Monday: 8 Miles
Quick one from the house even though I typically prefer to vary it up as much as possible. Wanted to sleep in a little more, so doing this gave me an extra hour or so of time. Besides a PM in the early miles, it was mostly smooth and comfortable. Overall, an easy run. Last mile was somewhat hilly and that tired me out.
Tuesday: 12 Miles
AM, 7 miles early misquamicut run with Dad and Tom. They did a workout, but I just wasn't feeling it and with two moderate-hard runs coming up in the next couple of days, I decided just to go for another smooth, comfortable run. It was super humid so I didn't regret taking it easy.
PM, 5 at the Stonington Fun Run. Ran super easy this time but was worn out before I started and didn't feel that great.
Wednesday: 8 Miles
Westerly Fun Run. Decided to go fairly easy this week at 5:50 pace and was joined by Chris and Tom. They were slowing a little, so I decided to drop them in order to get pace down to 5:50. Felt really good the whole way on this one. I felt tired on the warm-up but somehow much better after. Went for a refreshing dip in the ocean afterwards.
Thursday: 14 Miles
With my entire morning free, I decided to do explore a new (to me) trail system, even if it was further away and a nearly one-hour drive getting there. While I want to run Ragged Mountain before the summer runs out, it was almost 9, so I picked something a little closer- Devil's Hopyard State Park. It was a very interesting experience. I got there just before 10, looking for a certain parking lot. The parking lot was tiny and there were no marked or clear trails leading from there. I explored some of those trails, but they didn't seem right so I turned around and found it by going on the road to find another trail. I wasn't expecting anything difficult, so basically the entire run was a surprise. It was both technical and hilly throughout. The first section on yellow trail wasn't enjoyable- deerflies were right on me and the entire way was confusing and poorly marked. I got onto red trail, which was the only easy trail in the whole run and it was much better from there. I came out to the main entrance, which offered a great view of the falls, before tacking on a orange and blue loop on the other side of the roads. The orange loop was wide and looked easy, but soon started some steep and rocky climbs that were exhausting but really fun. There was a nice overlook and a 30% grade short ascent to "Devil's Oven". I walked that. I finally got back to the main entrance and was pretty beat up from all the climbing and the heat. The way back was torture as I tried several times (all while completely exhausted) to find my way back using the yellow trail and failed, eventually coming back out to the road (but not before I ran off trail 5 or 6 times). I decided just to go back on the road and eventually gave up on a steep climb and walked back (until the deerflies starting biting). Was looking for 7 easy miles, got 9 difficult ones (and last 3 were brutal).
In the evening, did a track workout. 2x1200 @3:45 w/2min recovery, followed by 3 min rest, 2x400 @75 w/1min recovery. Felt pretty good although my pacing was crap and my knee was bothering me when I stopped. Splits: 3:42/3:38/70/71. 5 miles total. Difficulty: 2/5
Friday: 7 Miles.
Groton Fun Run. Wasn't going hard or anything, but went a little faster than usual and felt pretty tired. Post-run dip was ruined by some stinging sensation I felt in the water (jellyfish?).
Saturday: 13 Miles
Was super disappointed to miss my alarm and not fuel properly for this long run, which was easy with 4-6 miles in the middle at HMP to train for upcoming races. Knee bothered me at first, but once we started the HMP session, it went away. It took me a little bit to get into the HMP, but I got it down to a 5:50 average like I wanted. 5 miles at HMP (29:14). I was happy with how that went, but it wasn't fun after as my knee continued to bother me and hurt a lot at the end.
Sunday: 5 Miles
Took it really easy and just tried to get something. Felt better than expected, but knee was definitely uncomfortable. Probably take Monday off.
Weekly Total: 67 Miles (Weekly Mileage PR!!!)
YTD Total: 1, 291 Miles
This knee issue was unexpected, but fortunately I don't think it's going to be much of a problem in the future. However, if it does continue I may have to drop out of my CR attempt Wednesday and if it goes beyond that, out of all races until XC starts.
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