lrb - Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 00:23:36 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) intervals w/ Sri, Todd and Theresa. after about a mile w/u i did 2 3:34.9 0.51 7:03 3 3:36.5 0.52 6:58 4 3:38.4 0.53 6:53 5 3:35.2 0.51 6:59 6 4:15.7 0.52 8:16 7 4:04.8 0.52 7:52 sri coached me well. theresa joined us at the 3rd 800 and kept with us. my final two 800s (@ roughly 8 min pace) were done by theresa @ 7s, w/ sri and todd. overall, a really good workout. MCT - Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 10:50:55 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Ran 8.25 miles at 10:44 pace. Thick as pea soup out there. Yesterday was a rest day. Lee...."legend" I'm not but "Logey" definitely applies today. It was great to meet Bill Rogers last night. I met him in the hall before the lecture and we talked a few minutes about running. Nice guy and fun to hear his stories. He was asked what he felt was the best running technique and he said..."Jeff Galloways run/walk method". Tracy thinks like the great ones. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/336356458 LMC - Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 11:56:03 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Monday is cross training day, so I did 45 minutes on the cross-trainer and about 15 minutes of ab work. Looks like rain tonight for 4 miles on the treadmill it is. lrb - Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 13:10:27 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Distance: 5.88 mi Time: 59:27 Avg Pace: 10:07 min/mi Elevation Gain: 215 ft Calories: 644 C It was actually about a mile longer than this; failed to start the watch at the beginning. Wrung out my shirt w/ about .25 miles to go and caused a street flood. Like Mike, logey. In Wethersfield w/ T & W. MCT - Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 11:12:01 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 7 miles on my Burlington Hills route. 10:27 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/336825723 LMC - Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 12:10:23 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 4.25 miles on the treadmill last night. Really hoping it is not raining when I get out of work today - the plan calls for 7 tonight. Is anyone racing tomorrow? tlv - Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 12:44:42 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Speed workout from Tues.: Did a 2 mile w/u, followed by 6 x 800 repeats: 3:30, 3:30, 3:30, 3:27, 3:26, 3:28; 400 recovery walk in between each. I tried a 200 sprint after my last 400 recovery but it was slow (compared to how I did at the track 3 weeks ago) at 43/44 sec. Ended with a 2 mile c/d for a total of 8 sweaty miles. I am a little sore today and may opt for rowing indoors instead of a run. Lea, where is there a Fourth of July race? lrb - Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 14:04:04 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Distance: 5.70 mi Time: 1:05:02 Avg Pace: 11:24 min/mi To Old Common and then to Boulter. Tray, Brent invited me to join him in a 4 miler in Chester. $25. He wrote: Lee, Mary and I are leaving from my house about 715am Thursday morning. I have not registered yet. Show up at my house if you can. Brent I've decided to run locally tomorrow. I'll run Friday and long on Saturday @ Brickyard. Lee MCT - Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 14:46:17 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) On racing the 4th....I may run that 4 miler in Chester. Still debating and will decide by tonight. On Saturday.....I need a long run so will run to Brickyard from home....do a bunch of miles.....and run back home. tlv - Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 23:22:21 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Thanks for the race info, Lee. I actually saw Kate's FB post and figured that was the race. It's gonna be too hot tomorrow to put forth a good effort. I will try to get up early and run around my neighborhood before the afternoon festivities in our hood. I wasn't going to run today but just couldn't resist the beautiful weather - not! 6 miles/8:57. The sun went behind a cloud at times and there was an occasional breeze. I was grateful for both. I'll be starting early on Sat. (to try to beat the heat) but will plan to meet everyone at the Brickyard lot. LMC - Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 23:40:45 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 7 miles outside in 1:05. lrb - Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 11:58:00 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I'm about to head out for a run but just wanted to see where folks are "coming from" relative to this Saturday's run; start place, start time, distance etc. Sounds like Jamaica girl might be starting @ VDP parking lot @ 6 AM and heading toward regular parking lot and probably going fairly long but I've been totally wrong guessing her plans so ... anyway, *that's* about what I'd like to do. MCT - Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 12:17:13 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did 10 miles out to Nassahegon Forest. Pace was 11:15. I was told there are 30+ miles of trails at Nassahegon and sure enough there are tons of trails. These are used for biking, hiking, and running. Trails are 8' to 10' wide, mostly flat, not very technical. Some roots and trees across the trail in places. Some of it is part of the Tunxis Trail. There is parking and port-o-potties across the street. Great place to have some training runs prior to the fall. Link to Nassahegon site: Nassahegon Bike Trail review with map. On Saturday I plan on running to Brickyard at the VDP to meet Tracy. Then do the trail before I peel off and run back home. Should be at least 15 miles total for me. