Training Log Archive: blIn the 30 days ending Nov 30, 2009:
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Monday Nov 30, 2009 #
Road running 46:14 [4] 5.5 mi (8:24 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Noon Luti loop. Princess Di declared a Frizzy Hair
Day (spitting rain, raw) so was free to roam & run. Ran near a 4 level for
a tad of personal accountability. Heaven knows, there's so little of it
these days. Passed over the 2 mi mark on the course, so felt I had a decent
mile (gradual up, gradual down) split in line - started looking for next
just after 7' - never saw it, was certain I'd missed by 8:10 or so. Must
have been running so fast that a moment's distraction prevented my seeing
it.
Day (spitting rain, raw) so was free to roam & run. Ran near a 4 level for
a tad of personal accountability. Heaven knows, there's so little of it
these days. Passed over the 2 mi mark on the course, so felt I had a decent
mile (gradual up, gradual down) split in line - started looking for next
just after 7' - never saw it, was certain I'd missed by 8:10 or so. Must
have been running so fast that a moment's distraction prevented my seeing
it.
Sunday Nov 29, 2009 #
Event: NEOC - Mt. Tom
Mapping/fieldwork/meet prep 3:10:00 [1] 1.5 mi (2:06:40 / mi)
Bear Brook fieldwork. Good weather, no leaves/optinmal visibility (I thought), no snow yet mentality, felt the call of fieldwork. Did the math for the Mt. Tom meet, 115 mi ea way & this activity won out (13.5 to car park, get out, go to work). UNO needs to map another 2 or so km2 for '11 BD (to be done amongst several members if no professional). This parcel is about 0.5 sqk, generally flat, contains 2 fields, one quite large, virtually no contours - the last suggests it might have logging history. Many thick patches of new white pine, much vegetation change & hard to map. Enter a wood with high pines towering over height-of-eye & higher new growth, find an old ride running down the center (yellow stripe but choked with thick briar). Then some rough open patches, spaces in stone walls for machinery passage & old ruts & the mapping & symbols used tell the story. First pass always seems like making acquaintance. Virtually no boulders in this section. Dogs found lots of ticks & obnoxiously chased a horse. Started 0930 & was after 12 before I knew it.
Hayes Marsh, Bear Brook
Hayes Marsh, Bear Brook
Trail/woods running 41:29 [3] 4.3 mi (9:39 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Nottingcook loop after a few chores. Wanted a run as well. Another 50F day, November quite a warm month. Gunshot not 50 m away just as I was leaving forest - over an embankment by a stream - could not see hunter, sure gave me a start.
Saturday Nov 28, 2009 #
Trail/woods running 31:25 [2] 3.3 mi (9:31 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Nottingcook DP, windy, windy. Cut thru a logged area for some variety. Dogs, in orange attire, found a hunter other side - I might have missed even with his orange. Mocha went right up barking, Zoe made a curious sniff. Hunter growled.
Trail/woods running 1:11:33 [2] 7.0 mi (10:13 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Dumped the dogs & went back out after a few chores. Up to Bow Center on a woods road, Branch Londonderry Turnpike, along Bow Center to School House & Walker forest access & home mostly on cart tracks & trails, finally Robinson & Dean Rds. Maybe 2 years since visiting section off BLT.
Entered the O half marathon at Fair Hill 2 days ago. Was going, then think not then OK, I'll go - flight for $149 after deciding not to drive. Will be home by 7pm Sat. evening which is very different from the initial approach I had which included driving to & from with Beth & dogs. So need a few miles under foot.
Entered the O half marathon at Fair Hill 2 days ago. Was going, then think not then OK, I'll go - flight for $149 after deciding not to drive. Will be home by 7pm Sat. evening which is very different from the initial approach I had which included driving to & from with Beth & dogs. So need a few miles under foot.
Friday Nov 27, 2009 #
Note
Had great expectations of a run in Mongomery but these petered out with the fairly hard rain & chill and too brief a visit with Bob & Eileen at their fairly remote home. Snowing on Hazens Notch as we departed. About 240 mi home via St. Albans, Montgomery, 91, 89.
