Summer Breeze! Week of 6-13 to 6-19

It's the first week of Summer vacation for most kids, and I'm already scrambling to juggle a few extra things now, and try to squeeze in a few runs somewhere.  If there's waves, I'm gonna get in the water as well.  Been way too long.  Oh yeah, and get the Taylor Swift beach run in at some point with Mike B.!  That's a good barefoot 10-miler.  And some running with the dog, as he goes to daycare during the week, but hasn't had his trail runs with me in a while.  But the weather's great this week, near 80 every day and a nice breeze blowin'...

A Gazellian Jam?

Monday - Wednesday - 0 Miles.  Work, work, and work!

Thursday - 3 Miles (Hike).  Green Falls pond loop trail with the kids and the dog.  Perfect day, and an impromptu day off, and already bored daughter/nephew/dog = trail hike!  A good time was had by all, especially Henry, who swam in all the water.

Friday - 5 Miles.  Hot Castle Craig run.  Got done with work early, and decided that a Castle beatdown was in order.  Took a fairly direct route to the top, and continued on the Mattabesett (Blue) trail toward the cell towers, then turned at 2 miles, and ran the tricky, technical trail descent above the reservoir, finishing with the auto road back to the parking lot.  Hot, sweaty, and hilly!

Saturday - 5 Miles.  Barefoot Beach Run, Misquamicut.  Perfect day!  And an unplanned progression run, felt pretty good!

Sunday - 13 Miles - Father's Day run(s) - 3 on Hewitt Trails w/Jim, and 10 on the beach w/Mike B. - What a great day.  Perfect weather.  Met Jim for a short trail run early, and managed to execute a perfect swan dive into the dirt.  Minimal blood, but plenty of scrapes and filth.  Glad it was there and not at Breakneck or 7 Sisters!  After that, went home, had a monster breakfast and drove down to Misquamicut for another fantastic day at the beach, where Mike B. and I did the "Full Taylor Swift" 10-miler, from Weekapaug to her mega-cottage and back.  Negative splits again, and probably too peppy a pace for me, but a really fun run.  Looked for the elusive Gazelle at Town Beach, but didn't locate him...next week, then!