Training Log Archive: CleverSkyIn the 31 days ending Mar 31, 2020:
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Tuesday Mar 31, 2020 #
5 PM
running (pavement) 46:16 [3] 7.26 km (6:22 / km) +67m 6:05 / km
shoes: Merrill Bare Access XTR
Parked at Robbs Hill, but ran on the roads while I let the woods dry out some more. I ran past where I used to live when I first moved back from Colorado (although the cottage that I lived in was torn down over 15 years ago).
Monday Mar 30, 2020 #
4 PM
running (pavement) 58:28 [2] 8.92 km (6:33 / km) +128m 6:07 / km
shoes: GoLite Blaze Lite
Mostly Fitchburg, a little bit of Lunenburg, and almost Ashby. Drizzle to light rain, and just under 40 F. Decent amount of climb. Felt better at the end than I did at the beginning.
Sunday Mar 29, 2020 #
3 PM
running (pavement) 31:03 [3] 5.08 km (6:07 / km) +44m 5:51 / km
shoes: GoLite Blaze Lite
Over near Willard Brook, drizzling and about 40 F. When I was driving from Nancy's house to my house in the morning, I saw a surprising number of people out running. Surprising because it was raining, and people are often not that interested in running in the rain. Then when I went out, I went to about the lonliest road around, there are only a couple of houses that I went past, on Vinton Pond. I parked at one of my normal spots, a little pullout on the town line big enough for two or three cars, that I think is there for school buses and snowplows to turn around, with a sign that says "No Dumping" that often gets ignored. It looked like the pavement on the right-hand side had been ripped up, but on a second look, maybe it just got bulldozed wider, and a couple of boulders dropped into the new dirt area. No idea what that's all about. But then just before I stepped out of the car, a pickup truck with a couple of guys in it pulled in alongside me. The window rolled down, and the guy in the passenger seat asked, "What's up?". I said, "Just going for a run", and he said, "Oh, okay", and I started running, and they left. That was a little weird, too.
Saturday Mar 28, 2020 #
4 PM
orienteering 37:24 [3] *** 4.16 km (8:59 / km) +53m 8:27 / km
spiked:3/9c shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 #1 (blue)
Nagog Hill, Brown Lizard, 3.1 km. NEOC COVID-19 training event. New map made by Jonathan Campbell, course by Anna Campbell. This was very sloppy, attributable mostly to mental softness, and enhanced by two confounding factors. The first was that when I printed the maps, I initially neglected to select landscape mode, so the map printed at some unknown reduced scale. I then printed a proper one for Nancy, but rather than print another good one, I just took the weird one for myself. The other issue was that finding red ribbons is not the forte of this colorblind guy. Sometimes I would have spotted an actual control earlier if it had been there, other times I would have not had to look around so much when I was in the right place, and other times I would have moved on sooner when I wasn't. No matter, it's all good. Calling this 3 spikes is generous.
Saw other folks in the parking lot, including the Webb family and Jeff Saeger.
splits
Saw other folks in the parking lot, including the Webb family and Jeff Saeger.
splits
running 13:22 [3] 1.82 km (7:22 / km) +26m 6:52 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 #1 (blue)
And then a little loop around the trails on the conservation land on the other side of the road, finishing up just when Nancy was completing the O course.
Friday Mar 27, 2020 #
3 PM
pedaling (road bike) 48:27 [3] 19.44 km (2:29 / km) +213m 2:22 / km
A trip around the lake, minimizing travel on numbered highways, and avoiding the hideous Tyler Road. Very nice afternoon, about 60 F, kind of breezy. Plenty of people sitting in lawn chairs, walking dogs, washing cars, etc. Little kids on bikes or on foot, in the middle of the road, moving unpredictably.
Thursday Mar 26, 2020 #
5 PM
pedaling (road bike) 50:58 [3] 20.55 km (2:29 / km) +226m 2:21 / km
Needed a break from running, and it was in the low 50s F, so a ride was just the thing. Started the watch a bit late, so I got the correct time and distance from the bike speedometer. One of those days where you kept going through patches of really warm or really cold air.