Hazens Notch at last light...
Hazens Notch at last light...
Thursday Nov 26, 2009 #
Hiking 2:00:00 [1] 4.0 mi (30:00 / mi)
Thanksgiving Day hike with family to Lana Falls & Silver lake in Branbury SP east of Middlebury. 48mi drive south to get there, sky cleared & proved a mild, most pleasant midday. Perfect destination - falls, woodland lake, easy trail, not much of a climb - just right for a group 8 to 68yrs. First time in 4 or so years that did not do the 5k Turkey trot. Can't say I missed it.
Silver Lake...
Group of Jenn, Gil, Angela, Mark, Nate, Janelle, Kai, Tao, Bob, Beth, Chris took photo (foster, jail or Jenn's), 2 dogs. Peter, Mel & Dylan & dogs opted out as did Mocha.
Silver Lake...
Group of Jenn, Gil, Angela, Mark, Nate, Janelle, Kai, Tao, Bob, Beth, Chris took photo (foster, jail or Jenn's), 2 dogs. Peter, Mel & Dylan & dogs opted out as did Mocha.
Road running 42:00 [2] 4.3 mi (9:46 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Jogged after returning, bikepath north from Jenn's. Quiet, some joggers & walkers, a few bikes, world without cars. Gray lake, Adirondacks in mist & cloud.
Wednesday Nov 25, 2009 #
Road running 57:08 [3] 6.2 mi (9:13 / mi) +120m 8:42 / mi
shoes: New Balance 992
Diane on vacation, free to choose my way.Same loop as Monday, opposite direction. Ran virtually the same time w/o trying to do so. Long Pond portion was 2 seconds different. Drizzly, got warm enough for tee shirt part of time. Another honest lunch hour.... Makes up for evening calorie consumption.
Tuesday Nov 24, 2009 #
Road running 28:00 [3] 3.0 mi (9:20 / mi)
shoes: Loco training
SPS after work, into dark, half moon, felt positively balmy - tee shirt after 15'.
Fell flat on Silk farm Rd, small lip of macadam patch, went sprawling. Lady about 80m in front witnessed my clumsiness. Otherwise fine time, nary a car. Eventually arrived at track, feeling good inspite of Beth's "being done with sleep" before 5am today & including me, after a fashion, in her housework. So ran a 400m in darkishness, could not see watch. Would have liked to see a 86-7 but settled for 90" & back thru woods home.
A November evening in the Berkshires, 1967.
Fell flat on Silk farm Rd, small lip of macadam patch, went sprawling. Lady about 80m in front witnessed my clumsiness. Otherwise fine time, nary a car. Eventually arrived at track, feeling good inspite of Beth's "being done with sleep" before 5am today & including me, after a fashion, in her housework. So ran a 400m in darkishness, could not see watch. Would have liked to see a 86-7 but settled for 90" & back thru woods home.
A November evening in the Berkshires, 1967.
Monday Nov 23, 2009 #
Road running 57:09 [3] 6.2 mi (9:13 / mi) +120m 8:42 / mi
shoes: Loco training
Noon Fisk St., Long Pond Rd loop. Overcast. Pleased that I escaped, with impunity, what turned out to be a useless noon meeting. Left knee asking for a kinder surface than macadam. Left achilles making slightest of noises again for which ice, the cheapest of silencers, was applied. Surprised to note how much of land/woods to west of Fisk is SPS property. Honest outing. Ran by an old colleague, EDMD from CH, familiar face but too slow on the recall & could see he suffered the same affliction.
Sunday Nov 22, 2009 #
Trail/woods running 38:00 [2] 3.9 mi (9:45 / mi)
shoes: Loco training
Decent DP. Another balmy day in the making with a nippy start. Got Sno present as usual. To my great surprise, found a control resting on a small hemlock bough by a dirt road, #972, looking battered & old. Prob from last 11/1 meet - not sure how it would up in that particular place. Always amused/surprised/maybe made to feel guilty by such discoveries.
