Monday 11/9: I lifted after school today - upper x2. My back is tight! Hopefully lifting will help. I probably won't be able to run tomorrow with meetings.
Tuesday: meetings
Wednesday: 3.5 at Brattleboro track. 1 mile of sprint float sprint. Didn't feel great. Freezing cold rainy day plus a head cold.
Thursday - Saturday: 0. Cold is raging plus lazy.
Sunday: 6 w/ crew. Felt sluggish.
Less than 10 for the week. Cold was a motivation killer. Fun bday party for Brady and Emma.
Jimmy
Monday, November 9, 2015
Sunday, November 8, 2015
November and a little more time on my hands.
Cross country has winded down, so I'm able to get out on my own now. I ran Wed (4), Sat (4), and Sunday (3).
I managed anywhere from 10 to 25 miles per week during the season. I'm just getting my health back after a Crohn's flare-up in mid October. I'm hoping to lift at school 3 days per week and build my mileage back towards 40 in December. I love late fall running and I'm not feeling too shabby.
Cross country has winded down, so I'm able to get out on my own now. I ran Wed (4), Sat (4), and Sunday (3).
I managed anywhere from 10 to 25 miles per week during the season. I'm just getting my health back after a Crohn's flare-up in mid October. I'm hoping to lift at school 3 days per week and build my mileage back towards 40 in December. I love late fall running and I'm not feeling too shabby.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Summer 2015, week 8
8/10 - Monday: 4 miles on the HRT. My back was a little tight in the early stages of this run. It loosened up as I went along. Nice negative split on this run. 17:45 first half, 15:20 second half. Happy Anniversary Honey - 5 years! We are heading to Boston on Friday night to celebrate.
pm: Greg and I were able to get the canoe up to our secret spot for an encounter with some lunkers. I got a really nice one in the 5 to 6 pound range after sunset. Greg also landed a 5 pounder. Good night!
Please forgive the photo of a photo.
All these fish we've been catching have been long and solid, but not hogs. We'll have to make it a priority to get up there this fall when they stock up a little, and back in the spring when they are spawning. We're quite addicted!
8/11 - Tuesday: 0. Hung out with the family. We went to the Southern Vermont Nature Museum on Hogback Mtn. What a difference a year makes! The kids loved it.
8/12 - Wednesday: 0. We went to Spofford Lake with the kids for a swim. Then I watched them all afternoon. Too lazy to run in the evening. I'm losing fitness!
8/13 - Thursday: 4 at Kilburn. Gina dropped the kids off at daycare, so I went running. I planned on going farther, but the reality of how out of shape I'm in hit me. Yowzers.
pm: Greg and I were able to get the canoe up to our secret spot for an encounter with some lunkers. I got a really nice one in the 5 to 6 pound range after sunset. Greg also landed a 5 pounder. Good night!
Please forgive the photo of a photo.
8/11 - Tuesday: 0. Hung out with the family. We went to the Southern Vermont Nature Museum on Hogback Mtn. What a difference a year makes! The kids loved it.
8/12 - Wednesday: 0. We went to Spofford Lake with the kids for a swim. Then I watched them all afternoon. Too lazy to run in the evening. I'm losing fitness!
8/13 - Thursday: 4 at Kilburn. Gina dropped the kids off at daycare, so I went running. I planned on going farther, but the reality of how out of shape I'm in hit me. Yowzers.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Summer 2015, Week 7
8/3 - Monday: 0. Went to Misquamicut Beach then drove home.
8/4 - Tuesday: 3. I ran to my fishing spot and back. Decent fishing - 6 bass and a pickerel. Nothing big.
8/5 - Wednesday: 6 - Oxbow, Monument, Plain. I ran at 2pm and suffered. The weather was cool for summer - 80 degrees, but the open roads and sun exposure got to me. I definitely was feeling dehydrated at the end of this one.
8/6 - Thursday: 3. Happy Birthday Jonny! I ran up to the fishing hole today and back. I caught 5 bass and a pickerel. My fish were all bigger than Tuesday's fish. I managed to land a 3 pounder. I lost about 17 dollars in lures too.
