October 2011 recap

October 2011 recap

October was a decent month, I mean as far as months of the year goes, nothing can compare to September, but for running – October isn’t so bad. Cool fall temps, crisp air, pretty leaves turning color – what’s not to love? Had two fun races this month, the BrickMan triathlon and the Baystate Half Marathon – really enjoyed both these events. Increased my mileage a good bit throughout the month as well. Not sure how the heck I ran as much as I did back in January and February (a short month at that), but starting to put those kind of miles back into the legs. Keeping the left calf stretched out as much as possible and doing the usual maintenance on my right side ITB. Still feeling good, so can’t complain. To mix things up, this past week returned to my old school street hockey roots and also added back in a Crossroads run (9 miles on Thursdays through the Newton hills). That Crossroads run this past week was pretty tough – a fair test of mettle, some parts saw snow that night – endured a cold, rainy/sleeting tromp back into the city after taking the T far out. Anyway, here’s the quick summary…happy trails!