Mid day - 3.7 miles on the ditch.
Later in the afternoon around practice - 5.6 miles.
Headed up Chautauqua and then up Gregory, Long Trail ... topped out and went on West Green for a bit before turning around, and coming back the same way. 9.6 miles. Saw Andy Ames hanging out as a OSMP volunteer at the cottage at the end. It was good to chat with him ... has to be close to 10 years since I saw him in person.
50 plus on the week, with all the vertical coming today (seriously total vertical in Mississippi was less than 50 feet), and almost 20 of the miles on the weekend.
I was pretty convinced Pikes was a bad idea this past week. I now know it is a bad idea. But I might do it anyway. I'll have to start to figure logistics out I guess. No goals there other than to not do irreparable damage.
Tuesday AM - four miles. Drudgery thoughts ... so had fun working on that and getting out early.
PM - 3.2 miles.
Wednesday AM - tired. I almost didn't go. 4.2 miles. It is more humid in the morning, simply because the sun has not burned it off. I really do look like I end up going for a swim versus a run.
PM - 4.1 miles. It was hot (100) but after a day in a no window air conditioned room, it was an oddly welcomed respite to cook for a bit.
Thursday AM - 4 miles. Thought I'd only do 3 but I decided I could sweat another mile.
PM - real feel was over 110. 4.2 miles.
Friday - I was out late last night catching some local Cleveland bands. It was fun, but given the late night I slept in. And then it was travel home so - a zero on the day.
AM - 6AM, but it is Central so it felt a bit earlier. 4 miles. Already a good cooker.
PM - got out around 6PM. It was still 98 will a feels like 108 cuz of the humidity. I was sorta actually stoked after sitting in the AC all day. 3 miles - just slowed it down.
Stoked to catch some live music in the evening in the hotel.
As I came out of Josh's Pond into the neighborhood, I saw a red tail fly off. Then I jumped as I saw this bull. I think I saved it from becoming the bird's lunch.
8 miles. Expectedly tired and sore from yesterday.
Not expecting much this week as I head to the Western Slope for some vacation.
Friday - 5.1 over lunch. Hot.
3 more a bit later in the afternoon. Easy. Legs are crap.
Saturday - jogged over to the Commons for the kids time trial. Did the Lake Link loop back so ended up with 8 on the day.
Saturday night was a gig with the Spare Change crew over at Mother Tucker's. It was a good gig.
JV pinged me Saturday afternoon for a hill. It had been a long time and I had the built in excuse of a late evening with the Saturday night music, but he waited on his start with me until 9. We did Green, with him taking me up a different way off the Amp trail. It was stupid steep (for me), but that was a great workout for my otherwise weak ass legs. 10.3 miles with about 2700 of elevation.
The run with Jeff, of course, was great. We just easily fell into conversation like we saw each other yesterday - when it has actually been closer to a year. I need to do that more often.
I was not super happy with the week as my legs just felt tired ALL the time. I struggled a bit even on easy runs and only got in a somewhat workout with a bunch of 10x100s on Wednesday. I sorta made some ground back with JV kicking my ass on a good roundabout on Green, but even there the struggle was significant. 55 plus miles on the week, 4k feet - again most that coming today.
Monday AM - first day of Eagle practice.
I am taking less of a role with coaching this season - it is just necessary from an overall balance perspective. I will help out when and where I can but it will be a bit more back seat versus that last 7 years.
7 miles, easy
Monday night was GOVT MULE. Bonham opened for them so, between them playing Zep tunes and Warren ripping Floyd, it was like I was in 1973. I left at 11 and they still weren't done, even though the whole thing started at 7. It was a trip.
I was absolutely nackered on Tuesday. I didn't get out until the afternoon, just five miles but I moved faster than I do most mornings. 5 miles on the Lac Amora, Ditch loop.
Wednesday - 8 miles as the Eagles did a threshold on the ditch. Nice conversation with OO.
Thursday - 7 easy miles. Legs are pretty beat. 2 and change more miles later in the day on the ditch.
Got this coming up this weekend.
Friday AM - 8.3, managing the kids who didn't go to camp.
Saturday AM - 8.1 easy.
Sunday - 7.5 miles with 8 by 65-70 hills on the far end of Lake Link.
Sunday night was Joe B. over at Red Rocks with CG from the Spare Change crew.
Not a bad week, but sort of in a spin a bit with beat legs. That is okay. 54 something miles. No big mountain run this week but a few quality sessions (3).
I saw that I had 243 miles in July. That used to be an off month, but it is significant progress over a zero run May, and around 130 in June.
Tuesday - The pins were beat today - feeling some left over DOMS from the weekend efforts for sure. 6.2 miles and eased into an 8 x 1 minute on, 75" off with GW at Eagle practice. A little cooler but humid.
Wednesday - 4 in the morning before the work day. Easy
4 more in the afternoon along the ditch.
Thursday AM - early with LF and his crew at BHMS. They did a dozen quarters and were rolling 80s or better. I broke this up into 3s and 2s (six of each). I didn't really keep much of a watch but they were faster than last week when I eyeballed it. 8 miles.
