Monday: 3 walk
Monday rest day from running. Beautiful weather, sunny and low 50s. After work, went for a walk at Napatree with Jana and Brady. Brady absolutely loved it. It's amazing to see how much energy he has. In to the water, out of the water, sprint on the beach, run to the guy with the football to inquire if he can play, sprint back again, etc.
Tuesday: 8
Lunchtime run with Matthew from Green Hill. With COVID-19, a lot of parks are now closed, and it really varies with little rhyme or reason. Charlestown's Town Parks are closed, but SK's are open, as are US Fish & Wildlife refuges. Ran from SK's Green Hill Park over to and into Trustom Pond Refuge, only to be chastised by two different people for running in the refuge. One seemed nonchalant and just said "No running", whereas the next guy was clearly very upset with us. Certainly no harm intended, so we left. Too many humans there today anyway.
Anyway, the run itself was great on a very warm and sunny day for early April (60°). One of my faster runs lately at high 6s on the road parts, but felt great.
Wednesday: 8
Carolina Management Area, Richmond. With Matthew and Brady. Started at Meadowbrook Pond, where many people were hanging out there, some fishing, some smoking, many doing both. Fortunately we could escape all of that on the trails, where for over 8 miles, we saw but two humans, one with another friendly Black Lab that Brady played with momentarily, and the other just out for a walk in the woods.
I was really dragging for the first couple of miles, but then felt fine. The single-track trails through the pine forests in Carolina North are just a blast.
Thursday: 0
Chalk it up to poor planning. Meetings on the calendar from 9am to 6:30pm, but I could've gotten out earlier or at lunch.
Friday: 8
Great Swamp Management Area. With more and more outdoor recreation areas closing due to COVID-19, we have to carefully think our run plans. Fortunately state management areas are still open. Not really exciting at Great Swamp, as it's pretty much fire roads, but on the other hand no problem at all with social distancing given that we only saw maybe 6 people total.
Saturday: 9
Three Grills Preserves, Westerly and Hopkinton. With Matthew and Brady. Started out on roads in Bradford (so we could finish last 4 miles on trails) before going into Hopkinton Grills "East". Only my second time there. Absolutely no one there. Was happy to see the only car in the lot departing as we arrived. The single-track trails are actually pretty nice there, and the frequent maps on kiosks at trail intersections are appreciated. However, other than the red trail we ran on, there were absolutely no blazes that we saw, hence difficult to find the trail routes we wanted.
From there, it was on the roads for a mile plus before entering into the Hopkinton Grills Preserve off 216/Chase Hill Road, where we saw just a solitary hiker. Crossing into Westerly, it was still largely deserted today as we only encountered a family of three, a father, mother, and boy of about 8 years old who seemed much more interested in Brady than vice-versa. It seemed odd to me that the mother was wearing a face mask deep in the woods, but these are challenging times and I have no criticism for people who take the situation very seriously, but rather only for those who don't practice social distancing at all.
Sunday: 11
Narragansett on Easter morning, with Matthew, from deserted Narragansett High School. Mostly roads, with beach and two trails mixed in. Ocean Road parking spaces were completely barricaded, but running and walking was allowed. No issue with social distancing, except for on the Crooked Brook Trail with the two separate people and two dogs we encountered.
Strange not to have Easter dinner with my Mom, but just not worth the risk with COVID-19. Low key day with catching up with my brothers, mother, and oldest son by phone only.
Weekly mileage: 46
Weekly highlight: Carolina Management run. Felt great and re-experienced (is that a word?) fun single-track that I hadn't been on in years.
Weekly lowlight: Just the oddity of Easter away from most of my relatives. Easter is far from my favorite holiday, and social distancing is not only the law but good common sense, but the isolation still is strange and unnatural.
Monday rest day from running. Beautiful weather, sunny and low 50s. After work, went for a walk at Napatree with Jana and Brady. Brady absolutely loved it. It's amazing to see how much energy he has. In to the water, out of the water, sprint on the beach, run to the guy with the football to inquire if he can play, sprint back again, etc.