8/7 - 8/9: Had fun, but I didn't get any runs in. I turned 38 on Sunday. Happy Birthday to Greg!
Weakly total: 12
8/4 - Tuesday: 3. I ran to my fishing spot and back. Decent fishing - 6 bass and a pickerel. Nothing big.
8/5 - Wednesday: 6 - Oxbow, Monument, Plain. I ran at 2pm and suffered. The weather was cool for summer - 80 degrees, but the open roads and sun exposure got to me. I definitely was feeling dehydrated at the end of this one.
8/6 - Thursday: 3. Happy Birthday Jonny! I ran up to the fishing hole today and back. I caught 5 bass and a pickerel. My fish were all bigger than Tuesday's fish. I managed to land a 3 pounder. I lost about 17 dollars in lures too.
8/7 - 8/9: Had fun, but I didn't get any runs in. I turned 38 on Sunday. Happy Birthday to Greg!
Weakly total: 12
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Summer 2015, Week 6
7/27 - Monday: 3 at night around school with a full belly. I belched up dinner the entire run. I ended with about 1200m of tempo effort.
7/28 - Tuesday: 5.5 around PTSA 5k route from home. Legs were stale from 3 days in a row of quicker paced running.
pm: 3 miles at Kilburn + a splash in the pond. I felt pretty decent on this one. It was hot - 86 degrees. Tomorrow will be in the mid 90s. Blech!
7/29 - Wednesday: 5 on HRT. I got out before the real heat hit. My legs felt sluggish.
7/30 - Thursday: 1.5 at school w/athletes.
7/31 - Friday: 0. I watched the kids all morning then fished late into the night. I caught 20 bass. I didn't get anything bigger than 2.5 pounds. George and Greg landed and hooked into some hogs.
8/1 - Saturday: 0. I drove to Rhody.
8/2 - Sunday: 3.5 w/Pard in Burlingame. Fun run despite full stomachs.
Weekly Total: 21.5
7/28 - Tuesday: 5.5 around PTSA 5k route from home. Legs were stale from 3 days in a row of quicker paced running.
pm: 3 miles at Kilburn + a splash in the pond. I felt pretty decent on this one. It was hot - 86 degrees. Tomorrow will be in the mid 90s. Blech!
7/29 - Wednesday: 5 on HRT. I got out before the real heat hit. My legs felt sluggish.
7/30 - Thursday: 1.5 at school w/athletes.
7/31 - Friday: 0. I watched the kids all morning then fished late into the night. I caught 20 bass. I didn't get anything bigger than 2.5 pounds. George and Greg landed and hooked into some hogs.
8/1 - Saturday: 0. I drove to Rhody.
8/2 - Sunday: 3.5 w/Pard in Burlingame. Fun run despite full stomachs.
Weekly Total: 21.5
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Summer 2015, week 5
7/20 - Monday: Zero. I did manage to go fishing with Greg at secret spot 1. We caught some more monster bass.
7/21 - Tuesday: 6 in the morning on HRT and around school. I didn't feel great.
pm - Greg and I grabbed the canoe from Stoddard to bring to Hinsdale for an assault on Secret Spot #1 later this week. Before we left Stoddard, we went for a 30 min fishing trip on Highland Lake and caught a couple beautiful bass. I've now caught 5 of my top 6 biggest lifetime bass in the last week and a half. Clearly I didn't know how to fish for bass back in the day (and I probably still could use a few pointers). Fun night.
7/26 - Sunday: 5.5 w/athlete in Pisgah. We ran up to the Ridge from Kilburn. It was socked in, so there were no views. Hammered the last .7 back to the parking lot.
Weekly total: 23.5 - Not a good week - too many zeroes.
Summer total: 139.5
7/21 - Tuesday: 6 in the morning on HRT and around school. I didn't feel great.
pm - Greg and I grabbed the canoe from Stoddard to bring to Hinsdale for an assault on Secret Spot #1 later this week. Before we left Stoddard, we went for a 30 min fishing trip on Highland Lake and caught a couple beautiful bass. I've now caught 5 of my top 6 biggest lifetime bass in the last week and a half. Clearly I didn't know how to fish for bass back in the day (and I probably still could use a few pointers). Fun night.