Orienteering race 54:41 [3] 4.6 km (11:53 / km)
shoes: Teva
UNO meet & club champs at Beaver Brook. Mild day, perfect conditions. Arrived late, was in a hurry, did a number of things that proved irritating, eg, did not number all circles & ran off with map case but no map - for some reason sitting on table. Looked down about 30m out & returned, a bit sheepish, started the next minute ETC. Ran right to #2 but it came up a bit soon. Wondered what could the feature be - I was looking for a depression. This appeared to be a bit of rocky ground, almost a knoll. Found something similar on map - knew reasonably well where I was but, upon proceeding, the depression did not show up - it was on the edge of fairly thick green. Did a whole bunch of antics, finally went to path, up to within sight of rock face, back down path & to same control, third time. Control appeared to be on a bit of rocky ground but was really just outside the south edge of the depression. It was staring back at me as I stared at it. Left out the fact that I checked code the first time - saw 520 on card but this was 536. 520 was the first control, go figure.... Time for leg was 11:10 - probably lost about 7' as the leg appears to be of 4' length & difficulty. Rest of course pretty good - nice woods, good detailed orienteering. Needed another control at the end to avoid the long run in. Jim Arsenault was 50+, tp 57 - did not see him to hear what fun he evidentally had. BP ran red. No falls or aches & bruises to speak of. 4 consecutive weekends with a local O venue.
Club mtg after. Offered a score O at Nottingcook 4/24. Some nice winter activities. Beth along for company.
Course & route
Club mtg after. Offered a score O at Nottingcook 4/24. Some nice winter activities. Beth along for company.
Course & route
Saturday Nov 21, 2009 #
Trail/woods running 33:14 [2] 2.6 mi (12:47 / mi)
Continued steward walk/jog in Knox Rd. TF. Found the trail & small bridge not supposed to be there. Certainly inconspicuous & harmless, except for precedent. Masterful toe stub sent me sprawling.
Friday Nov 20, 2009 #
Trail/woods running 15:20 [4] 2.1 mi (7:18 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Just at dark, bit too dark as speed/effort reined in by it. Goal (even if napping in office not 30' before) was 2 sub15s but hollow chill said careful about pulling this or that & 2:48 first split was not likely going to get me under 15. Quit at one as mentally I was no longer interested - was dark by then. One of numerous nice features of SPS XC is that there are no roots or other items to trip over as it has been groomed quite thoroughly.
Home at lunch to have a look around in daylight. Maybe 60F. Quite the week, all 5 days pleasant. Raining cats & dogs this morn but clear before 11.
UNO meet Sunday.
Home at lunch to have a look around in daylight. Maybe 60F. Quite the week, all 5 days pleasant. Raining cats & dogs this morn but clear before 11.
UNO meet Sunday.
Thursday Nov 19, 2009 #
Walking 18:00 [1] 1.0 mi (18:00 / mi)
Another frosty DP.
Road running 37:00 [3] 3.7 mi (10:00 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Splendidly warm at midday, short loop, cut a corner on Iron Works & did some near-embarrassing backyard prowling to get to street.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 #
Trail/woods running 20 1.1 mi (18 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 1011
Frosty, blue DP.
Track 40:00 [3] 4.5 mi (8:53 / mi)
SPS track, third cloudless blue in a row. Unexpectedly tired, no
expectations, just do something inclining honest. 4 x 1600:
8:43, 7:52, 7:40, 7:29, 200m walk between. 7' even a longish way away today, about as far away as June & July in the heady days of "speed" & disdain 7. Maybe a return soon with more energy. Still, a nice visit. Found 2 dandelions by the track.
expectations, just do something inclining honest. 4 x 1600:
8:43, 7:52, 7:40, 7:29, 200m walk between. 7' even a longish way away today, about as far away as June & July in the heady days of "speed" & disdain 7. Maybe a return soon with more energy. Still, a nice visit. Found 2 dandelions by the track.
Tuesday Nov 17, 2009 #
Road running 57:07 [2] 5.5 mi (10:23 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Another SloGo with Diane, cloudless blue, low 50s, calm. Recup day #2.
Tomorrow something with a little energy. ...How did 10' miles become a norm of sorts....
Tomorrow something with a little energy. ...How did 10' miles become a norm of sorts....
