Monday: 0
Usual day off.
Tuesday: 0
Bradford Preserve bridge work, day 1. Assisted on Matthew's bridge building project. Hard work carrying in 6" x 6" x 8' pressure treated timbers to work site. Those were not nearly as heavy or difficult freeing rotted creosote railroad ties that we dismantled from the old bridge structure. The new lumber averaged 96 pounds per timber, whereas railroad ties on average weight 160 to 200 pounds each. Ouch!
Wednesday: 0
Bridge work, day 2. Much easier today. Most of the work was in dredging silt and muck out of the stream bed, before building the new bridge with sledge-hammering spikes into the new timber.
Thursday: 5
Bradford Preserve, run this time. Light rain. Ran the 8K course. Upper body very sore from hefting heavy timbers, swinging sledgehammer repeatedly, etc. Was surprised and a little disappointed to see that some of our Pumpkin 8K connector trail had been re-routed and raked, but it turned out to be a case of misunderstanding. We'll restore it to the old format so we have a measured 8K.
Friday: 1
Bradford Preserve. Started running BP trails, couldn't make up my mind what I wanted to run, was already late for work, and just ended up quitting. Failure.
Saturday: 13
B-game solo loop trail run. Similar to last Saturday, although mixed it up slightly by starting near North Camp, adding Lenny Lane, the campground ridge trail (where I faced my nemesis where I had crashed badly in last month's Brrr-lingame trail race), and Schoolhouse Pond trail.
Also similar to last Saturday's trail run, I bonked the last two miles. I don't understand it; I run almost nothing lately for weekly base mileage, then for some strange reason have trouble with double-digit trail runs. What an idiot. If I am to gain endurance, I need to build it up.
Sunday: 6
Grills Preserve, Westerly. First time running the River Loop (yellow) in a long time. I was happy to see what great shape it was in.
Weekly mileage: 25
Weekly synopsis: This week the mileage went in the wrong direction. Hopefully a temporary blip, but this was totally on me. Can't blame this on injuries or work projects. Get it together, man.
Usual day off.
Tuesday: 0
Bradford Preserve bridge work, day 1. Assisted on Matthew's bridge building project. Hard work carrying in 6" x 6" x 8' pressure treated timbers to work site. Those were not nearly as heavy or difficult freeing rotted creosote railroad ties that we dismantled from the old bridge structure. The new lumber averaged 96 pounds per timber, whereas railroad ties on average weight 160 to 200 pounds each. Ouch!
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| The old bridge: rotted and crumbling. |
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| Prying out and lifting soggy heavy railroad ties was back-breaking work. |
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| End of Day 1 |
Wednesday: 0
Bridge work, day 2. Much easier today. Most of the work was in dredging silt and muck out of the stream bed, before building the new bridge with sledge-hammering spikes into the new timber.
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| Mentor Bentley overseeing the work |
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| Dredging the riverbed of accumulated muck and silt before building the new bridge. |
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| The new bridge is built! Solid and sturdy. |
Thursday: 5
Bradford Preserve, run this time. Light rain. Ran the 8K course. Upper body very sore from hefting heavy timbers, swinging sledgehammer repeatedly, etc. Was surprised and a little disappointed to see that some of our Pumpkin 8K connector trail had been re-routed and raked, but it turned out to be a case of misunderstanding. We'll restore it to the old format so we have a measured 8K.
Friday: 1
Bradford Preserve. Started running BP trails, couldn't make up my mind what I wanted to run, was already late for work, and just ended up quitting. Failure.
Saturday: 13
B-game solo loop trail run. Similar to last Saturday, although mixed it up slightly by starting near North Camp, adding Lenny Lane, the campground ridge trail (where I faced my nemesis where I had crashed badly in last month's Brrr-lingame trail race), and Schoolhouse Pond trail.
Also similar to last Saturday's trail run, I bonked the last two miles. I don't understand it; I run almost nothing lately for weekly base mileage, then for some strange reason have trouble with double-digit trail runs. What an idiot. If I am to gain endurance, I need to build it up.
Sunday: 6
Grills Preserve, Westerly. First time running the River Loop (yellow) in a long time. I was happy to see what great shape it was in.
Weekly mileage: 25
Weekly synopsis: This week the mileage went in the wrong direction. Hopefully a temporary blip, but this was totally on me. Can't blame this on injuries or work projects. Get it together, man.
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