Training week 8: half-way to Hartford!

A good week with not much to report. Fourteen miles is a bit of a psychological hurdle, but it went really well and I was very happy with the pace! I’m glad I take photos even when they don’t come out well, because they are memory triggers: the friendly black cat with a white mustache I met at the beginning of the long run, the yellow lab in a window which looked like a cutout until it moved, the fake owl side-by-side with a real squirrel, and a couple of weathervanes (typical rooster but perched on a mini dovecote, owl that looked like terracotta but was presumably fresh copper). In order to cover the south edge of Easthampton—I’m up to 49.13%!—I ran up Mountain Road/141 to Southampton Street in Holyoke, which I’ve driven many times. It’s always different on foot! From there I took a side street I’d never noticed (Line Road), which turned into a different Mountain Road, a steep dirt road across the very edge of Southampton with a few surprisingly huge houses (reminded me of back roads in Susquehanna County).

Weekday photos (Northampton)

Sunday long run photos (Easthampton)

Date (temp/humidity)DistanceAvg pace/fastest splitTimeHR (avg/highest)Notes
Tue 8/10 (69°F/92%)4.2814:17/14:061:01:06128/160J walked, I ran
Thu 8/12 (74°F/95%)6.2612:34/11:411:18:43Intervals only: 147/170
Fri 8/13 (74°F/98%)4.1612:50/11:5253:23149/168
Sun 8/15 (60°F/88%)14.1213:31/12:443:10:45138/178
Totals28.82 miles6.4 hoursWeight avg 115.7, resting heart 57

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