Greg hoists a nice one.
Greg's lunker. This is a photo of a photo if it seems blurry.
7/22 - Wednesday: Zero. I had a chore day today. No time for running.
7/23 - Thursday: 8 around Kilburn counterclockwise in 1:07. Slow time. I felt pretty good in the beginning, but the wheels really fell off. I've got to hydrate better.
7/24 - Friday: 0. Very lazy day. I should have run in the morning because I had the kids all afternoon and night. This isn't going to be a very good week.
7/25 - Saturday: Happy Birthday Mom! I ran 4 today at tempo effort. It was a nice morning to run. I didn't feel great.
7/26 - Sunday: 5.5 w/athlete in Pisgah. We ran up to the Ridge from Kilburn. It was socked in, so there were no views. Hammered the last .7 back to the parking lot.
Weekly total: 23.5 - Not a good week - too many zeroes.
Summer total: 139.5
Monday, July 13, 2015
Summer 2015, week 4
7/13 - Monday: 5 on 119 from house. I felt pretty decent. I've been doing a lot of pushups lately and I've noticed that my back hasn't been nearly as tight the last week. Maybe I can get out for a few miles this evening. I need some mileage this week.
7/14 - Tuesday: 8 - Clockwise Kilburn. I tried to break an hour and ended up fading and not really coming too close. 1:05+ - almost 1:06. I did stop at 57 minutes for a swim.
7/15 - Wednesday: 3 - Charles Street Loop from house. This was a great day. After running Greg and I went to secret spot #1 and caught a few beautiful bass. I caught a 3 pounder and Greg caught a nice 5 pounder - no joke.
7/16 - Thursday: 7 at Kilburn w/athletes. Absolutely beautiful morning for a run. 58 degrees, crisp and sunny. Feeling good.
7/17 - Friday: 6 miles HRT + downtown roads. Another humidity free morning for running. I felt pretty darn good today. I lifted a little weights in the basement after my run.
7/18 - Saturday: 4 on HRT + other roads. The humidity was back. Decent run today. Good week going.
7/19 - Sunday: 6 in the morning from the Pisgah Reservoir parking area. It was another brutally humid run. I may have had my slowest Spirit Breaker Hill ascent while running the entire way 7:10 from gate to gate.
pm - 1 mile w/athlete around school before thunderstorms cut it short. We were hoping to get three miles. He would have hit 50 miles for the week, but we decided to be prudent. The 1 mile was enough for me to hit 40 for the week. The humidity reminded me of summers past running in Ashaway. Feel like my fitness is coming around.
Weekly total: 40
Summer total after 4 weeks - 116
7/14 - Tuesday: 8 - Clockwise Kilburn. I tried to break an hour and ended up fading and not really coming too close. 1:05+ - almost 1:06. I did stop at 57 minutes for a swim.
7/15 - Wednesday: 3 - Charles Street Loop from house. This was a great day. After running Greg and I went to secret spot #1 and caught a few beautiful bass. I caught a 3 pounder and Greg caught a nice 5 pounder - no joke.
7/16 - Thursday: 7 at Kilburn w/athletes. Absolutely beautiful morning for a run. 58 degrees, crisp and sunny. Feeling good.
7/17 - Friday: 6 miles HRT + downtown roads. Another humidity free morning for running. I felt pretty darn good today. I lifted a little weights in the basement after my run.
7/18 - Saturday: 4 on HRT + other roads. The humidity was back. Decent run today. Good week going.
7/19 - Sunday: 6 in the morning from the Pisgah Reservoir parking area. It was another brutally humid run. I may have had my slowest Spirit Breaker Hill ascent while running the entire way 7:10 from gate to gate.
pm - 1 mile w/athlete around school before thunderstorms cut it short. We were hoping to get three miles. He would have hit 50 miles for the week, but we decided to be prudent. The 1 mile was enough for me to hit 40 for the week. The humidity reminded me of summers past running in Ashaway. Feel like my fitness is coming around.
Weekly total: 40
Summer total after 4 weeks - 116
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