Monday: 0
Rest day.
Tuesday: 11
Something different: went for a road run in the rain. While I had been avoiding roads pretty much to date this fall after a brutally hot and uncomfortable summer, the roads are much easier to take in this cooler weather. It was raining and 53 degrees at Noon, so it made for a very comfortable run. Didn't feel I was running hard, so a little surprised with a sub-7 average pace especially given this run had a number of hills, including the Boombridge climb from the state line up into North Stonington, and Potter Hill Climb.
Saw more cows than humans on this run. Not a bad thing.
Wednesday: 9
Easy pace run on the Blue Heron trail loop, Dedham into Boston and back. Trails very soggy after last night's pouring rain.
Thursday: 5
Barn Island at lunch. First day of December brought balmy 60-degree weather. Single-track trails. Only saw one other person on the trails: a woman walking her three dogs, one of which really wanted to run with me.
Friday: 5
Knowing that tomorrow I'll be running track (gasp!) and roads with Tommy and crew, I headed to Bradford Preserve in late afternoon to run trails and keep it short and easy. Contemplating add a "bump-up" option to our 2nd Fall Series trail race next year, and scouted options which would make an easy 8K. A few runners gave feedback that they'd like a longer distance than 5K; a few more indicated 5K is probably the longest they would consider.
Barn Island trails with Matthew. Thank you to the state of CT for shutting down hunting on Sundays. MA does the same, but RI does not follow suit. Fortunately, with the proximity to the Constitution State (or is it the Nutmeg State?), this gives the trail runner a number of safer and more comfortable weekend trail options.
Weekly mileage: 51
Weekly synopsis: Very happy with mileage of 51. However, it's time to up the ante if I want to run well at a spring marathon, and accordingly, want to bring the mileage up to 60 by mid-December. Having the last two weeks of the year off will help in that regard.
Rest day.
Tuesday: 11
Something different: went for a road run in the rain. While I had been avoiding roads pretty much to date this fall after a brutally hot and uncomfortable summer, the roads are much easier to take in this cooler weather. It was raining and 53 degrees at Noon, so it made for a very comfortable run. Didn't feel I was running hard, so a little surprised with a sub-7 average pace especially given this run had a number of hills, including the Boombridge climb from the state line up into North Stonington, and Potter Hill Climb.
Saw more cows than humans on this run. Not a bad thing.
Wednesday: 9
Easy pace run on the Blue Heron trail loop, Dedham into Boston and back. Trails very soggy after last night's pouring rain.
Thursday: 5
Barn Island at lunch. First day of December brought balmy 60-degree weather. Single-track trails. Only saw one other person on the trails: a woman walking her three dogs, one of which really wanted to run with me.
Friday: 5
Knowing that tomorrow I'll be running track (gasp!) and roads with Tommy and crew, I headed to Bradford Preserve in late afternoon to run trails and keep it short and easy. Contemplating add a "bump-up" option to our 2nd Fall Series trail race next year, and scouted options which would make an easy 8K. A few runners gave feedback that they'd like a longer distance than 5K; a few more indicated 5K is probably the longest they would consider.
Saturday: 15
- Track workout with a group of 5, led by Tommy 5K. 5 miles including warm-up splits and rest. 4 x 400 (78, 79, 80, 82), 4 x 300 (58, 59, 60, 61), 4 x 200 (39, 38, 37, 34). One pleasant encounter (a girl doing a track workout as we arrived, and explaining part of her workout to us) and one not so pleasant (an old man walking in Lane 1 the whole time; I inadvertently bumped him on one 400; wanted to both apologize and explain track etiquette, but the opportunity didn't present itself as he soon left).
- Medium distance group run. Started with a group of five, ended with a group of one. Ten miles for me. Changed out of my NB 1400 flats into my Vazee Pace, while sitting in my car and noticing that the other four guys looked cold on the WHS quad in the wind waiting for me. I felt cold looking at them, so I turned on the heated seats, got something to eat, and relaxed a bit (slight hyperbole, but it did feel like I was taking forever with the shoe change). Again, one unpleasant experience (running on busy Elm Street while a woman in a minivan gave us a clear look of derision for running on the road, despite running single-file here; we runners should have been up on the cement sidewalk ruining our knees, or better yet on the couch) and one pleasant experience (running into Beth and Gus [who I probably insulted by calling Jax] and catching up for a bit).
Barn Island trails with Matthew. Thank you to the state of CT for shutting down hunting on Sundays. MA does the same, but RI does not follow suit. Fortunately, with the proximity to the Constitution State (or is it the Nutmeg State?), this gives the trail runner a number of safer and more comfortable weekend trail options.
Weekly mileage: 51
Weekly synopsis: Very happy with mileage of 51. However, it's time to up the ante if I want to run well at a spring marathon, and accordingly, want to bring the mileage up to 60 by mid-December. Having the last two weeks of the year off will help in that regard.
HA! I'm surprised you remembered either of their names! I told Gus, as you approached, "I recognize that running form." he looked at me quizzically, I said no discernible words or phrases such as "treat" "are you hungry" "wanna go for a ride" "cookie" "good boy".
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