Training Log Archive: blIn the 30 days ending Apr 30, 2015:
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Thursday Apr 30, 2015 #
3 PM
Orienteering 44:22 [3] 2.78 mi (15:58 / mi) +186m 13:13 / mi
Mountain Lakes in North Salem - ran one of the Brown Xs (3.8k, 180m, 1/75 map) I missed last October. Accurate enough, woods very open, black features so so in places. Didn't like #8. Camping tonight at Hemlock Pond with Z & M & we have the after-dark park apparently to ourselves. Dip in the lake and dinner at the modern Cross River plaza on Rte 35.
220 miles to park entrance off Hawley Rd in surreal northern Westchester.
Crossed NH on Rt 9, most everything in somber grays. Color began around Springfield and again in the Hartford area & back to mostly bare woods along the Waterbury-Danbury stretch.
220 miles to park entrance off Hawley Rd in surreal northern Westchester.
Crossed NH on Rt 9, most everything in somber grays. Color began around Springfield and again in the Hartford area & back to mostly bare woods along the Waterbury-Danbury stretch.
Wednesday Apr 29, 2015 #
Track 45:00 [3] 2.5 mi (18:00 / mi)
BHS track on the way home from work. No plan, just warm up and see what
comes or goes. Ended up with 100s & 200s with walking in between. Not interested in logging specifics - too much work! - but 200s got predictably more facile - as in "I'm not actually a wax person". Left a bit soon since Beth and I are gong separate ways tomorrow: me WP, she SLC & CA, back 5/14.
There was a young woman at the track with a starting block, practicing starts (between smart phone consults and changing of spikes). I started a
conversation to learn she was a BHS senior, 100 & 200 runner, best 25.9; guessed 400 around 58 --- nope, had not been under a minute. She went to a NH Invitational a few weeks ago ("too hot"...NH in April?)..."something like a 1000 participants"...NH again?
comes or goes. Ended up with 100s & 200s with walking in between. Not interested in logging specifics - too much work! - but 200s got predictably more facile - as in "I'm not actually a wax person". Left a bit soon since Beth and I are gong separate ways tomorrow: me WP, she SLC & CA, back 5/14.
There was a young woman at the track with a starting block, practicing starts (between smart phone consults and changing of spikes). I started a
conversation to learn she was a BHS senior, 100 & 200 runner, best 25.9; guessed 400 around 58 --- nope, had not been under a minute. She went to a NH Invitational a few weeks ago ("too hot"...NH in April?)..."something like a 1000 participants"...NH again?
Tuesday Apr 28, 2015 #
Road/trail 57:00 [2] 4.0 mi (14:15 / mi)
Not sure where to go & settled on Hammond NP parking which proved ideal.
Except not really covered enough for the chill wind in the open. Across the greening field to Eagle Tr, down nearly to Br. Londonderry Tkpe, left on Webelos Tr to BLT, along it and back on Eagle.
An Eagle scout as part of his project has made very nice trail signs although too many and several are at trail intersections that don't yet exist - the crossing or connecting trail is yet to be. The signs had to be present by his 18th birthday to qualify for his Scout merit efforts.
Bought a new cell phone after not coming up with mine after about 12 days.
Except not really covered enough for the chill wind in the open. Across the greening field to Eagle Tr, down nearly to Br. Londonderry Tkpe, left on Webelos Tr to BLT, along it and back on Eagle.
An Eagle scout as part of his project has made very nice trail signs although too many and several are at trail intersections that don't yet exist - the crossing or connecting trail is yet to be. The signs had to be present by his 18th birthday to qualify for his Scout merit efforts.
Bought a new cell phone after not coming up with mine after about 12 days.
Monday Apr 27, 2015 #
Walking 50:00 [1] 2.0 mi (25:00 / mi)
Visited Bog Meadow to see if it was still water-filled which it was. Grey, breezy, cool.
