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Saturday Dec 31, 2011 #
Walking 18:00 [1] 0.6 mi (29:59 / mi)
By BMS coming back from NHH. Met Brian LaRoche, familiar name but could not place ("ebullience" seems best to describe) - walking a 6 y/o lab possessed of ball mania. Icy rain type of morn.
gym 40:00 [1]
Went to TI with Beth, space of the spinning wheel et al.
8 PM
Note
End of the road for 2011!
Friday Dec 30, 2011 #
Track 25:13 3.0 mi (8:24 / mi)
shoes: New Balance 1011
Overcast, 27F. SPS track for 3 X 1600, 200 walk between. 9:18, 8:17, 7:38.
Goal was to see one under 8'. Psyche is located on the long side of 2' per lap
but got it down to 1:55. Expectation is a large part but there's more to it
than that. So reasonably satisfied tho compared to, say, PB, it's pretty
pedestrian. And 7:38 felt as low as I could go today. Had O pants on which
was quite nice...light, 'no stick'. Temp was ok, not warm or cold after first mile w/ jacket over windbreaker & T shirt. NB 1011s are as heavy as they come & desperately in need of replacement. Something lighter next visit.
Goal was to see one under 8'. Psyche is located on the long side of 2' per lap
but got it down to 1:55. Expectation is a large part but there's more to it
than that. So reasonably satisfied tho compared to, say, PB, it's pretty
pedestrian. And 7:38 felt as low as I could go today. Had O pants on which
was quite nice...light, 'no stick'. Temp was ok, not warm or cold after first mile w/ jacket over windbreaker & T shirt. NB 1011s are as heavy as they come & desperately in need of replacement. Something lighter next visit.
5 PM
Note
Friday mania - perhaps time to bury the head in the sand...for a long weekend at least, maybe quite a bit longer.
Thursday Dec 29, 2011 #
Walking 16:00 [1] 0.6 mi (26:39 / mi)
Definite frozen finger morning. Biting NW wind. Tried a dog pic on the PL but
time ran out.
time ran out.
Road running 30:00 2.5 mi (12:00 / mi)
After work, had to wait for Mocha. Forgot running shoes, used work/hiking boots. Smart Diane used to bring to/leave everything at work for an entire week. No such 'organizational impediments' here. Over to track, twice around & back just at dark.
Wednesday Dec 28, 2011 #
Walking 18:00 [1] 0.6 mi (29:59 / mi)
DP, maybe an 1" of rain, stopped by daylight. NW wind back again, drying, clearing. Left the Sandbox' soft, soggy sand and breeze for better ground and calm in the woods.
Walking 46:00 3.0 mi (15:20 / mi)
March-like blustery wind, gray clouds scooting and ground that looks
ready to produce the first flowers! Down South, thru soggy Rollins, Iron Works, cut back to Clinton before Birch. Kept devolving to a walk. Indeed must be WDD, but that's ok, if so.
ready to produce the first flowers! Down South, thru soggy Rollins, Iron Works, cut back to Clinton before Birch. Kept devolving to a walk. Indeed must be WDD, but that's ok, if so.
8 PM
Note
Tree of life illustration - as it happened
from summer 2010
from summer 2010
Tuesday Dec 27, 2011 #
Walking 16:00 [1] 0.6 mi (26:39 / mi)
DP, 20F but rain fcst, for Boston anyway. Shooters yest pm. Not hard to locate, Basic Sleuth 101. Just 15 30.06 casings on the ground. Why can't people clean up after themselves?
Walking 40:00 3.0 mi (13:20 / mi)
Over to SPS track for a few laps, several 200s at 6:40-7:20 pace. Walked
over to XC record board. Noted a Steph Crocker had the girl's school record
for the course, dtd '07. Must be Alison's sister tho' I'm only deducing she
went to SPS.... 20" Google visit supported it, ie, Dartmouth '12 nordic. 40F & grey.
over to XC record board. Noted a Steph Crocker had the girl's school record
for the course, dtd '07. Must be Alison's sister tho' I'm only deducing she
went to SPS.... 20" Google visit supported it, ie, Dartmouth '12 nordic. 40F & grey.
Monday Dec 26, 2011 #
Walking 20:00 [1] 0.7 mi (28:34 / mi)
DP, NW wind but not the usual bite. Some nice light, shadow, snow & sand imagery.
Woodpecker has been pecking away at the house past few days. Initial amusement? found him dead on the ground under a window near where he'd made a quite round hole up high in the house. Birds do occ crash into the glass, stunned or worse. There is another of same species making a hole on the other side of the house. Beth put out some suet hoping to change behavior. .
Woodpecker has been pecking away at the house past few days. Initial amusement? found him dead on the ground under a window near where he'd made a quite round hole up high in the house. Birds do occ crash into the glass, stunned or worse. There is another of same species making a hole on the other side of the house. Beth put out some suet hoping to change behavior. .
