Week Ending = 10/19/25

 First full week of furlough was supposed to be a vacation week.  So, I still took off for VT to camp and get some running in with Danny V.  Had some fun times this week while getting in my running, some hiking, and biking.

Week - 90

Month - 240

Year - 3,305

Life -  166,081

In order this week (really mixing it up):

Run at Methuen rail trail

Run at Northern Rail Trail (northern end)

Hike up Killington and also Mendon town high point

Hike up Rutland town high point

Run D& H rail trail with Dan (northern end)

Hike four Geocaches

Run D & H rail trail alone (southern end)

Run D & H rail trail with Dan (northern end)

Run at Stevens rail trail

Run in "the garage"

Run on the Winnipesaukee river trail

Hike Dedham town forest

Run on the Georgetown rail trail

Run on the Methuen/Salem/Windham rail trail

Run at Winnekenni

Run on the Freeman rail trail

Run from Turtle pond

Run on the Londonderry rail trail

Ride at Turtle pond

Week Ending 10/12/25

 Week Ending 10-12-25

 

Another week with slow improvement.  Most of the improvement was with my hand. My knee continues to be quite sore and this week I started having plantar fasciitis in my other foot probably from favoring.  I haven't had PF in nearly a decade, so this is a big setback. Out of work on furlough is not good but I took advantage.  Ran on a few rail trails and an awesome visit inside the cab at Craney Hill fire tower.  Great day!

 

Week – 90

Month – 150

Year – 3,215

Life – 165,991

Old course records

 I have five course records left that are still out there.  I’ve lost a few over the last couple of years to races ending (like Stu’s 30k) or to races changing the course (like Lynn Woods 2.5, but I guess I’d still say I have the “event record”). These five are the last ones to still stand the test of time.  This weekend the Nipmuck Marathon was held for the 42^nd time (it moved from June to October a bunch of years ago but is still run over the same trail).  Three of the top 10 times ever run were accomplished the year I set the record!

Name	Date	Years old	Time	Dist	Location	St	Type
Fudgicle Series	02/09/91	34.68	0:14:57	3.11	Tewksbury	MA	Road
Nipmuck	06/02/91	34.37	3:01:54	26.22	Ashford	CT	Trail
Freezer Five	01/01/92	33.79	0:24:00	5.00	Sterling	MA	Road
Red shoe barn	04/14/96	29.50	0:24:12	5.00	Dover	NH	Road
Chicago Lakefront 50k	04/07/01	24.52	2:57:36	31.07	Chicago	IL	Road

 

Week Ending 10/05/25

 Week Ending 10-05-25

 

Another week with slow improvement.  There were a couple of days when my foot or knee wasn’t terrible.  I’m still feeling very sluggish and just can’t seem to get going.  The effort feels consistent but my times for training runs have been slow (30 seconds to a minute a mile slower than what I was running in July).  I’m not sure what I need to do to start feeling better but will keep plugging away.  I was able to finally get back on the outdoor bike and my thumb/wrist wasn’t too bad.  I’ll count that as a victory, I’d missed getting out there on the bike.  Got in a rare run with Doug D (and picked apples from his yard) and also a rare view from the Robin Hill fire tower.  Not a bad week!

 

Week – 88

Month – (Oct) 60

Year – 3,125

Life – 165,901

Months this year

 I got back into running this month and eased down on the biking.  My pace has not rebounded although I’ve got my mileage back up to “normal”. This month was by far my slowest averaging over 9 minutes per mile.  The ongoing soreness in my foot and knee are both making it difficult to get the pace down where I’d like it.

 

	Zero	Single	Double	Triple	>3	Total days	Total runs	Dist	Avg per Day	Avg per run	Total time	Pace	ISS
January	0	5	7	19	0	31	76	400	12.90	5.26	55:21:00	0:08:18	12
February	0	5	6	17	0	28	68	363	12.96	5.34	51:51:58	0:08:34	8
March	0	7	11	10	3	31	71	350	11.29	4.93	48:48:10	0:08:22	3
April	0	6	10	14	0	30	68	364	12.13	5.35	50:44:52	0:08:22	2
May	0	3	8	20	0	31	79	403	13.00	5.10	56:01:59	0:08:21	3
June	0	4	17	9	0	30	65	361	12.03	5.55	49:45:09	0:08:16	0
July	0	11	9	11	0	31	62	357	11.52	5.76	50:07:20	0:08:25	1
August	15	3	7	6	0	31	35	202	6.52	5.77	27:55:01	0:08:18	0
September	3	9	10	8	0	30	53	265	8.83	5.00	39:58:33	0:09:03	3
October						0	0
November						0	0
December						0	0
Totals	18	53	85	114	3	273	577	3,065	11.23	5.31	430:34:02	0:08:26	32
Percent	6.6%	19.4%	31.1%	41.8%	1.1%
	Avg runs per day		2.11		Avg Wk	78.6
					Projected Year		4097.89