MCT - Monday, June 1, 2015 at 10:45:50 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 8 wet miles in Bristol. Caught a couple of downpours. Can't do evenings because I am either traveling for business or out to dinner with Chris. I will forever be a morning person. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/791042753 lrb - Monday, June 1, 2015 at 13:46:29 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/791167356 8+ in the rain. Home to Scottish Rite loop and back home. I second Tray's supportive remarks to Chip. Best of luck to you both in finding a job that works for you. MCT - Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 10:29:03 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 7 miles in the Burlington Hills. Trying to get long hills in before the 20th. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/791914588 tlz - Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 11:00:54 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I took Monday off - cold, awful rain when I got out of work. I don't know what's become of me. I don't care if I miss a run and I've started drinking beer! LOL No more than 16-20 oz. at a time. Not like I'm slamming them back over here but kind of funny. Sent to Joe to the liquor store for brown ale - my newly discovered favorite. Mike, your mountain race is June 20th? Wow, that came up fast. lrb - Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 15:49:56 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/792134359 https://connect.garmin.com/activity/792134345 Two entries today. First one was about 6 miles: to Walgreens then w/ Wanda around Wethersfield. Second one was from her place to home: about 6, slower. I have put something new on the main page of the blog which you might want to try out. Underneath Sonic the cat you will now find two links ... the first one lets you see the current month's internal log ... the second one lets you *search* the entire log (all posts between 2011 and now). Hope you find it useful and interesting. Here's a direct link to this new search facility http://primepuzzle.com/sphider/search.php ceb - Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 22:47:47 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Took a rest day yesterday and ran 5 miles today on the regular route. Felt a bit better today. Legs not as sore. Thanks for the comment Tracy. Good luck in your search too. I envy your having one to start with! https://connect.garmin.com/activity/792497218 ceb - Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 22:52:22 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) The search utilities are excellent, Lee. I tried them out. A search in the full log worked perfectly. Nice job. tlz - Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 01:02:01 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 6 miles after work - 8:02 pace. The first 5K was sub-8. Was riled up from work. Since I can't talk about this on FB, I'll vent here. Had a client's daughter tell me that her piece of shit brother shot their mother's cat because it peed on his shoes. She didn't report it and didn't really seem to be too bothered by it. She only told me to make a point that her brother is an asshole. So I called animal control and made an anonymous complaint. However, I was stressed all day about the possible fallout at work. I'm still not sure if anything will come of it but I didn't involve the law firm at all. Anyway, just another day at the office... MCT - Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 10:07:59 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 7 miles in Binghamton NY. Found a park with a rails to trails. Lee...the new search works great. I searched for "logey" and found a prodigious amount of entries where we used the term. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/792802962 MCT - Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 10:26:19 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Tracy...just saw your post. You did the right thing. I doubt anything will come of it related to your job. lrb - Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 12:26:24 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Thanks for the feedback on the new search facility. Great minds thinks alike ... I searched for logey too. tlz - Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 01:13:34 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 6 miles/9:25 pace lrb - Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 10:10:03 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/793476056 7 with Laurie von Schmidt at Brickyard. 10:34 pace. Beautiful evening to run. MCT - Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 10:48:48 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 10 miles up in the hills of Bristol. 816ft elevation gain. Decent average pace at 11:05 considering the big hills. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/793740315 tlz - Friday, June 5, 2015 at 00:37:53 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Beer - 1 Running - 0 :P MCT - Friday, June 5, 2015 at 10:17:01 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did 8.25 miles into Bristol on a mostly flat route. 9:57 pace. Perfect weather. Running the Harwinton 5K on Saturday and maybe the Goodwin Forest 10K on Sunday. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/791042753 MCT - Friday, June 5, 2015 at 16:20:38 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Saturday AM I will be running some trails around Sessions Woods. These are Blue and White blazed trails. If interested in joining I will be at the parking lot at 6:30am. I plan on an hour or two. Not sure what distance that will be. Some of the trails are easy but some are very technical, rocky, and thin single track. ceb - Friday, June 5, 2015 at 17:55:33 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Wow!!!!!!!!!! So many entries since my last post! Thanks for venting, Tracy. I can see why you wanted to. What is God's name would provoke such an a-hole to DO something that insane! Sounds like you're ok with work. I'll go with what Mike said too. By the way, I will be honest here: I SLAMMED down 3 beers following my 15 mile run the other day. I recommend it ONLY if you really want to get a major hit and not regret the next day entirely ... which "worked" for the most part! :P I ran 8.0 miles Wednesday (link below) and had to edit the data for the distance. My watch was acting super funny much of the way and seemed to lock at 7.8 miles The pace now (after the edit) seems to now be more accurate https://connect.garmin.com/activity/794370867 On Thursday (yesterday) I put in 6.0 miles AND THEN GOT A MOST INSPIRING JOB INTERVIEW REQUEST FROM WHOLE FOODS MARKET IN ARLINGTON (and unfortunately was not at my phone at the time!) Distance: 6.0 miles Time: 55:59 Pace: 9:23 / mile Route: Fellway West out to Friendly's and back https://connect.garmin.com/activity/794370856 Still too early to say much (since Linda, the Store Leader) is challenging to reach, but I've been following up on it with 2 calls, an email to her and a store visit this morning. I have a good feeling about it and am just waiting for another call or email. 3 people know I'm "hungary" for it! lrb - Friday, June 5, 2015 at 23:00:04 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/795156384 6 with Mr Stratton in Rocky Hill. Running Celebrate West Hartford on Sunday. The log has been awesome of late. Brent threatens to hook in. Speaking of beer, had a Back East Porter the other night. Bloomfield brewery. I like my beer dark. Tray's been on the dark side for awhile. She just didn't discover the beer aspect till recently. Have a good weekend all. And, Mr. Bradley, great news. May it all work out. I'll be thinking of you. I always do. tlz - Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 01:55:33 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 8 miles/9:10 pace. Running with Speedi in the morning. We should have a "flight" BBQ here over the summer. Everyone brings a different beer and we'll pour it into 4-5 oz. glasses for sampling. ;) ceb - Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 02:03:27 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Thanks Lee! A "mini-update" is included in this "jobs [running] report." Distance: 7.0 miles Time: 1:09:08 Pace: 9:53 / mile Route: Fellsway West toward Stoneham https://connect.garmin.com/activity/795228469 Linda from Whole Foods got back to me by email this afternoon!! We are scheduled now to talk on Monday (first with a phone call). I set the time at 10 am, but gave her another option of 4 pm if that was better. More later from me on how that goes. I'm taking tomorrow off from running and then switching on the afterburners on Sunday in the 5k in Braintree, MA. It's been a long time since I've raced, so things are a bit unpredictable there too! Would life be exciting if everything was predictable?! Nope! MCT - Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 12:58:26 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Went on a trail adventure out of Sessions Woods with Eric Greuttner. Headed out on the blue blazed trails across from Sessions. We zig-zagged all through the state forest and switched to white trails. Then got on unmarked trails. We were technically lost but relied on Google Maps and my compass to find our way back. Great run though on a mix of technical and open flat single track trails. Total for me was 12 miles but some was on the road. Check out the Garmin map. