Monday:
0mi. Saving my legs for tomorrow's big run.
Tuesday:
20mi*/6:35 - Presidential Traverse with Ferenc. This was a tough, fun, beautiful, brutal, miserable, awesome, epic, tiring, crappy, and satisfying experience.
Wednesday:
0mi. Sore from the long day in the mountains. Not crazy sore, just stiff with a bit of soreness.
Thursday:
11mi/1:15 in Burlingame. I ran my favorite trail in Burlingame out and back, Sammy C's trail. Legs pretty good.
Friday:
3mi/24min in Burlingame with Jen and Griffin. Nice and easy.
Saturday:
13mi/1:27 with Ferenc on the Westmoreland tracks. Good run, just rolling a long. Legs a little sore.
Sunday:
15mi/1:45 on the Putney Mtn trails with Ferenc, Lena and Ellie. Body tight and sore but it was a good run. We saw some goats on the summit of Putney Mtn that were put there to eat invasive plants.
Total for the week:
62mi. OK week. Presidential Traverse was fun but it left me a little bit beat up.
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Week of July 14th to 20th, 2014
Monday:
12mi*/1:39 up Mt. Ascutney with Ferenc and Matt Haley. Great run. Legs feel good. Weather was a tad bit humid but not bad for July.
Tuesday:
8mi/50min in Pisgah solo. Cruising, feeling darn good.
Wednesday:
AM: 1mi with sprints and drills @YMCA indoor track. Lifted weights and played 30min of hoops.
PM: 8mi*/54min - track workout at KMS with James. I wanted to do something easy and short since it's been a loooong time since I've done a speed workout of any kind. I settled on 6 x 400 with 200rest.
Result: (74, 74, 72, 72, 70, 69)
Decent workout, I felt relaxed but hot. There's no shade on the track!
Thursday:
12mi/1:21 on the Keene tracks at night with Jen on her mtn. bike. I am extremely sore from lifting, hoops, drills and the speed workout yesterday. I bailed on a trip to the Whites with Ferenc.
Friday:
12mi*/1:32 up Mt. Monadnock with Ferenc. Gorgeous day to be on the mountain. No humidity, 75F. Legs and upper body still sore but had fun. Cruised on the way down near the bottom on the less steep sections.
Saturday:
5mi/34min in Friedsam with Griffin. Legs sluggish today.
Sunday:
13mi/1:31 in the Gilsum Woods with George, Ferenc and Lena. Good run. I went fly fishing after the run in the Ashuelot in Surry. Caught a nice 14" leaping rainbow, my first trout on a fly rod. Fun stuff.
Total for the week:
71mi. Decent week.
12mi*/1:39 up Mt. Ascutney with Ferenc and Matt Haley. Great run. Legs feel good. Weather was a tad bit humid but not bad for July.
Tuesday:
8mi/50min in Pisgah solo. Cruising, feeling darn good.
Wednesday:
AM: 1mi with sprints and drills @YMCA indoor track. Lifted weights and played 30min of hoops.
PM: 8mi*/54min - track workout at KMS with James. I wanted to do something easy and short since it's been a loooong time since I've done a speed workout of any kind. I settled on 6 x 400 with 200rest.
Result: (74, 74, 72, 72, 70, 69)
Decent workout, I felt relaxed but hot. There's no shade on the track!
Thursday:
12mi/1:21 on the Keene tracks at night with Jen on her mtn. bike. I am extremely sore from lifting, hoops, drills and the speed workout yesterday. I bailed on a trip to the Whites with Ferenc.
Friday:
12mi*/1:32 up Mt. Monadnock with Ferenc. Gorgeous day to be on the mountain. No humidity, 75F. Legs and upper body still sore but had fun. Cruised on the way down near the bottom on the less steep sections.
Saturday:
5mi/34min in Friedsam with Griffin. Legs sluggish today.
Sunday:
13mi/1:31 in the Gilsum Woods with George, Ferenc and Lena. Good run. I went fly fishing after the run in the Ashuelot in Surry. Caught a nice 14" leaping rainbow, my first trout on a fly rod. Fun stuff.
