Poor sleep and late starts this week due to waking up early most morning to watch olympic track action.
Monday: 6 Miles
Easy solo ninigret. Monday is my easy do whatever I want day with no mileage goal, so when I got warm in the open sections, decided just to finish up there.
Tuesday: 11 Miles
Grill course with Dad + Brady. Some bad overgrown sections that led to scraped up, itchy legs. Overall was tired on this, 10 mile trail singletrack can feel long sometimes. Not too hot but still felt warm at the end.
Wednesday: 10 Miles
Did my usual Mystic road loop, except came back on Hewitt instead of cove to cut off a mile. Felt smooth running 6:30s on river roads and kept progressing, but heavy legs at the end. Still 6:36 average so a solid run.
Thursday: 11 Miles
Big River loop in the rain w/Dad + Brady. Actually enjoyed the wet weather and splashing in puddles after so many hot days this summer (was actually cold before and after the run). Did some loops and stuff, ended up being out there for a while as it's tough to run fast on these twisty, hilly trails. Felt really good on this, didn't have the leg fatigue like I did for grills.
Friday: 8 Miles
Haley-Bluff fire road loop. Some hot open sections but felt decent regardless.
Saturday: 10 Miles
Ran local at 4pm after waking up early to watch the last day of Olympics for track then napping to recover from that. Near 80 degrees but felt surprisingly good. Went out to watch hill, then returned on beach where I totally misread the tide charts and struggled on a sloped soft sand. Legs tired for the rest. Got stung by a yellowjacket in the front yard at the very end, itchy for days.
Sunday: 18 Miles
Planned a decent looking 16 mile loop on Arcadia dirt and paved roads. Plan was to start from Browning Mill pond, run singletrack for a mile to connect to summit road, then do my usual loop around Frosty Hollow/Plain road/N-S, and finish up on Blitzkrieg-Arcadia-KG ranch. Botched that route very shortly in as I missed the trail towards summit road, and accidentally went nearly all the way around the pond. Was confused, thought I got on a trail/dirt road parallel to summit heading the right direction but ended up going under I-95 and onto route 3. Decided just to keep going on rt 3 into 165 just to get back on track and not double back to the car and have to figure out another 10 miles. Route 3 was fine with a big shoulder, 165 pretty terrible for running with a very narrow shoulder. Ended up on those until 8-9 miles in the run but felt decent. Took a right onto Frosty Hollow, but came back on Brookie Trail. Bathroom stop at 12, felt quite tired and weak for the remainder. Mental battle on the return as I was running on empty.
Weekly Total: 74 Miles
YTD Total: 1,346 Miles
Weekly Highlight: Good, consistent mileage. Any week over 70 is a step towards better aerobic fitness. Think this will help greatly going into cross county season with few hard efforts, I'm not burn out at all either.
Weekly Lowlight: Totally feeling the Arcadia long run, miserable last 6 miles.
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