Hey, Taylor!!! Weeks of 6-27 to 7-3 and 7-4 to 7-10

Yeah, buddy!  I'm working a new job, close to home, and trying to get the hard part out of the way, which is the demolition.  Ripping up old-school plaster walls with metal lathe corner bead, floors down to the joists, cast-iron tub, etc. so I'm gonna get a workout in the predicted high temperatures.

Lots of beach weather also means some TS 10-milers!  Barefoot!  And no bugs!

I also have a hilly 7-mile trail race on 7-10...

The race, the TARC Blue Hills Skyline Trail Run, is a 12k race at the Blue Hills Reservation outside Boston.  Not a very far drive from my place, and my kind of race!  7+ hilly miles split between technical and steep climbs/descents, and rolling single/double track trails.  Oh, and a fantastic view of the Boston skyline on a clear day.  I was 27th overall last year in 1:43.  Interestingly, only one runner has ever finished in under an hour!  So it's a pretty badass, technical course with almost 2,000' vertical, and put on by the well-organized and laid-back crew of the Trail Animals Running Club.  No bibs!  No shirt!  Low entry fee!  You run, and at the end of the race, they hand you a popsicle stick with your finishing number on it, which gets recorded in the results.  Screaming downhill finish on a small ski slope?  Sold!

Monday - Friday - 0 Miles.  Demolition.

Saturday - 10 Miles.  Taylor Swift beach run, Misquamicut.  One of my favorites, and pretty much the only time I run barefoot.  Great Summer run from the Weekapaug jetty out to Taylor's place and back, Peppy pace, 8:20 average, with negative splits descending down to a low 7-minute average.  Good stuff!  And still no Taylor at the halfway point with some cold lemonade...someday :)

Sunday - 0 Miles.

Monday, 7-4 - 10 Miles.  Happy 4th!  Taylor Swift run again, but with Mike B. in tow!  Hot day and a headwind out, nothing but heat and a sweaty negotiation of the massive crowds at Town and State beaches.  Great time!

Tuesday - Thursday - 0 Miles.  More Demolition.

Friday - 4+ Miles. - Lantern Hill, or "Until the Bugs Caught Me!"

Saturday - 5.2 Miles.  Dark Sky Borderlands trail run with Faith.  Her last-ish long-ish trail run before her 100k, and WTF!  I couldn't be more proud!!!

Sunday - TARC Race.  Did a long recap, and it failed to post! - 1900' of gain in 7 miles, slippery from the rain, and I scored a 5+ minute PR on a tough course.  Nice.