Monday: 5
Late afternoon run from Wahaneeta heading north into Woody Hill. Skunk cabbage galore! Really enjoy these local trails.
Tuesday: 5
Another Woody Hill trail run. No, I don't tire of it. This one was a rainy run from Bradford Preserve, running both the Pumpkins course plus the new WHS XC course.
Wednesday: 10
AM: 3 miles. Scary run in Needham, due to sharp hip pain that I've never had. Cut it short.
PM: 7 miles. In the rain. The hip was feeling better by afternoon, and with Chris Garvin in for a surprise visit, didn't want to pass it up as long as the pain didn't flare up again. Met up with Chris, Jonny, and Nate for a run on trails in northern Carolina that I had never been on. Fun, with a neat river crossing and running along trout (yes, trout!) for part of the way. Hip felt much better; maybe about 90%.
Thursday: 0
Intentional day off to give the hip a rest.
Friday: 5
Soaking rain. Readers know that I'm not a fair-weather runner, but this is getting tiring. Ran part of the Mystic route that Matthew and I ran a week back. Loop from Mystic Y.
Saturday: 10
First run with Mike B in a long time. Ran from Mystic Aquarium on the back half of the Mystic Half route, as Mike is running this next weekend. Saw a snake a little too late to try to pick it up and see if I could get Mike to scream like a girl. He said that would have made him run a 4-minute mile. Hmmm ... maybe I should carry a snake in the next race I'm in with Mike and stay right behind him to get him a PR?
Sunday: 0
Hip frustratingly on and off. Day off.
Weekly mileage:
Run: 35
Weekly synopsis: Rain and hip issues were both real downers. Run with Mike was fun.
Late afternoon run from Wahaneeta heading north into Woody Hill. Skunk cabbage galore! Really enjoy these local trails.
Tuesday: 5
Another Woody Hill trail run. No, I don't tire of it. This one was a rainy run from Bradford Preserve, running both the Pumpkins course plus the new WHS XC course.
Wednesday: 10
AM: 3 miles. Scary run in Needham, due to sharp hip pain that I've never had. Cut it short.
PM: 7 miles. In the rain. The hip was feeling better by afternoon, and with Chris Garvin in for a surprise visit, didn't want to pass it up as long as the pain didn't flare up again. Met up with Chris, Jonny, and Nate for a run on trails in northern Carolina that I had never been on. Fun, with a neat river crossing and running along trout (yes, trout!) for part of the way. Hip felt much better; maybe about 90%.
Thursday: 0
Intentional day off to give the hip a rest.
Friday: 5
Soaking rain. Readers know that I'm not a fair-weather runner, but this is getting tiring. Ran part of the Mystic route that Matthew and I ran a week back. Loop from Mystic Y.
Saturday: 10
First run with Mike B in a long time. Ran from Mystic Aquarium on the back half of the Mystic Half route, as Mike is running this next weekend. Saw a snake a little too late to try to pick it up and see if I could get Mike to scream like a girl. He said that would have made him run a 4-minute mile. Hmmm ... maybe I should carry a snake in the next race I'm in with Mike and stay right behind him to get him a PR?
Sunday: 0
Hip frustratingly on and off. Day off.
Weekly mileage:
Run: 35
Weekly synopsis: Rain and hip issues were both real downers. Run with Mike was fun.
HA! Stock up on plastic snakes for Mikey!! And no you are not a fair weather runner, never, you gut it out no matter what, but last week got a little ridiculous with the rain (I watched the weather reports).
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