(Click here for soundtrack; courtesy of the Oxford American, which is recently relaunched with their annual Music Issue. Best $9.95 you will spend on tunes this year.)
15 miles last Saturday was cake. Doing it on the 5 mile long trail through Stowe was brilliant – beautiful weather, flat run, and I was able to go about 2 miles from the hotel, stash the camelback, run about 5 miles total to the end of the trail and back, pick up the camelback and suck down a healthy dose of water and Swedish Fish over the next 5 miles, ditch it and do the last 4 miles without the weight. Good times.
Canoeing Saturday Afternoon rocked – we used these guys – great equipment, pretty decent safety brief before, and a beautiful day on the river.
Sunday and Monday deserve detail and pictures – Sunday was hiking and swimming in a pond at the top of the Smuggler’s Notch ski area, and Monday was climbing the road between Stowe and Jeffersonville on a rented bike – so I’ll do them later.
Work has been busy. Boys are back, healthy and happy, from Texas. Wednesday was another great 7 miles on Jamestown – I figured out how to add a ton of hills and a mile to the run from the soccer field. Did it in just under an hour, which, while not flying is not bad.
Thursday was 6 at Bluff Point. THursday was hot and painful.
Tomorrow is 12 miles, early, to beat the heat. Then, I catch up on other blogs.
What a great vacation. You and M. were able to do so much *and* you got in your running. Pics, we want pics!! I clicked on your soundtrack, forgetting my volume was turned all the way up. Nearly woke up the house at 5am (I was reading and writing in the dark and couldn’t find the volume button!!) Glad you are back.
Good training going on there Mr. Jank. Are you prepping to do the New Haven 20K with us, perchance?