A lower mileage week, leading up to the Ocean's Run Half as a tune-up.
Monday: 0
Tuesday: 6
Solo afternoon run on mostly single-track trails at Barn Island, against a setting sun. Awesome.
Wednesday: 9
Dedham / Boston: CCW loop on Blue Heron Trail in the rain and mud. Surprisingly, there were actually a few people out walking their dogs.
Thursday: 6
Bradford Preserve and Woody Hill solo trail run. Around the dam (water is very high) and then single/double-track mix back, including entire Pumpkins course, even the deep woods "Hansel & Gretel" portion as Muddy calls it, because you'd need to leave breadcrumbs. Cars heard: 0 Humans sighted: 0. Peaceful!
Friday: 5
Easy paced morning shake-out on the western portion of the new Ocean's Run course. Running down Uzzi feels odd, as it will be the only dirt road portion on the course.
Saturday: 16
Ocean's Run Half Marathon. Write-up to follow shortly.
Sunday: 7
Recovery run in Charlestown Beach area with Muddy, Tom, and Shara. Easy paced and good conversation, followed by scones and beverage at The Bakery. Good times.
Weekly mileage:
Run: 50
Weekly synopsis:
Low mileage week of "only" 50 miles. Training plan called for 67 miles, but that wasn't going to happen if I was going to fit in the half marathon. The half woke me up that I have a ways more to training to go; more on that in race write-up. 10 weeks to marathon day.
Monday: 0
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| Morning work for the Westerly Land Trust, building a parking lot (right black section) for their Crandall Family Swamp preserve by placing down interlocking "geo-cells" that will be covered with sand and hydro-seeded. Tough work, but as I told the rest of the crew, "A bad day at the Land Trust beats a good day at work". |
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| Beaver dam viewable from the newly built platform / deck looking into Crandall Swamp. |
Solo afternoon run on mostly single-track trails at Barn Island, against a setting sun. Awesome.
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| Awesome afternoon at the Barn. 1,000+ acres to myself. |
Wednesday: 9
Dedham / Boston: CCW loop on Blue Heron Trail in the rain and mud. Surprisingly, there were actually a few people out walking their dogs.
Thursday: 6
Bradford Preserve and Woody Hill solo trail run. Around the dam (water is very high) and then single/double-track mix back, including entire Pumpkins course, even the deep woods "Hansel & Gretel" portion as Muddy calls it, because you'd need to leave breadcrumbs. Cars heard: 0 Humans sighted: 0. Peaceful!
Friday: 5
Easy paced morning shake-out on the western portion of the new Ocean's Run course. Running down Uzzi feels odd, as it will be the only dirt road portion on the course.
Saturday: 16
Ocean's Run Half Marathon. Write-up to follow shortly.
Sunday: 7
Recovery run in Charlestown Beach area with Muddy, Tom, and Shara. Easy paced and good conversation, followed by scones and beverage at The Bakery. Good times.
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| Last swim meet ever? High school swim season is over now. Mark is at Boston University this afternoon, competing in Southern New England YMCA District Championships. |
Weekly mileage:
Run: 50
Weekly synopsis:
Low mileage week of "only" 50 miles. Training plan called for 67 miles, but that wasn't going to happen if I was going to fit in the half marathon. The half woke me up that I have a ways more to training to go; more on that in race write-up. 10 weeks to marathon day.
Love the "only" 50 miles. Good for you for obeying your training plan! I am always in awe of what you accomplish, I am sure you will get to where you want to be with training!
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