Note
Cat Haiku...
In response to a cat-lover friend who forwarded several similar. We just said goodbye to the last 2 cats we'll have...a good, long life for both.
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You never feed me.
Perhaps I'll sleep on your face.
And that will show you.
*I'll twitch my tail, lick my thigh (with relish)
Perhaps I'll pee on the rug.
And that will show you, too.
Katzzzzz!
PS
You've been asleep.
I've been awake chasing mice.
As I said in the first place...
"You never feed me."
If you did, just maybe, I'd poop
In the litter box. So there.
In response to a cat-lover friend who forwarded several similar. We just said goodbye to the last 2 cats we'll have...a good, long life for both.
*********
You never feed me.
Perhaps I'll sleep on your face.
And that will show you.
*I'll twitch my tail, lick my thigh (with relish)
Perhaps I'll pee on the rug.
And that will show you, too.
Katzzzzz!
PS
You've been asleep.
I've been awake chasing mice.
As I said in the first place...
"You never feed me."
If you did, just maybe, I'd poop
In the litter box. So there.
Monday Nov 16, 2009 #
Road running 47:00 [2] 4.5 mi (10:27 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Noon loop with Diane, bit tight, nothing specific. Clear, 52F, windy.
Sunday Nov 15, 2009 #
Event: Blue Hills Traverse
Orienteering race 2:12:55 [3] 13.9 km (9:34 / km) +280m 8:41 / km
shoes: Teva
37th BHT! Perfect weather, warm but not too, sun only after finishing but rain disappeared entirely. Course by Ross Smith, good use of east part with some longer legs. Course design fitting in a small map case is always desirable. Decent energy though no long runs in past month or so. Pleased that nothing hurt or hurts, no foot pain, no falls. Large group at start, paid little attention to route until we got to hardtop road. Some question as to route to #2, PG obligingly leading Dave Yee & me during this part. PG seemed to hesitate a bit out of #4 letting me ahead & did not see him again til mid-section on way to #6 - I was still ahead when he appeared at 8; I was just ahead again at #9 & then did not see him til finish - not sure of his time but he evidentally was breathing down my neck, as the expression goes. Near 10 & into & out of 11, saw someone I thought was on Traverse but after #11, he went left when one needed to go right, so I assume he was not on same course. Saw no one til #18 which I took to be relatively easy but was tricky. Lost about a minute & let TP & Samantha Saeger get ahead. Ernst spent 5:29 I think on this approx 200m leg. Nice work by "the crew inside the beltway" - Saegers, Ross etc. Epunch a nice touch, we'll have to come around to that my backward state. 1st M60, won Tevas last year which I wore today. This time won some 'tech' socks to wear with the Tevas, I guess next year.
Judy checking who gets which...
The Coach proffering Sustenance to the Weary...
Judy checking who gets which...
The Coach proffering Sustenance to the Weary...
Saturday Nov 14, 2009 #
Note
Heavy rain today, another wet fall Saturday. Would have gone to SPS track if not the case by 10am but rained thru night. Day before BHT anyway so a rest is a good idea
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October Gold
The West was getting out of light
As the sun descended into night.
The air was thin and crystalline cold
And marked the end of October gold.
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October Gold
The West was getting out of light
As the sun descended into night.
The air was thin and crystalline cold
And marked the end of October gold.
Friday Nov 13, 2009 #
Trail/woods running 20 1.1 mi (18 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Slow DP got slower. Passed Got Sno but did not see. Into woods, off trail, for something of interest. Old ride barely visible.
Trail/woods running 42:48 [2] 4.0 mi (10:42 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
SPS after work, into dark. Fabulous, fiery sunset. Went by Bassi's house, saw him in kitchen but not time to visit.
Took Alexey to Trailways bus at 1:30, back to Moscow via Amsterdam tonight. Such a nice, genuine, organized, considerate person with charming, occasionally mis-the-mark English for levity. Learned some about pc's as well as OCAD as I was able to loan him a pc with ocad aboard. Sad to see him go but he was ready to go home. Fieldwork can be lonely. We saw a fair amount of each other but it must have been a fairly uni-dimensional experience. Alexey did not use the internet here & cell was for emergency use. In large part, I believe Beth & I were his only contacts.
