MCT - Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 23:19:03 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Good runs this week with a big one today. 11 miles down Rt 179 from Canton to Unionville. Even ran through that ice storm yesterday. If I can do 11 miles can I do a half again? Time will tell. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8241176348 lrb - Monday, February 7, 2022 at 11:46:32 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 5+ mile run in E. Granby yesterday. This is town # 163 for me. See yesterday's blog post for some details. tlz - Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 01:53:55 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I have been sooooooo delinquent in posting! Sidetracked with wedding stuff. I have important milestones to report, though not running-related. LOL I finally hit the 100 lb mark for max lift on my bench press! I was so stupid excited, nearly walking on air. I did it first in the gym on the Smith machine, which is what you use when you want to prevent accidentally killing yourself. LOL The weight bar goes up and down on a track and you can put the stoppers at the bottom in case the bar comes crashing down. This has never happened to me, btw, but I have nearly trapped myself under the bar where I had to almost limbo out from under it. :D Then I tried lifting 100 lbs in my garage - we recently bought a bench press set. So if you're not familiar with lifting, it's much harder to lift free weight than on a Smith machine, due to having to engage your core muscles to stabilize the bar. It was a little dicey but I was able to do it and I'm still working on getting stronger. My other accomplishment - I am finally able to do a pull up! Guys may not appreciate this so much bc I think it just comes easier to men but I have been struggling for months to do a pull up. So this weight stuff probably won't do me a lick of good for ultra races but it's a ton of fun! Mike, absolutely, you can push out 2 more miles! Lee, woo hoo - you're getting close! ceb - Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 18:12:59 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time)I was planning on continuing my mini running buildup last week when I slipped and fell (indoors) going down a flight of smooth, hard stairs six days ago on Feb 4. It was just getting home from work on a wet icy night. Shoes were still wet and slippery rounding the corner on the last flight of 7 stairs to my door! I banged my lower-right back rib pretty badly since I landed on my back slightly to one side. I saw the doctor on the 8th and he said I may have cracked that rib -- and there is probably nothing they can do following the Xray -- which I am going to be getting soon. The pain feels mostly muscular near the surface. The pain level has definitely been high for the last 6 days. The good news is that I have no nerve or spine issues -- just muscular. He said I'd just have to live with it for about 6 weeks. Advil has helped. Sleeping at night's been rough, but in the day I'm able to still work with only some twinges in that area. I experimented with a slow jog in our warehouse at work yesterday for about 5 seconds and had no issues so I may try to get out there in these next 3 days (I'm not scheduled to work. Yay!). Obviously, I'll be careful. Just need to MOVE at this point. Anyway, just checking in. Congratulations Lee on yet one more town race! And congratulations Tracy on the 100 pound lift and your pullup success! ceb - Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 20:11:01 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did 3 miles this afternoon after the earlier post. Got it done. Pace 14:05/m. Temp 45 and nice. Ran roads near home and backtracked a lot to get the 3 in. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8273654542 MCT - Saturday, February 12, 2022 at 13:18:48 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Good runs again this week. Able to do solid sub 13:00/mile runs. Did 11 miles today which makes three weeks in a row doing 10+ on Saturday. Saturday was always my long run day so I'm happy to be back in that mode. My running is not fast but my pace is becoming more consistent and comfortable. I'll definitely be doing a half this year. Maybe Colchester. Tracy the weight lifting is supposed to be good for runners. Congrats on the new achievements. I should do more especially because as a senior, we have free access to many gyms under the Medicare Silver Sneakers program. Chip good to see you're still working at it. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8282363050 ceb - Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 00:51:13 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Walked 4 miles this afternoon through town and back. Did some yoga (upper torso twists) for about 10 mins twice today. Took these pics on my walk. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8285950365
Piano on Main Street, Ayer
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Charlie Brown in window with a heart and reflections
The Elm tree at the 2-mile point lrb - Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 15:19:16 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8290302848 ran in the neighborhood off brickyard w/ Lani, Peter Hawley & Linda. I ran about 4.5, Lani and Peter did about 5. The excess can be accounted for by the fact that they looped back a bunch of times to rejoin me. we are still learning the neighborhood. count the number of misturns in the route below. Lani has a Polar watch (she gave her Garmin to Peter). She showed us the route we ran (after BlueToothing it to her phone). She played the run and it showed a little red dot traversing the circuitous route.
MCT - Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 00:27:51 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did some hill repeats today. Ran more than a mile warmup, did 6 hill repeats, ran back home. Not bad but I need to do more. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8299502646
ceb - Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 19:44:50 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 3 miles/11:17 pace https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8313896308 lrb - Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 22:42:40 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) A total of about 9 miles at about 19 minute pace. Delivered a book loaned to me. MCT - Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 19:50:43 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Ran 10 miles today. Up to Nepaug Reservoir and down into Collinsville. Managed a 13:08/mile pace and included the long climb up Rt 202. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8322575491 ceb - Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 02:43:15 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 3 miles/13:10 pace https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8323465091 ceb - Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 21:17:30 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 2 miles/10:38 pace this afternoon. Into town and back. Weekly summary: 8 miles https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8330670029 lrb - Monday, February 21, 2022 at 19:41:09 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Here is the link to the instagram account set up by Lani. This will make it easy to post pictures etc. the password is January2022 https://www.instagram.com/brickyard_road_runners/ today - about 7 miles - to, around, and back - Fun Run course Sunday - about 3 miles - Brickyard w/ Lani, Mike and Linda Saturday - about 4 miles - Newington 'Nihilator lrb - Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 16:19:06 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did the Fun Run course again this morning - 7.13 mi @ 19:22 Slacked yesterday 4.19 mi @ 19:27 on Tuesday - to Berlin Tpke and back home MCT - Friday, February 25, 2022 at 19:57:32 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Too bad about Bill Tribou. An inspiration to all especially us older runners. This week was all good. Had my best run in NJ on a business trip. I'm ready for the Colchester Half tomorrow. It will be my 8th time running it and almost guaranteed my slowest. But that's OK. I would have preferred nice dry roads, which might be the case, but those dirt roads could be frozen or a mud bath. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8344605004 MCT - Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 02:01:09 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) It was a good day. The Colchester Half was fun and a success. My time was slow, 2:42, but I finished my first half in three years. It felt great after the knee and heart issues that complicated my running. Conditions were good considering we had a snowstorm just yesterday. The paved roads were dry but the dirt roads were a little icy. This was my 38th half maraton and my 8th time running this race. Temps warmed up nicely after the start. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8363631511 tlz - Monday, February 28, 2022 at 01:13:12 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Congrats on Colchester, Mike! I forgot all about it. Ran 2 loops at Rogers Orchards with Brent this morning. Got very cold towards the latter part of the second loop. Tried my orthotics on a 6 mile run yesterday and had some soreness so didn't wear them today. Not sure if I'm supposed to break them in. Would've been nice if the doctor told me! Mon. GYM Tues. 5.5 m/8:55 Wed. 7 m/9:21 Thurs. GYM Fri. 5 m/9:19 Sat. 6 m/9:20 Sun. 10.7 m/11:11 I'm now up to 2 pull-ups and 2 100 lb lifts on the bench press.