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Saturday Apr 30, 2011 #
Event: West Point A-meet
Walking 35:00 [1] 0.9 mi (38:54 / mi)
AM DP on Lake Pop map, 35' with dogs. Found a control with manual punch, left out ? even 2 years? I was in very same vicinity '08. Walked over to it. Cadet training course? Read the tag: "Please do not remove - map and compass course". At the very instant I released it, someone shouted "I found it". I was sure I was the only one within "miles". Was a raft leader-type fellow doing an O training course.
Spring green
Spring green
10 AM
Orienteering race 35:37 3.82 km (9:19 / km) +128m 7:59 / km
shoes: Avant O
Middle: decent run/energy, B+ performance. Confusion at start and a few legs when map contact just suddenly disappeared... but only circling was on # 9. Was doubtful about the hamstring which held up just fine. Nice terrain & nice use of it.
Not 10' before start, noticed I did not have my e-punch! Lost on the ground somewhere. Dave Urban noticed my frantic circling, approached: "are you looking for a blue e-punch?". Thanks, Dave! Sunday, after the long, I found someone's e-punch on the ground in front of refreshments. Taped it above the results. Was gone later so it must have made its way to its owner.
Not 10' before start, noticed I did not have my e-punch! Lost on the ground somewhere. Dave Urban noticed my frantic circling, approached: "are you looking for a blue e-punch?". Thanks, Dave! Sunday, after the long, I found someone's e-punch on the ground in front of refreshments. Taped it above the results. Was gone later so it must have made its way to its owner.
2 PM
Orienteering race 17:40 [4] 2.54 km (6:57 / km) +49m 6:20 / km
shoes: Avant O
Sprint around Round Pond - interesting course. PG started 1' behind, I knew he was starting not much after but exactly how much I did not care to know. Ran by the first control &, in returning, PG had punched it. Rest of course was a mixture of his being ahead, some alongsdide, once behind and with a few other runners in the latter half of the course making for no significant loss of time. Forgot to stop watch, learned another 305 item.
Very nice dinner at Schades in HF with Beth, Ernst, BP, Jim A, Hans B and later sitting round MJ's lantern til 9pm (!), much of the conversation was about skiing! Quiet, restful night camping.
Faces in the crowd, sprint
Sprint finish
Evening light on water, Popolopen
Very nice dinner at Schades in HF with Beth, Ernst, BP, Jim A, Hans B and later sitting round MJ's lantern til 9pm (!), much of the conversation was about skiing! Quiet, restful night camping.
Faces in the crowd, sprint
Sprint finish
Evening light on water, Popolopen
4 PM
Walking 30:00 [1] 0.8 mi (37:31 / mi)
PM DP down to what turned out to be Wilkins Pond. Could see water thru the trees from the campsite & went that way. A mystical early spring moment with the spring green of treetops and intense emerald of grass along the shore.
Mystical image
Flood plain house for sale, inquire below
Mystical image
Flood plain house for sale, inquire below
Friday Apr 29, 2011 #
Note
Drive with Beth & dogs, Hartford, Warterbury, Danbury congestion - thru Newbergh. Camping on a knoll @ Round Pond at site w/ MJ & Ethan Childs. 6 hr, 260 mi. Free shared site for us resulted in a $15 junior team contribution as suggested by MJ.
Thursday Apr 28, 2011 #
Walking 15:00 [1] 0.5 mi (29:59 / mi)
AM DP aound the Sandbox, keeping Mocha from rolling in anything - her
"Queen for a Day" at work. Spent night in tent (#4). Followed Beth out in
dark - eventually had to make a few suggestions as I wanted to go to bed.
Never did rain, just wind, warm. Heard one round of coyotes then dawn. Tent
stake bag chewed - fortunately not tent. Vowed not to leave behind at all
- chewing rodents can be disappointing! Heard the owl call my name as I
stepped out of car last night - from a nearby tree, three times. Wondered why.
Pine Hill House, from the front door
On the one hand, mundane - on the other, fairly special
Some of Beth's daffodils
"Queen for a Day" at work. Spent night in tent (#4). Followed Beth out in
dark - eventually had to make a few suggestions as I wanted to go to bed.
Never did rain, just wind, warm. Heard one round of coyotes then dawn. Tent
stake bag chewed - fortunately not tent. Vowed not to leave behind at all
- chewing rodents can be disappointing! Heard the owl call my name as I
stepped out of car last night - from a nearby tree, three times. Wondered why.
Pine Hill House, from the front door
On the one hand, mundane - on the other, fairly special
Some of Beth's daffodils
Track 10:00 [3] 1.8 km (5:33 / km)
Warmup/down
Track 12:03 [4] 3.8 km (3:10 / km)
CHS track - 1:48,1:42, 3:26, 3:25,1:42, 200 walk, then rain & wind
brought all to a close. Had Mocha at the track watching.
brought all to a close. Had Mocha at the track watching.
Wednesday Apr 27, 2011 #
Walking 30:00 [1] 1.5 mi (20:00 / mi)
SPS, hi 60s, stretched & walked on track & grass. Legs flat from yesterday.
Walking 15:00 [1] 0.3 mi (49:59 / mi)
PM DP at the Sandbox, dogs found it hot. No tracks but saw a snapper being prodded by the side of Allen. Angry sky in the west, warm front on the way.
"What I'd do for the beach."
"What I'd do for the beach."
