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Saturday Aug 26, 2017 #
12 PM
hiking (trails) 3:33:15 [1] 9.87 km (21:36 / km) +280m 18:55 / km
shoes: GoLite Blaze Lite
Wapack with Nancy, from Windblown to Binney Hill Road, then up the road to where we had left a car. Saw nobody except a group of seven (Scouts?), who seemed to be on a search-and-destroy mission for stone fire rings. Time excludes the stop for lunch.
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Wednesday Aug 23, 2017 #
6 PM
running (trails) 47:24 [3] 6.07 km (7:49 / km) +123m 7:05 / km
shoes: GoLite Blaze Lite
Well, that answers that. But not yet a definitive answer.
Somehow AP got this one right as running, even though I punched a bunch of splits. I might have thought that it would have guessed orienteering, so maybe I was going just enough faster? Seems a little unlikely.
Significantly faster than last time, on foot in late afternoon rather than riding in the dark, and I also had familiarity on my side. I think there's potential to speed up the riding significantly, but I ought to be able to run faster as well. Having previously seen it just by headlamp, it was generally familiar for the first half and the last part, a little less so in the middle. Having the setting sun as a reference gave me a different perspective, and being on foot made it feel more like a steady climb with switchbacks. The bike has the advantage of being able to go downhill faster (which will work better in daylight when I can see what's ahead), and running has the advantages of not needing to worry about rough spots, never needing to stop for an obstacle. There was a rough, rocky, rooty section that was difficult on the bike, that I didn't even notice when running. And I never needed to be careful about whether my handlebars would fit between trees.
Splits are at trail junctions that will need to be explored at some point.
Somehow AP got this one right as running, even though I punched a bunch of splits. I might have thought that it would have guessed orienteering, so maybe I was going just enough faster? Seems a little unlikely.
Significantly faster than last time, on foot in late afternoon rather than riding in the dark, and I also had familiarity on my side. I think there's potential to speed up the riding significantly, but I ought to be able to run faster as well. Having previously seen it just by headlamp, it was generally familiar for the first half and the last part, a little less so in the middle. Having the setting sun as a reference gave me a different perspective, and being on foot made it feel more like a steady climb with switchbacks. The bike has the advantage of being able to go downhill faster (which will work better in daylight when I can see what's ahead), and running has the advantages of not needing to worry about rough spots, never needing to stop for an obstacle. There was a rough, rocky, rooty section that was difficult on the bike, that I didn't even notice when running. And I never needed to be careful about whether my handlebars would fit between trees.
Splits are at trail junctions that will need to be explored at some point.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2017 #
7 PM
Note
Long drive home (from Harrisonburg VA)...
Monday Aug 21, 2017 #
2 PM
Note
It's interesting when you expect something to exceed your expectations, and yet it does...
(And that's but a pale reminder that doesn't come close to capturing what we saw.)
(And that's but a pale reminder that doesn't come close to capturing what we saw.)
Sunday Aug 20, 2017 #
Note
After a long drive, Stephen and I have arrived in the path of totality. Nothing left to do but cross our fingers for clear skies tomorrow.
Note
Based on some exploratory observations, I'll theorize that there is not a single Moon Pie left for sale in the state of Tennessee. Sun Chips are also pretty hard to come by.