Monday: 0
Enjoyed my planned day off after running 19 miles yesterday. Fortunately, my fears of being banged up for a few days did not come to fruition.
Tuesday: 1 walk, 4 run
AM: Volunteered with Westerly Land Trust at Avondale Farm Preserve, in advance of the Avondale 5K this coming Sunday. Our work was to clean up some overgrowth and remove some old dilapidated split rail fences. It rained the whole time, but as I say always, it's still preferable to be outside working events like these than in an office in a cement building. I really like getting together with these guys (and gals). They're a great group of people, mostly retirees, who selflessly give of their time.
PM: Ran Rhody 4-miler, in the rain. And dark. Unless we get a lot more rain, this year the 4-milers will finally be able to enjoy a treat of finishing up literally on the shores of Watchaug Pond before heading to the finish line.
Wednesday: 4
I had plans of getting out there earlier in the morning and running eight. Coulda, shoulda, woulda. Instead, I lazily kept hitting the snooze button before getting out for a measly four, promising myself I'd get another four during the work day. Yeah, right. I had Brady on the leash on the roads, and released him when we got to the beach. Most entertaining to watch him sprint up and down the beach, run undaunted into the ocean, and have fun.
Thursday: 10
AM: 5 mile local neighborhood run. Pace was fine at 7:30, but just felt really sluggish.
PM: 5 miles at Avondale. 1 mile warm-up, 1 mile at 5:41, 1 easy, 1 hard at 5:45, 1 cool-down. Mostly in the dark. The two hard miles were confidence builders that 18:30 might just be possible for Sunday's 5K.
Friday: 8
Mystic with Matthew, who just arrived home for the Veterans' Day long weekend. 34 degrees and windy at 5pm. As this was the coldest day of the season thus far, it felt very really cold in shorts at the Mystic Y waiting for satellites to load and then for first mile or so.
Saturday: 8
The unseasonable cold continued, as it was 19 degrees leaving the house for Ninigret. Funny to see Tommy and Riley just finishing their run, as we (Matthew, Brady, and me) were just starting ours. We both said we should've texted each other. Cold at start, but quickly warmed up into the mid-20s and felt fine in the sun after a mile or so. First few miles were faster than I wanted with a race tomorrow, but we retreated to the mid-7s for rest of run. We could not run in the federal wildlife refuge as it was closed for hunting.
(Dogs are never allowed in the refuge as they might scare the wildlife, "jogging" is never allowed in the refuge as it might upset the wildlife, yet for today and the next few weeks the refuge is closed to the public completely so that humans can go in to shoot and kill the wildlife.) Help me out, please, as I'm not always the sharpest tool in the shed, but what logic am I missing?
Brady's longest run ever. He seemed no worse for the wear during the run itself and was usually several strides ahead of us, but when we came home he crashed pretty hard.
Sunday: 8
Avondale 5K. Write-up to follow.
Weekly mileage: 43
Weekly synopsis: I'm trying to generally hold close to 50 miles as a base before Boston training starts in another month, but I guess this is close enough. A good mix of terrain and running partners this week.
Weekly highlight: Avondale 5K. More to come.
Weekly lowlight: As usual, my workday morning laziness holding me back from getting out early and banging out a few more miles.
Enjoyed my planned day off after running 19 miles yesterday. Fortunately, my fears of being banged up for a few days did not come to fruition.
Tuesday: 1 walk, 4 run
AM: Volunteered with Westerly Land Trust at Avondale Farm Preserve, in advance of the Avondale 5K this coming Sunday. Our work was to clean up some overgrowth and remove some old dilapidated split rail fences. It rained the whole time, but as I say always, it's still preferable to be outside working events like these than in an office in a cement building. I really like getting together with these guys (and gals). They're a great group of people, mostly retirees, who selflessly give of their time.
PM: Ran Rhody 4-miler, in the rain. And dark. Unless we get a lot more rain, this year the 4-milers will finally be able to enjoy a treat of finishing up literally on the shores of Watchaug Pond before heading to the finish line.
Wednesday: 4
I had plans of getting out there earlier in the morning and running eight. Coulda, shoulda, woulda. Instead, I lazily kept hitting the snooze button before getting out for a measly four, promising myself I'd get another four during the work day. Yeah, right. I had Brady on the leash on the roads, and released him when we got to the beach. Most entertaining to watch him sprint up and down the beach, run undaunted into the ocean, and have fun.
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| Brady enjoyed playing on the beach and even jumped in the ocean. |
Thursday: 10
AM: 5 mile local neighborhood run. Pace was fine at 7:30, but just felt really sluggish.
PM: 5 miles at Avondale. 1 mile warm-up, 1 mile at 5:41, 1 easy, 1 hard at 5:45, 1 cool-down. Mostly in the dark. The two hard miles were confidence builders that 18:30 might just be possible for Sunday's 5K.
Friday: 8
Mystic with Matthew, who just arrived home for the Veterans' Day long weekend. 34 degrees and windy at 5pm. As this was the coldest day of the season thus far, it felt very really cold in shorts at the Mystic Y waiting for satellites to load and then for first mile or so.
Saturday: 8
The unseasonable cold continued, as it was 19 degrees leaving the house for Ninigret. Funny to see Tommy and Riley just finishing their run, as we (Matthew, Brady, and me) were just starting ours. We both said we should've texted each other. Cold at start, but quickly warmed up into the mid-20s and felt fine in the sun after a mile or so. First few miles were faster than I wanted with a race tomorrow, but we retreated to the mid-7s for rest of run. We could not run in the federal wildlife refuge as it was closed for hunting.
(Dogs are never allowed in the refuge as they might scare the wildlife, "jogging" is never allowed in the refuge as it might upset the wildlife, yet for today and the next few weeks the refuge is closed to the public completely so that humans can go in to shoot and kill the wildlife.) Help me out, please, as I'm not always the sharpest tool in the shed, but what logic am I missing?
Brady's longest run ever. He seemed no worse for the wear during the run itself and was usually several strides ahead of us, but when we came home he crashed pretty hard.
Sunday: 8
Avondale 5K. Write-up to follow.
Weekly mileage: 43
Weekly synopsis: I'm trying to generally hold close to 50 miles as a base before Boston training starts in another month, but I guess this is close enough. A good mix of terrain and running partners this week.
Weekly highlight: Avondale 5K. More to come.
Weekly lowlight: As usual, my workday morning laziness holding me back from getting out early and banging out a few more miles.
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