Tuesday Apr 26, 2011 #
3 PM
Road running 1:34:48 [3] 9.81 mi (9:40 / mi) +328m 8:45 / mi
shoes: New Balance 1011
Home from work, second time this way. Mid-50s, gray, birdsong, buds, greening grass, nice enough by the road. OK energy, no hamstring noise. A lot of hills. Saw the sofa that had been in a front yard on BBR for nearly a week (through at least 2 rains). It had been reincarnated in another front yard, sitting on a trailer, 2-3 miles away.... One can only wonder what the driving force. Thought auto lap was on; forgot I'd turned it off for the O weekend.
Monday Apr 25, 2011 #
Weightexercise workout 27:00 [1]
Usual at the TI, more E than T.
Walking 20:00 [1] 0.5 mi (39:59 / mi)
Nice PM DP with Beth, gentle April drizzle, half on cart track, half creative thru woods.
Noted 36 mi thru today...hmm, more robust than I felt I'd done. Looked back over the week and noted an 8.0 mile walk in some 20'...ojala que! 0.8 was more like it.
Noted 36 mi thru today...hmm, more robust than I felt I'd done. Looked back over the week and noted an 8.0 mile walk in some 20'...ojala que! 0.8 was more like it.
Note
Faraway series, photos from elsewhere, #62
A hike along the Na Pali coast, Kauai, Memorial Day weekend, 1971
a scan of a 5by7" print from Jan., '77. Slide scanner on hold due to computer changes & software challenges. And am clueless why it does not link to the larger picture - as it has done for more than a year. Technology has a mind of its own - and is in need of psychoanalysis.
A hike along the Na Pali coast, Kauai, Memorial Day weekend, 1971
a scan of a 5by7" print from Jan., '77. Slide scanner on hold due to computer changes & software challenges. And am clueless why it does not link to the larger picture - as it has done for more than a year. Technology has a mind of its own - and is in need of psychoanalysis.
Sunday Apr 24, 2011 #
Walking 15:00 [1] 0.5 mi (29:59 / mi)
AM DP, just missed the mist. Found some curious, almost troubling, tapes marking something (but not straight as in a boundary) in the nearly 6 acres of buffer to the east. Have felt it's not available to grow a house due to wet lands & boundaries but one never knows. Unless, of course, one inquires.
12 PM
Orienteering race 1:05:35 [2] 4.01 mi (16:21 / mi) +176m 14:24 / mi
Boojum Rock, warm, 70F! Bad day.... 4 problems right off the bat added up to "aw heck...". The first step from the start, somehow got stuck/half-tripped on an old branch, stretching the right hamstring as I did not care for it to be done...on literally the first step. Then running along the path, noted the e-punch was not around the wrist, string dangling. By the time I recovered from 1 & 2, I had run by the left turn, not helpful. Finally moving along ok still on way to first control, look at the compass for a bearing & see a bubble as big as a nickel, big enough to run roughshod over the needle's ability to find North. I didn't see 1 to 4 (particularly 4) as adding to the challenge! Anyway, went to all -a few provided interesting feedback in needle deception and how I did not deal with it. Used to have training w/o compass & that can be ok. Seems the compass is more useful where vis is diminished & one can't readily sort out cliffs, contours - or if just plain flat & green. Did not have control descriptions where they should have been - only on map. Hot & scratchier than I recalled - was in shorts but not crucified - which did not seem reasonable given the day.
Getting to be QR mastery time. Looking at GPS trace, can see how screwed up I was able to get in a few places w/o compass. (6 and from 17 home, in particular)
Removed 2 pieces of OH thorn from right forearm when I got home.
Getting to be QR mastery time. Looking at GPS trace, can see how screwed up I was able to get in a few places w/o compass. (6 and from 17 home, in particular)
Removed 2 pieces of OH thorn from right forearm when I got home.
6 PM
Note
Feeling sad about my dead and dying compass collection.
Dead compass still life:
Bubble visible in most recent compass. One to "southeast" broke in Scotland in a fall - first run I used it and 2 controls from finish. Paid 60 Scottish pounds for it (near $80). One with a flower poking* thru lost its bezel but can't recall when or circumstances. The one somewhat hidden has a broken bezel. I once called about repairing these - felt I got a run around. Time to re-pursue.
* (PP&M, "Where have all the flowers gone?")
Dead compass still life:
Bubble visible in most recent compass. One to "southeast" broke in Scotland in a fall - first run I used it and 2 controls from finish. Paid 60 Scottish pounds for it (near $80). One with a flower poking* thru lost its bezel but can't recall when or circumstances. The one somewhat hidden has a broken bezel. I once called about repairing these - felt I got a run around. Time to re-pursue.
* (PP&M, "Where have all the flowers gone?")
Saturday Apr 23, 2011 #
Walking 14:00 [1] 0.4 mi (34:59 / mi)
DP near work returning from NHH - Upton-Morgan SF, a small green patch by Clinton.
Night #3 outback at Pine Haven for lack of a more imaginative name. Walked out with stars, sound of silence-type night broken by coyotes yacking & yelping (maybe 4 sessions, starting & stopping so suddenly). Then first light pitter patter of rain. No reason not to sleep well but for some reason really was up most of night - ascribed to change of venue & forgetting the Tyl PM.
Night #3 outback at Pine Haven for lack of a more imaginative name. Walked out with stars, sound of silence-type night broken by coyotes yacking & yelping (maybe 4 sessions, starting & stopping so suddenly). Then first light pitter patter of rain. No reason not to sleep well but for some reason really was up most of night - ascribed to change of venue & forgetting the Tyl PM.