Took Alexey to Trailways bus at 1:30, back to Moscow via Amsterdam tonight. Such a nice, genuine, organized, considerate person with charming, occasionally mis-the-mark English for levity. Learned some about pc's as well as OCAD as I was able to loan him a pc with ocad aboard. Sad to see him go but he was ready to go home. Fieldwork can be lonely. We saw a fair amount of each other but it must have been a fairly uni-dimensional experience. Alexey did not use the internet here & cell was for emergency use. In large part, I believe Beth & I were his only contacts.
Thursday Nov 12, 2009 #
Trail/woods running 17:30 [3] 2.1 mi (8:20 / mi)
SPS XC - 52F - back again. Went overdressed so as to fend off the chill as in descent to the hollow. Slow first so as to warm up & make sure groin worked.
Second - Tee &shorts, as in pleasant air-conditoned room - good energy born from good temp, first split 2:30 vs the 2:36-41 that might have expected
& rest is history, another PR for what it's worth. Would rather do 2
14:40s or so but not enough devotion/time/resilience of MSK system - one of the 3 on any given visit. SPS track before snow falls perhaps.
Dinner w/ Alexey & Beth at Common Man last night.
Second - Tee &shorts, as in pleasant air-conditoned room - good energy born from good temp, first split 2:30 vs the 2:36-41 that might have expected
& rest is history, another PR for what it's worth. Would rather do 2
14:40s or so but not enough devotion/time/resilience of MSK system - one of the 3 on any given visit. SPS track before snow falls perhaps.
Dinner w/ Alexey & Beth at Common Man last night.
Trail/woods running 13:54 [5] 2.1 mi (6:37 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Near redline PR, 5 effort to clean out cobwebs.
Wednesday Nov 11, 2009 #
Trail/woods running 21:45 [2] 2.3 mi (9:27 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Went to SPS after rounds at NHH/Vets day/holiday. Wanted 2 XC loops under 15' but it was chilly, 48F, did not have enough warm cover so took one slow loop with expectation of one fast - but groin started making itself known, a setup for an injury (or worse than it is) so finished the loop & quit on the idea of a 4 effort which would have been something honest.
Walking 2:30:00 [1] 4.0 mi (37:30 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 1011
Stewardship walk for Bow Open Spaces, Know Road Town Forest, task being to walk the boundaries, ensuring that the are no encroachments - dumping, unauthorized trail making etc. Walked some 22,000' - could have added it up before going out - took more time than I'd considered - slow walk in some places. A boundary would be marked as: N1degW, 2380'. Usual mix of nice & not-so-nice woods, quite a few good contour features. 320 ac, would make a nice O map & closeby home so maybe a future task. Difficulty I found was being near houses where encroachments occur & yet not wishing to be noted. Had the dogs & of course they occ go right into a yard for any # of reasons, incl chasing the owner's dog! It was a nice way to see these woods - have been on the paths but most of the time, I recognized nothing familiar. Even found this Pawtuckaway-sized boulder for the first time.
Tuesday Nov 10, 2009 #
Road running 57:15 [2] 5.5 mi (10:25 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Noon SloGo with Diane, Luti route. Tee & shorts.. Just nice to be outside.
Left groin some noise, made no demands. Left achilles seems better w/ heel lift.
At 0430:
"Beth, you awake?"
"Yes."
She, always up first, stokes stove, makes coffee, feeds dogs. Me OOB at 0510, raking leaves just after 0600 light, dog DP next & then cleaning mold off side of garage, all before 07. Then a relapse, taking a power(less) nap, before getting up for the "real day's work". Really am programmed to get up with light & not before.
When I get around, pic is not posed, occurred as I wrote above.
At 2000hrs, early to rise, early to bed, but for "Changling", worth another 75' upon rising...
Left groin some noise, made no demands. Left achilles seems better w/ heel lift.
At 0430:
"Beth, you awake?"
"Yes."
