Westerly, RI. Took the day off from running after yesterday's 5K race. Only exercise was a walk with Brady and Jana late afternoon.
Tuesday: 1 walk, 11 run
AM: Westerly, RI. CCC. First experiment with installing water boards at Grills. Probably very few people use the steep eroded trail on the south side of Big Hill, but our successful new Grills Trail Race does, so that's reason enough to try to tackle the erosion issue. The trail was poorly built probably decades ago as it's just straight up and down, but as we're not building new trails and we don't want a cone turnaround on the race course, we'll continue to use this trail. Drove in as far as we could and then lugged a couple of 2" x 6" pressure-treated boards out to and up Big Hill, as well as various tools including pick-axes and shovels. Set a plan in motion. To be continued next week.
PM: Charlestown, RI. Quonnie run from Dave's Coffee. Ran the route I normally run, except this time I got really crazy and ran it in reverse. When I run a trail route in reverse, it can often feel like a completely different route, but with roads, not so much. Enjoyed almost no traffic and comfortable temps in the mid-40s.
Wednesday: 8
Charlestown, RI. Final surveillance run on course, before Sunday's race. 4-mile course needs some minor snipping of overhanging briars in a few places. 8-mile course is in great shape, but bog bridges sure were slippery post-rain. Even Brady almost went down.
Thursday: 9
Exeter, RI. Easy run with Brady at Arcadia. Lollipop on JB Hudson to Breakheart to Shelter back to JB Hudson. Not a soul out there!
Friday: 1 walk, 4 run
AM: Stonington, CT. Walk at Pafford Woods with Jana and Brady before picking up cider at Clyde's Cider Mill. 8 gallons for Li'l Rhody race on Sunday, 1 gallon and a few apple cider doughnuts (yolo) for us.
PM: Charlestown, RI. Continued Li'l Rhody volunteer efforts. Ran the 4-mile course while wielding and using loppers to remove some overgrowth. It snowed! Flurries, and didn't stick, but snow none the less.
Saturday: 10
AM: Charlestown, RI. 3 miles. Easy shake-out and strides at Burlingame Campground with Brady.
PM: Charlestown, RI. 7 miles. Course marking. We divided into three teams, and I had the 4-mile course to mark. So how come I ran 7 miles and not 4? Well, because I'm not too bright and I way underestimated the number of flags needed, so I had to run back to get more flags and then run back to resume where I left off. I must have put down 300 pink flags on that course, but there are a lot of leaves down and some of the course is not really a trail at all but rather just where we initially decided to go through the woods and campsites.
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| After marking the first turn of the 4-mile course, from the very leaf-covered Sanctuary Road onto very leaf-covered trails |
Sunday: 9
Charlestown, RI. Li'l Rhody Runaround. Race report to follow separately.
Weekly mileage: 51 run, 3 walk
Weekly synopsis: Another rudderless week of running post-marathon. No issues, but little motivation either. Good thing I had the LRR this week to focus on. Figure it out, man!
Weekly highlight: Li'l Rhody Runaround! Fun and successful.
Weekly lowlight: Only my lack of running discipline with no key races or plans on the horizon.
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