Intentional day off from running. Avondale walk with Brady late afternoon.
Tuesday: 3 walk, 11 run
AM: Westerly, RI. Leading a team of six, we carved a new trail at Barlow Preserve through a stand of American Cedars. A pretty short trail, but neat to add to the small collection of trails at this property.
PM: Charlestown, RI. Solo run from Ninigret on Charlestown roads. First time ever running on South Niantic Drive. I didn't even know that North Niantic and South Niantic connected, but there is a short trail connector, and South Niantic is nice with a waterview. I checked on Charlestown town GIS and see that the trail is a paper road, so although it runs close to roads, it seems like a public route. Good to know. Faster than expected run at 6:37 average pace.
Wednesday: 8
Charlestown, RI. Lazily deferred running until mid-afternoon due to heavy rain. Got to Burlingame Campground with Matthew about 3pm and was happy to start in just a few sprinkles. Well, that lasted for about two minutes before we got into a heavy soaking rain. Oh, well. It's just water after all.
Got to a section of flooded road in West Beach. Matthew opted to just run through the flooded road and was fine. I thought I was being smart running onto a neighbor's lawn to avoid the flooded road. It didn't work out that way. Stepped into a puddle in his yard that was about knee-deep, and down I went, awkwardly falling with my right knee bashing into paver stones and my palms hitting loose rock in his driveway. Man, did that hurt. Yet another bloody knee. How many does that make this year?
The rest of the run was uneventful. The weather alternated between sprinkles and heavy rain, but regardless, at every subsequent section of flooded road, I ran through the flooded section!
Thursday: 12
AM: Exeter, RI. Five mile run with Brady in Arcadia circumnavigating Breakheart Pond. Bashed knee felt pretty sore. Kept it slow. Brady led the whole time and had to keep waiting for me.
PM: Westerly, RI. Seven miles during WTAC Jingle Bell Run, including setup and takedown.
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| Trail running under headlamps (Dave and Matt ahead of me) |
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| Directional signs with LED lights |
Friday: 8
Richmond, RI. With Matthew and Brady at Carolina South and Carolina North. Easy run. Jingle Bell Run tomorrow.
Saturday: 7
East Lyme, CT. Niantic Jingle Bell 5K. Separate write-up to follow.
Sunday: 5 run, 4 walk
AM: Westerly, RI. Run with Brady at Grills, while flagging this afternoon's hike course.
PM: Westerly, RI. Led a group of about 30 on Westerly Land Trust's Fire & Ice Holiday Hike. Mostly went well, but was disappointed by those that didn't pay attention and didn't follow the flags. And of course once one person misses a turn and goes off course, it's human nature that others follow.
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| So happy to see snow falling and sticking in the evening! Helps put me in the holiday spirit. |
Weekly mileage: 52 run, 9 walk
Weekly synopsis: Mixed bag. One race, mix of road and trail runs. Zero long runs or workouts.
Weekly highlight: Tuesday Charlestown road run. Just felt great.
Weekly lowlight: Bashing my knee on stone pavers. Ouch.
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