Orienteering race 37:02 [4] 2.91 mi (12:44 / mi) +97m 11:32 / mi
UNO Silver Lake SP local meet. Theme was get out orienteering, regardless of wx. 33F & wet snow in Bow on departure, 41F rain in Hollis. Maybe B run, went to all except #12 on far side of a field. Foggy vision much of time. Crossed field behind another runner, went left as he did, stopped paying (foggy) attention - & that probably was 90". Enroute 4, got to end of peninsula, looking west & not NW, thinking the crossing was flooded - nearly stepped into thigh-deep cold but took a peek around the corner after some basic orientation with the map. Too cold contemplating, too hot by #6, wanted to discard a shirt but didn't get around to it. Wasn't really good in the orchard. I think it would have been better to go a little left or right for the orchard roads (right on 7 to 8). Crossing rows was slower than I would have thought as the trees overlapped. Woods & fields provided fun variation. The depression controls were well placed. One really had to see the depression to see the control. Right ham soreness as cautionary feedback.
Mtg after, 11 f us, got a bunch of stuff done, BD at BBSP is starting to loom as a reality with work & deadlines!
Mtg after, 11 f us, got a bunch of stuff done, BD at BBSP is starting to loom as a reality with work & deadlines!
Friday Apr 22, 2011 #
Walking 19:00 [1] 0.8 mi (23:46 / mi)
AM DP, chilly, blue/bright. To the calm waters of the slough & back. Birdsong.
Track 6:48 [4] 1.6 km (4:15 / km)
shoes: Brooks Defyance
SPS track, no plan, bit lacking from yesterday. Gravitated to 8x200, walk 100 between - 50-52".
Track 18:00 [3] 3.2 km (5:37 / km)
shoes: Brooks Defyance
Warmup & down.
Thursday Apr 21, 2011 #
Walking 18:00 [1] 0.5 mi (35:59 / mi)
DP blustery, chill. Porkie season has begun, had a quill puller but chose the Sandbox with little likelihood of untoward sharp objects
Sandbox shapes, sculpted by unknown artist....
juxtaposed: "Deception in Rock and Sand"
Sandbox shapes, sculpted by unknown artist....
juxtaposed: "Deception in Rock and Sand"
4 PM
Road/trail 1:02:40 6.6 mi (9:30 / mi) +175m 8:46 / mi
shoes: Brooks Defyance
Run home from NHH, NW windy, windy - picked a southerly route right from the starting block. Ducked into woods which made for a nice "surf & turf" experience. Decent energy, still a bit chilled when said & done. Hot shower was the rx.
Wednesday Apr 20, 2011 #
Walking 14:00 [1] 0.4 mi (34:59 / mi)
Raw, drizzly, east wind, short changed dogs who didn't notice.
Finally went to O-ringen entry, had some trouble with getting registration page in English, was showing Beth who noticed the key I hadn't seen. Could understand the "Klicka har!" and "Logga in" but was seeing yellow triangles with black exclamations inside when I tried the obvious.
Finally went to O-ringen entry, had some trouble with getting registration page in English, was showing Beth who noticed the key I hadn't seen. Could understand the "Klicka har!" and "Logga in" but was seeing yellow triangles with black exclamations inside when I tried the obvious.
Road running 50:24 [2] 5.5 mi (9:10 / mi)
shoes: Brooks Defyance
Luti CW. Same gray chill but 15' after starting it went unnoted. Continued along Pleasant to Fruit for change. Finally caught up to the fellow who was ahead 2.5 mi earlier - was quite curious. SPS & CHS featured kids in shorts
as if it were cool....
as if it were cool....
Tuesday Apr 19, 2011 #
Walking 20:00 [1] 0.8 mi (25:01 / mi)
DP, gray. Beth the "Saab" story as in sob, Beth left/lost? her car coffee cup 10 days ago in the forest. Parked it on a stump & forgot to pick it up. Told me the next day but neither of us had/took time to see if it was still there. Today is the day for the road not taken & voila! right on the stump where she'd parked it (and 400m from where I thought she said she put it - did I say "O challenged"?). Its existence was as far from my mind as a 2' snowfall is today but unlike the falling, the cup's sighting was a warm moment (of repossession).
Track 8:00 [3] 1.6 km (5:00 / km)
Warmup.
12 PM
Track 19:17 [4] 4.4 km (4:23 / km)
shoes: Avant O
SPS track, gray, light wind, light rain at end, 45F. Started out ok (7' pace being the goal) but lost enthusiasm, partly a time factor, partly blah-type day.
1:47, 3:30, 5:20, 6:59, 98
Took PC to work, turned on first time in maybe 2 months. Tickled memory with OCAD, Bear Brook being part of the reason. A moderate amount of field checking is needed but my role is minimal unless I find a different mind set which is not happening. Also was reminded this PC has Terrain Navigator on it which includes every topo in NE states (on separate CDs). It also has C-maps which contains most every nautical chart in the world. It's been there maybe 3 years. Think if came off a single CD. Was looking at Valdivia, Chile, then up the Peruvian coast, then over to Capetown, finally Scotland - all there in useable detail, all free - someone gave it to me. Needless to say, renewed appreciation for this middle-of-the-road 7 y/o PC I bought from Ed Hicks for OCADing Nottingcook in '06 for $200.