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020 #
6 PM
running (pavement) 45:01 [3] 7.43 km (6:03 / km) +77m 5:46 / km
shoes: Saucony Guide 8 Powergrid
The shortest loop on public roads that gets to the intersection of Sunnyhill and West.
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020 #
12 AM
Note
The phone app that I am using to learn Swedish often presents me with interesting sentences to translate, such as "Mina föräldrar tycker inte om att du äter myror" ("My parents don't like that you eat ants"). I just got one that put me in a quandary: "Män som hatar kvinnor". I was very tempted to try "The girl with the dragon tattoo" just to see if it would accept it.
11 AM
Note
Snow dealings, round 8a: my driveway. About 3" accumulated, then it turned to sleet so there was a substantial crust, then it warmed up and turned to slush. I probably would have just left it, but the Verizon guy is supposed to be coming tomorrow to install DSL, so I figured it would be more hospitable if the drivewway were clear. 20 minutes to get it adequately blowed.
5 PM
running (pavement) 36:47 [3] 6.24 km (5:53 / km) +36m 5:44 / km
shoes: Saucony Guide 8 Powergrid
In my effort to do something different every day, I knew I still had this figure-8 available.
I heard on the radio that the Trustees of Reservations has closed all of their properties, because too many people were going there. So it's good that Nancy and I made it to the beach Saturday, because now it's off-limits (except to town residents). I don't often run in the neighborhood during daylight, so I don't know if the three pairs of people who I saw were unusual or not. I do wonder whether this sudden interest in getting outdoors is just a flash in the pan, if people will just retreat to Netflix if the national shutdown drags on.
Part of me wishes I'd get infected in the short term so I could ride it out (optimistically with minimal symptoms) and then be on the other side of this, no longer worried about becoming part of the contagion chain. Not like I'm going to stop trying to avoid that, of course.
Trump is a complete idiot.
I heard on the radio that the Trustees of Reservations has closed all of their properties, because too many people were going there. So it's good that Nancy and I made it to the beach Saturday, because now it's off-limits (except to town residents). I don't often run in the neighborhood during daylight, so I don't know if the three pairs of people who I saw were unusual or not. I do wonder whether this sudden interest in getting outdoors is just a flash in the pan, if people will just retreat to Netflix if the national shutdown drags on.
Part of me wishes I'd get infected in the short term so I could ride it out (optimistically with minimal symptoms) and then be on the other side of this, no longer worried about becoming part of the contagion chain. Not like I'm going to stop trying to avoid that, of course.
Trump is a complete idiot.
Monday Mar 23, 2020 #
12 PM
running (trails) 34:13 [2] 4.48 km (7:39 / km) +57m 7:11 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 #1 (blue)
Town Forest, a variation on a run I use to do a lot when I first lived here. Crossing the north fork of the Mulpus took a little hunting around, because the beavers have worked their way downstream, but I found a place where a coppice of five large hemlocks went rootstock en masse, so that made a nice bridge. Finding my old landmarks went... not all that well, and I didn't get through the laurel jungle the traditional way, but I did pop out of the other side, and in fact found a pretty substantial trail that I don't think used to be there, so I'll have to check that out at some point. It's also extremely rare that I see anyone on the other side of the brook, but there was a woman (maybe high-school age) running, going the opposite direction from me.
Working from home, I can get out for a run like this at lunchtime. And I wanted to do it before the snow really gets going, so far I've only seen a few flakes.
Working from home, I can get out for a run like this at lunchtime. And I wanted to do it before the snow really gets going, so far I've only seen a few flakes.
Sunday Mar 22, 2020 #
3 PM
hiking (trails) 1:50:31 [1] 6.27 km (17:37 / km) +158m 15:39 / km
shoes: Oboz Sawtooth II
Townsend State Forest, western section, with Nancy. Almost to the NH line, but not quite. I hadn't been here in a while, and I didn't remember the trail network well enough, so we didn't get to the big cross. We picked this instead of going to Mt. Watatic, because I was guessing that the latter was going to be very crowded today.
