On Saturday I a ran 30K, with a 2 mile warm up so I had my fifth 20 miler on Saturday. I set out for my 6th 20+ today with a 22 mile goal and easy pace on the agenda. I could still feel the effects of Saturday, but I did not push the pace and most of the stiff sore feeling I had disapeared after a couple of miles.
I live in a beautiful area and this morning when I finally got myself out the door it was clear, and crisp about 60 degrees. My favorite long route goes through the town of Montegue, Massachusetts. This is comfortable enclave of artsy types living in a classic old New England village. Their is a large used book store called the Book Mill in an old wooden mill building over the Mill River here. There is an attatched cafe that operates independently from the bookstore, but two coexist well together. This is 7.5 miles into my run,and I made it a goal today to make a coffee stop here.
It was so peaceful, so wonderful there. A large cup of french roast, and chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting made my all too brief stay there truelly nice. I will ride my bicycle up here one day before I go back to work (October 17th), and spend a few hours with a good book some great coffee and a wonderful knosh.
Oh yhea, I ran a lot too. After about 2o minutes I was back on the road running easy. Around 14 miles I realised that I was running late for the cable guy to come to reduce us to the most basic service. We use the internet more than the TV now for entertainment so we will keep the high speed internet (but we are going to DSL from Cable, so we will save a little there also).
I picked up the pace at 14 miles and that felt easy. I was running at about 7:45 pace for about 2 more miles, then I slowed down again. I was dragging at the end the of the run. I finished 22 miles in 3:15 of running time. Very slow at the end. I missed the cable guy by about five minutes, according to his reciept for work completed. Apparently he did not need me here.
This month is on track to be my longest month of running ever. am hoping for 240 t 250 miles for the month, then taper.
Keep your shoes on the road,
Mark
1 comment:
From the mid to late 1980s I lived on Rte 47, just south of the Sunderland/Montague line. I fondly remember SMAC Sunday morning fun runs from the Book Mill. Don Grant would lead us on a 6 or 7 mile loop starting and finishing at the Book Mill. Then a smaller group would head out for another 6 or so. What I remember best is relaxing in the Book Mill after the run with a cup of hot mulled cider, browsing the stacks and gazing at the Mill River through frosty windows. I had lots of great experiences while a member of SMAC, and these fun runs were among the best.
Good luck with your training and keep posting!
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