Running Around Northport

Spent the last two days running local streets.

One of the things I like best about living in Northport is the Great Cow Harbor 10k course that winds around town.  With top runners from around the country flocking here every September to challenge each other and the James Street hill, it's an opportunity to race and train on the same course they do.  I haven't raced it in years but volunteer instead...sorta creating good running karma for all the races I do that rely on volunteers.

On Monday I did one of my favorite short runs down to Crab Meadow Beach.  It's laid out perfectly for a tempo run...one mile warm up, one mile tempo, short recovery around the beach and parking lot, then reverse, ending with an uphill back to my house.  I've been mostly taking it easy in November and December so this was my first effort at finding some speed.  Apparently it was not to be found on this run...oof!

Today I ran the Cow Harbor course, something I'll do at least once a week, adding in excursions down side streets, into the woods and out to beaches to lenghten them as my runs get longer.  Over the years I've run this course 300+ times.  It never gets boring and I'm still noticing different things on every run.  One thing I don't notice though are names of streets.  For the life of me, I can't tell you all the roads I run on, nor the cross streets.  Not sure what this means...

Sidewalks were pretty sloppy with snow.  But all in all, a routine trip around town.

19 miles down, 481 to go...