Training 3/8 to 3/14

3/8 Monday: 8 miles in 58 minutes

Easy running from home after work.

3/9 Tuesday: 11 miles in 83 minutes

This was a really good run. Hit the trails along the Shawsheen river and up into the AVIS trails behind Andover High School. Felt really smooth and solid. It just felt nice to be outside running.

3/10 Wednesday: 10 miles in 68 minutes

Rattlesnake Hill Rd. Did 1 minute pick ups at 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 miles. Felt pretty good.

3/11 Thursday: AM: 4.5 miles in 36 minutes PM: 8.5 miles in 61 minutes

AM: Easy treadmill run before the munchkin got out of bed.
PM: Back on the trails again. Ran along the Shawsheen River.

3/12 Friday: 10 miles in 73 minutes

Easy running up to the center of Andover and back to work. Did 6 x 20 second strides.

3/13 Saturday: 7.1 miles in 54 minutes

Easy trail running around Kenoza / Winnekenni Castle. Trails were wet but in good shape, except for the back big hill which had tons of trees down across the trail. Felt OK.

3/14 Sunday: 9.5 miles in 64 minutes

Went up to Portsmouth NH for the ST. Paddy's 5 miler. Did 3 miles of warm up, raced 5 miles in 27:43 (results) good for 5th place in a very good field of runners. Then only 1.5 miles of cool down because I was freezing to death. Weather conditions were less than optimal. Full race report with all the details coming soon.

Total Miles: 68.6 Miles

Less miles than I wanted due to weather on Sunday, which I wanted to be a longer day. But I still got in a good effort on Sunday and decent miles on the week. Next weekend is the New Bedford Half Marathon!!!