Trials
Its 13 miles to Milton, we have a full tank of gas and full cup of coffee - HIT IT!
I definitely cut this one to the last minute. After hanging with Glenn and watching yesterday's Spurs-Stokke game with him for far too long - I had one hour 15 to get to Milton. I took Ajax Telemon and hurried down Mass Ave. My normal ride out to Milton would be down the Orange Line trail to Forest Hills and then thru Franklin Park. But when I got to Jackson Square I realized that was dumb since I can just ride the mile through Egglston and get to Franklin Park. Sure enough cut off a mile!
Made it in just enough time to get my number and stretch a bit. (better than the
National Marathon.)
Trails
Race: Blue Hills Trail Races, Fox Trot 10 Miler
Location: Blue Hills, Milton
Goal Time: 1:30:00
Actual Time: 1:32:something
Last year I ran this exact same race. This year, however, I put this on the C level race. Sandwiched the weekend between the
Dighton Rock 200K and the
Voluntown 300K, I just wanted to get a workout. I figured 9 minute miles would be cool. They would have been!
Despite not living up to my own half hearted expectations, the race once again did. The Colonial Road Runners and their volunteers make these two races fantastic. (There is a concurrent 3 miler too - the "Bunny Hop"). They manage to make it both well organized AND low key.
I might do this one every year - regardless of fitness.
Wrong turns
En route back from the race, I rode straight up Blue Hill Ave to Franklin Park. I took a right only to ride RIGHT INTO the Doyles 5 mile race. I saw quite a few SRRs who were looking like they were running well - including Sarah who was one of the ones I'd seen yesterday on the Minuteman! (She probably thinks I'm stalking her runs now). Aaron Beer had a PR at Doyle's.
Turkeys
Saw an entire rafter of turkeys (I swear a flock of turkeys is a "rafter" - look it up; I had to).
