Monday, July 7 (pm) - 7M

Ran 7 miles with Josh Seeherman and others from Cold Spring Parks, heading West and picking up the Wellesley Crosstown trail for about 3/4 of a mile, then back pretty much the same way. This was all at a decent pace, although we slowed the last 1.5 mile. Joes spent most of the time telling me abut research he has been doing in the library about Newton H.S. track history in the 60's and 70's.

Day 7M
Week 7M
Summer 180M

Sunday July 6 (am) - 10M+

Ran 16.4K on the Minuteman Trail this morning with Jonathan, Terry, Tom, and Sean -- out in 40, back in 38+. My legs were tired at the beginning, but the run was at a very forgiving pace and the trail was soft from all the rain.

Day 10M
Week 47M
Summer 183M

Saturday July 5 (pm) - 7M

Surprisingly ok run. I started very slow and felt pretty stiff after yesterday's race. Aftre about a mile, I stopped to talk to Joni who was driving away from Trader Joe's. After a five minute break, I started up again and felt much better! I guess all that circulating blood has loosened everything up. Anyway finished the rest of the run (six more miles averaging better than 7:00 pace and didn't feel like I was straining.

Day 7M
Week 37M
Summer 163M

Friday July 4 (am) - 7M / Race

Woke up at 7:40 and within a half hour was on my way with Ann to Concord for the Minuteman Classic 5M race. My history with this race is that I ran it twice before and went off course both times, so it was a major accomplishment to finish without mishap this year. Actually, the race went quite well and I ran 29:56 for what Jonathan's GPS tells me is 4.94 miles -- still the fastest 5 miles I've run in a while, going all the way back to a year ago at the Wellesley 5 miler.

I went out quite at a conservative pace, putting me in 33rd place at a half mile. Picked off people throughout the race, and caught one guy in the final sprint. Legs felt tired but no real pain or discomfort. All in all, a very encouraging effort.

Day 7M
Week 30M
Summer 156M

Thursday July 3 (pm) - 4M

An easy 4-mile run through Flowed Meadows, with legs still pretty tired from Wednesday's longer, faster run with NSRP.

The run began with dark black storm clouds hovering, and fitful gusts of wind. I just did manage to finish the run and a little cooldown before the thunderstorm hit.

Day 4M
Week 23M
Summer 149M

Wednesday July 2 (pm) - 7M

This was by far the most ambitious run of the summer so far, not because of the distance, but because I ran for the first half with Rex and Ruben, who are 100-mile-a-week, 24:20 for 8K kind of guys, and for the second half with Mike, Jerzy, and Matt, all of whom are young and fit and capable of hammering me into the ground.

And... I tried to keep up my end of the conversation the whole way.

So, 7 miles at about 7:00 pace once we got going. very encouraging.

Day 7M
Week 19M
Summer 145M

Tuesday July 1 (pm) - 6M

Ran the Johnny Kelley loop in 42:02, so the fastest I've done that for a while. Felt stiff starting out, and tight esp. in hamstrings, but loosened up pretty well. Stopped for a few minutes at the statue to talk to Jon Wofsy, who was cycling down Comm Ave.

Day 6M
Week 12M
Summer 138M