Sun 7/5 - off

Stayed up much too late last night post-fireworks, then spent the day on the harbor islands hiking around and enjoying the scenery. As a result the only window of opportunity for any kind of exercise would have been in the morning and that was a bridge much too far. The idea of letting a warm summer day, on a weekend no less, go unused is quite foreign to me as I realized while vainly trying to calculate how I could squeeze in a run after getting back ashore around dinnertime.

Sat 7/4 - double, 1:45 total incl. 10x100

AM - 70 minutes or so very easy. Out and back along 117 to White's Pond, which remains just as closed to swimming as I remember it. In fact they even have a dork in a uniform patrolling the shore to enforce the rule. Pleasant enough jog otherwise, albeit getting stickier by the moment. I had vague notions of splitting off near the end to do a lap or two of the Longfellow loop at a much quicker pace but it was getting too late and too hot for that.

PM - 35 minutes including 10x100 on the track. Vague notions of a threshold run in the morning turned into vague notions of a track workout in the afternoon. Upon getting out on the road and realizing I felt like absolute garbage, this turned into five laps of ins and outs to at least get some turnover without taxing the system. Not exactly firing on all cylinders at the moment in terms of training.

Fri 7/3 - double, 30 minutes easy plus 60 minutes elliptigo, hill drills and 15 minutes in Walden

AM - 30 minutes easy shuffle around Watertown. Orchard Street to Whitney Hill. Pre-breakfast shakeout.

PM - 60 minutes elliptigo plus hill drills and 15 minutes in Walden. Somewhat of a hammerfest on the dork bike as it often turns out to be. Drills felt reasonably good, certainly more successful than they would have been had I tried them yesterday. Pressed for time in the pond or else I would have gone for longer.

Thu 7/2 - PM 50 minutes easy

Watertown to Brighton and back through Newton. Uninspiring route to say the least, along Arsenal St. to start. Eventually wound up along the river of course which only partially made up for it. I had plans to do hill drills but feeling far too flat and dead-legged for that. Fairly sticky conditions.

Wed 7/1 - PM 85 minutes easy plus 20 minutes in Walden

Lincoln woods. Quite flat and tired after yesterday's circuits, plus I think the elliptigo lends itself to hammering. Barely moving for much of the run today as a result. Got in a full 20 in the pond for the first time in a while, not something I was going to scrimp on. Sticky and fairly gross conditions.

Tue 6/30 - PM 8x300 including circuits plus 60 minutes elliptigo and 15 minutes in Walden

Second go-round with the circuits, much better idea how to approach them this time around. Warmer still and quite a relief to get in the water as I was drenched in sweat by the time the drills were done.

Mon 6/29 - PM 20 minutes plus 60 minutes elliptigo and 15 minutes in Walden

Started too late to squeeze in any more time on foot or in the water. Slightly warmer than it was the past two days.