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/795603486 tlz - Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 16:07:49 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 13 miles with Vanessa on the Cheshire Trail - 9:20ish pace. Good luck to everyone racing this weekend! Chip, good luck with the job opportunity! MCT - Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 13:25:56 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 10 miles from the new Burlington Rails To Trails up to Nepaug Reservoir near Collinsville. Very nice place to run. The dam at Nepaug is huge. 130 feet high and built 100 years ago. Amazing that one can see it only from the walking road since all roads have been closed. The Rails To Trails is much nicer and more open. My total for miles this week is 65. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/796682365 lrb - Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 16:21:01 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/796938619 2nd in AG at Celebrate West Hartford. 7:43 pace. http://plattsys.com/m1shellb.asp?eventid=1294 ceb - Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 21:13:22 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Ran the Kyleigh's Cure 5k Road Race in Braintree, MA this morning Almost did not make it to the race due to NO busses running on Sundays. Was lucky to have had some T-worker just randomly tell me this in passing conversation in a big empty parking garage. Had he not walked by at 7:45 am, I would have stood there waiting for an hour. and would NOT have had time to jog to the start (as I did anyway... since I now had time) SO, I hopped back on subway and went one more stop up the line to Braintree Center and began the 2.47 mile jog to the start. From the Braintree Subway T-Stop to the Dunkin' Donuts Pee Stop From the Dunkin' Donuts Pee Stop to the Race Start Kyleigh's Cure 5k Road Race Placed 1st in my AG. The distance and pace on my Garmin differed considerably from the race results data. I know my pace was not 8:04.1 per mile so I'm going to go with my Garmin data for time, distance (and pace). Distance: 3.35 miles Time: 25:01 Pace: 7:29 / mile Temp: 64º F Humidity: 45% Elevation Gain: 84' (one moderate short hill 2/3 into the course 5k entrants: 434 Placed: 23rd overall Met some nice ladies (Christine and Marsha) who I spent most of the race with -- before and after. We took pictures and had a good time chatting. NOT SPEAKING OF BEER -- I entirely avoided even ONE at the race finish cuz I gotta be clear minded for the phone interview tomorrow AM. It sure looked good though. It was light beer, not dark. Here are some of the pics for this really fun race! Great food, music and more! Chip's Facebook Race Album Pics Nice 5k Lee!!!!! We GO! tlz - Monday, June 8, 2015 at 01:10:29 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 5.5 miles/9:40ish pace. 38.5 miles for the week. Tomorrow will be a rest day. I guess it's officially taper time (again), as NY is T-2weeks. Wow, nice pace at the 5K races today, Bradley brothers! Congrats on your awards! Lee, I forgot to respond about the Petit 5K - I will be pacing Joe for the last 30 miles of the Vermont 100. This will be his 10th anniversary so he'll be getting a 1000 mile buckle. :) MCT - Monday, June 8, 2015 at 10:50:51 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 9 miles into Bristol. 11:00 pace. Lee and Chip...must be something in those genes to be cranking out such times and wins. Congratulations. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/797806513 lrb - Monday, June 8, 2015 at 15:37:16 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/798018011 10 slow miles in Wethersfield. MCT - Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 10:35:09 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 8.25 miles down to Bristol. Warm and a bit humid. Last night my grandson wanted to ride his bike on the trail so I got my running gear and did an extra 3 miles following him. Can't run enough! http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/798719366 lrb - Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 13:07:54 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/798823723 6.22 w/ Theresa and Wanda in Wethersfield. 10:30 pace. I'll be running the Spring Street Mile in Manchester, 9:00 AM this Saturday. ceb - Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 03:55:29 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Ran 3.20 miles Monday https://connect.garmin.com/activity/799507056 Ran 3.06 miles Tuesday https://connect.garmin.com/activity/799507046 Interview happened. Not sure where I stand with it. Sorry for the lack of info on it. More in "a couple of days." MCT - Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 10:41:18 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 10 miles to Lake Garda and Angela's Way which is the big hill street. Pace was 10:58 which is good with that hill. It has the 800' climb within 2 miles. One more week before Mt Washington. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/799670913 lrb - Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 13:57:16 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/799810218 Home to Scottish Rite course, did the course, back home. Easy pace. 8+ miles. Will be doing Litchfield Road Race on Sunday. MCT - Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 10:34:04 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 8 miles in Queens NY. 10:33 pace. My version of the TGNY100 except only 8 miles. I'm working in Queens today so at 4:30 I went out as usual. Down to Mets stadium then around various neighborhoods. Mostly Chinese section of Queens. When I got on the elevator at 4:30 there was a couple in it. Guy looked like a 30 yo construction worker but the young woman must have been a hooker. Young Chinese woman with big heels, glittery hot pants, and a small halter top. Needless to say the trip to the lobby was awkward for all! http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/800586646 tlz - Friday, June 12, 2015 at 10:47:19 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I haven't logged all week - just been doing short runs. Tues. - 5 miles/9:30 Wed. - 4.5 miles/9:48 Thurs. - 4.5 miles/9:42 Thanks for the chuckle, Mike. The image of you standing in the elevator with a construction worker and Chinese hooker is hilarious. :D lrb - Friday, June 12, 2015 at 12:55:45 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/801581765 home -> Scottish Rite course, course, -> home. 8.53 miles 13:45 pace. Picked up the pace in the last .5. Spotted 11 babies and 2 sets of parents at Churchill Park on way out.
ceb - Friday, June 12, 2015 at 21:31:00 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Wed. 0 miles Thur. about 6 miles. Am not using the Garmin these days. My Casio recorded 52:40.48. Pace was 8:48 / mile. Yesterday, I withdrew from the application process with Whole Foods after the second interview. Long story as to why, but I spoke with them about its not feeling like the right decision to return to the company again. I did't feel I could commit long-term. I've decided to focus more on moving to a less expensive apartment and "scaling down" via a large local flea market in Revere (on weekends) over the next few months -- to help avoid the cost of a storage facility. Tomorrow I'm going to visit just to get a sense for how people are doing it there. Spaces go for $30 to $70. I'll keep looking into more art-related jobs while that's going on. I may put in 3 miles later today. MCT - Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 13:33:19 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Ran to Castle CRaig two times as training for Mount Washington. Total of 11 miles. Great run but the black flies in my face drove me crazy! http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/802511333 lrb - Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 15:43:58 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Humbled today in the Spring Street mile. 6:48. Was 85 out of 90 men. Had fun tho. Linda took some pix. More later. Yeah. Flies in Manchester too. ceb - Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 21:58:35 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Skipped yesterday's 3 mile run and added it to today's run. Ran 7 miles from home on Fulton, right on Webster, left on Forest to Medford Square. Then ran over the bridge and right on Mystic Valley Pkway to the 2.5 mile mark (huge tree trunk near stadium) and back home on same route. Then tacked on 2 miles (out 1 and back 1) on Fellsway West to make it 7. Distance: 7 miles Time: 1:05:46 (with 2 brief traffic stops; watch still running) Pace: 9:24 / mile Weather: Hot MCT - Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 14:30:01 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Placed 1st in the 60-65 year old division at the Summer Solstice 5.5 mile trail race in Hebron. My official time was 52:57 which was about 20 seconds slower than last year. Congrats Lee on that mile race in Manchester. I understand it's highly competitive and the elites come out in force. Good luck on the Litchfield race today. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/803716646 lrb - Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 23:22:43 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) http://www.coolrunning.com/results/15/ct/Jun14_Litchf_set1.shtml https://connect.garmin.com/activity/804443857 8:54 pace at Litchfield today (1:02:58). Placed 3rd in AG. Don Smith placed first and Bill Borla second (!). Karen Prado ran 1:10:25 I met a friend of hers and saw Jennifer Lutz and her boyfriend Bill. Sara Belles was 12th woman overall. All her kids ran too (there was a 2+ mile race for them). Here's us taken by Karen Prado.