1:47, 3:30, 5:20, 6:59, 98
Took PC to work, turned on first time in maybe 2 months. Tickled memory with OCAD, Bear Brook being part of the reason. A moderate amount of field checking is needed but my role is minimal unless I find a different mind set which is not happening. Also was reminded this PC has Terrain Navigator on it which includes every topo in NE states (on separate CDs). It also has C-maps which contains most every nautical chart in the world. It's been there maybe 3 years. Think if came off a single CD. Was looking at Valdivia, Chile, then up the Peruvian coast, then over to Capetown, finally Scotland - all there in useable detail, all free - someone gave it to me. Needless to say, renewed appreciation for this middle-of-the-road 7 y/o PC I bought from Ed Hicks for OCADing Nottingcook in '06 for $200.
Monday Apr 18, 2011 #
Weightexercise workout 32:00 [1]
Quiet at the gym for a Monday - 60F probably had a lot to say.
Boston marathon watching was awesome! Fight to the finish was one theme and why not considering how much winning was worth. Way to go USA!
Boston marathon watching was awesome! Fight to the finish was one theme and why not considering how much winning was worth. Way to go USA!
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Faraway series, photos from elsewhere, #61
Half Dome reflected, '00
Half Dome reflected, '00
Sunday Apr 17, 2011 #
Walking 25:00 [1] 0.7 mi (35:42 / mi)
DP with Beth as well. Found rest of blazes.
Last spring's beech leaves awaiting their relief
Last spring's beech leaves awaiting their relief
Walking 19:00 [1] 0.5 mi (37:59 / mi)
Chilly DP, good marathon day says the paper. Slept out (#2), place needs a name. Windy (levels of roar as all trees are pines) but cozy. Sometime in the middle of the night, I was thinking that there isn't a hardwood in sight from the tent (which proved true) and I could only think of one rock between us and the house about 400 yards away.
12 PM
Road/trail 1:54:03 4.84 mi (23:34 / mi) +388m 18:52 / mi
PSP with Beth. Hiked to top of North Mt. I went on, she returned same way. Had an O map but getting to south side of South Mt. was too much for today so came back on North Mt. bypass. A lot of pretty woods and trails, one huge cliff, bigger than any I recall from a place like WP. Had been on same trail around 2003, remembered some. Map is rogaine-style accuracy calling for interpretation & hunching in a few places. Also saw the boulder field which was impressive - a number of boulder-climber types there. Nice to see P-way from another, non-O perspective. There's more to life than just orienteering.... Oh, blasphemy!
Atop North Mountain
A portion of Dead Pond, NE of North Mt.
Indeed big but nothing for scale
Warm enough for the cold-bloodeds
Atop North Mountain
A portion of Dead Pond, NE of North Mt.
Indeed big but nothing for scale
Warm enough for the cold-bloodeds
Saturday Apr 16, 2011 #
Walking 20:00 [1] 0.9 mi (22:14 / mi)
AM DP to slough, cold fingers.
Slept out last night behind back part of gravel pit. Was going to Norwegian Ridge but ground was flat, soft & just fine there - pine/hemlock with rocky backdrop. 27F this am but warm enough. Slept ok . Need 10 of these this spring.
Slept out last night behind back part of gravel pit. Was going to Norwegian Ridge but ground was flat, soft & just fine there - pine/hemlock with rocky backdrop. 27F this am but warm enough. Slept ok . Need 10 of these this spring.
12 PM
Road running 1:38:22 [3] 10.39 mi (9:28 / mi) +252m 8:48 / mi
shoes: Brooks Defyance
Purgatory loop, CW. At home, was thinking running shorts but thought some more, consulted the thermometer (44F) & covered up, incl. wind breaker, head band and socks for mitts. That felt good at start & most of way as it was gray/raw (40F at end), windy at times. Seems like a month since last time. Other than disappearance of snow not much new except for the occasional daffodil. Felt ok energy-wise. Climb copped out again - recall sending Garmin an email, did not see an answer. (last was 3/19, 84m reported climb)
Friday Apr 15, 2011 #
Walking 18:00 [1] 0.75 mi (24:00 / mi)
DP, blue-dome, chilly. Followed forester's blazes behind Sandbox.
Dinner last night w/ Diane & Liz and, as result, sent in entry for Northfield Mt. trail race 5/21.
Dinner last night w/ Diane & Liz and, as result, sent in entry for Northfield Mt. trail race 5/21.
Road/trail 46:53 [2] 4.8 mi (9:46 / mi)
shoes: Brooks Defyance
Noon, west on Clinton, into SPS woods to XC, by track & back on Pleasant. SloGo, no repercussions from yesterday's honesty.
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TGIF
Beth went off to Pawtuckaway to climb North Mt. if she could locate Reservation Rd off 107 on the west side of park. She left a msg on my cell around 4p saying she did not find w. entrance & started her hike fm last Saturday's parking. She calls around 4:45, sounds a tad stressed but phone goes dead. I call a few times but just a ringing & VM box. What to do...being a bit of a pessimist, I'm thinking maybe the call represented a twisted ankle or wrenched knee. TGIF, right? Feel no choice but to drive that way, maybe find car in lot & proceed fm there. Call once just after getting on 93S but no change. Occasionally look at opposite direction traffic but there are so many cars, it seems almost useless. Yes, but! 16 mi into the 30mi drive, I look left (had not been a constant) and see a car that has to be hers. We are closing, passing, moving apart at 130mph but I'm pretty sure. Try the cell again & voila! Do a U turn at exit 3. Buy some wine on the way home. All's well that ends well. TGIF.