Saturday Mar 21, 2020 #
3 PM
hiking (sand) 1:55:00 [1] 9.4 km (12:14 / km) +13m 12:09 / km
shoes: Oboz Sawtooth II
Crane Beach, with Nancy. I doubt this place has ever seen so many people with winter coats in one day. With the disease concerns, everybody wants to get outdoors, and why not a day at the beach? The parking lot wasn't jammed, but it was pretty full (people parking with space between their cars, I suppose for... social distancing?). Out along the beach, and back on the trail through the dunes. I had my watch running the whole time, including the time sitting on the beach chairs and for part of the drive home. My attempts to edit the track file were not successful, but I did correct the time and distance.
Friday Mar 20, 2020 #
6 PM
running (pavement) 34:20 [3] 5.32 km (6:27 / km) +72m 6:03 / km
shoes: Merrill Bare Access XTR
Warm day, but everything was wet, so I stayed out of the woods. Drove over to Robbs Hill to run on some different roads. This was after my first day of working at home, during which Verizon was supposed to come install DSL at my house, but they never showed up (I put in the order on Monday). Calling them was a hopeless case, and my cell phone stopped getting data just as I was trying to figure out what the deal was. I finally got to their website, which said the technician was delayed and I'd have to reschedule. First opening is next Wednesday. Grumble. Warm and humid outside, but it was a lot colder in my garage, more than a 10 degree F difference. When I drove out, the cold car hit the moist air and all the windows fogged up.
Thursday Mar 19, 2020 #
7 AM
Note
Well, it's snowing. And it's accumulating. But at this point, it's unlikely that I'll do anything other than ignore it.
11 PM
running (pavement) 36:08 [2] 5.24 km (6:53 / km)
shoes: Saucony Guide 8 Powergrid
The long way around to the cemetery and back, In The Dark. The 2" of so of snow that fell in the morning turned to rain all day when it warmed up, and by late at night it was still misting heavily, making the visibility lousy. One of those days when it's tough to keep the motivation to get out there again. I packed up my cubicle today, to join the rest of the company in the work from home brigade.
I'm wondering how this will all play out. I read that in 1918, 27% of the people caught the flu. I doubt all the rest managed to avoid exposure, so I assume a significant number either didn't catch it, or were infected but asymptomatic (although potentially capable of spreading it). We're in a situation now where if you think you've been exposed, you're supposed to self-isolate for a couple of weeks or something. Then what? If you don't get sick, I guess you come back out of your shell. Until the next time when you think you're exposed, and then you retreat again? Over and over? And there's the possibility in there that you actually did already contract the disease and you recovered, but it was mild enough that you don't know it, and you have to keep going into isolation. Or you're lucky enough to have an immunity, but you're in the same situation. Does everyone finally get fed up and just return to life as normal, the fences are down and it's a free concert? Or maybe it's like the current situation in China, where it appears to be leveling off, with no new cases. Do they drop the precautions, and does it come roaring back?
I'm wondering how this will all play out. I read that in 1918, 27% of the people caught the flu. I doubt all the rest managed to avoid exposure, so I assume a significant number either didn't catch it, or were infected but asymptomatic (although potentially capable of spreading it). We're in a situation now where if you think you've been exposed, you're supposed to self-isolate for a couple of weeks or something. Then what? If you don't get sick, I guess you come back out of your shell. Until the next time when you think you're exposed, and then you retreat again? Over and over? And there's the possibility in there that you actually did already contract the disease and you recovered, but it was mild enough that you don't know it, and you have to keep going into isolation. Or you're lucky enough to have an immunity, but you're in the same situation. Does everyone finally get fed up and just return to life as normal, the fences are down and it's a free concert? Or maybe it's like the current situation in China, where it appears to be leveling off, with no new cases. Do they drop the precautions, and does it come roaring back?
