Training Log Archive: CleverSky

Some to the storage unit, some to my house (one trip to my place with the U-Haul, and two to the storage place). We were working from about 9 AM until we returned the truck after 6, and I think it's fair to count at least a couple of hours of this as exercise. We had Stephen, Rachel, Matt, and Mark helping out. The 10x10 foot storage unit is maybe 70% full.

Another busy day, but I managed to get out for a little stroll around town before bedtime. I think I had the headlamp on some of the time because I saw a few cars, but downtown where there were sidewalks, it wasn't necessary.

Bertozzi Conservation Area, In The... Dim. Another busy day stopped for a short stroll on my way to Nancy's house. But although I had grabbed my headlamp, I left it by the door on my way to the garage. No moon, stars hidden by clouds... but there was enough sky glow that I could see where I was going. I grabbed a flashlight that I keep in the car, but I only turned it on to look at a couple of things. There's a USGS stream monitoring station down there, as well as the other end of the cable across the river that I've seen the other end of while mountain biking. And the swimming hole that I saw when I paddled through a few months ago.

Across the street, In The Dark. Freakishly comfortable, almost 70F, with the lightest detectable amount of rain. Took me three passes to find the Landlocked trail from the north end, between the leaf cover and the fact that I was operating with a headlamp..

Cleaning out various closets, throwing stuff out. I came across all the equipment from when Nancy and Charlie and I used to do results at orienteering meets. Label printer with serial port interface, special PalmPilot with integral barcode scanner for reading bib numbers, CDs with software for same (custom program written by Clint), all worthless junk now, all went into the wastebasket. I hung onto a stapler and a bunch of index cards.

C • I tossed the remaining Palm... 2

Neighborhood stroll, In The Dark. To the three nearest intersections and back. Completely by starlight, no moon, never turned on my light, never saw a car. After a busy day, finished up around midnight, unusual to have it be 60 F even at that time of night in November.

Groton Town Forest, In The Dark. Not quite dark when I started. Up and down the old rail line, and then sort of around the perimeter. It hit 81F today, and I was dressed as if it still was (it had dropped about 20 degrees), so it was a little cool.

A little walk with Nancy at Mine Falls between errands.