Training Log Archive: CleverSky

I was just getting dressed to go out for a run, when I saw a few drops of rain on the window. And then seconds later it was pouring and blowing really really hard. And then the lights went out. Maybe the nearest cell tower went off line, too, because I had a really weak signal and couldn't look at the weather radar. I was able to text with Nancy, who said that there wasn't much behind it. The rain let up pretty quickly and it was then just breezy, so I got in the car to go for a run anyway. This wasn't in the same league as the storm that hit Groton in the spring, but there were a few trees uprooted or broken off (the street around the corner was blocked), a lot of small branches down, as well as what seemed to be every pine cone. I even saw a wire that was on the ground and burning. Looks like power came back on after about an hour.

Had things gone a little differently this year, I might well have been out in the woods hanging controls for this weekend's A-meet when that microburst hit.

Willard Brook, In The Dim. I wore a headlamp, but only turned it on for the last few minutes. I had a plan in mind, but after a couple of minutes I decided to do something completely different. I found a trail that had somehow hitherto escaped my notice, and went up to check out the most important section of the map, which I was glad to find had not been destroyed by the storm. On the way back, in light that was at the limits of my vision, I made the next to last turn, then failed to find the last turn, and figured I must have turned the wrong way at the junction. So I went back, but going the other direction was clearly no good, so I turned on the light and found the trail. Except it quickly became obvious that it wasn't the trail I wanted, and though it would get me to where I need to go, it would take too long. So I went back, and it turned out that I had been going the right way the first time, but I had given up about 20 meters too soon.

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