Earlier Beth & I drove to the League store in Center Sandwich on the slow (frost heaves) Holderness road. Water, woods, fields and hills as well as old houses pretty much say it all. Holderness Bog
Earlier Beth & I drove to the League store in Center Sandwich on the slow (frost heaves) Holderness road. Water, woods, fields and hills as well as old houses pretty much say it all. Holderness Bog
Sunday Apr 26, 2015 #
2 PM
Orienteering 1:30:00 [1] 2.0 mi (45:00 / mi) +21m 43:34 / mi
New England Challenge, the 1st meet of this new series, at BB. Good turnout (50-55 for UNO) incl a Norwegian and a Swedish couple. Gray, chilly, no rain. A nice event all around. Good having three of us dividing meet chores. Ernst made courses everyone seemed pleased with & also did the map printing, e-punch synchronizing and organizing, online registration etc, in short, 'master of ceremonies'. BB is an interesting place and often challenging in its varied terrain and tough vegetation.
Picked up advanced points north of the road. Didn't think of fitting in a brown course when things slowed down. Probably for the better.
305 needs attention.
Picked up advanced points north of the road. Didn't think of fitting in a brown course when things slowed down. Probably for the better.
305 needs attention.
Saturday Apr 25, 2015 #
12 PM
Orienteering (putting out flags) 2:03:30 [1] 3.35 mi (36:52 / mi) +81m 34:17 / mi
Bear Brook putting out flags with Jim & Ernst. Nice enough day. E & I both made a parallel error, me coming from the north, E from the southwest. I heard the sound of "something" in the leaves just out of view. Soon there was Ernst. I wasn't supposed to even be looking for that streamer but was. I'd absentmindedly crossed into his section with the experience of 2 wks prior at work. Both of us had arrived at the same wrong area for different reasons from different directions. Upon realizing, I skedaddled, heading north still not able to make in-control sense but soon enough came upon a knoll with boulder & then was OK. Did not realize the absurdity of the misread until Ernst explained it at parking - he did have to find the correct place with streamer from our previous visit. The last of the snow was in the parking lot.
Leaving, we visited the park ranger (at home) which seemed a good idea & proved to be.
Leaving, we visited the park ranger (at home) which seemed a good idea & proved to be.
Friday Apr 24, 2015 #
2 PM
Road/trail 34:07 2.5 mi (13:39 / mi) +119m 11:53 / mi
Patch-Rollins after work. Chilly, raw again, more so than yesterday.
Went CW & took an old wall-lined road thru the woods passed up until today. Straight as can be. Once upon a time, fields to either side.
Went CW & took an old wall-lined road thru the woods passed up until today. Straight as can be. Once upon a time, fields to either side.
Thursday Apr 23, 2015 #
Track 30:00 [3] 2.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
BHS track around 5:30. Not much enthusiasm largely due to lumbago this morning, bent over kind of thing but gone by then but still. Walked 100, then level 3-4 for a 100 for 15' then walk 100, level 3-4 200 for 15'. Raw April day with west wind but got the HR up and drove the chill away (even featured some flakes today). Nice to be there after a short while. Occasional robin chirp to support that fact. Stopped by gray, white-capped Turee after.
BB meet this Sunday with high hurdles popping up at last moment tho some of that is UNO internal fault. But DRED (NH Dept of Resources and Economic Development) has assessed fees of $200 for the special use permit. Additionally, they require that we collect $3.20/car when the not-yet-open park’s toll booths won’t be open either. The permit conditions read like killing a fly with a bazooka. It’s understandable that large parties on state property can cause potential problems but this one size fits all is ridiculous. And the tax-free state's starvation for funds trickles down to small time users such as UNO.
BB meet this Sunday with high hurdles popping up at last moment tho some of that is UNO internal fault. But DRED (NH Dept of Resources and Economic Development) has assessed fees of $200 for the special use permit. Additionally, they require that we collect $3.20/car when the not-yet-open park’s toll booths won’t be open either. The permit conditions read like killing a fly with a bazooka. It’s understandable that large parties on state property can cause potential problems but this one size fits all is ridiculous. And the tax-free state's starvation for funds trickles down to small time users such as UNO.
