Mon 9/4 - PM 40 minutes easy plus 15 minutes in Walden. Took the kiddies for a tour of the trails and into the pond as well. The time in the pond reminded me of how much I miss the place and aquajogging in general. Went as smoothly as possible but still plenty of stops. Picked up the pace dramatically on the return trip heading down rt. 126, this surge lasted all of five minutes. Legs felt as good as I could have hoped.
Tue 9/5 - PM 100 minutes very easy. Slow putter from Wayland HS via route 27 and then Water Row, Newbridge, and Morse to Levittown. A slog from start to finish, not the run I had in mind but after needing to return to the school the CH offered to drop me off so I could run back. Very tired after getting to bed way too late last night following the ballgame. Hamstring felt like garbage, took a longish break at Featherland to do some compressions on it. Disgusting humidity.
Wed 9/6 - PM 30 minutes easy. Utterly flat after two nights in a row of staying up far too late. In theory today was the day to try doing something at least a little bit uptempo but it wasn't happening. Gave up on that idea and went for an easy putter instead.
Thu 9/7 - PM 60 minutes incl. 8k cutdown on the track. Thankfully feeling less exhausted than yesterday. After a somewhat aimless warmup jog started at the scintillating pace of just under 1:45/lap and aimed to cut it down from there. Under control, although breathing heavier than I'd like the last few laps. Splits of 4:14/4:08/4:02/3:57/3:53/3:50/3:43/3:37 so if nothing else, the pace did progress throughout. 31:25 total, on the planned schedule it would have been 31:40 but shaved a few seconds off each km.
Fri 9/8 - PM 75 minutes easy, Lincoln woods. Escaped after practice to get some time on the trails. Hoping not to feel too flat but I was plenty flat nonetheless.
Sat 9/9 - PM 40 minutes easy. After spending the morning and early afternoon at the first kiddie meet of the season in NBPT, too tired to do much of anything until it was too late for the planned elliptigo ride. Wound up doing a relatively short run around town, felt reasonably good. Cool conditions.
Sun 9/10 - AM 45 minutes incl. 5k race. Second visit to Peddocks Island for the race around the remains of Fort Andrews. Without doubt the least competitive event I've ever done, not that I'm complaining at all. Not quite as tired as I have been lately but still laboring under a heavy burden of fatigue in general. Warmup curtailed by the fact the boat dropped us off 30 minutes before the start. Ran the loop once to reacquaint myself with the twists and turns. Ran it backwards as a cooldown with various stops to check out the sights. Some tugging from the left hamstring but my sense is it's getting better. Excellent conditions, sunny but not hot and dry unlike last year's apocalyptic rains.