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/337283423 LMC - Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 15:26:09 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 4 miles in 39:40. I win for the sweatiest runner EVER. tlv - Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 16:59:20 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 10 miles on the hot road/9:49 pace. Couldn't get up early this morning so didn't get out until 9. No better way to start the day though than 10 muggy miles with piss warm Gatorade. Perhaps we can try out the trail Mike ran on next Sat. or the week after that. Happy Fourth of July everyone! LMC - Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 19:24:16 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) What's the address for the Vdp? I am thinking of starting early to beat the heat. I have to run 14 @ 10:30 or slower pace. MCT - Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 20:03:16 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) VDP is on Rt 4 in Unionville just past the bridge over the Farmington River. The address below is the mini golf place near the Heritage trail crosses under Rt 4. The map in the next link might help. 218 River Rd, Unionville, CT 06085 Riverfront Mini Golf lrb - Friday, July 5, 2013 at 15:09:27 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I ran 8.3 yesterday and about 7 today. Yesterday's run was from my house to the Scottish Rite 5K course in Newington, around the course and back home. My average pace was about 14 minutes. I don't believe we've coined an acronym yet for this. SDSAS? Super Duper Slow As Shit. Consumed Vitamin water, drank water from a fountain at the town pool and walk / ran a lot. Today's run was in Wethersfield. Took a quick dip in a pond in the Mill Woods park area and then got a little scratched up trying to find my way thru the woods to get back to the start. See everybody bright and early tomorrow morning. tlv - Friday, July 5, 2013 at 17:25:30 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 12 miles at Roger's Orchards - avg. pace 10:13. Not feeling super great right now! I probably should've just done 10, as I wasn't able to start until 10:30 am and the heat really got to me by the end. I tried to stay in the shade as much as possible but when I got back out into the sun, it felt 100 times worse. Good thing we're starting early tomorrow and the path is shaded in a lot of areas. Welcome to the dog days of summer - woof! MCT - Saturday, July 6, 2013 at 12:24:57 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 14 miles at 11:11 pace. Real hot one today. Left at 5am and hooked up with Lee, Brent, and Tracy at 6am. We headed east and met Lea. After 9 miles I peeled off up Red Oak Hill road and headed for home. Good one but a tough one today. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/338185657 lrb - Saturday, July 6, 2013 at 13:41:40 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Biggest loser: Lee, logging in a mere 11 @ 11 minute pace. Outdone by all other Brickyarders. Great to run w/ Lea, Mike, Tray and Brent. Looks like I need to adopt part of Tray's pre-run prep regimen; my post run shower revealed a chafing problem. Rose's regular mail address is Rose Famiglietti, 43 Palomina Way, Wethersfield, CT 06109-3900 tlv - Saturday, July 6, 2013 at 16:33:20 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I was fully prepared not to do 20 today but felt okay enough. Average pace was 10:44 (last mile 8:54). It was very shady heading towards Collinsville and there was even a small breeze every so often. My feet were the only thing that hurt. I have a blister on my heel that was bothering me. Lee, I looked up the definition of LOSER: 1: a person or thing that loses especially consistently 2: a person who is incompetent or unable to succeed; also: something doomed to fail or disappoint A far cry from running 11 miles in sweltering hot conditions! LMC - Saturday, July 6, 2013 at 16:54:04 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 14 miles at Brickyard in 2:35:35. I think it's a little overan 11 minute pace, perfect marathon training speed. Did not stop my watch on breaks so pace was probably a little faster. lrb - Saturday, July 6, 2013 at 16:58:48 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Lee - for Chafing - today I used Aquafor on my underarm area and it held up really well. You can pick that up at any drug store or Target/Walmart. I have some anti-chafing stuff coming in the mail from Amazon, it's made for cyclists so I'll post the review. LMC - Sunday, July 7, 2013 at 14:20:54 