build me an ark
“Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and saw that the face of the ground was drying.”
Book of Genesis
Well, northern NE is finally getting a look at just how much rain we received as the water starts to recede and the clouds part. It is confirmed that Lowell is now beach front property so buy it while it is still cheap. 17” of rain over the course of a week must be close to some sort of record. It is certainly a PR for me. Hopefully all the people flooded out will get their insurance checks in the mail and a have a place to crash while their sofa’s dry out. Notice how no one was shot and gangs did not tear through the streets breaking everything in site just because they could. I love New England because the people here. Just because there is a chance to wreck stuff, people don’t. There were some idiots in downtown Peabody paddling around and swimming in a lake of rain and feces like they were on vacation in Maine. Goes to show you can’t screen everyone out. People will do anything to get on the news.
Bentley track is getting its timing down for the Boston High Performance meets. Last night I was cursing the rain again as I drove through a down pour in Weston on my way to the track. Much like the wind dying just before the 7:00 elite events during the series, the rain ceased at precisely 6:00 to allow a dry* warm-up and a rainless track workout. The sun even poked out for about 5 minutes before returning to it’s hiding place behind the clouds.
*The surface was not dry but we need to take baby steps.
The workout was 6x 800 starting at 2:18 going to 2:15 with 2:15 rest after every one.
The splits from my watch were:
1.) 2:18.2
2.) 2:16.5
3.) 2:18.7
4.) 2:19.1
5.) 2:17.2
6.) 2:15.4
Felt a little sluggish and it took a little more effort to get the legs going than it should have. The last two felt the best. 8 strides after the workout with 4 of them at or close to 100% speed really loosened up the legs.
This morning the run into work was quite pleasant with a lot of puddles and run-off on the trails. I may head back the roads because it probably will not be much drier on the way home. Stupid rain.
That’s all I got.