Training Log Archive: CleverSky

Back to Seeley to pick up Nancy's car. Time includes one dismount on the downhill (downhills are intimidating!) when it took me about four tries to get restarted. I will note that at the beginning, as well as on Thursday, I managed to get started with just one try. I stopped about 100 m short because I was riding on the left* shoulder of Rte. 2A, and a pack of about a dozen bicycles was heading my way, and I hopped off to let them by (and just walked the rest).

*It's a hard call as to which side I should ride on, and I don't know if it's specified anywhere. Am I more like a bicycle or a pedestrian? I usually ride on the right, but switched to the left when I got to 2A in order to avoid crossing it twice.

Mt. Monadnock, denemesisation hike with Nancy on the Dublin Trail. Deducted the time for the picnic at the top. Perhaps the most crowded I've seen it, probably a couple of hundred people at the summit, with more continually arriving and departing.

Long Pond, Rutland State Park, with Nancy near sunset.

80 situps, after getting back from the 25th aniversary Nields concert (thanks, Cristina!).

Home from Seeley after dropping off Nancy's car. Solid evidence that this is faster than a brisk walk (compare the two times I recently did it on foot). Thsi was even a hair longer, because I did a lap of the parking lot before heading out onto Rte. 2A.

A loop at Willard Brook on the new bike, largely singletrack. Went quite well; I dismounted for a couple of very technical rocky stretches, but I got through some obstacles that I might not have expected to. Working reasonably hard.

This is about a different sport, but it had a familiar ring to it.

First ride on the new bike. Worked very well, I like the big wheels. I was able to ride nearly everything, save for one very steep spot that I didn't prepare for, and a few very technical spots that I chose not to attempt. But I had expected to have a much more difficult time of it. Quite nice.

New bike! Those with sharp eyes will see that it's a 29er, with disc brakes. Not entirely clear whether I'll get to keep it, though.

80 situps.

Mt. Kearsarge, Winslow side, with Nancy. Wiiiiindeeeeee!