She, always up first, stokes stove, makes coffee, feeds dogs. Me OOB at 0510, raking leaves just after 0600 light, dog DP next & then cleaning mold off side of garage, all before 07. Then a relapse, taking a power(less) nap, before getting up for the "real day's work". Really am programmed to get up with light & not before.
When I get around, pic is not posed, occurred as I wrote above.
At 2000hrs, early to rise, early to bed, but for "Changling", worth another 75' upon rising...
Monday Nov 9, 2009 #
Trail/woods running 46:00 3.0 mi (15:20 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 992
Post-work DP & well as BP. Warm day, 70F, got home by 'early entitlement' due to noon MSO mtg. Creative, scratchy Nottingcook jaunt. A few particularly nice shades-of-brown vistas. Mocha took a roll, I happened to be right there - fresh moose droppings - for which she received a mild, not-unkind kick...with appropriate verbal admonishment....
Jim Arsenault & Alexey for dinner last night, the latter seeing another UNO member for first & last time, this visit at least.
Jim Arsenault & Alexey for dinner last night, the latter seeing another UNO member for first & last time, this visit at least.
Sunday Nov 8, 2009 #
Orienteering 1:05:31 [4] *** 6.2 km (10:34 / km)
spiked:20/23c shoes: Teva
CSU Pine Hill, courses by Lori Huberman & Ian Smith. Did red, green short at 4.4k. Temp low 60s. Decent run; 6,7 & 23 sloppy, esp last as I was looking at reentrant - control was further down than mapped I think & failed to see tho others did as it was open. Good enough energy. Very complicated map, not new news. Ever so hard to see mag north lines. Bill P 61+, think Tim was 67ish, not sure. Good weekend of O/exercise. Three cheers for CSU.
Course & route for most part
Course & route for most part
Saturday Nov 7, 2009 #
Event: CSU Orienteering Weekend
Trail/woods running 21:00 [2] 1.4 mi (15:00 / mi)
shoes: Teva
Frosty DP. Left achilles making slightest of noise, new phenomenon. Need new running shoes.
Orienteering race 1:11:02 [3] 4.9 mi (14:30 / mi) +165m 13:07 / mi
shoes: Teva
CSU middle distance at Boojum, course by Ross Smith. Sunny, 50F, seemed cold. Second time entering this as previous vanished into thin air.... Not a good run at all, est 10' mistakes, can't recall when this many minutes lost. Worst was #4. Had just lost maybe 1-1.5 on 3, said 'clean performance' from then on. Left 3, hit N-S path & ran right across E-W larger path (never occurred to me I might not see) - too eager, not enough concentration - then did not recover at all well on the larger NW-SE path. Had a distractingly hard fall on way to 6. #10 was also traumatic, though less. Had to go back to open knoll top for a more careful bearing. Found an open area with what might have been mapped as a knoll - not on map, tho large. Went to #16 before 15, just about to punch when I realized this. Would have been the curse of Middlesex.
Nice course, scratchy, detailed, rocky woods, lots of paths...Boston metropolitan O. Pulled out a '79 Boojum map, NEOC champs 10/17 - not much change. Such a small area, est 1.4 sqk. Paul Thompson note re early field work...MD/cardiologist, believe US team trials marathon early '70s, ran the '76 Mt. Washington RR with him (couldn't keep up); we returned together to bottom on our own power. In a Google instant I could probably see what's up with him. Boston Regional MC a ghost to behold.
Map, course, route...
Color at Montvale Ave, Woburn McDonald's - once worked in Woburn, stopped by here for occ replenishment after O at Harold Parker, whatever...inside 128 is a world apart...
Nice course, scratchy, detailed, rocky woods, lots of paths...Boston metropolitan O. Pulled out a '79 Boojum map, NEOC champs 10/17 - not much change. Such a small area, est 1.4 sqk. Paul Thompson note re early field work...MD/cardiologist, believe US team trials marathon early '70s, ran the '76 Mt. Washington RR with him (couldn't keep up); we returned together to bottom on our own power. In a Google instant I could probably see what's up with him. Boston Regional MC a ghost to behold.
Map, course, route...
Color at Montvale Ave, Woburn McDonald's - once worked in Woburn, stopped by here for occ replenishment after O at Harold Parker, whatever...inside 128 is a world apart...
