Groton, CT. Eschewed my normal "Monday off" and ran short and easy with Matthew and Brady at Haley Farm State Park, before work meetings commenced for the day. Need to get more early morning runs in, especially as the temperature is trending much warmer of late.
Tuesday: 2 walk, 6 run
Westerly, RI. Two mile walk at Cottrell Preserve while cutting the final section of trail. Started blazing the trail (red) but ran out of time.
Charlestown, RI. Late afternoon run with Brady on Sammy C's. Really tired. Ran down to North Camp so Brady could get a water break, as it was about 70°. Brady just laid down in Watchaug Pond, and put his head under the water. A couple of mountain bikers and hikers out there, but quiet overall.
Wednesday: 12
Charlestown, RI. Burlingame with Brady. Went reasonably early (8am) before it got warm. Ran VG loop, plus North Camp, Burlingame Trail, and a little bit of Kimball. Good run!
Thursday: 10
Exeter, RI. 5 miles on roads from Yawgoo Valley Ski Area. 2-mile warmup in the rain with Matthew, and 5 x Yawgoo Valley Road hill (150' elevation on 0.3 miles). When we started the first one, I was questioning how I could finish five, but obviously I got through it, albeit each one slower than the previous. Truly.
Charlestown, RI. 5 miles. The plan after the road hill workout was to run the trails at the ski area, but a female employee came outside and quickly put the kibosh on that idea. Probably something to do with trespassing and liability. Oh well. So what's Plan B? How about a cooldown at Ninigret? Changed into trail shoes, and violated more rules by running the Ninigret Wildlife Refuge trails.
Friday: 13
AM: Exeter, RI. 5 miles. After dropping Matthew off early (6am) at Wickford train station (he needed to go back to UNH early for graduation related activities), it was a straight shot west on Route 102 to Arcadia. Parked at JB Hudson and ran a lollipop CCW around Breakheart Pond and back. Didn't see a soul out there until we passed an older gentleman starting his hike just as we were finishing up. A little earlier than I would like, but it was nice to get out there and get it done.
PM: Madbury, NH. 8 miles. Drove up to NH in the afternoon, sans Brady this time. We got a neighbor to watch him as it would have been cruel for him to stay in the car for several hours in the heat during graduation exercises. Anyway, met up with Matthew, who gave me a tour of one of his local college running haunts, Kingman Farm. Quite a mix of trails. My favorites were the single-track trails in dense pine forests.
Saturday: 8
York, ME. Mount Agamenticus. Another 5am wake-up, but this would be the only window for me to run before going to Matthew's graduation at UNH, so well worth it. This was some really good hill training. Normally I love running on long flat rock surfaces, but today it was wet with 100% humidity and that just made the rock surfaces slippery. So I avoided the wet rocks where possible, and where not possible, slowed down. I need to get in more hill training.
Side note: Although Matthew knew most of the route, it was a nice saving feature to rely on the navigation feature on my Fenix 5S.
Sunday: 10
Westerly, RI. Back home. The temps were in the low 60s, but I felt hot with the direct sun. In retrospect, I should not have brought Brady on this [mostly] road run, as he was quickly lagging. Ran with the lead RWYC group for a bit, but Brady just slowing down, so we dropped back and took a break in the shade before continuing on. Once we got to the ocean at East Beach, he jumped right in and then was back to himself, sprinting through the water. I felt badly when he saw a woman throw a tennis ball to her black lab puppy and Brady outsprinted the pup and took his ball into the ocean with him. I apologized to the woman, called Brady out of the ocean, and told him to drop the ball. Fortunately, she didn't seem to mind, and we then continued on.
Weekly mileage: 65 run, 2 walk
Weekly synopsis: This was a great running week! Seven days of running, 5,700' elevation gain, 65 miles, four states, hills, flats, roads, trails, and beach. Highest elevation gain in running since last June (Mount Washington Road Race).
Weekly highlight: Running at Mount Agamenticus in southern Maine. Would have been better if the surface had been dry and if any visibility instead of the socked in fog, but it was still a really good run.
Weekly lowlight: Return of heat and humidity, with plenty more of that to come.
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