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020 #
5 PM
running (trails) 41:20 [3] 6.38 km (6:29 / km) +28m 6:21 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 #1 (blue)
Cook Conservation Area. To get to this place from work, the most straightforward route is to take Rte. 117 through the center of Bolton, and generally, whenever I do that, I get bogged down in slow traffic and remind myself to never do it again. Doing this at 5:30 on a weeknight is a definite invitation to disaster. But today I just breezed through. I think the parking lot at Cook had as many cars as I've ever seen there, and I likewise encountered more people on the trails here than I'd ever seen. Life during the epidemic. I ran mostly on the bigger trails, though when I got to a private property sign, I went left on a faint trail that faded out, and I continued generally southward through the woods to pick up the trail that I knew ran along the river (and fortunately, I didn't quite get blocked by swamps). Nice evening in the mid 50s F, and a blue sky with what seemed like few airplanes.
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020 #
6 PM
running (trails) 52:33 [3] 6.66 km (7:53 / km) +5m 7:51 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 #1 (blue)
Fractal Trails, daylight this time. This is really a spectacular piece of terrain, only about a square kilometer, but fascinating glacial stuff. All kinds of depressions and knolls, and unlike the town forest, the SW part of this place has a lot of boulders. This was almost entirely on trails, and it feels like it's twistier than the GPS track shows. I was eventually just thinking "make it stop!", and when I got to the road, I'd had enough. Parking would be a cinch for this place, but I have no idea what the ownerhip is, I suspect it's private. But the mountain bikers have been riding there for years.
Monday Mar 16, 2020 #
9 PM
running (pavement) 34:46 [2] 5.15 km (6:45 / km) +28m 6:34 / km
shoes: Merrill Bare Access XTR
Another variant jog around town, In The Dark.
Last Friday they told my department to pack up and work from home until further notice. I requested, and was granted, permission to be the exception, and to continue working from the office, because I don't have internet service at home (I'm getting DSL installed on Friday, and I hope it's better than when I had it before). The most cars I saw in the parking lot at work today was about 30, but that included building security, some custodial staff, and apparently the full complemennt of food service workers, I counted at least six of them. Some of the other employees were just there to wrap a few things up, and I suspect the cafeteria will soon drop to one or two people, if they don't just shut it down. I'm going to pack a PB&J in case there's suddenly nothing else to eat for lunch. Based on what I'm hearing, the company will probably lock the doors on Friday (actually, they'll probably have one security person there to let people in just in case there's something essential that needs to be done).
In times like these, it's hard to convince yourself that it's worthwhile to be designing small aspects of fancy car stereos.
Last Friday they told my department to pack up and work from home until further notice. I requested, and was granted, permission to be the exception, and to continue working from the office, because I don't have internet service at home (I'm getting DSL installed on Friday, and I hope it's better than when I had it before). The most cars I saw in the parking lot at work today was about 30, but that included building security, some custodial staff, and apparently the full complemennt of food service workers, I counted at least six of them. Some of the other employees were just there to wrap a few things up, and I suspect the cafeteria will soon drop to one or two people, if they don't just shut it down. I'm going to pack a PB&J in case there's suddenly nothing else to eat for lunch. Based on what I'm hearing, the company will probably lock the doors on Friday (actually, they'll probably have one security person there to let people in just in case there's something essential that needs to be done).
In times like these, it's hard to convince yourself that it's worthwhile to be designing small aspects of fancy car stereos.
Sunday Mar 15, 2020 #
5 PM
running (trails) 1:04:04 [3] 7.74 km (8:17 / km) +23m 8:10 / km
shoes: Saucony Guide 8 Powergrid
Groton Town Forest. Today, I kept finding myself on the verge of a deep depression. Not because of what's on the news, although that's bad enough. No, these were the sorts of deep depressions that make me very happy. I had made a ski-O map of this place years ago, but all I had for contours was the USGS, which was really not good. But Clint processed the lidar for me (thanks!!), and this was my first time checking it out. Spectacular negative terrain, of the sort that I don't think I've ever seen around here. Nearly about every closed loop is downhill on the inside, with the deepest holes being seven (2.5 m) contours down. The woods are scruffy light green in a lot of places, but nice open white in others. The contours on this new basemap are quite good, and the trails and water are... an incomplete, rough generalization. But that's okay, that's why the FSM gave us mylar and colored pencils. I think the parking situation is manageable, and this could make a nice little map.
