This Week in Running 8/27/17

Total Miles: 34

Tuesday: 5
Wednesday: 6 (including D5K - 23:09)
Thursday: 5
Saturday: 6

Sunday: 12

This Week in Running 8/20/17

Total Miles: 50

This Sunday I was bored with my usual loop run from home - looping around a shopping mall - so I decided to drive up to Newburyport and run along the water. I started in town and ran out to and around Plum Island, then did a few out and backs back in town to round out the 20. Here are some pictures that show how beautiful it is (I started running just at dawn):

Tuesday: 5
Wednesday: 10 (including D5K - 25:43
Thursday: 5
Saturday: 10

Sunday: 20

This Week in Running 8/13/17

Total Miles: 45

Tuesday: 4
Wednesday: 9 (including D5K - 23:30)
Thursday: 4
Saturday: 9

Sunday: 19 miles

Bridge & Back 10k

I ran the Bridge & Back 10k in Salem this morning. It was a beautiful day for running, low humidity, in the 70's and sunny.  I'm not at my race weight right now - in fact, close to 15 lbs over it - so I wasn't expecting too much. Especially so as I've had some trouble with my Achilles in both feet the past month and took some time off. They seem pretty good at this point.

I felt strong from the start in this race and ran comfortably the whole way:

1. 7:37
2. 7:48
3. 7:44
4. 7:36
5. 7:38
6. 7:17

Finish: 46:37

Last year I ran this race in 49:19 (although it was hotter then), and I managed to beat that time by almost 3 minutes,  and miss my 10k PR by only 14 seconds. As is usual when I run well, I came close to an age group award but didn't quite get it... this time I was 6 seconds behind the 3rd place 50-54 finisher. The guy blew by me a quarter mile before the finish line. There wasn't much I could have done about it as I was running as fast as I could in any case (mile 6 was my fastest).

The rest of this month will be taken up with the high mileage training for the Wineglass Marathon.