Wednesday Apr 22, 2015 #
Road/trail 45:00 [2] 4.0 mi (11:15 / mi)
From Audubon parking into their woods, along Great Turkey Pond, bike path & SPS by a lacrosse game. A squall came thru, intensifying the gray sky & water. Stopped to admire felicity and facility of motion on the lacrosse field. Lumbago for myself these days, not sure of the inciter - boat or car seat maybe. Has me taking occ 15-20" to stand up straight and seeking ibuprofen.
Audubon parking bumper stickers: "Live simply that others may simply live";
"Robin Hood was right. May the forest be with you"; "Feminism is the radical concept that women are people"; and a hybrid with the license plate BIODIVA.
Audubon parking bumper stickers: "Live simply that others may simply live";
"Robin Hood was right. May the forest be with you"; "Feminism is the radical concept that women are people"; and a hybrid with the license plate BIODIVA.
Tuesday Apr 21, 2015 #
3 PM
Road/trail 56:27 3.57 mi (15:49 / mi) +77m 14:49 / mi
Kimball Pond loop after work. Weather getting better all day & was breezy west by the time I started. Quite a nice experience. Lots of ponds & marshes, peepers, up and down terrain & feeling of remoteness. Missed the white blazes more than once when distracted.
Monday Apr 20, 2015 #
Track 32:00 2.5 mi (12:48 / mi)
BHS track, chilly east wind. Began to rain again just as I was leaving. Mile walk/jog, then some 200s, finally 5 400s, 1:52-1:59. We are in for rain, a bit of a deluge according to the forecasters.
Seems too cold (at least in NH) for a marathon but youth and 30,000 for company changes perspective. Wonder how many times the BG and Boston have been back to back days since 1979.
Seems too cold (at least in NH) for a marathon but youth and 30,000 for company changes perspective. Wonder how many times the BG and Boston have been back to back days since 1979.
Sunday Apr 19, 2015 #
Event: 2015 Billygoat Run
Track 25:00 [2] 2.0 mi (12:30 / mi)
Walk/jog at BHS track. Rest day for most part.
Beth & I took dogs to Kimball Pond & noted a new hiking trail around it by Dunbarton CC. Had a nice chat at the launch ramp with mother and daughter kayakers.
Beth & I took dogs to Kimball Pond & noted a new hiking trail around it by Dunbarton CC. Had a nice chat at the launch ramp with mother and daughter kayakers.
Saturday Apr 18, 2015 #
9 AM
Road/trail 59:17 5.01 mi (11:50 / mi) +130m 10:57 / mi
BBR to OJR and over to Rob Road while still cool. Just too tired. Maybe own up to possibility of BP med side effect. Beth & I had gone to Joe's Saab, stopped to walk dogs on way back. It was so nice there, I had to go for a jog in the same area before the fine April morning lost its charm.
Friday Apr 17, 2015 #
Track 50:00 [3] 4.0 mi (12:30 / mi)
BHS track, overcast, low 50s, quite nice, bit of a west breeze for half the track. Warmed up, then stuck with 8'/mile pace for some 400s and 3 800s. Have to admit that a metric mile at 8' pace right now is a bit of a stretch. Good to get the feet wet so to speak. A track session or most any RR can be a dose of reality.
Weightexercise workout 40:00 [1]
Thursday Apr 16, 2015 #
4 PM
Trail/woods running 1:07:14 4.5 mi (14:56 / mi) +109m 13:54 / mi
Visited Lewis Putney pond on the Hallinan CE. Old hemlock woods, lots of scratchy branches but open on the ground. Came upon a field & took it and then several more. Was eventually on an old dirt road, seemingly well in the woods when I came upon a tennis court. It was on a dead end road that I recalled Beth and I visited probably more than 10 years ago. Got plumb loco lost in the maze of fields in returning, ended on Robert Rogers Rd & had to return/retrace. The easement was owned by a fan of motor vehicles &, in part, serves as a monument to rusted eccentricity.