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) No running for me today. Got bit by something in my left ear yesterday while doing yard work. My ear looks like a chicken cutlet, and my hearing is muffled. At the walk in now! MCT - Sunday, July 7, 2013 at 16:38:24 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Day off. lrb - Sunday, July 7, 2013 at 21:35:17 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Day off. Do I hear an echo? Let's see if Ms V can resist and duplicate all of us. You can do it Tray. Save it. Show us what you can do, after a rest, tomorrow nite! tlv - Monday, July 8, 2013 at 00:41:47 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Couldn't take the day off - too much eating over the weekend. Did an easy 5, mixed in some walking - 10:40ish pace. ceb - Monday, July 8, 2013 at 01:37:46 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Hi everyone. I know my entries have been few and far between but I just wanted to check in to say I've made a decision to reduce my running out of some necessity to deal with some arthritis / muscle issues which also seem to get worse following runs. This is not to say good-bye to all of you though. I'll drop in from time to time (to record a run and say hi). I've been doing some "meditation / healthy-eating group things" here in my home town and things are going really well with that. Anyway, just felt like saying keep up the good work. You guys are awesome. PS. I did run 3 miles in the heat today. Also ran on July 4th (2 miles) in similar heat. Both were good. Making a lot of diet-related changes which help with this decision to back off a lot (from running). Again, I'll try to check in here from time to time. Peace. MCT - Monday, July 8, 2013 at 10:32:36 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did 6 slow miles today. Couldn't get moving. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/339324313 lrb - Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 02:11:28 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 1 10:08.2 1.00 10:08 2 9:42.1 0.54 17:59 ->3 7:42.4 0.99 7:49 ->4 7:22.4 1.00 7:22 5 :16.9 0.05 5:58 ->6 7:37.4 1.00 7:37 7 :12.9 0.03 7:09 ->8 7:56.7 1.00 7:57 9 :18.4 0.04 7:39 Track workout - basically 4 1 mile repeats w/ some unrecorded cool downs of 800s in between. Sri, Tray, Brent, Todd and me. Tray and I were sort of neck and neck for the 2nd and 3rd. She ran her 4th waaaay faster than my 4th which was about an 8 minute pace. Brent ran well. Sri and Todd were doing 6:40s and better. Tray and I think doing Mike's trail run of 14+ should be moved to next weekend. Let's go short on Saturday and then crush Petit. Don't know if Mike's running Petit. tlv - Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 02:43:51 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Track night - 4 x 1 mile repeats: 7:50, 7:42, 7:30, 7:25; 800 slow jog recovery. Got to take an inaugural dip in our new hot tub. The pain in my quad is history. Here's to recovering from long runs and long races that much quicker. :) MCT - Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 10:12:45 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 6 miles in Teaneck New Jersey. 10:50 pace. No bugs!! http://connect.garmin.com/activity/339815629 lrb - Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 12:48:05 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 4.6 w/ Wanda and Theresa this morning in Wethersfield tlv - Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 23:23:45 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Took the day off from running and I did not spontaneously combust! I did get in a rowing workout instead plus walked around Lake Compounce for a couple of hours and climbed stairs to waterslides. :) bms - Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 01:19:34 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I did 9.6 tonight at a "What the heat will allow pace". Hoping to squeeze in a longer run Wednesday night and then tapering Thur, Fri and Sat. MCT - Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 11:24:10 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I did 7 miles on some Burlington hills at a 11:10 pace. Very humid. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/340314922 LMC - Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 12:00:11 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 4 miles last night on the treadmill, then some light strength training. It was nice to watch it rain yesterday! lrb - Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 15:32:22 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) http://connect.garmin.com/activity/340410220 10 miles @ 10:45 pace - up "Newington Children's Hospital" hill (Wells (Rt 75)), left on Folly Brook bike trail to Cove Park, around water, Wethersfield green, Boulter Rd. tlv - Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 00:15:05 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 5 miles/10:17 pace at 9 am. Very humid but at least the sun was mainly behind the clouds. Another 5 miles at 7 pm - 9:35 pace. Still extremely humid with drizzly rain. Evil Mike tempted me with the 14th Annual 7 mile People's Forest Trail Run but it's the same day as the John Kelly Race - Sat., Aug. 3. I