Monday: 1 walk
Planned to get in a run today. No dice. Doctor said the body needs a day of recovery. OK. Went for a neighborhood post-dinner walk instead.
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| Last night's clear-liquid dinner: A bowl of berry Jello-O and white cranberry juice. Yum. Not. I'm starved. |
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| Fast forward to tonight's dinner: Grilled salmon, grilled brussels sprouts, and steamed rice. I would have been happy with just a bowl of rice, so this was awesome. It's funny how you take things for granted. |
Tuesday: 4
Easy late afternoon run with Brady at Woody Hill from Fallon Trail.
Wednesday: 9
Another Woody Hill run with Brady. This time at 8am, and it was great that absolutely nobody was out there!
Thursday: 6
Late afternoon run with Brady at Barn Island. Pretty quiet there, and absolutely no one else on the single-track trails. Trails a little wet and muddy in a few spots after last night's downpours, but nothing wrong with a little mud from time to time. We got out to Wequetequock Cove, and Brady just sprinted into the water. So much fun to watch!
Friday: 6
Afternoon: 2 mile fail on Mystic trails. Just flooded in so many areas. Pouted and gave up.
Evening: 4 mile workout with Justin and Kevin. This was the 2nd Friday in a row that Justin was organizing a track workout. When I arrived, Justin asked when was the last time that I ran a track workout. I said at least a year, but looking through Strava, the correct answer is 2 years and 3 months ago! Ran 2x800 (2:51, 2:52) and 3x400 (78, 77, 78). Actually the times were better than I expected, but man did I feel out of shape. I can't imagine I would get out there to run this on my own.
Saturday: 8
WTAC group run of the month. This was the 3rd monthly edition, attended by about a dozen runners, and led by Justin Pearce. Got there an hourly early to help Justin flag the course (roads in Avondale and Watch Hill) and get in a warm-up. For the 1st Saturday in April, it was a chilly 28° when I got up and 33° at start with a light breeze.
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| About a dozen runners for the April WTAC group run today. |
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| Clever and kind of funny sign posted at Avondale Preserve. It really is an issue. I don't get it; makes us dog owners look bad. You already did the hard part; just bring it home. |
Ran the group run with Nick. We were just talking away for the run and I didn't realize we had dropped the pace from 7:30 first mile gradually down to 6:15 for the final mile. A few of the rest of the group said we just took off, but it really wasn't intended that way. Good catch up with the group.
Sunday: 15
Easter Sunday.
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| Remember those days of yesteryear with Easter egg hunts in the yard? Yeah, those days are gone with the boys grown and out of state now. (Easter 2001 at our house in Charlestown, Mark and Matthew) |
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| Or remember when there were Easter family gatherings? Yeah, not happening with COVID. (Easter 2019 at our house, with my Mom, brother and sister-in-law's family) |
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| Easter 2021: This was my only semblance to Easter today: Eating a Cadbury creme egg! |
Brady and I plotted out a fun trail run today at Yawgoog / Canonchet / Green Falls, with one connecting loop in each of those areas. We even ran into Bill Bentley and Sharon out at Green Falls and caught up for a bit, until Brady was losing patience and wanted to continue the run. Visited seven ponds on our rather technical run today: Long Pond, Ell Pond, Yawgoog Pond, Wincheck Pond, Green Falls Pond, and Hidden Lake.
We did get to see Matthew today, although only for an hour in a non-descript parking lot in MA, due to a car issue. Jana and I had a very non-traditional Easter dinner at a Mexican restaurant in Warwick on the way home. Oh well. Easter is not as high on my calendar as other holidays, like Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Weekly mileage: 47 run, 1 walk
Weekly synopsis: Kind of a weird week health and holiday wise, but got in decent mileage and had a great trail run to close out the week.
Weekly highlight: The Easter trail run at Yawgoog, to be sure.
Weekly lowlight: Nothing running related.
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