Saturday Mar 14, 2020 #
4 PM
running (trails) 41:52 [3] 5.64 km (7:26 / km) +59m 7:04 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 #1 (blue)
Farandnear Reservation. This is a Trustees property just 10 minutes from my house, but I'd never been there. Something of a beaver sanctuary, which according to the trail signs they're pretty excited about, and that means some of the trails are flooded out. The main entrance has bathrooms, parking for about a dozen cars, and a small arboretum specializing in conifers. Who knew? I ran with the map that they have on their website, and covered pretty much all of the trails, plus one that I guess has been deprecated. Not a lot interesting going on between the trails. The trailhead where I parked is almost across from one of the trailheads leading into the Robbs Hill area, so it's essentially contiguous to it. This is really close to Shirley Center, which really looks kind of like a ghost town. Historic District, yeah.
7 PM
Note
Made a trip to the supermarket tonight, where things were not as bad as I expected. No waiting in line at all, it was about like it always is at the time of day when I go. Certain sections were devastated: toilet paper(?), many produce items (but plenty of bananas), pasta, pasta sauce, bread, soup and other canned goods. No shortage of yogurt, frozen dinners (except pizza, which was wiped out), chips, milk. Eggs were available, cereal was low but not gone, liquor seemed to be a bit low as well. The only thing I was hoping to buy that was gone was the particular kind of iced tea that I like. And I got a different flavor of bread, and a different shape of meat than usual (but it's the same meat, really).
Friday Mar 13, 2020 #
6 AM
running (pavement) 25:05 [2] 4.05 km (6:12 / km) +29m 5:59 / km
shoes: Saucony Guide 8 Powergrid
Down to the schools and back, In The Dim. And light rain. Not easy to drag myself out of bed for this.
Thursday Mar 12, 2020 #
6 PM
running (trails) 34:34 [3] 4.75 km (7:17 / km) +107m 6:32 / km
shoes: Saucony Guide 8 Powergrid
Marble Hill. This place is near my office, but I'd never been here before. Ran with a trail map (with contours) from the town website, which was nicely color-coded to match the blazes. The woods here looked more scruffy and less interesting than the other places I've been running lately (not that I left the trail, mind you).
I went to the Banff Film Festival last night in Portsmouth, with Nancy and Jon Nash. I had a ticket for a concert tonight, but it's been postponed (by 11 months). Stephen is in a show that we're scheduled to see tomorrow night, which so far is still slated to happen. Looks like the DVOA meet in a little over a week has been axed, and I expect that will also be the case for some other things looming on my schedule. We got a memo at work today basically suggesting that we work from home, though the office will not be closed. I'm planning to continue to go in unless they do close the facility, because I don't work well from home, I'm not really set up to do so, and I don't think the office will present much of an infection risk since it will be nearly deserted.
Looking forward, hang gliding does not seem to present much of a risk of infection.
I went to the Banff Film Festival last night in Portsmouth, with Nancy and Jon Nash. I had a ticket for a concert tonight, but it's been postponed (by 11 months). Stephen is in a show that we're scheduled to see tomorrow night, which so far is still slated to happen. Looks like the DVOA meet in a little over a week has been axed, and I expect that will also be the case for some other things looming on my schedule. We got a memo at work today basically suggesting that we work from home, though the office will not be closed. I'm planning to continue to go in unless they do close the facility, because I don't work well from home, I'm not really set up to do so, and I don't think the office will present much of an infection risk since it will be nearly deserted.
Looking forward, hang gliding does not seem to present much of a risk of infection.
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020 #
6 AM
running (mixed) 19:42 [2] 3.26 km (6:03 / km)
shoes: Saucony Guide 8 Powergrid
A short out and back from Nancy's house, first thing in the morrning, because I wasn't going to have time later. A little chilly in just a T-shirt.
