Week of 1/2 - 1/8


Well the weather has been absolutely spectacular for "winter" around Boston and NH.  The snow that has fallen in NH has not been much and any trail that you step on is packed perfect like a track.  The track with microspikes is like velcro you stick and do not move.  You can even get good purchase on some of the blue ice if you see any or the hard ice that is still exposed and not covered by the snow.  Temperatures have been mild as well especially over 4k feet.

This has lead to some speed ascents on some 4k foot mountains in NH carrying minimal gear.  If you play it right with weather and trail conditions you can basically fly, faster than in the summer in my opinion.

The middle of the week I had two good days at the gym, 3 descent days in the Blue Hills and one great day in NH, Mount Hancock and South Hancock.

Shin is aaaahhhh, ok(?), I still need to take some time off but things have been so great lately its really hard.  One other fun even of the week was 3 sets of up and down at my building at work 72 flights.  Going to throw that in to the training to mix things up a little over next couple of weeks.

Totals for the week
26 miles of all running this week
4378 feet of vertical