Silly people on a boat where it's almost always a Friday (Wick is an SPS grad but not one who runs, other than mentally)
Beth went off to Pawtuckaway to climb North Mt. if she could locate Reservation Rd off 107 on the west side of park. She left a msg on my cell around 4p saying she did not find w. entrance & started her hike fm last Saturday's parking. She calls around 4:45, sounds a tad stressed but phone goes dead. I call a few times but just a ringing & VM box. What to do...being a bit of a pessimist, I'm thinking maybe the call represented a twisted ankle or wrenched knee. TGIF, right? Feel no choice but to drive that way, maybe find car in lot & proceed fm there. Call once just after getting on 93S but no change. Occasionally look at opposite direction traffic but there are so many cars, it seems almost useless. Yes, but! 16 mi into the 30mi drive, I look left (had not been a constant) and see a car that has to be hers. We are closing, passing, moving apart at 130mph but I'm pretty sure. Try the cell again & voila! Do a U turn at exit 3. Buy some wine on the way home. All's well that ends well. TGIF.
Silly people on a boat where it's almost always a Friday (Wick is an SPS grad but not one who runs, other than mentally)
C • SAR 3
Thursday Apr 14, 2011 #
Walking 18:00 [1] 0.4 mi (44:59 / mi)
DP'd indeed, a fine April morning.
Track 4:20 [3] 0.8 km (5:25 / km)
shoes: Brooks Defyance
Track 26:26 [4] 6.0 km (4:24 / km)
shoes: Brooks Defyance
SPS track, 7' pace, 58F, fine noon hour, bit of a NW breeze. Young woman in early 30s also running, maybe 6:45 pace, an occ. distraction....
400 1:46
800 3:33
1200 5:18
1600 7:03
1200 5:21
800 3:25
Goal: to do w/o too much exertion & was able to do.
400 1:46
800 3:33
1200 5:18
1600 7:03
1200 5:21
800 3:25
Goal: to do w/o too much exertion & was able to do.
Note
The night (ie, this one) Beth left me was the night I showed/we figured out how to set up the Ipod nano she got for Christmas from son Jim. When I said "Here, put these in your ears" she departed (on wings)...leaving me to my musings as to why. Would that I could be so fleet of foot (or fly so high).
Sigh.
Sigh.
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011 #
Walking 30:00 [1] 1.0 mi (30:00 / mi)
AM DP, rained last night, walked to back of sand pit area. Earlier contemplated the drabs out the window: gray sky and darker gray tree trunks, dark green of the hemlocks, brown of the dead leaves on the ground as well as the light brown on the birches and the dirty white snow still in the yard. Then one could wake up from the "disquieting" dream of NH the past few months to a tropical rain forest of color, sound and fragrance.
Weightexercise workout 27:00 [1]
indeed a dreary, cold-rain day. Common sense said bag the outside stuff - frizzes the hair, chills the soul - so unnecessary nowadays.
Tuesday Apr 12, 2011 #
Walking 20:00 [1]
AM DP, agreeable morn, tempestuous night with wind at a half roar. Heard coyotes for first time in ages. Found several blazes BOS evidently could not find in fall behind Sandbox. Need to follow to see where they go.
Road running 45:45 5.4 mi (8:28 / mi)
shoes: Brooks Defyance
Luti, CW, singlet & shorts which certainly helps (the feeling of) runability.
Tad chilly at first byt was jut thinking how well-balanced it was when a biker passed, fully covered, mumbling something about being cold.
Tad chilly at first byt was jut thinking how well-balanced it was when a biker passed, fully covered, mumbling something about being cold.
Monday Apr 11, 2011 #
Walking 18:00 [1] 0.5 mi (35:59 / mi)
AM DP, rain last night, misty cloudy. Turkey tracks are long gone to softened sand & ATV's.
Road/trail 30:00
shoes: Brooks Defyance
Went to SPS with track in mind but track team was using so did one XC loop and a 10'/mi pace seemed near impossible given lethargy. Was 77F. One 200m stretch of pack snow/ice. Heard peepers galore as well as the "heat bird".
Track 11:25 [4] 2.6 km (4:23 / km)
shoes: Brooks Defyance
Kids gone, track to myself: 55, 1:45 400, 3:32 800, 5:13 1200. Transition from can't lift a leg to 7'/mi pace - a track is essential. A start on the road to honesty....
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Faraway series, photos from elsewhere, #60
"Morning Light"
Taken in the Presidio in San Francisco around 2000. It features radiance, offers promise but for whom or what I know not....
"Morning Light"
Taken in the Presidio in San Francisco around 2000. It features radiance, offers promise but for whom or what I know not....
Sunday Apr 10, 2011 #
3 PM
Road/trail 56:49 4.85 mi (11:43 / mi) +167m 10:35 / mi
shoes: Brooks Defyance
To South Bow Rd. and into forest. Very little snow, finally. Met Beth and dogs at the Sandbox. Lovely day.
Sandskrit: "Wind and waves"
Sandskrit: "Wind and waves"
Saturday Apr 9, 2011 #
Walking 21:00 [1] 0.8 mi (26:16 / mi)
Am DP to slough & back. Fine morning; a solitary set of turkey tracks in the frozen sand.
1 PM
Road/trail 1:23:43 6.0 km (13:57 / km) +167m 12:15 / km
Over to Pawtuckaway with Beth, 60F. Woods clear of snow. Could not find CSU training fm last spring so linked some features up. Saw Brendan Shields & Giacomo in the parking lot, the latter's first visit to the great P'way....
