Friday, March 29

7mi/48min in Pisgah with Griffin. Have a cold but feel ok. The trails are pretty sloppy. Deep mud in the sunny spots and snow, slush, and ice everywhere else. I'm planning to race at Fast Friends tomorrow and get my long run in.

Thursday, March 28

Am:2mi w/kids + circuits. pm:8mi/56min in Pisgah with Griffin. Man I'm sick today. Took it easy out there and felt ok. Poor little Griffin had to pee about a hundred times. What a pathetic couple of runners! It was pretty in the woods though. I skipped out on the Marathon Road Loop with Ferenc and Najem. Good decision on my part. Went to bed early.

Wednesday, March 27

0mi - Had to get meds for Griffin my dog. Poor girl has a bladder infection. I feel like I'm getting sick. Sore throat achy all over. Ugghh. Probably could have run. Oh well.

Tuesday, March 26

Am:1mi with kids at school + circuits. Pm:10mi/65min in Pisgah with Griffin. The sun was shining and it was 44°. What a beautiful day. I thoroughly enjoyed this run. My legs felt great. The trails were slushy but I got good traction on them. I didn't even have to use my AK...today was a good day.

Monday, March 25

0mi. Planned Monday zero. I really enjoy taking Mondays off and allowing my body to soak up all that good training from the weekend.

Sunday, March 24

10mi/71min in Pisgah with Griffin. I took it nice and easy. There is still a lot of snow in the woods. One snowmobile went by while I was out there. I found a frozen spotted salamander in the middle of the trail in the snow. It looked dead but I'm wasn't 100% sure. I placed it under a log off the trail in case they can unfreeze. I went with Glenn to Elijah's hall of fame induction ceremony for Monadnock High School in the afternoon. It was nice spending time with the Barretts and hearing some of stories about him in high school. He won over 80 races in high school (many of those were relays but wow!). What wasn't said but I think is impressive is that when he was 16-18 he used to do long runs on weekends with Ernie Kennison. How many teenagers bang out 20 milers on the weekends while playing soccer and running xc? I remember him telling me he'd bonk all the time because he didn't know enough to bring fuel. It was a great afternoon and it was fun sharing Elijah's tales. This week was kind of a recovery week. Time to get after it!

Saturday, March 23

18mi/2:09 on the Putney dirt roads with Ferenc and Fyffe(he biked). This was a nice casual run. I was pretty sore from Thursday's effort. The original plan called for 3hrs. I made the smart choice to end it at 18. Windy day.