Total for the week:
71mi. Decent week.
Monday, July 14, 2014
Week of July 7th to 13th, 2014
Monday:
0mi. Drove up to Pittsburg, NH. Jen, Griffin and I hike Prospect Mtn on the way up in Whitefield, NH. It was a nice little hike with awesome views at the top and a good way to break up the long drive. Pittsburg is gorgeous. We're staying in a little cabin on the First Connecticut Lake. I went fishing and caught a tiny dace in Lake Francis. I didn't catch anything else but had a couple rainbow trout follow my lure. The fishing up here is world class, but only if you have a boat for the lakes, and it's fly fishing only in the rivers and streams.
Tuesday:
0mi. Hiked up Sanguiary Mtn in Dixville Notch with Jen and Griffin. Great hike. Awesome views of the closed Balsams Resort below. More fishing, nada, zilch, zero fish. Oh well. I'm gonna buy a fly rod and hammer the streams next year when we come back. We love it up here and we're already talking about the next time we come up. Fun trip!
Wednesday:
0mi. One last drive of Moose Alley early in the morning. We saw 4 deer and a snowshoe hare, but no luck seeing moose. Headed home around 9:30 for the long drive back to Chesterfield.
Thursday:
13mi/1:24 on the Grafton trails with Ferenc, Lena and Ellie. Great run. Awesome weather. Lifted weights.
Friday:
8mi+/55min in Pisgah. Feeling good. Caught 3 rainbows in the afternoon.
Saturday:
15mi*/1:35 - Run with the Beavers 10mi trail race - 1:05:31 (6:33) 1st place.
Decent race. I took it out hard, too hard! I built up a comfortable lead and then was suffering a bit on the 2nd lap. The first half of the second lap is difficult because there is a decent amount of uphill, though it is very gradual, it's tough when you're tired. I started to feel hot in the second loop in addition to being a little gassed from the fast first loop. The new start/finish made the finish much tougher. Instead of finishing strong, blasting down a hill, we had to continue up a gradual climb which sucked the life out of me. I was cooked. I was pleased to get the win, going for my 3-peat at this race and sealing the victory in the Rhode Island Triple Crown of Trail Racing. Garvin, Bentley and Jonny were next to cross the line all in the 1:08's. They looked to have a good battle and team HammBoj was still in the lead. It would come down to our 3rd man. Seth ran a super 1:12 and then Boj came home with a 1:17 (the results have him at 1:15, but I think he was 1:17). We lost to WTAC. If I could have been as fit as 2012, it would have been interesting. It was a fun day with Jen running the full 10mi distance and Pard dominating the 5mi in his age group and winning an award for the oldest finisher. The guy is a beast! Every time he does a race I'm proud and in awe of his fitness and vitality at his age. 71 years young! I hope I'm can do the same when I'm that age. Jen and I stopped at Big Gary's and stocked the fridge with cold chromium replacement beverages. Thanks to Bob and Jackie for putting on an excellent event. It's a shame that Bob and Mike Galoob couldn't race in the events they put on, because they certainly would have been in the mix for the Triple Crown. Those are the sacrifices R.D.'s make to bring awesome events to us and I really appreciate their efforts. Thanks, Jeff Walker, Mike Galoob, and Bob Jackman for an awesome series on some of the best trails in my home state!
Sunday:
8mi+/59min in Pisgah with Griffin. Legs sore. Nice and easy run. I saw 2 garter snakes sunning themselves in the tops of blue berry bushes at Kilburn Pond. Pretty cool sighting. Nice swim after the run with Griffin.
Total for the Week:
44mi. OK week. I was fine with taking the zeroes while up in Pittsburg. Next week, I plan on doubling and getting some good miles in.
0mi. Drove up to Pittsburg, NH. Jen, Griffin and I hike Prospect Mtn on the way up in Whitefield, NH. It was a nice little hike with awesome views at the top and a good way to break up the long drive. Pittsburg is gorgeous. We're staying in a little cabin on the First Connecticut Lake. I went fishing and caught a tiny dace in Lake Francis. I didn't catch anything else but had a couple rainbow trout follow my lure. The fishing up here is world class, but only if you have a boat for the lakes, and it's fly fishing only in the rivers and streams.