may email the RD to withdraw my app. from the Kelly Race as it will likely be hotter than hell and I could use the trail experience for Vermont. MCT - Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 10:37:17 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 7 miles in Clay NY. 10:45 pace. Evil Mike says running the trails at People's Forest provides shade....but will get your new Hokas covered in mud! http://connect.garmin.com/activity/340772693 LMC - Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 11:46:59 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 7 miles last night on the treadmill. Another rainy night. LMC - Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 12:09:34 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I'm going to have to withdraw from Ocean Beach, too. I'm supposed to run 20 miles that day. MCT - Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 20:45:54 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) FYI..I signed up for the Petit/GE 5k on Sunday. LMC - Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 23:52:56 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 6 miles tonight outside in 57:20. lrb - Friday, July 12, 2013 at 00:09:57 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Took the day off today. Glad you signed up for Petit Mike. Lea, you could run 11.6 then run 8.4. Everybody's bailing on Ocean Beach. I'm goin'. Tray, go. Evil Mike, you too. No, really, do what works for you, but Ocean Beach is $0, great distance, neither of you has done it before, it's one of the oldest races in Connecticut and and and and ... End of rant. What the heck are we doing Saturday? tlv - Friday, July 12, 2013 at 01:04:34 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 6 miles total - 1.5 m w/u, followed by 2 quick miles (8:03, 7:56), 2.5 m c/d. MCT - Friday, July 12, 2013 at 10:19:06 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 7 miles at 10:32 in Bristol. Nice morning for a run. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/341227393 LMC - Friday, July 12, 2013 at 13:39:52 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Lee - I've done Ocean Beach 3 times before ;). I'd rather do the 20 at Brickyard where it is flat and shaded. Rest day today - and off from work! - then 12 miles tomorrow at Brickyard. Let me know the start time. tlv - Friday, July 12, 2013 at 14:26:32 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I won't get my run in today until Barry gets home so I'll log that later. As for Sat., I am going to heed Todd's advice and not do anything crazy - 5 miles or so. I will just run near my house since it's such a short distance. Not worth driving up to Brickyard. lrb - Friday, July 12, 2013 at 14:31:26 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Ran about 15 miles in two sections. First section was 9+ miles from home, up Rt 175 hill to Folly Brook bike trail, over to Highland Street and ultimately over to Boulter Rd. Saw geese and cows. With Wanda. Was using my new smartphone and the MapMyRun GPS app. Have not figured out how to post it yet. After a rest took off again and ran home. Ran into Rose on Hang Dog and ran w/ her for a couple of miles. Pace was about 10:30 for first section of run. Slower for last section. http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/325881991 http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/325630211 tlv - Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 01:06:37 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 12 miles/9:35 pace; last mile was 8:26. I could get used to this weather - what a difference! Came home and hit the hot tub. I'm not sure how much of a benefit it was to do my longer run today instead of tomorrow (since I couldn't start it until 5:30 p.m.). It really only gave me an extra 12-14 hours of recovery time. The weather for Petit looks to be pretty normal for that race - humid and high 80s. We really should be grateful because starting on Mon., temps will be in the 90s with the heat index 100 or above, lasting for several days! MCT - Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 12:28:55 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did 10 miles at Brickyard. No one else was around so I decided to try some trails along the Farmington River just past the bridge. I headed down the path and hit the trails. Nice flat/open trails along the river and out into the fields. Came back onto Heritage Trail and headed north for a few miles. Avg pace was 10:56. Turned out to be a great run with perfect cool misty weather. Check out the Garmin map. I'll be at Petit tomorrow. Since I suck at 5ks anyway it didn't matter that I went long today. