Because you can't, you won't, and you don't stop! Week of 1-11 to 1-17

OH YEAH...



Monday - 0. - Worky work work.

Tuesday - 2 Miles - Hewitt Farm.  Got back from work with twenty minutes to spare before picking up the child, and squeezed in a quickie at Hewitt.  Great trails!

Wednesday - 0.  Effin' cold!  Spent time when I got home making reservations for Breakneck, 7 Sisters, and Cayuga, and settling on an appropriate training schedule for the 50 miler.  Yes, I have a treadmill.  No, I don't want to use it.  However, it may become necessary given the unpredictable New England winters.  I don't wanna, but might hafta...

Thursday - 6 Miles - Chilly, hilly run to Jonathan Edwards Winery and back.  Turns out, it's exactly 3 miles to the parking lot of the winery from my house.  Good to know!  Feckin' cold at the top of the hill, too.  And I wasn't exactly trying for it, but I missed my best time on two segments by 1 and 2 seconds, respectively...whoops.  Good progression run, with progressively faster splits on the uphill as well as the downhill return.  Felt good!

Friday - 1.8 Miles - Short Fowler trail run w/Henry.

Saturday - 9 Miles - 6+ Mile beach run w/Jim to T. Swift's place and back, and 2.5+ run at Lantern Hill.  Both great runs!  Was cruising through Westerly to drop off the dog at the groomers, when Jim texted me about running on the beach.  In the rain, wind, at high tide?  Why not!  I'd wanted to close out the climbing challenge, but this was too good to pass up.  In the afternoon, I made a trip to the transfer station, and as the weather had calmed down, went after that Strava elevation badge.  Got it!

Sunday - 8 Miles - 6.5 Bluff/Haley trails, 1.5 trails at home with Henry.  So I've been scoping out the Groton X-Town trail, done most of it piecemeal, and wanted to do an out/back on it.  I'm generally not too jazzed about running at Bluff Point, as the main track is pretty mundane.  No, I'm not hating on Bluff!  I just haven't been wowed by the trails there (wait for it...).  I set out toward Haley Farm, hoping to make the connector through Mortimer Preserve to the other sections I already knew.  Sadly, none of the trails there are marked, I second guessed myself enough to get lost-ish.  When I ended up back at the main Haley lot, I threw in the towel and headed back toward Bluff...and this was when I turned onto the red dot trail.  Awesome!!!  Great singletrack trails all over the interior hills of Bluff Point, and I had a blast scampering around them.  Fun climbs, mildly technical, and so much fun.  I'll be back for more there :)