Training Log Archive: barb

Event: Boojum Rock Sprint
 

Slush. Worked on making a clear path for the water to the drain around the corner. Our snowman did not survive the night. My new winter tights worked really great - as did the one new never-before-seen glove I found in my hat&glove bin. Wonder how it got there. Wonder whose it is. Wonder where its partner is.

So I was less than a minute behind Jeff Saeger. I was certainly not moving quickly, and in fact spent a few minutes just looking at control 3 before deciding to get my feet wet - so I wonder what happened: is his time wrong? ... Ah, just read his log. No compass, and no magnifiers.

Boojum sprints. Sparsely attended due to the weather - we probably should have tried postponing this NEOC junior-run fundraiser, as they made maybe $24 total. But I did have competition (Samantha), and 4 guys went out on the sprint. We nabbed a party of newcomers who were passing by to try the White course. They started off in the wrong direction, but Ceire set them straight.

It was just about freezing. Trees had ice on them; marshes were slushy. The snow was crusty and a bit painful on the shins. Ben Parson set a very nice course - but control 3 was completely surrounded by slush+water. My feet did OK thanks to some good socks and keeping moving. First time out in my gorgeous new red & black Ice Bugs.

C • sparse attendance 2

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I was about to head for bed, but Isabel rose from the couch and stretched her arms out toward me, inviting me to snuggle there too and watch the rest of "Wrath of Khan" with her & Dave & David, so I did.

Took the kids to the Blue Hills before work. David's friend Kenny came along too.

Last night Katia gave me a rent check and asked where she was supposed to sign it. Apparently they don't have checks in Europe. She vaguely remembers her parents using checks when she was a little girl, back in the old days. She finds us rather quaint that way.

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Stayed up late shoveling and playing in the snow after watching "Mirror, Mirror" and "City on the Edge of Time" or whatever it's called when Spock & Kirk have to go to 1930 to rescue McCoy from his drug-induced paranoia and the resultant unfortunate peace-mongering.

6:20 am. Felt some tightness in the chest, more cardiac than pulmonary. Still have a cold.

6:40 pm. Rainy, getting colder. Ran in my work dress, listening to the opera rehearsal tracks.

work commute

Early morning work commute - back to get the kids up and through breakfast to the bus stop.

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Bleah.

Work commute.
Caught another cold. I had figured I was done with being sick for the winter. Guess it's spring now, and the counter resets or something.
Bleah.
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C • spring 4

7:15 am. Ran to the grocery store and home. Total weight coming back: 154 lb. Unfortunately, at the grocery store I came upon some dark chocolate McVitie's digestive biscuits, which means I will be getting a D sometime soon.

7:15 pm. Home from rehearsal

OK, desperate to get my hour in so I'll log this. Taught the kids how to use OCAD to set a course, then walked around on the white course David designed at Boojum for next Sunday's event.

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