Closing out February: Week of 2-23 to 3-1

March begins on Sunday, and along with it hopefully we'll see some warmer days.  I don't mind some cold, and some snow, but we're on target to finish February as the coldest month in CT since the started recording weather.  Like, EVER.  Races have even been cancelled because of it, which really sucks for the people who put down good money on hotels, made travel plans, etc...So bring on Spring, dammit!  I'm ready for it.

Monday, 2-23 - 0 Miles.  1 hour karate class, followed by some weights/light stretching.

Tuesday, 2-24 - 0 Miles.

Wednesday, 2-25 - 4 Miles (Treadmill) - Short interval workout. - Daughter got sent home sick, so in between household stuff, I squeezed in a good 4 mile workout on the treadmill, with intervals.  Slow start to the week, and I'm hoping for some bigger and better things for the weekend!

Thursday, 2-26 - 0 Miles.

Friday, 2-27 - 4.6 Miles (Trail/Road) - Lantern Hill run, and afternoon dog jog.  Decided to hit Lantern Hill to see how bad it was.  Quite a bit of snowshoe/xc ski activity on the main trails, so I tried to stay on that for the most part.  Some postholing though, and the last section I ran/walked before I finished up was untouched for at least a month:

But as always, a great time in the woods!

Saturday, 2-28 - 3 Miles (Road) - Downtown Westerly park and roads to close out the month.  Was in town running errands, and squeezed in this run.  All good, until I fully wiped out on an icy patch of sidewalk near the Y, and ultimately cut the run short.  Hit the ground hard, but not enough blood to make a highlight reel...and screw you. February!  You sucked.

Sunday, 3-1 - 7.5 Miles (Beach/Road) - Watch Hill run.  Met up with Jim H., who wanted to run but hadn't since over a month ago.  I suggested Watch Hill, as it was gonna be low-ish tide and we could run the beach.  Great time out to Napatree and back, and we saw another runner approaching on the beach.  Hey, it's WTAC member Ben Moon!  He joined us, and we headed off the beach and down to the lighthouse, then ran Jim back to his car at 4 miles.  Ben and I tacked on an extra 3.5 miles and finished up.  Great way to kick off March!