Training Log Archive: bl

Am DP same as yesterday but a lot of ice under the PL. So much that, being a wise-guy, I got car stuck enough to have to jog home, get Beth, sand etc to free up. Warm & windy.

PM DP, pesky pests. Down to beaver slough, got blown there but when turned around, wind had taken off somewhere else. Had yak traks for for first time this winter. A group sledding & 2 walking on the slough but gone from sight when we got there.

Warm up for race.

Kingman Farm Night SS race, Madbury. Good hard effort, first time on racing SS this winter (Dion rental). A lot of narrow paths (looked that way in dark). Got in a place and stayed there for duration of race. One fellow passed in the large field. Several were breathing on my tail for the last third but never did catch/pass. Rolling in woods, long field section with serpentine path (narrow, maybe 10" high sides, hard footing) and windy; and a hill at end that we ran onto, along/down & back & then down. A bunch of switchbacks both sides, fairly steep and when I thought it was the final up, there were quite a few more! Could not find Petzl, had old headlamp which was ok but when I got hot, removed head band, it did not fit tight, so carried in one hand, then the other. Was a bit difficult to see path when no one right in front. Was third in 60+, not sure how many there were, not a lot. But went there with little in mind except honest effort in novel activity. Men over 60 was first award cat, 3rd was called first, so I found myself first on a podium, amused to have rec'd a six pack of Red Hook beer as well as a homemade cake. Also won another RH six pak in the raffle (maybe 40% did). All the handouts plus the good food, much home baked made for an unusual Sat. evening.

Awards, no mudslinging allowed


Diane was responsible for my showing up, thanks to her, a lot of fun. Start at 6p but never saw a moon. When we looked later, it was overcast. Went to an Italian restaurant, Dante's, with D & Brian in Barrington after.