Friday Nov 6, 2009 #
Trail/woods running 51:40 4.5 mi (11:29 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 1011
Noon non-macadam meander as Diane was busy doing good work - got to run/walk/jog thru scratchy woods, around marshes, over some small streams. a few backyards and one business parking lot, feet not really very wet.
Had middle distance from Buffalo A meet in May & went over that good course at end - likely intimidating to a nonorienteer as lots of controls on a small portion of map.
Boojum on the horizon. Long, long time since I've made a visit.
Had middle distance from Buffalo A meet in May & went over that good course at end - likely intimidating to a nonorienteer as lots of controls on a small portion of map.
Boojum on the horizon. Long, long time since I've made a visit.
Thursday Nov 5, 2009 #
Walking 21:04 [1] 1.1 mi (19:09 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 1011
DP, started as jog but deteriorated to walk - what better to behold brown & bare November splendour. Over to Amphitheater Field & thru remains of Ruined Wood and sandpit & back to car, again cold fingers, say 32F. Wonder what, where, when geological event put all the sand here, undisturbed for millenia until most recently.
Trail/woods running 38:00 [2] 3.0 mi (12:40 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 1011
Drove to CH at noon, woods behind & slope of Winant. Myriad of paths, brown carpet, bit slippery, no cars, no energy either. Nice mix of contours, rocks & white pine patches. With an extra hour of darkness, can do many inside things including reorganize a mess of O maps.
Sun setting on DST...
Sun setting on DST...
Wednesday Nov 4, 2009 #
Trail/woods running 23:10 1.4 mi (16:33 / mi)
shoes: Loco training
DP, crystal clear. Had a creative thought & took a walk/jog thru Enchanted Forest & to Bog, lit with early sun.
Road running 55:26 [3] 5.5 mi (10:05 / mi)
shoes: Loco training
Luti 5 SloGo with Diane. Spotted 2 mi & then 1 mi marker which took 9:55. Tired from yesterday perhaps but going slow is also tiring after a fashion. Chillier than I gave it credit for.
Tuesday Nov 3, 2009 #
Trail/woods running 17:05 [2] 1.3 mi (13:09 / mi)
Misty morn DP, 30F. "Got Sno", white pickup (hunter) always there, most morns, recall same the fall '07 at BD period.
Trail/woods running 17:54 [3] 2.1 mi (8:31 / mi)
shoes: Loco training
SPS
Got out of bldg at 1130 to go to AGs office. Now it's 1150 & undecided where to run. Was going to go to Audobon area for some change of venue when SPS XC popped up its head. Not really up for any gut-busting but when honor and or effort call, I listen & maybe go slowly or even sideways. Anyway, maybe 53F in sun but downright chilly in woods. Recall similar day fall '07 when I pulled leg muscle under similar conditions/same place, nailing coffin for USOC attendance at PWF.
Jogged a 17:54 first then, feeling good & in need of something honest, ran another 13:56, like last week but loosened up. First split 2:33 vs maybe hi 30's, 4:49 for total for first two (might see low 5s) suggested something pretty satisfying, a 3:05 where 3:10 would be quite ok, finally 12:24, add 2' subtract 10" for a 14:14 but did a 1:39 for previous 13:56 (diff direction), so subtract an extra 10', maybe more - 1:33. Last 2 splits better w/ Tee off - felt perfect, mildly air-conditioned. So feeding self-fulfilling prophecy as well as near busting the gut, as the expression goes.
Got out of bldg at 1130 to go to AGs office. Now it's 1150 & undecided where to run. Was going to go to Audobon area for some change of venue when SPS XC popped up its head. Not really up for any gut-busting but when honor and or effort call, I listen & maybe go slowly or even sideways. Anyway, maybe 53F in sun but downright chilly in woods. Recall similar day fall '07 when I pulled leg muscle under similar conditions/same place, nailing coffin for USOC attendance at PWF.
