Last MLR of the cycle. Nearly 90 today, humid, and the trail is still flooded; thus, dreadmill time. Took two headbands and two bottles of Gatorade to the workout room and set out on my 14-miler. Slow progression at first, going from 9:50 pace to 9:15, then to 8:25, and the last two laps at GMP. Even threw in a bit of a hill at the end to simulate that little bump in Newport. One of those runs where the early/slow miles were a struggle and I felt better as I went faster. I hope that augurs well for having to start out on the 30th at a pretty good clip; I don't have the luxury of warming up in the first two miles at 9:30 pace or so. Anyway, happy with the way it went.
The big trip is close enough now that I can look up the advance forecast for Boston for our arrival: high 70, low 57 next Friday, sunny skies. Sounds like a good night to go to Fenway. It'll probably be a bit cooler at Chatham when we get there. I've been forewarned that it may be long pants and windbreaker weather the whole time. so be it. I'll still run in shorts... | 