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/341698441 lrb - Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 12:52:38 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 10.47 miles at 11:25 in Wethersfield. Petit tomorrow. http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/326425561 LMC - Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 17:11:37 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 12.25 in the hills of Waalingford today. It was really nice weather. I didn't sweat *as* much ;) Took me 2:10:22 to finish, took my time. tlv - Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 17:23:23 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Ha ha Mike, love your long run/5K comment. On the positive side, it is damn liberating! Meanwhile, I'm preparing to run until I puke tomorrow. LOL Perhaps I should've run 15 miles today and aimed for a sub 25 min. 5K tomorrow. Would've been a lot easier! Just came back from a 5 mile run/9:42 pace. Did 4 x 1 min. pick-ups - pace around 6:45. Wish we could bottle this weather for tomorrow. I still sweat like crazy today (humidity is high) but at least there is a breeze and no sun. lrb - Sunday, July 14, 2013 at 21:50:54 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Petit http://connect.garmin.com/activity/342636069 My splits were not flat (unlike Tray's) and I ran too much on Friday and Saturday. But my Garmin gave me 8 minute pace and I placed 1/8 so I guess I should be fairly happy. I need to be more disciplined. Brent and Tray both ran extremely well. Brent did 7 minute pace (!) and Tray crushed her 5K record. LMC - Sunday, July 14, 2013 at 23:05:53 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Congrats everyone on a great race! I ran 7 miles today for a total of 36 miles this week. MCT - Sunday, July 14, 2013 at 23:31:27 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Great race at Petit 5k. I'm sure you all saw the results. Congratulations Tracy, Brent, and Lee. Hot one but a fun race. My 26:42 is about what I expected. My average 5k time. Thank you Linda for the pictures. MCT - Monday, July 15, 2013 at 11:05:07 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Hot 6 miles this morning. Terrible time trying to keep a decent pace. 11:12 was all I could muster. For those considering the trail run this Saturday.....hold tight. I want to run the trails first to make sure we all know what were in for. These may be very technical. I will try to run them during the week. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/342863825 LMC - Monday, July 15, 2013 at 12:04:22 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I will not be at Brickyard this Saturday. Volunteering at the CT Pet Fair 5k in Meriden, then celebrating my Dad's 60th birthday that afternoon. Somewhere that day I will have to sneak in 8 miles. I will be at Brickyard between 5:45am and 6:00am on Sunday in the regular lot for 16 miles. I plan on breaking it up so I can return back to the car for extra water if needed. Please everyone stay hydrated and safe this week! tlv - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 02:15:26 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Track night. Hot, but could've been (and has been) worse. Took it easy since 5K was yesterday. 5 x 800s: 3:44, 3:41, 3:38, 3:39, 3:35. Ran 6.5 miles total with w/u, repeats, recovery intervals, and c/d. MCT - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 10:18:37 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 6 miles at 10:40 pace. Found a new park in NJ near Englewood. Overpeck Park. Huge(3 miles long) and designed for runners, walkers, and bikes. Great facilities and well lit. As I was running I came across a guy playing a tuba at 5:30am. Very weird. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/343371107 lrb - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 10:31:37 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) intervals mile and a half w/u, another 1200 jog, 3:59, 3:54, 3:41, 3:39. I did another 800 but can't prove it cuz I didn't have my watch on (kinda like Slackin' who'll claim 7 fast 800s w/ no proof whatsoever) LMC - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 11:25:22 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 4 miles in 39:54 done at.......5:15am!! It was cooler but very humid. Took me a good 20 minutes to stop sweating even after a cool shower. lrb - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 15:40:36 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Ran what I've decided to call the Berlin Ballbreaker. 5 miles. Linda dropped me off at a nursery on Deming Rd and I ran up a giant hill, back down again and then ran to the condo complex and then back. More a figure out how to do it than a run for time so I won't even post the pace. Browse the log to see the map.
tlv - Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 00:19:03 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Gee Lee, that sounds like an awesome route - love the name. LOL Went out at 5 p.m. for 6 miles/9:13 pace. Had a couple of new songs on my MP3, which caused me to run a little quicker than I originally thought I would. MCT - Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 10:36:32 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did 8 miles at a 10:32 pace in East Greenbush NY. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/343881251 MCT - Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 10:31:56 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 7 miles in Burlington. Pace = 10:46. Included one big hill at mile 4. