pearse and Tom Clarke seized control of the Dublin General Post Office and other strategic points in Dublin and held the British Army at bay for five days in spite of being out numbered and out gunned.
Eventually the British Army broke the rebels and quashed the rebellion and Pearse,Clarke,Connolly and 12 other rebels were tried and executed for their insertion but rather than crush the uprising the fallen rebels became heroes and the Easter Uprising served as a rallying call,16 years later Ireland was free from British rule.....and now you know why Easter Monday is a big day for me

Ok so since this is a running blog after all,I kicked off what I hope will be 5 days of 10 milers Monday thro Friday followed by 5x1,000m on Saturday at Lower Merion's track,I tried this once b4 only for the rain to scupper that plan w/ the repeats so I'm hoping second time will be a charm.
The run it's self was mid tempo,while I don't actually time them but I saw 5.05pm when I left and 6.15pm when I returned home,65 mins for 10 miles feels right, make that 70,see what happens when you blog,download a Dropkick Murphys cd on to your Ipod and watch "Gossip Girl" all at the same time!!!I wanted to put down a marker today for the week,I'd like to tweak the pace during the week....the week to tweak maybe??
W/ one eye on the Olympic Development 5,000m in 17 days time this would be my week of high mileage{55}b4 dropping down slightly next week to 50 b4 easing into Distance Nite at Penn Relays.

Thanks to all the emails from my team mates today after Dave and Chuck had posted my club record on the clubs website and club records page and here's something to ponder,w/ the club records for 3,000m,2 miles and 5,000m do I consider the 10,000m also?