Monday - 0.
Tuesday - 2 - Mile Creek Preserve, Old Lyme. Finished the demolition at the new jobsite for the day, and I had just enough time to run a clockwise/counterclockwise loop at this small preserve up the street. Rolled my ankle pretty good on a sketchy, rooty bog section, but a really cool little spot with multiple stream crossings. Pouring rain, too - what's not to like?
Wednesday - 7.5 - Oil Change Special, Westerly/Pawcatuck. A rare Wednesday lay day at work meant getting shit done, and I was able to get some easy miles in while the wife's car was getting fixed. Happy National Running Day, everyone!
Thursday - 5 - Rocky Neck SP, East Lyme. I found a parking area two minutes from the jobsite I'm working at for the next couple weeks, so I scoped out the Strava segments for Rocky Neck. Turns out there are lots. I ran marked and unmarked trails, got my bearings, and figured out where some of the segments began/ended. I scored 1 CR out of 4 I tried, and missed the others by just a bit. Fun time after work on a cool day!
Friday - 0
Saturday - 0. Intentional zero, see below.
Sunday - 18.2 - Goodwin Forest 30k Trail Race, Hampton CT. This was a last-minute decision, made Thursday night. I texted fellow WTAC'er Ryan Woolley about the race, as he'd mentioned he wanted to start doing some distance trail stuff. He was in! I also texted WTAC'er Joe, who I'd heard was headed up there. Woolley drove up with his wife and got there just in time. Joe and I made the drive up and got there early.
This is a trails weekend race, and is part of the Grand Tree series, as well as the CT Blue-blazed trail race series. Perfect weather greeted us: sunny skies, low humidity and 60 degrees. I also ran into friends Gary and Carly, and after a short set of instructions, we lined up and were off and running!
Pre race instructions: don't get lost!
Lining up for the start!
This being a 10k/30k, the mass start meant both distances crammed into the first few miles. After the Governor's Island turnaround, us longer distance folks split off and headed toward the real "meat and potatoes" northern part of the course.
I had fallen into a group that included Joe and a friend of his, Carly, and myself. Carly and I were chatting away, and ended up running pretty much the entire race together. Nice to have somebody to talk to, when I'd otherwise have been in no man's land for quite a while.
I finished in 3:33, good for 48th place out of 77 runners. Joe? A few minutes and four places ahead of me. And Woolley? Won the whole damn thing in 2:03, a ridiculous number and one that Joe and I couldn't wrap our heads around on the drive home. Crazy fast, and his longest run to date???
This is my log. There are many like it, but this one is mine...
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