AM - Reservoir Trail – 5 miles – Ran out and back on the Rez trails before our flight back to Atlanta. The trails were a little wet from the big thunderstorm we had overnight but it was nice to not be running in 90+ degree weather. Side note: Amanda and I found two of three geocaches around the Rez on Saturday. One of them was in a paintball pod, which I thought was cool. It was funny how close to the trail they were and I’ve never noticed before despite running on the trail like 15 million times.
PM – Greenway Out & Back – 5 miles – Out and back on the greenway after we got back from the airport. Nice and easy stroll with Amanda riding next to me on the bike. We stopped at Fresh Market before we got home and grabbed some prime rib kebabs for dinner, so good. I love that place. It’s like a Trader Joes or a small Whole Foods.
Tuesday, June 4: 12 miles
AM - Gravel Spring – 7 miles – A little bit of a slog this morning. I think my legs were tired from the travel day yesterday.
PM – Greenway Out & Back – 5 miles – Ran with Amanda riding next to me on the bike. Standard post work run. After the run/ride we made dinner then I headed over to George Pierce Park for our first slow pitch softball game. We got worked. 23-1. I went 1 for 2 and narrowly missed a couple of outfield assists but it was a tough loss. One the other team took far too many pitches for softball and two, we were trying to smash the ball and hit too many pop ups. Better luck next week.
Wednesday, June 5: 15 miles
AM – Gravel Springs – 7 miles – Big time struggle bus day for me. I think it was because I was tired from getting home late last night (the game started at 10pm aka my bed time) and running around for an hour that night.
PM – Robin Hood (south) Workout – 8 miles – Two mile warm up on the greenway then 4x1200ish (.83 miles) on the homesite loop behind my apartment, followed up by two more miles for the cool down.
I had originally planned on doing 4x800, because that’s what the trail sign says the distance for one lap is. However on the first repeat, I noticed it was only about .4, so I ended up doing 1.5 laps for the first repeat. After that little fiasco, I decided to go with two laps per repeat so each one would be about 1200 on the trail.
Splits:
4:12 (1.5 laps)
5:09
5:18
5:18
I went with roughly 2:30 rest per rep (a little shorter on the first).
Not a great workout, but I’m glad I got out there and tried to run a little quicker than my normal slog. Cooled down two miles after for eight total.
Thursday, June 6: 12 miles (recovery day)
AM – Gravel Springs – 7 miles – Nice and easy seven mile recovery run.
PM – Greenway Out & Back – 5 miles – Another easy recovery run with Amanda riding next to me on the bike.
Friday, June 7: 10 miles
AM – Gravel Springs – 7 miles
PM – Greenway – 5 miles
Saturday, June 8: Buford & Hamilton Mill Roads - 11 miles – Ran out to gravel springs then up to Hamilton mill road then back to south Bogan and back up to the GEHC and down to the house.
Sunday, June 9: Rocking the Suburbs - 15 miles – I’ve found a good solid long run on the roads from my apartment. I headed up to the GEHC and then out on Woodward Mill road to old Suwanee road. From there I ran up to Roberts Road the out onto Buford highway. I dipped into George Pierce Park and ran on the greenway for about a mile and half then up Martin Farm road to Town Center park, back on the greenway, through the Morning View neighborhoods and then back on old Suwanee and back up to the GEHC and down to the house. Good solid 15.
Weekly Total: 85 miles on 12 runs – Great week of mileage and one decent workout. I do want to get back to trail running though. I haven’t been doing much of that lately. I’d also like to jump in a 5k in the next couple of weeks before the Peachtree.
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