Wednesday Apr 15, 2015 #
3 PM
Road/trail 57:24 3.71 mi (15:28 / mi) +119m 14:04 / mi
Knox Rd TF from Robinson. Took Robinson's Crest & Boulder. Some sprint/walk.
Tuesday Apr 14, 2015 #
1 PM
Road/trail 1:42:51 [2] 6.05 mi (17:00 / mi) +177m 15:35 / mi
Another Nottingcook appreciation day. Started with rain, blue & sunny by late morning & now mostly over cast at 3:30, SW gusty at times. Spring peepers present. Up Allen to S. Bow, across Great Hill spur & then paths to the Bog to photograph the beaver dam & bog for the BOS newsletter. Tired, leaden legs, particularly at the end. No snow in woods, soft mud in places on trails. Found a pair of knee protectors (aka McDavid 6446), don't think used although they were separate from their fresh packaging, $30 on the web. A mystery as to how they got there, off trail & too early.
"Bog Hilton"
Half the dam
Spring tidings
Nap time
"Bog Hilton"
Half the dam
Spring tidings
Nap time
Monday Apr 13, 2015 #
3 PM
Woods/trail 1:00:14 [2] 3.23 mi (18:39 / mi) +68m 17:30 / mi
Nottingcook wander. Came home, not sure what next but noted Beth’s Monday ladies’ luncheon friends were still there at 3p so drove on to the brush dump. Private, easy to change. Lovely day for it too, 70F earlier. Made my way to the Bog and beaver dam & noted the bog was entirely full and water was flowing over the dam. There were fresh beaver knawings on nearby trees. So just maybe…. It could be that water was flowing in way faster than the outlet allowed and there is still a rent that I could not see today. All the feeder streams are working overtime. Time will tell.
Also stopped at the “shooting gallery” to see if any early season abuse & found some fresh evidence of target shooting. Counted 20 cans of “American Spirit” ‘non-addictive’ tobacco at $34.99/can - empty of course but full of bullet holes. It is a dim reptilian brain that brings 20 cans, shoots them up and then leaves them on the ground behind. Leave a clean wake and one might get a break. Leave a dirty one and attract resentment like flies to shit.
Great April day - roads were maybe 40% covered with not-too slippery old, debris-laden ice, making for the right amount of AC.
Also stopped at the “shooting gallery” to see if any early season abuse & found some fresh evidence of target shooting. Counted 20 cans of “American Spirit” ‘non-addictive’ tobacco at $34.99/can - empty of course but full of bullet holes. It is a dim reptilian brain that brings 20 cans, shoots them up and then leaves them on the ground behind. Leave a clean wake and one might get a break. Leave a dirty one and attract resentment like flies to shit.
Great April day - roads were maybe 40% covered with not-too slippery old, debris-laden ice, making for the right amount of AC.
Sunday Apr 12, 2015 #
Event: NEOC: Prospect Hill
10 AM
Orienteering 2:35:28 [2] 3.12 mi (49:49 / mi) +96m 45:28 / mi
At Bear Brook with Ernst. We put out 45 streamers for the New England Challenge meet 4/26. It was around 60F, sunny. Still 80% snow-covered in the woods. Did the north section, stopped for lunch and then the south section. Saw 2 moose which ran right across our path about 50 yards away.
Orienteering 2:24:29 [2] 3.07 mi (47:04 / mi) +87m 43:15 / mi
After lunch. Pretty tired given snow to contend with. Lots of small debris on forest floor from the winter. More than I remember. Also a new bumper crop of white pine seedlings in many parts.
Saturday Apr 11, 2015 #
12 PM
Orienteering race 1:01:24 [3] 4.38 mi (14:01 / mi) +207m 12:13 / mi
UNO Mine Falls by Pete B and Mike Commons. Did red, 5.5k. Blustery day, cold if working at/standing around S/F. Good to get feet wet (on the new season) so to speak; also got feet truly wet mostly due to mediocre route choice. Give myself a B/B-. Didn't even see second powerline on map (admittedly yellow is too light) which really threw me off on way to first flag. Dumb on others, too - particularly #3 where I took the left route which involved two stream crossings:( vs none. Points were low in the three pits as they need to be in spring, so there was some back and forth on 2 of those. 8-9' errors total, 4.5' possibly on the first point. A lot of stop and go for me today as in wind sprints, something high time due. Nothing like hard work to get anywhere, eg, improve in CV arena.
