Mt. Greylock week! Week of 6-15 to 6-21

The Mt. Greylock Trail Race half marathon is this Sunday, and I'm excited about it.  I had a lot of fun at this race last year, and I'm hoping for the same thing on this go around.  Super fun climb to the top, and a great set of trails on the backside of the mountain.  Can't wait.  And now I have a time to beat!  Last year my time was 2:59, and I was happy to squeak in just below the 3:00 mark.  This year I expect to do much better...(Update, see below...)

In other news...I'm officially registered for the inaugural Cat's Tail Trail Marathon, set for October 3rd in Shandaken, NY, in the Catskill Mountains!  The race has prerequisites for entry, and is limited to 100 runners.  I somehow managed to qualify...more here:

Cat's Tail Trail Marathon

And there's somewhere between 7-8k of vertical ascent on this point-to-point course.  Sweet!  So this will be my big Fall race for 2015...I do love the Nipmuck race (same weekend), but I really wanted to give this one a shot...

= Awesome

And just like that, my "dance card" for 2015 is pretty well set!  Trail heavy, and leaning toward longer distance races, with some short road stuff closer to home.  More to follow...

Monday - 0.

Tuesday - 0.

Wednesday - 3.  Rocky Neck cruise.  Officially (sort of) done with the Old Lyme job, so I squeezed in a short run before work.  3 mile loop of RN trails, and I could feel the biting flies pinging off my hat as I blundered my way through the spider webs.  Ahhh, Summer!  Nothing like showing up to work a sweaty, hot mess...

Thursday - 3 (Not 2.5, Garmin!).  Perry Woods Preserve.  After work, and on my way to pick up the dog from day care (yes, we do), I swung by this Avalonia property, which has really nice trails and a bunch of unmarked stuff beyond their land.  I think my Garmin is screwing me on distance though, actually I'm fairly certain of it.  I was moving much faster than a 10 minute pace, and I felt like I covered more distance than it showed...

Friday - 3 - Lantern Hill run w/Woolley. - Got started too late for a medium-length run, but still got a good 3 miles in on Lantern, and I showed Woolley some of the good climbs to be had there.  We were looking for something longer but ran outta time.

Update:  The wife threw her back out today, and is walking crooked...speaking from experience, this is gonna last several days, so I'm smartly pulling the plug on Greylock this time around.  Bummer.  I'll run long close to home on Sunday though, and make up a good route for it...

Saturday - Possible NT maintenance hike with gear and blaze paint.

Sunday - Mt. Greylock trail half marathon aborted, long local run?