Vacation week

 I was on vacation this week so the plan had been to get in some interesting rides and runs.  I'd been planning a ride across Vermont for quite a while and was looking forward to getting it done mid-week.

I kicked off the week with an early morning run on the Upper Charles River trail. I'd run and biked on parts of this but never done the complete trail.  After my run I did the 28 mile end to end ride.  It was a nice mix of paved and packed dirt trail.

Next up was the Assabet river trail.  Again, I'd done part of it but not the entire route.  I had to do a few miles on the road to connect sections and could see some construction that will minimize the amount on road.  Another great day to be out running and riding.

Now it was time to head to Vermont.  Unfortunately rain was in the forecast.  A rainy start to the day  meant I'd be wet and muddy and pouring rain the second day had me adjusting what I'd do.  So, instead of the complete trail I ended up running a nice 8 miles and then catching the shuttle to Morrisville.  From there I biked 42 miles to St Johnsbury and closed out the day with another 4 mile run on the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail.

On Thursday I rain in the pouring rain on the trail and did another incredibly wet run on the Franconia Bike Path before closing the day out with a nice garage run that was much more pleasant!

It wasn't exactly the vacation I'd planned but it was productive and fun.