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020 #
5 PM
running (trails) 34:17 [3] 4.89 km (7:01 / km) +89m 6:26 / km
shoes: Saucony Guide 8 Powergrid
Rattlesnake Hill. Managed to do pretty much the loop I had in my head, for a change. Lots of frogs singing in the pond up top.
Monday Mar 9, 2020 #
10 PM
running (pavement) 27:38 [2] 4.16 km (6:39 / km) +68m 6:09 / km
shoes: Merrill Bare Access XTR
Another neighborhood variation, In The Dark. I got another new headlamp in the mail today, this one very similar (identical?) to the one I liked the best but that became unreliable. This was a rather uninspired little jaunt, but it was nice to be able to do it in a T-shirt.
Sunday Mar 8, 2020 #
10 AM
orienteering 1:30:41 [3] *** 8.38 km (10:50 / km) +231m 9:31 / km
spiked:19/21c shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 #1 (blue)
Ansonia, HVO/WCOC winter training, Red, 6.5 km, 290 m. Mostly pretty good the woods were nice as usual, except for being a little slow in some recently logged areas where there were a lot of branches on the ground. Visibility was outstanding, and the weather was basically perfect.
Two mistakes, and one clerical error. I was mentally distracted on #2 and missed by just a bit on the uphill side, but I failed to turn and see it; found it just fine on the way back, but the time loss was close to four minutes, moving slowly while relocating. On #17, I was off to the right coming into the logged area, and underestimated the challenge of spotting the stone wall. My first guess as to which was I was off was correct, but after going a little way, I second-guessed myself and went the other way, until I got a better look at the group of boulders in that direction and saw where I was. About three minutes on that one. Also kind of slow on #16 because I was reading the map poorly, and was wrong about where I was, but I kept going in the right direction and "spiked" it.
Then the clerical error. I spiked #11, but then on the short leg to #12, nothing made any sense. I was completely perplexed. I went back to #11 to confirm that it was the right control, but it was on a really unambiguous feature. Tried heading to #12 again, and was baffled in the same way. Adequate examination of the map finally clued me in to what was happening. The course did a little loop at 11-12-13, so that the 10-11 leg passed close to 13. After going to #13, I then tried to navigate as if I were going from #11, but of course that wasn't where I was. Once this dawned on me, I went to the real #11, and everything was fine from there. 7-8 minutes lost on those shenanigans. My split at "11" is therefore bogus, and all of the rest are shifted by one.
15 minutes lost is pretty pathetic. But it's just training.
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Two mistakes, and one clerical error. I was mentally distracted on #2 and missed by just a bit on the uphill side, but I failed to turn and see it; found it just fine on the way back, but the time loss was close to four minutes, moving slowly while relocating. On #17, I was off to the right coming into the logged area, and underestimated the challenge of spotting the stone wall. My first guess as to which was I was off was correct, but after going a little way, I second-guessed myself and went the other way, until I got a better look at the group of boulders in that direction and saw where I was. About three minutes on that one. Also kind of slow on #16 because I was reading the map poorly, and was wrong about where I was, but I kept going in the right direction and "spiked" it.
Then the clerical error. I spiked #11, but then on the short leg to #12, nothing made any sense. I was completely perplexed. I went back to #11 to confirm that it was the right control, but it was on a really unambiguous feature. Tried heading to #12 again, and was baffled in the same way. Adequate examination of the map finally clued me in to what was happening. The course did a little loop at 11-12-13, so that the 10-11 leg passed close to 13. After going to #13, I then tried to navigate as if I were going from #11, but of course that wasn't where I was. Once this dawned on me, I went to the real #11, and everything was fine from there. 7-8 minutes lost on those shenanigans. My split at "11" is therefore bogus, and all of the rest are shifted by one.
15 minutes lost is pretty pathetic. But it's just training.
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RouteGadget
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Saturday Mar 7, 2020 #
4 PM
pedaling (road bike) 1:14:17 [3] 28.85 km (2:34 / km) +245m 2:28 / km
Home from Nancy's house after dropping off her car, on the Incubus. Temp in the low 40s F, I think, and a decent headwind the whole way (though not nearly as strong as it would have been earlier in the day). I took a bunch of back roads (twistier and hillier), avoiding the numbered ones as much as possible.