Hit watch button on something and not sure what it was trying to tell me last few minutes but splits were recorded.
Missed messing up a toe or two big time earlier today: a 50ish lb bronze centerboard trunk casing fell down below on the boat, landing in part on my right foot. Now a black and blue distal half 4th toe and what appears to be a blackening great toe nail. If the latter goes, it will be the third one. First time summer 2013 hiking in Whites with Phil B, then the fill-in last summer (that was mostly finished) and now this. A bit of blood but no problem weight bearing.
Hit watch button on something and not sure what it was trying to tell me last few minutes but splits were recorded.
Missed messing up a toe or two big time earlier today: a 50ish lb bronze centerboard trunk casing fell down below on the boat, landing in part on my right foot. Now a black and blue distal half 4th toe and what appears to be a blackening great toe nail. If the latter goes, it will be the third one. First time summer 2013 hiking in Whites with Phil B, then the fill-in last summer (that was mostly finished) and now this. A bit of blood but no problem weight bearing.
Road running 13:05 [3] 0.99 mi (13:13 / mi)
Warmup - a bunch of 50/50s.
Friday Apr 10, 2015 #
Skate skiing 20:00 [3] 1.5 mi (13:20 / mi)
BHS look-see, tried poleless skate. 2" snow yesterday whitened the fields. Rained last night though & was still raining in the am but eventually stopped so I went to see what it would be like. First surprise was how black the track was - 90% snow- free but the grass more than 95% snow-covered & no sun since before yesterday. I learned one can skate on 1/2" of snow on a surface such as the track (there was some snow cover) & it can work on grass with 1" snow, grass tips sticking up. Had it been colder (than the 37F), it would have been better.
4 PM
Trail/woods running 30:10 0.99 mi (30:29 / mi) +49m 26:25 / mi
Went to Page Road lot for a look-see as it has come on the radar re conservation easement or other. Had Z&M along & walked about 200m and returned as M was having too many breathing episodes. Left them in the car and wandered along logging rides til I came upon houses. Then left, into uncut woods and kept turning left til I crossed my tracks. I actually stopped to take a picture of wild turkey tracks and then saw my own so was suitably surprised. Some postholing, up to 12". Going was better under thicker canopy. Surprised to find that much snow. Thick fog on the hills.
North arrow?
An entrance to a wood
North arrow?
An entrance to a wood
Thursday Apr 9, 2015 #
Weightexercise workout 40:00 [1]
Wednesday Apr 8, 2015 #
3 PM
Road running 1:23:14 [3] 7.21 mi (11:33 / mi) +211m 10:35 / mi
Hopkinton loop, long time passing. Around 40F but snowing hard at end. So tired, did a lot of walking on hills. Walked too much but got thru it & later noted slowest ever. No base in place! Looked around on such a gray, barren day: old farm houses in need of paint, woods, fields, walls; one field mud and water with one high spot populated with livestock settled down, right by the fence and road. Gray sky and trees, light brown fields and dark brown mud and the red brown of the cows, all staring intently at me. Passed by the Eddys' old place, empty.
Tuesday Apr 7, 2015 #
12 PM
Road running 52:42 [3] 5.09 mi (10:21 / mi) +72m 9:55 / mi
Luti loop from Audubon parking. Gray, mid40s, quite nice after a while.
First 'bonafide' run effort in quite a while.
First 'bonafide' run effort in quite a while.
