Thu 10/20 - off

Complete cluster. Thought I'd make up for yesterday's miss by doing a workout in the field next to Mt. Misery, drove there and realized I was running out of daylight. From there on to Concord where I tried to take a nap in the car, didn't really happen. Decided to bag trying to run there and drove home, took a nap in bed that lasted until almost nine. Completely used up at the moment by the ongoing, neverending, punishing schedule.

Wed 10/19 - PM 20 minutes easy

Failed attempt at doing some kind of workout. The fact that I had about a thousand different options swirling around in my head and yet none of them seemed attractive or compelling was a definite clue it wasn't in the cards. Also dead tired after a long afternoon and evening with no potential for any kind of nap.

Tue 10/18 - PM 75 minutes easy

Area 51. Took a longer route than yesterday and threw in a series of short quick pickups, starting out well before the final way in. Given how terrible the left hammie felt yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised at how smoothly those pickups went.

Mon 10/17 - PM 50 minutes easy

Area 51. As per usual, took forever to get going after getting home from work and taking a too-long nap. Legs feeling far too dented, particularly the left hamstring, for the mediocre at best effort that I put up yesterday.

Sun 10/16 - AM 55 minutes incl. 3.4 mile road race

Cynical sandbagging at its finest. After getting home late from an all afternoon/evening kiddie meet, and an atrociously late bedtime after that, I woke up feeling absolutely putrid. Put my trust in caffeine to get me through the lowest of low key events, but still feeling dead and flat on the warmup. Some concern about how I'd be able to answer the bell. Luckily the competition consisted of the likes of female triathletes and JV soccer captains, and as such the competitive aspect of the race was over after about 3 or 4 minutes. From there ran on feel since there was no mile split, but two and three both revealed that I was going about 5:40 pace. On this mostly flat layout that's far from impressive. Spent the rest of the afternoon running errands on a caffeine buzz.

Sat 10/15 - AM 40 minutes easy

Area 51. Thanks to my own laziness and poor planning, this run was shorter than originally intended.  Had some difficulty getting motivated to get out the door. At the bottom of an unusually deep hole in terms of not getting enough sleep, even for me.

Fri 10/14 - off

Had every intention of doing something, glorified strides or whatever, on the track at Emerson field. Started across the field to warm up and realized I had nothing. Deeply tired right now.

Thu 10/13 - PM 55 minutes easy

Lincoln woods. Out and back more or less to the new VC. Intentionally did a little less volume after yesterday's big day.

Wed 10/12 - double, 1:50 total incl. 12k progression

AM - 65 minutes incl. 12k progression, Longfellow Loop. First visit to the loop in a long while. So long in fact that certain streets on the loop have been repaved since the last time I ran here. Given how flat and listless I've been feeling of late, not at all sanguine about how this would go but decided to give it a try and quit if it went poorly. Made it through the entire thing in one piece instead, which was a pleasant surprise. Splits not overwhelming but there was a progression:

5:53.5/6:02.6/2:49.8
5:57.2/6:01.0/2:48.7
5:51.1/5:54.7/2:47.1

The last loop was noticeably harder to pull off than the first two. No way in hell this workout would have happened without the day off from work, second this week.

PM - 45 minutes very easy, Area 51. Shakeout with the CH in the late afternoon.

Tue 10/11 - PM 55 minutes

Lincoln woods. Continued flat and tired.

Mon 10/10 - PM 60 minutes easy

Area 51. Day off from work but feeling far from rested. Planned on doing something more substantive today but it was a chore just to do some pickups on the way in.

Sun 10/9 - PM 70 minutes easy

Area 51. The predicted light rain was in fact a solid 24 hours of steady showers, remnants of the hurricane. This wouldn't have been such an issue were it not for the fact I had to stand around in the weather for 4 hours in the morning getting drenched. Took a long nap in the afternoon but it wasn't enough really. Headed out the door as the final bands of rain were making their way through, with the frustration level climbing throughout. Cooler temps to go with what's supposed to be a tropical storm saw to that.

Sat 10/8 - AM 70 minutes very easy

Lincoln woods. Took the kiddies around Farrar Pond which gave me the opportunity to recover a bit from yesterday's workout. Cool start to the morning but warmed up rapidly and somewhat sticky as well.

Fri 10/7 - PM 65 minutes incl. 4k, 3k, 2k, 1k

Lincoln. After decades of running through the field next to Mt. Misery, I finally got around to using the perimeter loop for a workout. Not a bad spot for it although the footing got a bit dodgy as the sun went down and darkness took over. Timed everything but ran on feel. In fact it was a last minute decision to actually go through with this, as I was thinking about giving it a pass and just going for a run in the woods instead. Supposedly the loop is quite close to 1km around, I suppose the numbers bear that out but they're not exactly impressive:

15:25.1 - 3:54.5/3:51.4/3:52.1/3:47.1
4R
11:26.1 - 3:47.4/3:49.8/3:48.9
3R
7:29.7 - 3:45.5/3:44.2
2R
3:36