Goal was to orienteer in the terrain, running didn't matter. Am always humbled by this place - the hemlock hides a lot of needed feedback in quite a few places. Deciduous areas were under a harsh white light with great visibility. Befuddled twice w/ good relocation on the harder leg by noting a few basics in the contours. Thought I had splits but the 305 is still somewhat unfamiliar.
Parking only at Visitor Center & entrance free for seniors....
Mundane glimpse of seasonal transition
Goal was to orienteer in the terrain, running didn't matter. Am always humbled by this place - the hemlock hides a lot of needed feedback in quite a few places. Deciduous areas were under a harsh white light with great visibility. Befuddled twice w/ good relocation on the harder leg by noting a few basics in the contours. Thought I had splits but the 305 is still somewhat unfamiliar.
Parking only at Visitor Center & entrance free for seniors....
Mundane glimpse of seasonal transition
Friday Apr 8, 2011 #
Walking 20:00 [1]
AM DP, walk in the Sandbox, beginning a new season of Sandskrit observation. Blue dome with frost on my mind.
Hard to believe I was just at an A meet - already seems long ago in time and distance.
Hard to believe I was just at an A meet - already seems long ago in time and distance.
Road/trail 50:07 [3] 5.5 mi (9:07 / mi)
shoes: Brooks Defyance
Luti CCW, get out door, L on Langley, woods to CHS track. Sublime day, weather-wise.
Track 7:32 [4] 1.6 km (4:42 / km)
Notable as this was first time since last fall for a sub-8 accounting & not hard to do but Rt ham murmurs.
Walking 10:00 [1] 0.5 mi (20:00 / mi)
Largely walking back to NHH.
10 PM
Note
Another TGIF in the "roundabout" titled "Friday comes fast, Monday comes faster".
Zoe, devil that she be, with my camera case (a week after the glove:-). The photo dates to 4/02. I did not recover the case that day in spite of threats (one letter less=treats which seldom fail but I was ignorant of that). Next day, Z. went right to it & offered it to me. Some five years later, lost it in Port Angeles, WA.
Zoe, devil that she be, with my camera case (a week after the glove:-). The photo dates to 4/02. I did not recover the case that day in spite of threats (one letter less=treats which seldom fail but I was ignorant of that). Next day, Z. went right to it & offered it to me. Some five years later, lost it in Port Angeles, WA.
Thursday Apr 7, 2011 #
Road/trail 26:50 4.8 km (5:35 / km)
Jogged to CHS track - maybe mile slow then 4 200s, 5 or so 7' pace 400s,
200 walk between. First 7' stuff since Nov or Oct.... Jog back. Lovely day.
200 walk between. First 7' stuff since Nov or Oct.... Jog back. Lovely day.
Wednesday Apr 6, 2011 #
Walking 20:00 [1] 0.75 mi (26:40 / mi)
AM DP - yesterday's opacity yielded to today's clarity. Let a mouse out of house as well.
Road/trail 41:00 [2] 4.1 mi (10:00 / mi)
shoes: Brooks Defyance
SPS noon, blustery/chilly NW April day. Was interested in SPS XC but quickly noted the abundance of snow/ice still present. Maybe another 10-14 days for shady places. 2 miles on track at 9:20 pace - just started comfortably for a 1:10 200; math said 400=2:20 times 4=8'80"=9:20 predicted & "run". Twice. Two fleeting episodes of sharp rt ham pain for pondering.
Expressed a 5/8" splinter from right forearm today, 5 days after fact. There had to be an FB as time passed: tender, red, swollen somewhat, expressible pus.... A tincture of time revealed as well as solved the problem.
Expressed a 5/8" splinter from right forearm today, 5 days after fact. There had to be an FB as time passed: tender, red, swollen somewhat, expressible pus.... A tincture of time revealed as well as solved the problem.
Tuesday Apr 5, 2011 #
Walking 15:00 [1] 0.6 mi (24:59 / mi)
AM DP, a morning in which distant objects appear as apparitions.
gym 38:00 [1]
At the T.I. Was another wet, dreary day. A decent amount of stretching the hamstrings which were taken by surprise by the weekend's endeavours.
Monday Apr 4, 2011 #
Walking 18:00 [1] 0.6 mi (29:59 / mi)
Am DP, slate gray, stuff on the way. Dogs glad to see me.
Turned out to be a fairly miserable day - mid-30s with snow & accompanying chill.
Turned out to be a fairly miserable day - mid-30s with snow & accompanying chill.
Note
Some Flying Pig photos
"Yeah, we know, Sharon!"
"If only I had..."
"Tim, if only you had..."
"Come on, Boris - it's not that bad!"
Three guys from Carlisle (USOC UL champs) - it's from longstanding mosquito exposure (Meg also won a gold but had better things to do:-))
Miami U is a most impressive campus
Rural Ohio is a sea of corn
A long, straight road but not one travelled
"Yeah, we know, Sharon!"
"If only I had..."
"Tim, if only you had..."
"Come on, Boris - it's not that bad!"
