Monday: 12
Exeter, RI. First day back from cross-country trip. Ran my "classic loop" with Brady at Arcadia, with several stream stops, a dunk in Breakheart Brook, and a swim and soak in Wood River at the check station upon completion. Other than pesky deerflies (11 DFKs), this was a really nice run.
Tuesday: 0
Easy to find excuses not to run, and I have a few here I could list, but really it's poor planning on my part.
Tuesday evening was my debut as Race Director of Battle of Stonington 5K. I made a few mistakes (like forgetting to order porta-jons until race day - YIKES), but scrambled and got them covered with runners none the wiser. Race went off well with nothing but minor issues most people didn't even notice, but I certainly made some notes to help me improve next year.
Wednesday: 8
Charlestown, RI. Ran VG loop with Brady, and then jumped off the docks in the usual spot. A few deerflies trailing Brady in just a couple of places, but no DFKs today at all. So that's something to celebrate.
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| Post-run fun at Watchaug Pond |
Thursday: 8
Westerly, RI. Wahaneeta / Woody run with Brady. OK, so I found out the deerflies aren't completely gone, but at just 2 for this area, they certainly are waning.
Friday: 0
Saturday: 12
Charlestown, RI. Humid, muddy, and buggy. Extended VG loop with Brady from Burlingame campground. Deerflies were just awful today, so hopefully they're making their last hurrah for the summer. Mid-run we had light sprinkles, and since I was already drenched from the 95% humidity, I was hoping for a downpour, but it didn't come. Jumped in the pond at North Camp Beach. No one there but was surprised to see a person paddle by on a SUP. They must have come a ways.
I didn't put back on my soaked singlet after getting out of the water and the deerflies were relentlessly taking advantage of that. I couldn't wait to get out to Cool Spring Road, because I knew for the remaining three or so miles after that there would likely be zero deerflies. Jumped off the docks with Brady for our final run break. Good run overall; just miserable weather and bug conditions.
Sunday: 15 ride, 1 walk
AM: Westerly, RI. Ride through Avondale, Watch Hill, and Misquamicut, catching up with a few RWYC'ers before heading off to breakfast with my Mom and Mark before he returns to Georgia.
PM: Westerly, RI. Late afternoon walk at Avondale with Jana and Brady.
Weekly mileage: 39 run, 15 ride, 3 walk
Weekly synopsis: Hot and steamy week, with low mileage.
Weekly highlight: Classic run at Arcadia.
Weekly lowlight: Deerflies. Miserable creatures.
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