Well done today Mike. Congrat's on the win. ceb - Monday, June 15, 2015 at 03:21:00 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Ran 13.1 tonight from home to Wakefield and back. Time was 2:03:20. Pace 9:25 / mile. 32.36 miles for the week. Nice racing in Litchfield Lee. 3/20 is good! MCT - Monday, June 15, 2015 at 10:55:11 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 8 miles in a hard rain. Was fun and sloppy. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/804774955 tlz - Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 01:04:46 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) I've been delinquent again with my logging. Fri. - 7 miles/10:00 Sat. - 6 miles/10:00, .5 mile walk Sun. - 1 mile/10:00, 4 miles/8:51 32.5 miles for the week. Took Monday off. Lee and Mike - nice job on the weekend races. Mike - I didn't realize Sara Sessions was running the NY100. Chip, good luck with the apartment hunting. MCT - Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 10:53:30 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 9 miles in Keene NH at a 10:49 pace. Always love it here. Tracy...I believe Lou Loban is also running TGNY100. lrb - Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 13:03:02 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/805773039 6.36 mi at 10:25 min/mi w/ Theresa in Wethersfield. Spotted these guys.
Lmc - Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 23:22:17 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 45 minutes elliptical yesterday, 6 rainy miles outside tonight in 55:46. lrb - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 15:50:01 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/806842824 11.73 mi 12:05 min/mi Middle 5 or so w/ Wanda on the trails in Wethersfield. MCT - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 15:57:18 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did 8 miles this morning but in segments. I was asked about running some proposed 5K courses in Whigville near my house. The guy who runs the Burlington Bell 5K in October is moving the race to Whigville so he knew that is where I run and asked me to test them out. Two 5Ks on relatively flat roads. I gave him my thoughts. If he definitely picks one then it will be the only race that I can walk to the start line from home. ceb - Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 02:48:02 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Skipped Monday's 3 mile run and added it to Tuesday's run Ran 7 miles Tue. / 9:24 pace -- from home on Fulton, right on Webster, left on Forest to Medford Square. Then ran over the bridge and right on Mystic Valley Pkway to the 2.5 mile mark (huge tree trunk near stadium) and back home on same route. Then tacked on 2 miles (out 1 and back 1) on Fellsway West to make it 7. Weather hot. Ran 5 today / 46:51 / 9:22 pace. Ran along Mystic River into Somerville and back. Ran around 8:30 pm. MCT - Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 10:36:37 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 9 miles in Tarrytown NY including some decent hills. Pace was 11:10. With this run I completed 1507 miles so far in 2015. Half way to my goal of 3000. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/807513185 MCT - Friday, June 19, 2015 at 10:17:16 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 5 easy miles to save the legs for Mount Washington tomorrow. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/808359067 tlz - Friday, June 19, 2015 at 11:45:04 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Mike, good luck at the Mt. Washington race! I'm laughing at how you "save your legs." I haven't run since Sun. and Joe hasn't run since Sat. That's how we "save our legs." Actually, I've never taken almost a whole week off before any major event. I was just so damn busy this week that I literally didn't have the time for any running and wasn't motivated to get up earlier before work to do it. I'm a bit scared about the NY race - facing the 100 mile beast again after multiple attempts. But all I can do is try my best. I'll be sure to give a report (will be brief) on Sun. We all leave for Jamaica on Tues. morning at 4 am! And Joe and I have to work on Mon. Ugh, obviously, I was not thinking when this was all planned out! lrb - Friday, June 19, 2015 at 19:18:47 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 8.19 mi 13:13 min/mi. Scottish Rite. Mike and Tray and Joe, I'll be thinking of you. You are both in for huge challenges and I will be sending positive vibes your way. Take it easy all the way up Mike. And Tray, you are an experienced ultrarunner. You will succeed. I'm doing Branford. It's Linda's birthday. First day of Summer. I felt the heat on my run. MCT - Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 00:01:03 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Mount Washington is in the books! 1:57 which is better than I expected. 4,664 elevation which was a killer on the legs but the breathtaking views made up for it. Check out the Garmin elevation graph and how it's one straight angle up. Not a cloud or haze in the sky. Start temps around 40f and on top was about the same by the time we reached it. The winds made it very cold though. A great experience. Glad I did it and I will consider it again in the future. Well run race as well. 20 "169ners" were there and I saw Todd Brown but never hooked up to say hi. Tracy and Joe hope all is well in NYC. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/809982078 MCT - Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 14:33:50 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did 12 miles in Bristol. 63 miles for the week. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/810457377 lrb - Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 18:04:21 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/810883313 8:04 pace at Branford. 1st in 70-74. Muggy. The guys and gals I ran into at Litchfield were there. Jen Lutz and her boyfriend Bill and Ken. Karen Prado placed with a 41 and change. John Courtmanche did not run due to Cheshshire 1/2 injury. Finished w/ Liz Wright, a friend of Wanda's. Milford 4 on the 4th mentioned by her. I've done this many times. Directed by Marty Schaivone. Well done Mike at Washington. Your weekly mileage is amazing.
ceb - Monday, June 22, 2015 at 02:24:27 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Long time since I've been here! I took Thursday off from running Friday I ran 10 miles (adding 5 miles missed on Thursday) The time was 1:30:58 for the 10 miles to Stoneham and back. Pace was 9:06 / mile I took Saturday off thinking I might race alone at the track on Sunday to save on the $25 entry fee for a Belmont 5K race (weather forecast sounded aweful) So today, Sunday, I did that. I rode my bike to the track around 5:00 pm and warmed up with a mile: See below: https://connect.garmin.com/activity/811294104 Then I put in a hard 5 https://connect.garmin.com/activity/811294095 The above was a decent race I did alone to replace the 3.1 miler in Belmont, MA (which I did not enter) due to heavy mid-morning rain. The pace was surprizingly fast. Distance: 5.0 miles Time: 35:12 Ave Pace: 7:02 / mile Weather: 73º F and sunny with 83% humidity Location: Tufts track I cooled down with 4 miles on the track. See below: https://connect.garmin.com/activity/811294086 Weekly Summary: 32 miles (1 mile short of plan) Mike, your race on the mountain was grrrreaat! I looked at your elevation images and felt like posting them here. It's not often (rare?) you see a Garmin display something like this. Nice run Mike!
I like the pic of you guys in Branford, Lee. Great result for you as well! MCT - Monday, June 22, 2015 at 10:32:19 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 5 SAS miles in Bristol. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/811524768 tlz - Monday, June 22, 2015 at 10:55:52 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Mike, congrats on your Mt. Washington run! Someone said to expect to finish around your half marathon time. Not sure how that was figured out but well done! Lee, congrats on placing first in Branford. Chip, go find a 5K and bust out that pace! I'll write some brief thoughts about the TGNY100 later today. Joe and I took a 100K finish time (which took approx. 16 hours, 25 min.) and completed 71 miles before officially stopping. Lmc - Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 00:30:15 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 8.58 miles at the Cheshire trail tonight. Hubby biked 16 😀 MCT - Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 14:34:53 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 8 miles to Lake Garda. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/812627309 lrb - Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 20:49:00 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/813003781 8.23 Scottish Rite course. Just beat the rain. 13:21 pace. Hot hot hot. Lmc - Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 23:24:36 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Just got back from a 4.4 mile run outside. Lots of tree branches down. MCT - Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 10:57:51 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did 8 miles in Flushing at a 11:09 pace. Decided to run down to Flushing Meadows where the 1964 World's Fair was held. Some of you may not be aware but that was a big deal back then. I was 10 years old and on a family vacation there. Great park for running. Many people out doing various types of exercise. Tracy and Joe...I'm pretty sure some of your TGNY100 looped through this park. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/813415261 lrb - Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 23:04:41 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/814032164 2.62 miles at 13:23 in my backyard. That's a tenth of a marathon :) lrb - Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 17:24:57 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/814639541 8.34 mi 13:20 min/mi Seen en route (Scottish Rite course). Click to enlarge. Note photographer's shadow. Lmc - Friday, June 26, 2015 at 00:01:28 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 10 miles tonight at the Cheshire trail. 