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/344352905 LMC - Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 11:43:20 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 8 miles last night on the treadmill. Tonight's 4 miler will be outside starting at 8pm. tlv - Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 12:38:42 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Took yesterday off. Got up early this morning to fit in 6 miles/9:54 pace before Barry went to work. Not that it hasn't been hot, but it's going to be an absolute scorcher today. I was happy to find a lot of shade this morning, yet still sweat off 2 1/2 lbs. lrb - Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 16:24:22 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 7.14 at 10:25 min. per mile on foot then 5.51 at 10.8 miles per hr on bike ... and yes, it's hot. I did this at 7 AM so it wasn't too bad. Going swimming tonight. MCT - Friday, July 19, 2013 at 10:50:44 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 5.5 miles at 11:02 pace. Hot and slow. Qualifies for a "hot sweaty mess". Saturday I can be at VDP for a run north to Collinsville. Is 6:00am still a good time? http://connect.garmin.com/activity/344793150 tlv - Friday, July 19, 2013 at 12:21:04 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I didn't make it out there early this morning so will either wait until late afternoon, when Barry gets home, or row in the A/C while watching GH. :) Tomorrow at 6 am at VDP sounds good. We'll run towards Collinsville for a change. My MIL and I were laughing on the phone last night at how temps. in the mid-80s next week will be refreshing. LOL lrb - Friday, July 19, 2013 at 13:30:20 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Distance: 6.66 mi Time: 1:09:42 Avg Pace: 10:28 min/mi Elevation Gain: 288 ft Calories: 718 C w/ Wanda and Theresa
tomorrow at VDP at 6 AM ... looks like the trinamic trio of ultragirl, whereintheworld and yourstruly ... Slackin''s (note the double apostrophe) a Maniac, Lea's a volunteer ... I think Tray's talkin' not too long ... maybe 12? I want to go 15 on Sunday ... might have Wanda as company ... anybody in? ... have no idea where I'm going. LMC - Friday, July 19, 2013 at 13:33:57 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 5 miles last night at 7:45pm in 52:45.. Temp. was not that bad. tlv - Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 01:16:53 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Well, I couldn't stop twitching. LOL I gave into temptation and ran at 3:45 p.m. I have never run in 108 degree weather before! I now have a new appreciation for Badwater participants. I only did 5.5 miles/9:34 pace. At times, there was a breeze. It was a hot breeze but, nevertheless, air was moving! Then there were times when the sun came out full force and it felt like I was running in front of a firepit. I read on my ultra list that a couple of ultras have been cancelled this weekend due to the excessive heat. I got a Mission Enduracool Bandana from Lowe's (of all places) tonight. Barry said they probably carry that stuff for the construction workers out in the heat. Can't wait to try it in the AM. MCT - Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 13:53:22 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did 12 miles with Tracy and Lee from VDP up to Canton. Hot but not a bad run. Pace was 10:52. After I stopped by Nassahegon State Park to check the trails. Very technical with many rocks, roots, steep hills, etc. Some parts were 2 foot wide with heavy brush scraping as I ran. I enjoyed it but may not be fun for others unless you like that stuff. I ran/walked 2 miles but it was apparent there were many more miles of trails crisscrossing in the forest. First link below is the 12 mile the second is Nassahegon Trails. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/345299516 http://connect.garmin.com/activity/345299486 LMC - Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 15:29:02 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 6 miles today on the treadmill. lrb - Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 15:32:39 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did 12 w/ Mike and Tray ... VDP to Collinsville and back. Can't seem to upload my Garmin so had to read the pace from the watch. 11:05. Was draggin' toward the end. Too much wine at outdoor concert last night. Saw Barb briefly when we were about 2 miles away from VDP on return leg. Before I get chewed out by Tray ... will "train" smarter before longish run in the future. Also, will not run the 15 I talked about earlier tomorrow. MCT - Sunday, July 21, 2013 at 11:35:58 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Resting the legs today. LMC - Sunday, July 21, 2013 at 13:53:49 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) You guys should have done your long run today! I did 16 at brickyard in 3 hours flat. Weather was PERFECT! tlv - Monday, July 22, 2013 at 00:01:30 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I agree, Lea, much better weather today. I did 10 miles/9:56 pace. lrb - Monday, July 22, 2013 at 00:59:01 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Day off. Mile repeats tomorrow nite. MCT - Monday, July 22, 2013 at 10:31:54 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 8 miles this morning at 10:43 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/346461034 tlv - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 00:08:51 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 6 miles total: 1 mile w/u, followed by 4 miles/8:07 pace (8:13, 8:05, 8:08, 7:57, no recovery), 1 mile c/d. lrb - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 02:01:56 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Similar to Tray but (hard to believe) a bit quicker. 