Tuesday:
0mi. Hiked up Sanguiary Mtn in Dixville Notch with Jen and Griffin. Great hike. Awesome views of the closed Balsams Resort below. More fishing, nada, zilch, zero fish. Oh well. I'm gonna buy a fly rod and hammer the streams next year when we come back. We love it up here and we're already talking about the next time we come up. Fun trip!
Wednesday:
0mi. One last drive of Moose Alley early in the morning. We saw 4 deer and a snowshoe hare, but no luck seeing moose. Headed home around 9:30 for the long drive back to Chesterfield.
Thursday:
13mi/1:24 on the Grafton trails with Ferenc, Lena and Ellie. Great run. Awesome weather. Lifted weights.
Friday:
8mi+/55min in Pisgah. Feeling good. Caught 3 rainbows in the afternoon.
Saturday:
15mi*/1:35 - Run with the Beavers 10mi trail race - 1:05:31 (6:33) 1st place.
Decent race. I took it out hard, too hard! I built up a comfortable lead and then was suffering a bit on the 2nd lap. The first half of the second lap is difficult because there is a decent amount of uphill, though it is very gradual, it's tough when you're tired. I started to feel hot in the second loop in addition to being a little gassed from the fast first loop. The new start/finish made the finish much tougher. Instead of finishing strong, blasting down a hill, we had to continue up a gradual climb which sucked the life out of me. I was cooked. I was pleased to get the win, going for my 3-peat at this race and sealing the victory in the Rhode Island Triple Crown of Trail Racing. Garvin, Bentley and Jonny were next to cross the line all in the 1:08's. They looked to have a good battle and team HammBoj was still in the lead. It would come down to our 3rd man. Seth ran a super 1:12 and then Boj came home with a 1:17 (the results have him at 1:15, but I think he was 1:17). We lost to WTAC. If I could have been as fit as 2012, it would have been interesting. It was a fun day with Jen running the full 10mi distance and Pard dominating the 5mi in his age group and winning an award for the oldest finisher. The guy is a beast! Every time he does a race I'm proud and in awe of his fitness and vitality at his age. 71 years young! I hope I'm can do the same when I'm that age. Jen and I stopped at Big Gary's and stocked the fridge with cold chromium replacement beverages. Thanks to Bob and Jackie for putting on an excellent event. It's a shame that Bob and Mike Galoob couldn't race in the events they put on, because they certainly would have been in the mix for the Triple Crown. Those are the sacrifices R.D.'s make to bring awesome events to us and I really appreciate their efforts. Thanks, Jeff Walker, Mike Galoob, and Bob Jackman for an awesome series on some of the best trails in my home state!
Sunday:
8mi+/59min in Pisgah with Griffin. Legs sore. Nice and easy run. I saw 2 garter snakes sunning themselves in the tops of blue berry bushes at Kilburn Pond. Pretty cool sighting. Nice swim after the run with Griffin.
Total for the Week:
44mi. OK week. I was fine with taking the zeroes while up in Pittsburg. Next week, I plan on doubling and getting some good miles in.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Week of June 30th to July 6th, 2014
Monday:
0mi. I hiked for 2hr on Mt. Cardigan with Jen and Griffin. What an awesome mountain! Had a great time. In the afternoon, Jen and I rode our mtn. bikes for an hour around Stone Wall Farm. We spent quite a bit of time on sections of the race course. It's pretty technical but I'm getting good at rolling over and around obstacles and staying in the pedals. My butt is sore from 2 days in a row of biking!
Tuesday:
8mi+/57min in Pisgah with Ferenc, Lena and Ellie. Nice run. Enjoyed a good long swim in Kilburn Pond after the run. I watched the US lose to Belgium in the World Cup at Glenn's house while playing with the twins. We went fishing at night. I caught 2 smallmouth bass and 3 rainbow trout. Glenn landed 2 rainbows and a brown trout (it did have fins!).
