Long Weekend

 The Memorial Day long weekend was my first camping weekend this year (and I have a few planned). I packed up my bike, camping gear, and a bunch of maps of high points and geocaches. I hit the road midway through the workday on Friday and got in a nice run on the Northern Rail Trail about half-way to the campground at Button Bay in Ferrisburg VT.

I met up with Eric and his happy puppy and we got in a nice run on the trails and carriage roads around the campground (on the shores of lake Champlain).

A nice dinner and fire and then early bedtime for me (long day). I did get up to check out the International Space Station and was happily surprised to catch FOUR other satellites during the 6 minutes the ISS passed by. Beautiful dark skies! 

Saturday morning featured a run on the D&L rail trail with Eric and Danny V, which was a great opportunity to catch up (we hadn't run together since last October). We checked out Dan's house (that he is building) and were impressed with the progress he has made.

Later we hike Pease Mountain as the day clouded up a bit but was still pretty nice.

I mapped out a nice hour loop to get some biking in.

Another dinner and fire before the rain came. It rained all night and although it wasn't heavy rain it was consistent. That and temps in the upper 40s would make for a long wet day. We decided to call it a weekend and Eric took the damp dogs home and I headed south. I made a quick stop in Vergennes and bagged the city high point, a 1/2 mile jog up/down the road to a Watertower.  I had a nice final run on the Hopkinton Rail trail to break up the long drive.

I closed out the weekend with a run on the Londonderry Rail Trail in the rain and a nice garage run as the rain continued.

Week Ending 05/24/26

 I made some modifications to my training this week (cutting out the afternoon run and mixing in a Ride & Go). My goal was to get over the calf strain that has slowed me down over the last couple of weeks. 

Week - 80

Month - 246

Year - 1,678

Life - 168,678

Calf improved during the week as I closed in on 8 minute pace for my shorter runs.Got in 21 miles on the Go (1:30), 29.8 miles on the Spin bike (1:30) and 15.6 miles on the outside bike (1:06).

Hottest runs

 The 96 degrees run yesterday was my 20^th hottest run ever and the hottest since last July. I only track runs done at 95 degrees or above (49 of them so far) and this was only the second time I’ve had one in May (the other was May 17, 2017). I hope it is a LONG time until the next 95-plus day.

 

Rank	Date	Temp	race	Notes
1	07/11/95	109		9m run in afternoon, heat index 120, Overland Park KS
2	07/12/95	107		8m run really hot and humid, Overland Park KS
3	08/02/06	102		5m with Dan North Rim Grand Canyon 730s
4	07/29/25	101		Afternoon run 4 on Methuen Rail trail 33:01
5	07/23/10	100		3m in Denver
6	09/02/98	100		10m run in Austin TX along river trail 70+ dew point
7	07/10/93	100	y	Four hour Rogaine in French creek park
8	07/26/89	100		NH loop
9	06/15/88	100		Pink Church plus Leo loop for 13 miles
10	07/30/25	98		Lunch was 93, afternoon was 98 for o/b 4m on MRT 31:53
11	08/01/06	98		10m at Winni with Al
12	07/22/98	98		Afternoon out/back 6 in 708s
13	07/25/89	98		12 on my own Pink Church loop 700s
14	06/14/88	98		15 out rt 40 to 119, long hot run
15	06/11/84	98		Tewksbury high 10m
16	09/06/83	98		10m at 3pm very hot and muggy
17	08/08/22	97		3 on the Methuen Rail trail - real feel = 102
18	08/26/21	97		5 on Kingsbury loop
19	08/28/18	97		6 on Methuen Rail trail
20	05/20/26	96		3 out/back at lunch at work - 101 real feel
21	08/11/25	96		4 on the Methuen rail trail in the afternoon
22	07/29/25	96		Lunch run 4m 31:04, dw point 67
23	06/23/25	96		4 miles on Methuen rail trail 34:07
24	06/20/24	96		3 on the Groveland trail with Danny V - 26:27
25	06/22/12	96		Winni out/back 8 in 703s
26	06/20/12	96		Afternoon Rivah out/back 8 in 725s
27	07/10/95	96		10m run in Corporate woods, Overland ParkKS
28	07/27/89	96		Very muggy, first 5 with Dan D
29	07/07/89	96		12 on my own Pink Church loop
30	08/12/25	95		4 out and back on the Methuen Rail trail 65 dew point.
31	06/24/25	95		Windham rail trial out/back 7 dew point 70
32	08/26/22	95		4 miles with Morse at Campground in VT 35:55
33	08/02/18	95		6m at Winni very humid
34	07/27/18	95		3m with Eric in Arco Idaho after hiking Mt Borah
35	07/02/18	95		humid Rivah run 4m out/back 758s
36	07/02/18	95		4m on the Rivah, humid, soaked
37	06/13/17	95		8m at Stevens/Weir
38	05/17/17	95		Ward Reservation
39	07/15/16	95		hot and very humid but nice relaxing 5m
40	07/06/16	95		Methuen rail trail 6m in 803s
41	06/21/12	95		Lunch 4 in 656s
42	08/09/01	95		Lunch 5 in 645s
43	07/09/95	95		Afternoon run 3 in 650s in Overland Park, Kansas
44	07/08/95	95	y	Faucett MO 5k 1st in 1517 (2nd 1620)
45	08/22/94	95		7m loops around Susa with Lyndon, Dan, Rob
46	06/10/84	95		Shedd park 9
47	06/08/84	95		7m center to cemetry
48	08/20/83	95	y	Billerica Crime chase 10k  33:23 3rd place (Mixon 32:05)
49	06/23/83	95		Just 2 miles (coming back from injury)