Training Log Archive: Spike

Easy jog on the streets of Arnold MD. I carried an OpenOrienteeringMap with me for entertainment and to find my way.

Work commute. Perfect conditions today. Maybe that's why there were so many other bike commuters out today.

Laundry, cooking, packing, etc...decided it'd be a day off from running but that I could easily get in some rowing while the laundry was in the washer. Now that we've removed all the junk from the basement, it is a much nicer place to exercise. The posters on the walls are inspiring.

The normal bike commute. I pushed pretty hard on the way home and enjoyed the comfortable weather.

I'm sitting at home watching tonight's CC meeting. One of the commissioners proposed the idea of contracting out the solid waste service. I released a performance audit about solid waste earlier this year - not looking at contracting out - and it will be interesting to see how this all works out. I think the CC is planning to create a task force to look into the issues and make recommendations. I'm not always a fan of task forces, but I think that addressing the issues surrounding solid waste a suitable for a task force in this case. Enough said.

Mary and I went out to Clinton. I was out for just under 2 hours. A bit over 90 was running. A bit under 30 was jog/stop/walk (repeated) as I explored a bit of the OL Laser "lutning" image of some forested terrain. The lutning image does a good job of getting some detail that is useful for fieldchecking. It was easy to pick out the cedar trees (usually alone or in small clumps). A fair number of individual trees show up, though it takes some practice to pick out which trees show up and which don't.

Biking to/from Clinton. On the way home I took a detour to check out the area between the Wakarusa and the golf course. It might be ok for a little sprint map.

Trail run - carrying the map and looking at it a few times - at Clinton. I put in 15 minutes at an honest effort (as 70/20s). I wasn't moving fast, but it was a good thing to do.