Three guys from Carlisle (USOC UL champs) - it's from longstanding mosquito exposure (Meg also won a gold but had better things to do:-))
Miami U is a most impressive campus
Rural Ohio is a sea of corn
A long, straight road but not one travelled
Sunday Apr 3, 2011 #
Event: CSU Rocky Woods
Road/trail 12:00 [3] 1.0 mi (12:00 / mi)
warmup
10 AM
Orienteering race 51:57 6.16 km (8:26 / km) +76m 7:56 / km
Green middle, Sunday. Good wx for it! Was game enough but fairly bent out of shape by time I'd found #3. First 2 fine, #3 a trivial 130m, white woods cp but used blue border of map as N/S line (right 50% of the time; do I disike blk MN lines or MN lines that love to be invisible) but not this time. So ran off 90 deg off but it looked ok, up gradually, there was a runner that had just departed same 2 so I thot ok even tho it felt funny. Go 130m or so to reent but no cp. Circle L, another reent nearby, ditto. Big circle bk to 2 & start again, now knowing what i did. Still missed, circled L & found maybe 50m at most away. Now rather annoyed, a good set up for disgust & diminishing sense of self-worth:-). Charge fm 3 toward 4, cross stream but not exactly sure where & knowing exactly where would have been of gt help as cp was in vague reent in more horrid green on gradual slope - circling wouldn't do. Was a band of conifers I took for a green line & felt I needed a certain distance fm - finally dist more than ran out - there were 2 runners nearby & I looked & voila, a cp higher than I would have thot.
Plowed down hill to 5, on a O suicide mission, came to contours, suspected I needed to go rt, did so & cp within 30m - could have been disastrous. ok all way to 9, 10 must have been a 5-6' disaster, splits will tell. After road, needed utmost knowledge of where one was - hunches & shooting fm hip don't work. I was latter, continuing my suicide mission. On a path NE, not picking it out - then noise & openness opening; ah, the slopes we walked up to start & reloc. almost 200m fm control & only now, typing this, do I see the lg open area by the road. No wonder it didn't look like what I saw...it wasn't it! Had I known that, I might have hit it considerably sooner. 11 around as much as poss on road & bring it on home. How nice to ensure good runs, self-satisfaction (success!) - it just takes keeping the head screwed on tightly with a dash of common sense, open eyes & good performance might even beget better performance as the race evolves. Maybe next time. A half-decent 10 would have put me in decent company.
Nice meet, well organized. A bit too scratchy for me however. Got familiar w/ Miami U, a small light of knowledge in a sea of cornfields. Not all was academic learning: college kids on a Sat eve - not a few girls in skirts to mid-thigh, walking in high heels (many carrying & walking barefoot), dates in tow or towing...to be young...once upon time...where did time go? It had no choice but to race away on its winged chariot.
Arrived at Dayton airport w/ plenty of time. Pleasant discovery: my plane left at 5:10, not 6p. It goes thru Cleveland, not Newark. tp would shake his head about that. I guess O with one's eyes closed is "Orange alert" for disastrous results!
Plowed down hill to 5, on a O suicide mission, came to contours, suspected I needed to go rt, did so & cp within 30m - could have been disastrous. ok all way to 9, 10 must have been a 5-6' disaster, splits will tell. After road, needed utmost knowledge of where one was - hunches & shooting fm hip don't work. I was latter, continuing my suicide mission. On a path NE, not picking it out - then noise & openness opening; ah, the slopes we walked up to start & reloc. almost 200m fm control & only now, typing this, do I see the lg open area by the road. No wonder it didn't look like what I saw...it wasn't it! Had I known that, I might have hit it considerably sooner. 11 around as much as poss on road & bring it on home. How nice to ensure good runs, self-satisfaction (success!) - it just takes keeping the head screwed on tightly with a dash of common sense, open eyes & good performance might even beget better performance as the race evolves. Maybe next time. A half-decent 10 would have put me in decent company.
Nice meet, well organized. A bit too scratchy for me however. Got familiar w/ Miami U, a small light of knowledge in a sea of cornfields. Not all was academic learning: college kids on a Sat eve - not a few girls in skirts to mid-thigh, walking in high heels (many carrying & walking barefoot), dates in tow or towing...to be young...once upon time...where did time go? It had no choice but to race away on its winged chariot.
Arrived at Dayton airport w/ plenty of time. Pleasant discovery: my plane left at 5:10, not 6p. It goes thru Cleveland, not Newark. tp would shake his head about that. I guess O with one's eyes closed is "Orange alert" for disastrous results!
Saturday Apr 2, 2011 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 1:11:03 8.22 km (8:39 / km) +166m 7:51 / km
ahr:98 max:98
UL Brown USOC champs race. Cilly, clouds & sun, perfect for running. 13c & a reasonable race thru #12 which I lost maybe 9' on! Sharon C was 7' faster. Some very scratchy areas as well as white woods with big reentrants & gullies as would be expected. No mud or wet feet to speak of.
First control looked ok going st (a white spur in middle of 250m leg but it was one of the scratchiest, ie, blood-letter. Energy was ok, wearing 305 will allow some analytical viewing on my part. #12 spent alot of time & circling to the south of the point & finally convinced myself of that by taking a rough backbearing on the lodge front facade some 250 m to the west & could then see that I was too far south.
Good course, good placements but needed a 60' or so race. Was first M65 but not w/ a decent performance. Boris G 53' & a woman (b. '55) was 63'.
First control looked ok going st (a white spur in middle of 250m leg but it was one of the scratchiest, ie, blood-letter. Energy was ok, wearing 305 will allow some analytical viewing on my part. #12 spent alot of time & circling to the south of the point & finally convinced myself of that by taking a rough backbearing on the lodge front facade some 250 m to the west & could then see that I was too far south.