Friday Mar 6, 2020 #
5 PM
running (trails) 33:30 [2] 4.01 km (8:21 / km) +62m 7:45 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 #1 (blue)
Rattlesnake Hill, In The Dim. With a map this time, which I looked at a little. Finally turned the headlamp on with a few minutes to go, because I realized that my inability to see my footing had slowed me almost to a walk. Would have been a very different story if it hadn't been overcast.
Thursday Mar 5, 2020 #
9 AM
Note
Turns out the iceboat orienteering wasn't Feb 29, it was Mar 1 (the announcement was rather unclear), so I could have gone (if I hadn't been completely wiped, and if I had found it about it more than an hour before the start, because it was several hours away). But there is a video. Looks like it would have been a hoot!
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9 PM
running (trails) 28:59 [2] 4.09 km (7:05 / km) +16m 6:56 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 #1 (blue)
Groton Town Forest, In The Dark. I had brought running clothes so that I could go out on my way home from feeding Nancy's cats, but I forgot a jacket, and the temperature had dropped to about freezing. Two shirts was fine. I had on the headlamp that had been flickering before, and now it just kept shutting off. After a little fiddling with it, I just carried it in my hand, which reduced the jouncing and allowed it to mostly stay on. I don't remember my way around this place very well, I should dig up the crude ski-O map I made of it 15 or 20 years ago. So I just navigated by the simple trick of heading south from the pumping station, then keeping to the left until I got back.
Wednesday Mar 4, 2020 #
10 PM
running (pavement) 30:23 [2] 4.79 km (6:21 / km) +48m 6:03 / km
shoes: Merrill Bare Access XTR
Back to Seeley a different roundabout way to pick up my car (swapped them this morning), In The Dark.
Tuesday Mar 3, 2020 #
5 PM
running (trails) 44:48 5.48 km (8:10 / km) +72m 7:40 / km
shoes: Saucony Guide 8 Powergrid
Robbs Hill, In The Dim. Carried a flashlight, which I used to look at some signs and the trail maps posted at intersections, and then to see where I was going for the last ten minutes. That was also about when the rain started. And my right knee started feeling kind of wonky right around then, which I wasn't too happy about. Temperature another ten degrees warmer, and the ground was squishy in a lot of places.
There was another car at the trailhead, and after about seven minutes I saw a hiker coming toward me, and when we were closer, he said, "Hey, I know you!". It was Mark, who I don't think I had seen since the ConComm Massacree, so we spent a few minutes catching up.
There was another car at the trailhead, and after about seven minutes I saw a hiker coming toward me, and when we were closer, he said, "Hey, I know you!". It was Mark, who I don't think I had seen since the ConComm Massacree, so we spent a few minutes catching up.
Monday Mar 2, 2020 #
11 PM
running (pavement) 36:16 [2] 5.41 km (6:42 / km) +28m 6:32 / km
shoes: Merrill Bare Access XTR
Tooling around town, In The Dark. About 25 degrees warmer than last night.
Sunday Mar 1, 2020 #
11 PM
running (pavement) 24:47 [2] 3.71 km (6:40 / km) +66m 6:08 / km
shoes: Merrill Bare Access XTR
Home from Seeley, In The Dark, via a slightly roundabout route, after dropping Nancy's car off for service. The temperature had dropped a lot more than I had realized, to 20 F, so I'm glad I wore as much clothing as I did. Kind of lethargic today after the long day yesterday, but I did get a few things done around the house.
Second new pair of shoes in as many days, I think I bought these before Xmas, but hadn't pulled them out of the box yet. Nice and light, with very little padding, we'll see what sorts of activity they're suited to.
Second new pair of shoes in as many days, I think I bought these before Xmas, but hadn't pulled them out of the box yet. Nice and light, with very little padding, we'll see what sorts of activity they're suited to.