Wednesday:
AM: 8mi/52min on Ledge Rd. trails in Grafton, VT with Ferenc, Lena and Ellie. Hot and humid out there today. I felt good. Refreshing dip in the Saxton's River after to cool off.
PM: 0mi. I was planning on doing a short speed workout with Andy but the weather was absolutely frightening. Hard rain and lot's of lightning kept me indoors. Turns out that Andy and Bryce still did the workout. Crazy fools!
Thursday:
8mi+/59min in Pisgah with Ferenc and the girls. Nice run. Went for a swim in Kilburn after the run.
Friday:
11mi*/70min - Keene 4 on the 4th Road Race - 21:25 (5:22) 5th.
I warmed up with Jonny, George and Andrea Walkonen in a downpour. This is the first year in the 13 year history of the race that it's been raining and cool. It's usually pretty toasty. At the start, I went out conservatively in a chase group with George and a couple other guys. Planky was leading up the bike path with Thomas, Andy and a couple other guys. I hit the mile in a slow 5:26. After the mile the course turns right off the bike path and then takes a left at a fork in the road onto Marlborough St. The lead pack went right after being sent that way by the police officer. I realized this was different, but thought for a second that maybe the race did go that way. I paused and then decided it had to go left, so I shouted to the leaders to go left. I was now in the lead, (but I had to wait for a car that police officer let cross in front of me, since he assumed I was turning right.) It didn't take too long before Thomas and a couple other guys passed me to retake the lead.
We crossed the grass section before the 2 mile mark and added on a little extra loop to make up for the shorter start section. This confused most of us and then a volunteer sent us right. We always went left in year's past and lolipopped back to the part of the course we already ran. I stopped and shouted this way again to the same guys who already took a wrong turn. At that point, Chris Reilly, George and Andrea went to the lead and I quickly passed George and Andrea and started chasing to catch Chris. At about 2 and 3/4 Thomas and the guy who wound up 2nd passed us back. Then Andy passed Chris and I at the 3mi mark. Chris and I yo-yoed a few times in the last mile and Andy's friend John went flying by us. He was hammering. I could see Thomas take off ahead of us and it looked like he had his 3rd win in the bag. Andrea got on my shoulder with about 600m to go with Chris Reilly a couple steps up on me. In the final straight away, I dug down and passed Chris to hit the line in 5th place. Chris was 2 seconds back with Andrea another 2 seconds behind him. I was pleased with my result for the shape I'm in, but I really need to get fit. There's no reason other than work ethic that I'm not battling for the win on this course. I was happy that Thomas got his three-peat. It would have been a shame if he lost it with 2 wrong turns. He probably added 20sec+ as did the guy who finished 2nd.
After the race I did a cool down with Andrea. Her coach wanted her to do a step up fartlek. We started with 10 steps fast, 10 easy and built up to 90 steps fast, building by 10 steps each acceleration. It was a fun way to do a fartlek after a race and the counting took my mind off of running fast on tired legs. We cooled down with 2mi easy after that. I definitely got a good quality day of running in and was bonking and looking for the food table after the cool down.
Here are my miles:
1mi - 5:26
2mi - 5:29
3mi - 5:12
4mi - 5:18
Total - 21:25
Saturday:
5mi/36min in Pisgah with Griffin. Gorgeous weather.
PM: Mtn biking 1:45 in Pisgah. My neighbor is missing, possibly in the park. I was out searching and riding. It was a nice ride but I didn't find him. There was a massive search under way, with 8 dog teams and lot's of volunteers. He has dementia and went missing yesterday at noon. Sad stuff.
Sunday:
0mi. Body sore and beat up from the race and the long mtn bike ride.
Total for the week:
40mi. I need to lift, double and do yoga next week.
0mi. I hiked for 2hr on Mt. Cardigan with Jen and Griffin. What an awesome mountain! Had a great time. In the afternoon, Jen and I rode our mtn. bikes for an hour around Stone Wall Farm. We spent quite a bit of time on sections of the race course. It's pretty technical but I'm getting good at rolling over and around obstacles and staying in the pedals. My butt is sore from 2 days in a row of biking!