Good course, good placements but needed a 60' or so race. Was first M65 but not w/ a decent performance. Boris G 53' & a woman (b. '55) was 63'.
Friday Apr 1, 2011 #
Orienteering race 36:58 [4] *** 3.9 km (9:29 / km) +105m 8:21 / km
spiked:14/19c
Middle distance, more like a sprint. B run, may 2.5’ errors, lack of concentration tho cannot claim that day’s travel events led to distraction - just preventable loss of concentration. Rain held off til about the last control. Very tired at end but glad I could run the whole way when possible. 34’ might have been max, today anyway.
#2 was under a bridge, did not know symbol.
#3 higher than I was looking (right at brook lvl)
#10 man-made obj by fence, came to fence, look r & l, don't see, wander a bit beyond, look back & finally see
#11 unaccountably drifted L, worst control
#17 bit L
Nice course, decent woods, no scratches, one tete-a-tete with a sizable branch. Sharon C & Bill Pullman at the finish as the fact that it was finally rainy/cold made its self known.
OOB at 0404 (well ahead of alarm), on Rte 93 at 0435, snowing hard, literally no southbound traffic for first 5 miles. Departure at 0658 (scheduled for 0615)...wait & de-icing and wait some more. So relieved when we lifted off, getting stuck in Manchester would have been depressing. Lifted away from a landscape of white-gray; maybe 10’ later later, we topped the clouds. The far vision and blue lifted spirits. Next sight was literally a tug on an inlet in the NY-NJ waterway. My belief was that I’d missed my connecting flt to Dayton which I thought departed at 0725 (but that was boarding, departing was 0800). Hadn’t slept, wasn’t on top of things - some things have been weighing rather heavily. Much to my surprise, upon exiting to speak with customer service re another flight, I noted Dayton on the very plane I had just departed with a new departure time of 0835! Wasn’t the original flight plan, don’t believe it was the same gate and did not look ahead to see adjacent gates and no mention before getting off about those continuing on to Dayton. But away again, this time into a rainy sky. Why o why Ohio... It will certainly do for this particular weekend, rain or shine.... a reprieve from an April Fool’s snow storm.
Sat in Newark for 90’ extra & had to get off plane will they fixed a bulb! Got to Oxford around 11:30. Tried motel from airport, someone answered, hung up (foreign). Went to Expedia, paid 140+ for 2 nights, got a car, finally figured out the way to “San Jose” and beat a hasty path out of Dodge but really didn’t know how far, just not too far. Finally found the place. locked lobby, WiFI would not work, dump of a place, real cost should have been about 55/night. Called lobby 2x, no ans, both times door locked. Being tired, i was no-bones-about-it irritable! Not in a let's-go-orienteering mind frame. Couldn’t easily locate Sat start but finally arrived after fumbling. Was 10.5 hrs from house to motal. Guess I was glad I could orienteer at all considering frame of mind. Sunny/blue on arrival but clouded over. Oxford is nice-enough a town in the middle of nowhere teeming with college kids. Miami U has many nice buildings.
#2 was under a bridge, did not know symbol.
#3 higher than I was looking (right at brook lvl)
#10 man-made obj by fence, came to fence, look r & l, don't see, wander a bit beyond, look back & finally see
#11 unaccountably drifted L, worst control
#17 bit L
Nice course, decent woods, no scratches, one tete-a-tete with a sizable branch. Sharon C & Bill Pullman at the finish as the fact that it was finally rainy/cold made its self known.
OOB at 0404 (well ahead of alarm), on Rte 93 at 0435, snowing hard, literally no southbound traffic for first 5 miles. Departure at 0658 (scheduled for 0615)...wait & de-icing and wait some more. So relieved when we lifted off, getting stuck in Manchester would have been depressing. Lifted away from a landscape of white-gray; maybe 10’ later later, we topped the clouds. The far vision and blue lifted spirits. Next sight was literally a tug on an inlet in the NY-NJ waterway. My belief was that I’d missed my connecting flt to Dayton which I thought departed at 0725 (but that was boarding, departing was 0800). Hadn’t slept, wasn’t on top of things - some things have been weighing rather heavily. Much to my surprise, upon exiting to speak with customer service re another flight, I noted Dayton on the very plane I had just departed with a new departure time of 0835! Wasn’t the original flight plan, don’t believe it was the same gate and did not look ahead to see adjacent gates and no mention before getting off about those continuing on to Dayton. But away again, this time into a rainy sky. Why o why Ohio... It will certainly do for this particular weekend, rain or shine.... a reprieve from an April Fool’s snow storm.
Sat in Newark for 90’ extra & had to get off plane will they fixed a bulb! Got to Oxford around 11:30. Tried motel from airport, someone answered, hung up (foreign). Went to Expedia, paid 140+ for 2 nights, got a car, finally figured out the way to “San Jose” and beat a hasty path out of Dodge but really didn’t know how far, just not too far. Finally found the place. locked lobby, WiFI would not work, dump of a place, real cost should have been about 55/night. Called lobby 2x, no ans, both times door locked. Being tired, i was no-bones-about-it irritable! Not in a let's-go-orienteering mind frame. Couldn’t easily locate Sat start but finally arrived after fumbling. Was 10.5 hrs from house to motal. Guess I was glad I could orienteer at all considering frame of mind. Sunny/blue on arrival but clouded over. Oxford is nice-enough a town in the middle of nowhere teeming with college kids. Miami U has many nice buildings.