1:46:32. MCT - Friday, June 26, 2015 at 10:31:32 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did the Cannonball 1 mile run last night on a whim. In Preston CT. 7:45 pace was all I could muster and on a flat course so that is why I don't run 1 mile races! But had a good time. This morning I did 7 miles down to Bristol. Only excitement was watching a mother skunk pick up her baby, who had run in the road, and carry it back to the woods. I may be running the Nipmuck 14 mile trail race on Sunday. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/815262586 lrb - Friday, June 26, 2015 at 15:24:48 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/815458266 Distance: 14.09 mi Time: 3:05:56 Avg Pace: 13:12 min/mi Elevation Gain: 515 ft Calories: 1,203 C Actually did more like 18 but had to kill watch because battery was low. To Res 3, around, and back. No races this weekend for me. May visit a friend in New Haven I haven't seen for a while. Lmc - Friday, June 26, 2015 at 23:27:21 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 3 hours of yard work :) ceb - Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 02:37:54 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Didn't run Mon., Tues. or Wed. Ran about 9.2 miles Thursday at about a 10:15 pace. Garmin data did not make any sense at all for this run -- which makes me think the 7:02 pace on this last Sundays 5 mile race / run was way off. Ran tonight 8 miles using my Casio. The time was 1:21:27. The ave pace was 10:10 / mile. MCT - Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 15:29:54 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did the "Run For Chris 5K" in Essex. Time was 26:13 and a 8:27 pace. Came in 3rd in the 60-69 division. Nice course. Also did 5 miles before the race just to get some miles in. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/816353577 lrb - Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 15:10:46 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) 8.14 in the rain this morning (combination of Newington 'Nihilator and Newington Library 5k course) at SAS pace and .53 yesterday on the HS track (also @ SAS pace). Will be running Milford 5k on July 4. MCT - Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 17:59:52 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did the Nipmuck 14 mile Trail Race. Finished in 2:48 which was 5 min slower than last year. Love this race. The course was wet and muddy but not as bad as expected. 61 miles this week. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/817677005 MCT - Monday, June 29, 2015 at 11:23:12 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) * miles this morning at an SAS pace. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/818369759 lrb - Monday, June 29, 2015 at 14:59:13 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/818553195 Distance: 8.14 mi Time: 1:38:34 Avg Pace: 12:07 min/mi Elevation Gain: 410 ft Calories: 795 C home to Scottish Rite course, ran the course backwards (ie in reverse), and home ceb - Monday, June 29, 2015 at 23:42:51 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Distance: 5.0 miles Time: 48:42 Pace: 9:44 / mile Weather: Seasonable temps, humid with mid-level alto-cumulus clouds Route: Fellway West to the lamp post just past I93 bridge and back Comment: Garmin officially is dead. Will be using my Casio from now on. Was good while it lasted. Last week I didn't run on Saturday or Sunday. Total weekly mileage was 16 miles. I was 16 miles short of plan. ceb - Monday, June 29, 2015 at 23:51:06 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Make that 18 short of plan. I'll try for 35 this week. MCT - Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 10:49:52 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Did 9 miles today. It's June 30th which means we're half way through the year. I have run 1614 miles in the first 6 months. My 2015 goal is 3000 therefore I'm more than half way there. Today is also the 132nd consecutive day I've run. http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/819336623 lrb - Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 13:27:34 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) https://connect.garmin.com/activity/819420271 5.21 miles at 10:38 pace with Theresa. ceb - Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 19:53:25 (GMT) (subtract 4 for local time) Distance: 5 miles Time: 48:04 Ave Pace: 9:37 / mile Weather: 50% sunny with cumulus clouds and high thin cirrus. Route: To Medford Square, right on Mystic River Parkway into Somerville. Turned back home at the big tree on the bike path. Comment: Both knees sore. Began taking glucosamine again today. Should feel some improvement in a few weeks.