Monday, 7-14 - 3 Miles (Track) - Black Belt candidate track workout, Westerly. So I have two Stonington kids and a Westerly kid, three teenagers who are starting off on the right foot and asking for help with their running, at 4 months out from the test. They have to do a 3 miler in 30 minutes or less (as do I). Seems easy enough, unless you haven't been training, or don't consider yourself to be a runner. This is the part of the test that scares the Hell out of most people, as it's the beginning of a 4 hour sufferfest...
We started out with a 9-ish mile, and then eased off a bit, but I added some 200m fast, 200m slow bits, and tried to explain why the track is important, which I'm just starting to grasp. Good second day, humid and breezy, but progress is being made! I wish more kids were this proactive :)
Tuesday, 7-15 - 1.5 Miles (Trail) - Lantern Hill trail fail. I put on all the bug spray, a hat, and set out for a little trail action. The second I hit the trail, the deerflies and other assorted biting things were on me, and didn't seem to give a shit about my coating of Deep Woods OFF! I had them hitting my neck, face, eyes...and pulled the plug at 1.5 miles. Will try again tomorrow, the humidity was pretty thick as well...
WTF (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) - 0 Miles - Had the kids, and worked Thurs.-Fri., and a run just didn't happen. No worries, rest is a good thing, although Mike B. did text me on day three to make sure I was alright...
Saturday, 7-19 - 4 Miles (Trail/Road) - Scoping out some new (new to me, anyway) unmarked trails off Lantern Hill Road. Sketchy feeling knowing that this was where that whole "Hybrid Wolfdog" scare from a few months ago happened, but on the construction job Friday, I noticed a fairly well-traveled trail across the street. Didn't quite get to that one due to time constraints, but did find a couple of other trails off the road. Got lost on one, but not for long, and had to muck my way through a swampy area, but I was able to connect it to the Foxwoods trails, which adds a bit more to an already cool trail system! Good stuff :)
Always a good day for a trail run...
Lantern Hill, as seen from across the pond
Sunday, 7-20 - 13.3 Miles (Road) - Local HM loop. Needed an easy, long-ish run. Roads were the best time-wise, so I set out on this overcast day toward the beach, breezy and a bit humid but not bad! Then Lori called and said they were skipping the beach so I changed the route. Stopped at my "aid station," the Mobil at the I-95 truck stop exit, to refill my handheld and rinse off with some water. The girls there were not taken aback at my sweaty mug buying drinks. Good slow run, and felt about right with hydration/fuel...
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