Monday: 13 miles on the Woodlawn Mountain Loop with Lily. Great route, had it all: one mile approach on forest service road, three mile bushwhack ascent, four mile descent on the MST, and four on the rollercoaster gem of Harris Creek single track. Uwharrie and I gunned the last eight in an hour. 101s wore a hole in my heel.
Tuesday: 5 miles FAST errand run down to the bank and back with groceries, felt strong.
Wednesday: Back to work but still manage 4 miles in the rain up Ida Direct (bushwhack) plus Backside loop and down Hook n’ Anchor (slippery). Banged my toe pretty bad slipping on a rock, Sammy Smith Imperial Stout to dull the pain.
Thursday: 4 miles up Ida Direct and down Gravel Road to Ingles for some groceries and back home.
Friday: 4 miles along Newberry Creek. Camping with a group of nine students from MEC in Pisgah. Conveniently forgot Uwharrie’s dog food in the car to sneak in a run. Great trip with the kids.
Saturday: 4 miles up Gravel Road and down Ida Direct. Calves feel tight, toe still achy, but fun “skiing” down through crazy steep woods; thoughts on Barkley.
Sunday: 6 miles up Ida Direct, 2 x Backside Loop, down Gravel to Ingles to meet Lily for some Sunday grocery shopping and walk home.
= 40 miles for the week. Pretty low mileage, par for the course for me. I’d like to say it’s quality, not quantity that counts, but the truth is that I’d love to double this. Hopefully by spring I’ll have figured out a way, but thus far, the demands of work have hindered my attempts. Ah well, good work is getting done…
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Very inspiring. Makes me want to get out there and run!
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