Tuesday:
8mi+/57min in Pisgah with Ferenc, Lena and Ellie. Nice run. Enjoyed a good long swim in Kilburn Pond after the run. I watched the US lose to Belgium in the World Cup at Glenn's house while playing with the twins. We went fishing at night. I caught 2 smallmouth bass and 3 rainbow trout. Glenn landed 2 rainbows and a brown trout (it did have fins!).
Wednesday:
AM: 8mi/52min on Ledge Rd. trails in Grafton, VT with Ferenc, Lena and Ellie. Hot and humid out there today. I felt good. Refreshing dip in the Saxton's River after to cool off.
PM: 0mi. I was planning on doing a short speed workout with Andy but the weather was absolutely frightening. Hard rain and lot's of lightning kept me indoors. Turns out that Andy and Bryce still did the workout. Crazy fools!
Thursday:
8mi+/59min in Pisgah with Ferenc and the girls. Nice run. Went for a swim in Kilburn after the run.
Friday:
11mi*/70min - Keene 4 on the 4th Road Race - 21:25 (5:22) 5th.
I warmed up with Jonny, George and Andrea Walkonen in a downpour. This is the first year in the 13 year history of the race that it's been raining and cool. It's usually pretty toasty. At the start, I went out conservatively in a chase group with George and a couple other guys. Planky was leading up the bike path with Thomas, Andy and a couple other guys. I hit the mile in a slow 5:26. After the mile the course turns right off the bike path and then takes a left at a fork in the road onto Marlborough St. The lead pack went right after being sent that way by the police officer. I realized this was different, but thought for a second that maybe the race did go that way. I paused and then decided it had to go left, so I shouted to the leaders to go left. I was now in the lead, (but I had to wait for a car that police officer let cross in front of me, since he assumed I was turning right.) It didn't take too long before Thomas and a couple other guys passed me to retake the lead.
We crossed the grass section before the 2 mile mark and added on a little extra loop to make up for the shorter start section. This confused most of us and then a volunteer sent us right. We always went left in year's past and lolipopped back to the part of the course we already ran. I stopped and shouted this way again to the same guys who already took a wrong turn. At that point, Chris Reilly, George and Andrea went to the lead and I quickly passed George and Andrea and started chasing to catch Chris. At about 2 and 3/4 Thomas and the guy who wound up 2nd passed us back. Then Andy passed Chris and I at the 3mi mark. Chris and I yo-yoed a few times in the last mile and Andy's friend John went flying by us. He was hammering. I could see Thomas take off ahead of us and it looked like he had his 3rd win in the bag. Andrea got on my shoulder with about 600m to go with Chris Reilly a couple steps up on me. In the final straight away, I dug down and passed Chris to hit the line in 5th place. Chris was 2 seconds back with Andrea another 2 seconds behind him. I was pleased with my result for the shape I'm in, but I really need to get fit. There's no reason other than work ethic that I'm not battling for the win on this course. I was happy that Thomas got his three-peat. It would have been a shame if he lost it with 2 wrong turns. He probably added 20sec+ as did the guy who finished 2nd.
After the race I did a cool down with Andrea. Her coach wanted her to do a step up fartlek. We started with 10 steps fast, 10 easy and built up to 90 steps fast, building by 10 steps each acceleration. It was a fun way to do a fartlek after a race and the counting took my mind off of running fast on tired legs. We cooled down with 2mi easy after that. I definitely got a good quality day of running in and was bonking and looking for the food table after the cool down.
Here are my miles:
1mi - 5:26
2mi - 5:29
3mi - 5:12
4mi - 5:18
Total - 21:25
Saturday:
5mi/36min in Pisgah with Griffin. Gorgeous weather.
PM: Mtn biking 1:45 in Pisgah. My neighbor is missing, possibly in the park. I was out searching and riding. It was a nice ride but I didn't find him. There was a massive search under way, with 8 dog teams and lot's of volunteers. He has dementia and went missing yesterday at noon. Sad stuff.
Sunday:
0mi. Body sore and beat up from the race and the long mtn bike ride.
Total for the week:
40mi. I need to lift, double and do yoga next week.
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