AM - 45 minutes incl. 5k on Spectacle Island. I needed another race like I need another hole in my head but this particular event was too intriguing to pass up and lived up to the hype. Dragged my ass out of bed to drive into the city in time to get on a ferry and head over to the erstwhile garbage dump/glue factory/Big Dig fill site. The race started 20 minutes late, got far too wound up over this in hindsight as the field was less than competitive. Once the prepubescent (and one pubescent who was perhaps even more clueless than the younger kids) morning glories had given up it was an academic exercise. Feeling drag-ass tired going in I thought about gearing down at the two mile mark (reached in 11:10) but decided to keep plugging along. To my chagrin the 3rd mile went in over 6 minutes even though it felt like the first two. The stiffening hamstring and calf had something to do with this. Course was almost entirely flat and on gravel roads, which is the default surface of all tracks and trails on the island. Cooldown was significantly delayed as I got distracted into looking for sea glass (i.e. garbage from the dump rounded by the waves) and then getting the included lunch before it closed. In the end at least an hour passed between the finish of the race and a very slow cooldown jog punctuated by various photo ops. Followed that up with a meandering hike around the rest of the island not covered during the race. Morning began with dense fog and gross humidity, improved considerably as the day went along though once the sun burned it off. Photos:
a bit foggy for the trip out
city skyline I think
Long Island, site of the next race I'll be doing on a harbor island
view from the south drumlin
Moon Island and causeway
Thompson Island
Deer Island and flight path
Castle Island on the trip back
find of the day, at least a century old as the rendering plant closed in 1910
encrusted with barnacles
PM - 40 minutes very easy, Walden woods. After spending a good chunk of the afternoon on the island before taking the ferry back, then traipsing around the city, then running errands, found myself barely able to move for the evening run. I had every intention of taking a dip in the pond but started too late and there wasn't time for it before the place shut down. Deeply tired.
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