Aug 27 - Sep 2nd
Aug 27th-
Upper body medley, 6 miles easy around gym area
Aug 28th-
AM- Leg raises, lower body gym, pullups
PM- 12 miles Picatinny hill interval "course": ~1000 ft gain in 1:38 of short and longer hills on mostly grass and roadside dirt
Aug 29th-
AM- Relaxed 5 lunch hour.
PM- NJ Trail series 5k, 20:18- 15 seconds above my '11 PR so feeling good about that. 1 mile cooldown to sweep. Everyone started at handicapped times so all would finish more or less at the same time. It worked perfectly, cool concept!
Aug 30- 11 miles Tourne Park. Going for my usual determined loop, when I saw a large bear 100 yeards away on the flat section. Diverted for some extra hillage, got 1,083ft in 1:34.
Gradually introducing BW squats etc. now. 2x30 immediately after run.
Aug 31- off
Sept 1-
Watchung sierra CCW plus pink hill. Easy pace, 12mi in 1:56.
Sept 2-
Ringwood, 30 miles in 6:25. Ended with a few sprints up a hill to approach 31 mi. attempting the reverse course loop which ended up going down some of the trails NOT on the course but added a lot of extra mileage. Went through almost 150 oz of water, a record. Had to stop at some bathroom at the 202 trailhead to fill up form their sink 12 miles in. I went up some scree-like hill clearings adding some extra elevation. Ended up sort of doing the reverse big loop except all of green and none of yellow. Encountered a large Timber rattlesnake, right on the trail. I was a few steps from stepping on it, obviously the rattle was enough to warn me. No biggie, until I go back home and research the species. Luckily they are unagressive unless severely provoked, at which time they might not even release venom as you're not a food source, but if they do, it's one of the most potent venoms. I'm not sure stepping on it would have gotten me a bite but the closest house would have been right at the end of blue, at the Bear road, 1.5 miles from 202 and then who knows maybe 10 to the hospital? May not have been deadly but surely painful. A beautiful snake, and a new respect on my end, like Indiana Jones' kind of phobia.
Total (running) mileage: 80 miles
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