Jogged a 17:54 first then, feeling good & in need of something honest, ran another 13:56, like last week but loosened up. First split 2:33 vs maybe hi 30's, 4:49 for total for first two (might see low 5s) suggested something pretty satisfying, a 3:05 where 3:10 would be quite ok, finally 12:24, add 2' subtract 10" for a 14:14 but did a 1:39 for previous 13:56 (diff direction), so subtract an extra 10', maybe more - 1:33. Last 2 splits better w/ Tee off - felt perfect, mildly air-conditioned. So feeding self-fulfilling prophecy as well as near busting the gut, as the expression goes.
Trail/woods running 13:56 [5] 2.1 mi (6:38 / mi)
shoes: Loco training
Monday Nov 2, 2009 #
Trail/woods running 21:58 [2] 2.0 mi (10:59 / mi)
shoes: Loco training
DP, blue, clear, 32F ice crust, cold fingers.
Trail/woods running 47:42 [3] 4.83 mi (9:53 / mi)
shoes: Loco training
Noon Water Tower loop, first half with Diane. Over Winant Hill, great view, could see Monadnock, 35 mi; trails excessively labeled - too much money floating around:). Woods nice this time of year - not too cold & wide open views. Added a lap at CHS track at 7:10 pace, not easy, not hard. Thought this loop was longer than g maps reminded.
Sunday Nov 1, 2009 #
Orienteering race 52:03 [3] 5.1 km (10:12 / km) +125m 9:06 / km
shoes: Teva
CSU Rocky Woods put on by Clem McGrath with Larry & Sara Mae as well. Warm, maybe 60F, sun caught up after recent rain. Good run, concentration & contact fine for most part. #12, only place where contact was fuzzy, lost maybe 2', 2.75' mistakes total est. Good contours & control placement. Map (1/15) needs alot of green added. Even at 1 to 15, features came up fast. Did not need pace counting. Tim P was 46+, fine run. Bill P there but did not see his time. My first run since Ultra Long ROC USOC meet Sept 21 or so.
Was gone 5 hrs, 5', 158 mi RT. Phil B. there & returned to same part of MA both days; now there's an addict afraid of withdrawal:-). Lex B was there, on call. She says no calls since Fri night. I see her sitting on a log at second control fielding a call:). Nice outing/meet.
Fred Pilon there - been years since I've seen him. In the busy fall of '80, we made a 4 day trip to Arran, Scotland for a Karrimor Mt marathon. Next weekend, I was at Cuvire River west of St Louis for the US champs. The first week in Oct of that year, I was map maker/course setter for the New England champs at Upton. In mid-Nov, I bought Rhodora on the Chesapeake & returned her to Falmouth, MA. Those were the days when I somehow, for some reason, had more freedom.
Came home & finished the cover. A year ago today, I put on a Nottingcook meet after 10/28 boat arrival. This year, boat arrival was 10/29 but at least had the sense to go to a local meet vs be responsible for one.
Map/course/route:
3 photos showing magic transformation:
Represents some 7.5 hrs work, a good week of AP training:)
NYC marathon day, looked course over - once lived near NYC, passed under VNB several times on Rhodora.
Was gone 5 hrs, 5', 158 mi RT. Phil B. there & returned to same part of MA both days; now there's an addict afraid of withdrawal:-). Lex B was there, on call. She says no calls since Fri night. I see her sitting on a log at second control fielding a call:). Nice outing/meet.
Fred Pilon there - been years since I've seen him. In the busy fall of '80, we made a 4 day trip to Arran, Scotland for a Karrimor Mt marathon. Next weekend, I was at Cuvire River west of St Louis for the US champs. The first week in Oct of that year, I was map maker/course setter for the New England champs at Upton. In mid-Nov, I bought Rhodora on the Chesapeake & returned her to Falmouth, MA. Those were the days when I somehow, for some reason, had more freedom.
Came home & finished the cover. A year ago today, I put on a Nottingcook meet after 10/28 boat arrival. This year, boat arrival was 10/29 but at least had the sense to go to a local meet vs be responsible for one.
Map/course/route:
3 photos showing magic transformation:
Represents some 7.5 hrs work, a good week of AP training:)
NYC marathon day, looked course over - once lived near NYC, passed under VNB several times on Rhodora.