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| Start of the walk, in Watch Hill |
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| Alright, this is not going to work so well on the leash, if he insists on going into the water |
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| End of the beach, close to Napatree Point Tranquil, beautiful day |
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| Calmed down a little bit, walking back on the protected side |
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| A stick! I love sticks! |
Tuesday: 8
Lunchtime run with Matthew from Green Hill. With COVID-19, a lot of parks are now closed, and it really varies with little rhyme or reason. Charlestown's Town Parks are closed, but SK's are open, as are US Fish & Wildlife refuges. Ran from SK's Green Hill Park over to and into Trustom Pond Refuge, only to be chastised by two different people for running in the refuge. One seemed nonchalant and just said "No running", whereas the next guy was clearly very upset with us. Certainly no harm intended, so we left. Too many humans there today anyway.
Anyway, the run itself was great on a very warm and sunny day for early April (60°). One of my faster runs lately at high 6s on the road parts, but felt great.
Wednesday: 8
Carolina Management Area, Richmond. With Matthew and Brady. Started at Meadowbrook Pond, where many people were hanging out there, some fishing, some smoking, many doing both. Fortunately we could escape all of that on the trails, where for over 8 miles, we saw but two humans, one with another friendly Black Lab that Brady played with momentarily, and the other just out for a walk in the woods.
I was really dragging for the first couple of miles, but then felt fine. The single-track trails through the pine forests in Carolina North are just a blast.
Thursday: 0
Chalk it up to poor planning. Meetings on the calendar from 9am to 6:30pm, but I could've gotten out earlier or at lunch.
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| What this? |
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| Oh, of course, he caught an alligator in one of the kettle ponds in our woods. |
Friday: 8
Great Swamp Management Area. With more and more outdoor recreation areas closing due to COVID-19, we have to carefully think our run plans. Fortunately state management areas are still open. Not really exciting at Great Swamp, as it's pretty much fire roads, but on the other hand no problem at all with social distancing given that we only saw maybe 6 people total.
Saturday: 9
Three Grills Preserves, Westerly and Hopkinton. With Matthew and Brady. Started out on roads in Bradford (so we could finish last 4 miles on trails) before going into Hopkinton Grills "East". Only my second time there. Absolutely no one there. Was happy to see the only car in the lot departing as we arrived. The single-track trails are actually pretty nice there, and the frequent maps on kiosks at trail intersections are appreciated. However, other than the red trail we ran on, there were absolutely no blazes that we saw, hence difficult to find the trail routes we wanted.
From there, it was on the roads for a mile plus before entering into the Hopkinton Grills Preserve off 216/Chase Hill Road, where we saw just a solitary hiker. Crossing into Westerly, it was still largely deserted today as we only encountered a family of three, a father, mother, and boy of about 8 years old who seemed much more interested in Brady than vice-versa. It seemed odd to me that the mother was wearing a face mask deep in the woods, but these are challenging times and I have no criticism for people who take the situation very seriously, but rather only for those who don't practice social distancing at all.
Sunday: 11
Narragansett on Easter morning, with Matthew, from deserted Narragansett High School. Mostly roads, with beach and two trails mixed in. Ocean Road parking spaces were completely barricaded, but running and walking was allowed. No issue with social distancing, except for on the Crooked Brook Trail with the two separate people and two dogs we encountered.
Strange not to have Easter dinner with my Mom, but just not worth the risk with COVID-19. Low key day with catching up with my brothers, mother, and oldest son by phone only.
Weekly mileage: 46
Weekly highlight: Carolina Management run. Felt great and re-experienced (is that a word?) fun single-track that I hadn't been on in years.
Weekly lowlight: Just the oddity of Easter away from most of my relatives. Easter is far from my favorite holiday, and social distancing is not only the law but good common sense, but the isolation still is strange and unnatural.
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