Monday, 6/17: 9 miles / 66:20 / 7:22 pace on the rail trail west from the Epping depot with Brandon and one of his former athletes, Garrett. Temps in the low 80s but fairly dry. Love the soft surface of the trail.
Tuesday: 4.85 mile solo ride in the Meadows. Bent the derailleur climbing a stone wall.
Wednesday: Off - last day of work and enter summer vacation!
Thursday: 5 trail miles / 45 minutes through the woods behind the new house and Bow Lake. Felt average, which isn't exactly a good thing. Great to start getting a sense of the trails!
Friday: 9.7 miles in 66 minutes riding at Bear Brook. Repeated the loop I did in April. Very good, albeit wet and rainy, fun riding. Finished feeling pumped and hungry for more.
Saturday: 9 miles / 89 minutes in the Exeter Town Forest - this was a good slow run through the woods. Never really pushed it but nice and loopy toward the end with no breakfast in my belly. Took a spill around 7 miles in and controlled it nicely... good practice. Coincidentally, the Exeter Trail Race started shortly after we finished up running. Absolutely would have run it!
Sunday: Disc golf with dad and Colin.
Summary:
Solid week. Wish I'd run the Exeter Trail Race. Sore from Saturday, anyway.
The daily meanderings of a New England runner
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Week 22: 6/10-6/16
Monday, 6/10 - Off. Made an offer on a house. There's a lot more involved in that process than I realized. I probably needed the day to let my right hamstring relax a little bit. It has been tight ever since the 400s on Saturday. Definitely feeling better on Tuesday as I write this.
Tuesday, 6/11 - 5 miles / 35 minutes mostly roads with Drew. Plan was 4x800 but his knee was nagging him and my hamstring was oddly tender so we opted for a shorter cruise around the campus. Felt refreshed at run's end. Ran into Max and his dog and later we saw Andy, Owen, Theo and Trevor out for short run. Summer training is heating up!
Wednesday, 6/12 - 6 miles / 39:5x / 6:39 pace - I couldn't decide what to do today. I intended to run Evans steady but I was running too hard so I cut west to do the horse barns loop which involves a bit of trail where then I intended to jump into College Woods... but when I got the UNH field house I realized I was near the last 1.5 miles of the Bobcat Bolt course. Since I was originally slated to run some 800s in preparation for that race (still not positive I'll be able to run it) I opted to push the pace directly back to the high school going 6:00 and 5:49. I was honestly a little surprised to find that pace sustainable. Definitely used my full stride today.
Thursday, 6/13 - Off - unsure of why I missed today. I don't remember.
Friday, 6/14 - 65 minutes on the mountain bike with Bassett and Butler.
Saturday, 6/15 - Off - No race. No run at all. Back is rigged up, probably from the ride yesterday.
Sunday, 6/16 - 39:16 - 6.1 miles 8:40 PM start on the Homecoming Loop. Homecoming Loop with Sloth. It was very muggy and a little rainy. Originally planned to add on Faculty for close to 9 miles but had major indigestion from Father's Day dinner. Speedy little run coming back the last few miles in the low 6s which was fun.
Summary: Not an awesome week. 17 miles running on three days and one decent bike ride. The good news is my average running pace was in the 6:40s. Hoping for a better week.
Down to 175 lbs.
Tuesday, 6/11 - 5 miles / 35 minutes mostly roads with Drew. Plan was 4x800 but his knee was nagging him and my hamstring was oddly tender so we opted for a shorter cruise around the campus. Felt refreshed at run's end. Ran into Max and his dog and later we saw Andy, Owen, Theo and Trevor out for short run. Summer training is heating up!
Wednesday, 6/12 - 6 miles / 39:5x / 6:39 pace - I couldn't decide what to do today. I intended to run Evans steady but I was running too hard so I cut west to do the horse barns loop which involves a bit of trail where then I intended to jump into College Woods... but when I got the UNH field house I realized I was near the last 1.5 miles of the Bobcat Bolt course. Since I was originally slated to run some 800s in preparation for that race (still not positive I'll be able to run it) I opted to push the pace directly back to the high school going 6:00 and 5:49. I was honestly a little surprised to find that pace sustainable. Definitely used my full stride today.
Thursday, 6/13 - Off - unsure of why I missed today. I don't remember.
Friday, 6/14 - 65 minutes on the mountain bike with Bassett and Butler.