1 mile w/u 1 mile c/d. 7:33, 7:30, 7:45, 7:28. Sri, Theresa, Brent and me. MCT - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 10:20:06 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 6 miles in Mahwah New Jersey at 10:56 pace. Rainy, hot, humid. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/346962578 tlv - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 11:23:19 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Actually our workouts weren't similar so it's not hard to believe why your repeats were faster. You had a recovery of 800 meters in between each repeat to allow your heart rate to go down; I ran my 4 miles all together without any recovery breaks. Two very different things. lrb - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 14:10:49 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Sorry about the comparison of two very different workouts. I think I did notice you had no jog sessions between your miles but never corrected my comparison. Nice pace for 4 consecutive miles Tracy. Did 9 today traveling from Wethersfield to Goodwin Park and back in a loop. A little rainy. 10:30 pace. tlv - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 23:58:47 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) No apology necessary, Lee. My OCD/anal retentive ways got the better of me and I felt the need to reiterate that I didn't take any recovery segments. 5 miles/9:27 pace. It felt almost as hot as last week - I was sweating like crazy. LMC - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 23:59:48 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Well, the plan was to run outside, but the rainstorm cancelled that plan. Ran 5 miles on the treadmill, worked hard for the first 4 miles and did a 1 mile cool down. Watched the gym parking lot flood and some water got inside. MCT - Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 10:48:16 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 6.5 miles locally. 10:50 pace. I'm doing more large hills as I get ready for the Bristol Half marathon on Aug 18th. That has one of the biggest hills I've ever seen in a half. Tracy/Lee.....At the Board of Selectman meeting last night I asked about the missing port-o-john that was budgeted for the trail. Unbelievable answer.....the police, parks/rec, and highway department have had meetings to decide where to place it. They can't agree on what spot is best therefore they won't place it. Decision by committee doesn't work. Plus none of these people use the trail. I tried to stress that ANYWHERE is perfect. They can't place it in a bad spot. I tried. One would think that since I requested it and I use the trail that they could ask me for an opinion. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/347462399 tlv - Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 13:17:41 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 8 miles/9:40 pace. Muggy! OMG Mike, seriously? You should write to the papers or contact WTNH on your side. The public needs to be informed so they can cause a ruckus. They don't know where to put it! Holy cow, if I had been there to hear that. How about the lack of trash cans in the one parking lot? They don't know where to put those either? IDIOTS! lrb - Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 15:33:09 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did a real short, real slow under 3 mile run in my "backyard" this morning. I think Mike should email the last few posts here to the appropriate authorities. Tracy, you're a riot. MCT - Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 10:59:13 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 6.5 miles at 10:55 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/347934212 LMC - Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 11:36:58 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 8 miles outside last night in 1:18:00. Felt really good. lrb - Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 14:53:25 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/337356825 http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/337413575 About 13 miles. First part involved a new way to get to the Folly Brook trail. Second part was about a mile longer than what the link shows; battery died on cell phone. It was 56 degrees when I left my house at 6:45. Ran it w/ Wanda.
