After the Run4Kerri, I really didn't do a whole lot until the last week or so. Between the heat, family obligations and my work schedule, I really had my motivation sucked out of me for a bit. I can run in heat or humidity, but the combination of both is really not enjoyable at all. But I really love to run, and where and when I have been able to, it's been memorable. The last week has been better, and I feel like the cooler temps are on their way. I need them to be on their way!
I've vowed to not do any races until the end of September. Gonna try to keep to that?
I'm up to #1 on the Ghost Train waitlist, so it's probable I'll get in, and it looks like ultra-badass runner and friend John Peabody has offered to pace me somewhere after 30 miles (TARC Rule #14), and before 100 miles...so Holy Shit..
8-8 - 3 Miles. Lantern Hill run w/Jim.
8-11 - 4 Miles. High Tide. I thought I could beat the heat after work and suffer through some high tide sand at Misquamicut, and I did, but it was a rough trade. The upside was cooling off in the Ocean after the run, very nice...
8-14 - 3.5 Miles. Heat Index Hill Repeats, Exeter. What do you do when the heat index is 104 degrees? Stupidly find a technical trail section or two and bang out hill repeats until you're borderline heat stroke. I even rolled ice cubes into a Buff to cool my neck, but they melted so fast it made little difference. HOT.
8-18 - 3 Miles. Castle Craig up/down. Just a short, painful climb and descent at Hubbard Park. Tons of people hunting Pokemon, including two thug kids who almost walked into my truck. Tense for a second, then comical as they turned and found the creature, danced around for a bit and left. Zombie apocalypse in Meriden!
8-21 - 12-ish Miles. - Pachaug State Forest. Back on track, in spite of the heat. I did a long loop that included Mt. Misery, returned to the truck to change fluid bottles, and did an up/over 2 more times and back to the truck. Still hot.
8-22 - 3+ Miles. Rocky Neck run w/Adam B. - One of our old friends Adam has gotten into road running the last few years, and is really interested in trails. I was on my way home and hit him up for a short run in East Lyme. Great time there, I even showed him the "Twisty" segment that I'm safeguarding for Chris G. until he gets back from CA (Ha!). Great trails there!
8-23 - 3 Miles. Narragansett Trail maintenance. I really needed to get out to one particular section of the NT, to clear/check the trail for ease of use. A couple of blowdowns, and some trimming back, now I just need to update some blazes and it's all good!
8-24 - 3.5 Miles. Bluff Point loop. I got crap for this (Thanks, Beth!), but I had a small window before I picked up my dog. I did push the pace a bit, and PR'd the loop in spite of the heat. I'm done with this fucking heat, by the way. Not enjoying it at all.
8-26 - 6 Miles. Newport, RI. Short vacation with Lori. I got up early, and ran down Bellevue past the mansions, until I reached the start of the Cliff Walk, which hugs the rocky RI coastline, and consists of dirt path, rocks, and paved footpath. Great run, although still very humid and warm...
8-27 - 8+ Miles. Newport, RI and Groton, CT. Early 5 mile beach/road/cliff walk run in Newport, with a cool NW breeze blowing. Humid but not terrible! Tried my hand at two segments: one, a short uphill which I did really well at until my hotel room key flew out of my handheld. I slowed down to make sure it was ok, finished the segment and then went back to retrieve it; the second, a longer Cliff Walk segment from Narragansett Ave. to the end by the beach, which I started slow and picked up the pace too slow to do really well on. Next time, but still fun!
I also had time for a few miles before I picked up our dog from day care, so I hit the trails at the Copp Park, where the dog park is. Good sweaty 3-mile run.
8-28 - 9+ Miles. Dog Jog, and sunset loop on local roads. Wife's birthday meant tailoring my run around the day's events, and I also wanted to wait for the heat to subside. Ran the dog for a bit, then set out for another 8 miles solo, which included a really nice sunset and quickly darkening roads. Good cruisy run!
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