Monday Apr 6, 2015 #
Weightexercise workout 45:00 [1]
Cardio 10:00 [3]
Sunday Apr 5, 2015 #
12 PM
Hiking 2:40:00 3.65 mi (43:50 / mi) +358m 33:36 / mi
Mt. Major hike with Beth, started around noon. Fine spring day, packed snow for most part, reasonable footing, no micro-spikes needed. Went up Mt. Major trail and down on Brook. We were oldest by 20 years (a bit removed?) - met maybe 30 people. Great views of Winnepesaukee and distant mountains.
One view
Not too wet
Tried some skate @ BHS on way to NHH, very fine glide although not much area to work in.
PM DP with dogs revealed that the dead deer there for nearly 2 months was finally gone. Any chance they got, they made a beeline to the tasty carcass, much to my annoyance. Just some skin, hair and maybe entrails. No legs, hooves etc - stuff usually left behind by critters. Clean gone for some reason.
One view
Not too wet
Tried some skate @ BHS on way to NHH, very fine glide although not much area to work in.
PM DP with dogs revealed that the dead deer there for nearly 2 months was finally gone. Any chance they got, they made a beeline to the tasty carcass, much to my annoyance. Just some skin, hair and maybe entrails. No legs, hooves etc - stuff usually left behind by critters. Clean gone for some reason.
C • Deer 6
Saturday Apr 4, 2015 #
Woods/trail 55:00 3.0 mi (18:20 / mi)
Nottingcook around Bog Meadow late pm. Had been at the high school & BES looking at last skate prospects (still exist) and then considered where I might care to jog. It was nasty NW windy today. At the HS, sand was swirling in many places. Much too wimpy for such a place, I reasoned Nottingcook was at least out of the wind. It proved a fun time, mostly on packed SM but a 0.5 mi short cut thru woods with snow from 4" to a foot. First foray this winter w/o skis. Cut thru the only lot in the center of the forest still privately owned & noted the Home Depot-type "arcade tent" there, broken beyond use and containing just what I need to fix the one I found in the forest some 6-7 years ago. That was clearly stolen, in good shape when I first saw it, and somewhat damaged when I returned to bring it home a few days later. Looks like it now has a future. Lo battery on watch.
Route.
(reasonable guess on distance)
Route.
(reasonable guess on distance)
Friday Apr 3, 2015 #
3 PM
Road running 56:25 4.01 mi (14:04 / mi) +50m 13:33 / mi
Parked across from Audubon @ Upton-Morgan SF...trail jog there, then bike path, SPS. Shorts & T shirt, spring day but no spring at all, felt like hypoglycemia, so walk-jog last mile plus. Seemed most of Concord FD was at the SPS boat house but no smoke or sign of urgency (incl an ambulance). Snow all but gone from Audubon field which surprised me. More & more woods utilization.
Thursday Apr 2, 2015 #
Weightexercise workout 50:00 [1]
Note
Maybe there should be a flag in the picture? These are close by West Point and Harriman flags in years past:
1 and 2
Always behind the next boulder here Ward Pound Ridge, Westchester
This does fit the description: 3. Moreau in NY as I recall.
Always a nice CP default photo op US Military Academy
1 and 2
Always behind the next boulder here Ward Pound Ridge, Westchester
This does fit the description: 3. Moreau in NY as I recall.
Always a nice CP default photo op US Military Academy
10 AM
Skate skiing 25:14 [3] 3.0 mi (8:25 / mi) +2m 8:24 / mi
At BES/BMS athletic field, temp around 30F, corn surface, got softer in the 30' I was there. Good fun, somewhat detracted from by the yappy, somewhat pursuing dog for what must have been 8 go-rounds.
5 PM
Road running 25:01 2.04 mi (12:16 / mi) +56m 11:18 / mi
Stoney Brook to Parsons thru woods. Warm zephyrs (hi 50s), intoxicating.... Surprise meeting of Beth & Z&M at the Parsons kiosk.
Wednesday Apr 1, 2015 #
8 AM
Road running 35:09 3.09 mi (11:23 / mi) +96m 10:22 / mi
Return from Saab Shop - bright, blue morning. Heard a rooster & RWB simultaneously at end of Dean.