LMC - Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 19:45:59 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) How do the shirts run? I'll take a small if they are men's cut t-shirts. tlv - Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 23:37:34 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 6 miles/9:20 pace. It's like we jumped into October or something! MCT - Friday, July 26, 2013 at 10:09:59 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 5.25 miles today at 11:15 pace. Took it easy on a cool rainy morning. Tomorrow not sure what people are doing but I will do a long 20 miles incorporating trails at Nassahegon and extreme hills in Bristol. It's going to be a long morning starting at 5am. BTW...shirt size is large. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/348397815 LMC - Friday, July 26, 2013 at 12:11:06 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Took Thursday as my rest day. Went to bed at 8:00pm and slept straight through to 6:30am. Guess I needed the sleep. Tonight will be a very slow 4 miles (to make up for yesterday) and then 17 is on the books for tomorrow. I will be at the old parking lot for 6:30am. tlv - Friday, July 26, 2013 at 12:21:39 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Forgot to mention - I won't be around on Sat. (going to NJ). Hope everyone has a nice long run. Oh, and for the shirt, I guess I would be a medium. MCT - Friday, July 26, 2013 at 12:51:39 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) BTW....I will design my run to include part of the Brickyard trail. I expect to be on the trail south of the old parking lot around 7am. I will peel off and head to Burlington from there. lrb - Friday, July 26, 2013 at 13:02:17 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did a little over 10 w/ Theresa and Wanda this morning. Leaving for Watkins Glen shortly. I'll put something up on the blog for tomorrow. Alice Sarginger Carrillo expressed an interest in joining anyone who shows up. I see Lea is a 6:30 old parking lot definite and Mike is a will be somewhere on the trail around 7:00. Tray's away. Lani is Iron Man Lake Placid. Don't know about Brent. Have a great weekend everybody. Follow Lani. Send her strength. LMC - Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 13:46:57 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) First training fail today. Goal was 17, made it through 8. I had to run 8 tomorrow, so I'll attempt the 17 again on Sunday. Legs were not having it today. MCT - Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 14:00:23 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 21 miles on the BIG hills. Ran up the steepest hill I've ever done which is called Taine Mountain. That hill alone was a 350' elevation increase within a 1/2 mile. Total elevation for the run was 1,747' which was mostly in the first 9 miles. Note the Garmin graphs. The big hill started at 5.5 miles. After all that hill business I headed for the Heritage Trail joining it near Collinsville. I ran back past the VDP to Unionville but didn't see anyone so I headed on Rt 177 towards Plainville. I struggled the last couple of miles but overall a good training run. Avg pace was 11:44/mile which is what I expected with the hills. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/348924882 lrb - 7/27/2013 14.1 miles in hills and on the trails of Watkins Glen. LMC - Sunday, July 28, 2013 at 18:02:56 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 17 today at B-yard in 3:10:15. A lady was warning everyone about a bear sighting about 1/2 mile up from the brickyard parking lot. Stairs are not my friend right now! MCT - Monday, July 29, 2013 at 10:25:25 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 7.5 miles down to Bristol. 10:54 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/350092295 LMC - Monday, July 29, 2013 at 12:23:32 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Thank goodness it is a cross training day. My legs hurt so bad! I did cover 25 miles over 24 hours this past weekend alone - so almost a marathon! Looking forward to yoga class tonight. lrb - 7/29/2013 16.1 in Watkins Glen on Sunday. 7.12 miles in Watkins Glen on Monday. MCT - Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 10:34:26 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 7 miles in Buffalo NY around the University. Nice and cool. No Pi, No trigonometry, No algebra, No supernatural occurrences, No numbers I need to play in the lottery. :-) Just a run. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/350610199 lrb - 7/30/2013
8.55 miles 10:10 pace in the gorge in Watkins Glen. MCT - Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 11:14:38 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Ran 8 miles in Burlington. Hilly route. Pace was 10:49. Great run today. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/351133760 LMC - Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 11:40:46 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 4 miles last night in 36 minutes. tlv - Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 12:05:10 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I miss posting on the log. :( Also, I apologize for posting a couple of bogus workouts to cover for the fact I was getting ready for the 24 hour race. In order to keep my head on straight and stay focused, I needed to keep it quiet and not talk much about it. Not sure when I'll go for my first post-race run. I may go for a walk tomorrow. My blisters are slowly shrinking and my muscles are slowly loosening. So for now, I live vicariously through all of your running workouts. Though Mike is starting to intimidate me with all of his hill training. :) lrb - 7/31/2013 5.82 @ 11:49 pace - Catherine Valley trail.