Saturday, 6/15 - Off - No race. No run at all. Back is rigged up, probably from the ride yesterday.
Sunday, 6/16 - 39:16 - 6.1 miles 8:40 PM start on the Homecoming Loop. Homecoming Loop with Sloth. It was very muggy and a little rainy. Originally planned to add on Faculty for close to 9 miles but had major indigestion from Father's Day dinner. Speedy little run coming back the last few miles in the low 6s which was fun.
Summary: Not an awesome week. 17 miles running on three days and one decent bike ride. The good news is my average running pace was in the 6:40s. Hoping for a better week.
Down to 175 lbs.
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Week 21: Looking to summer
Monday, 6/3: 6.3 miles / 49 minutes - Camp Yavneh loops with Newbould. Kept things nice and easy. It was great to catch up, and also to learn there is in fact a connector between the two roads on the east side of the pond.
Tuesday, 6/4: 4.02 miles / 30:50 - In the Meadows. Mid-60s and overcast was just about perfect. First couple pretty easy then as I approached the hill on Saddleback Mtn Rd I decided I'd push a little bit and carried a harder effort the rest of the way home. Just a hair under 6min pace for the last half mile.
Wednesday, 6/5: 8.3 miles / 57:06 / 6:53 pace on the Bow Lake counter-clockwise loop from the Dam. 72, humid and overcast. Hints of rain would have been welcomed but no luck. First road run in a long time. I almost changed plans at 1 mile in as I felt really rough but I decided not to worry about it and pushed on. The last few miles are interesting, an almost 300' climb followed by two miles of steep drops scaffolded by flats. Last 2+ miles under 6:20 pace.
Thursday, 6/6: 3.13 miles / 29:29 - My parents came to visit so my dad and I sneaked out for a short easy run out and back from the apartment. I needed an easy day after running 28 miles over the previous four days.
Friday, 6/7: Off. Graduation night.
Saturday, 6/8: 3 miles in 20:40, 6 mile bike ride helping pace Wes through his tempo in 32:xx. 3x400 with 400m jog recoveries in 72, 73, 71. 1.5 mile coold-down in 12:00. 5.25 total miles.
Sunday, 6/9: 9.3 miles / 77:xx with Sasquatch and Sloth through the nudist trails in Lee.
Summary: 36.5 miles on 6 days. One bike ride. I'm left feeling pretty 'meh' after this week which doesn't make sense. By all comparisons with the past two years this was a great week. I almost hit 40 miles, I missed only one day, and I even ran a few laps under 5:00min pace. Thursday and Friday were pretty garbage days though. Goals for this coming week are to repeat something similar. 30-40 miles on at least 6 days!
Tuesday, 6/4: 4.02 miles / 30:50 - In the Meadows. Mid-60s and overcast was just about perfect. First couple pretty easy then as I approached the hill on Saddleback Mtn Rd I decided I'd push a little bit and carried a harder effort the rest of the way home. Just a hair under 6min pace for the last half mile.
Wednesday, 6/5: 8.3 miles / 57:06 / 6:53 pace on the Bow Lake counter-clockwise loop from the Dam. 72, humid and overcast. Hints of rain would have been welcomed but no luck. First road run in a long time. I almost changed plans at 1 mile in as I felt really rough but I decided not to worry about it and pushed on. The last few miles are interesting, an almost 300' climb followed by two miles of steep drops scaffolded by flats. Last 2+ miles under 6:20 pace.
Thursday, 6/6: 3.13 miles / 29:29 - My parents came to visit so my dad and I sneaked out for a short easy run out and back from the apartment. I needed an easy day after running 28 miles over the previous four days.
Friday, 6/7: Off. Graduation night.
Saturday, 6/8: 3 miles in 20:40, 6 mile bike ride helping pace Wes through his tempo in 32:xx. 3x400 with 400m jog recoveries in 72, 73, 71. 1.5 mile coold-down in 12:00. 5.25 total miles.
Sunday, 6/9: 9.3 miles / 77:xx with Sasquatch and Sloth through the nudist trails in Lee.
Summary: 36.5 miles on 6 days. One bike ride. I'm left feeling pretty 'meh' after this week which doesn't make sense. By all comparisons with the past two years this was a great week. I almost hit 40 miles, I missed only one day, and I even ran a few laps under 5:00min pace. Thursday and Friday were pretty garbage days though. Goals for this coming week are to repeat something similar. 30-40 miles on at least 6 days!
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