Road/trail 1:01:01 [2] 5.6 mi (10:54 / mi) +100m 10:19 / mi
Woodhill-Hookset loop! Been years. Started at 3p, behind the 8 ball. Slow slog up to WH. Bit icy on WH itself. Passed BOS Sarah P coming the opposite way on east part. Was not prepared/did not recognize til she was past - at least a half mile to come up with her last name. Kept busy on BBR recalling mapping yards, fields. Very little change there. Pondered the neighbor's 8 & 2/3rds trucks in the yard, a "Dogs of March" red neck corner lot in Bow. Saw Beth pulling out of drive for DP. She said "Come on!" Yeah, right, I'm tired, cold, had enough of the great out-of-doors for the day (also spent a good bit of energy cutting & hauling wood). It was a gorgeous pm, cloudless and calm.
Woodhill-Hooksett.
Woodhill-Hooksett.
8 PM
Note
Faraway series, photos from elsewhere, #88
"Tranquility", Puerto Slight
December, 1986
2011 holiday card photo. Peninsula Tres Montes on the Chilean coast got a lot "closer" in the internet age.
"Tranquility", Puerto Slight
December, 1986
2011 holiday card photo. Peninsula Tres Montes on the Chilean coast got a lot "closer" in the internet age.
Sunday Dec 25, 2011 #
Orienteering 50:52 [3] 3.5 mi (14:32 / mi)
Mid-day jog to golf course & Marble Hill conservation land. Saw one fellow with a start as I expected no one there. A woman walking a dog
greeted with Merry Christmas. A lot more agreeable temp-wise than at 0830. Have always liked gc's as long as not in use...green sanctuaries. Wedgewood Pines is quite lovely.
Route.
Before a subdiv turnaround
Golf course gentility
greeted with Merry Christmas. A lot more agreeable temp-wise than at 0830. Have always liked gc's as long as not in use...green sanctuaries. Wedgewood Pines is quite lovely.
Route.
Before a subdiv turnaround
Golf course gentility
6 PM
Note
Christmas Day blither
Wake up on Dunster St. in Stow at Mel & Peter's. Wake up in search of sugar molecules embedded in a cup of coffee. Beth is creating some coffee (creating because it's not straightforward at 6 Dunster for one reason or another). But, voila, a cup of coffee...but where is the sugar? Search the cabinets to no avail. Ah, right in the sugar bowl on the counter top in front of my very eyes if I'd looked! Two reasonable teaspoons later, first taste. Arghhh!! 100% salt. We call these booby traps. It's not April 1. It represented picking up after a 3 y/o. Plan B is a trip to the nearest DD on 117, east of Stow center. Some 15 mi RT I return, realizing what business in its right mind would be open at 0830 on Christmas morning, at least in a smallish, rural town such as Stow. Back to Plan A, Beth has found the coffee maker. Peter finally locates the sugar Mel put in the back of her cabinet - the sugar Beth bought a year ago. Before we return, we (dogs) visit Delaney wildlife. Signs say dogs on leash & poop pickup required. It's 18F, one vehicle in parking. Not sure I want to encounter anyone and likely have a chat about whether or not rules are the same on an 18F am as I'd expect them to be on a day like Labor Day or July 4th. Before coming in for the Plan A, drive to the end of Dunster (a dead-end street). Knew there were houses growing in the woods but hadn't been back in two years. Voila, a development 'wart' at the end of Dunster in Harvard Acres, a late '70s Deck house development in the days when deck house communities were being constructed in Concord, Carlisle, Acton etc. As a matter of fact, quite a few developments in this locality. I know I was quite disturbed by yesterday's destruction of the Sanctuary that was Doc Howard's property on the opposite side of Nottingcook. Finally bought a 305 - on Amazon, used, $130, plus $6 shipping. Such a 'contentious' search but an appropriate gift on an appropriate day. Other things I got on Christmas: a book on will power from Beth and the "$200 bottle of Scotch" I was merely joking about. I think the reasoning could have been that the latter would last indefinitely regardless of any potential benefit from the former. Also, finally, a poster of the tree of life for reference - on the back of the door going to the basement. Want to get the roots, trunk & branches straight - everything before HS... one tiny twig at the top. And God, knowing Man is such a loser, is someday going to cut the trunk at ground level with His chainsaw.
Wake up on Dunster St. in Stow at Mel & Peter's. Wake up in search of sugar molecules embedded in a cup of coffee. Beth is creating some coffee (creating because it's not straightforward at 6 Dunster for one reason or another). But, voila, a cup of coffee...but where is the sugar? Search the cabinets to no avail. Ah, right in the sugar bowl on the counter top in front of my very eyes if I'd looked! Two reasonable teaspoons later, first taste. Arghhh!! 100% salt. We call these booby traps. It's not April 1. It represented picking up after a 3 y/o. Plan B is a trip to the nearest DD on 117, east of Stow center. Some 15 mi RT I return, realizing what business in its right mind would be open at 0830 on Christmas morning, at least in a smallish, rural town such as Stow. Back to Plan A, Beth has found the coffee maker. Peter finally locates the sugar Mel put in the back of her cabinet - the sugar Beth bought a year ago. Before we return, we (dogs) visit Delaney wildlife. Signs say dogs on leash & poop pickup required. It's 18F, one vehicle in parking. Not sure I want to encounter anyone and likely have a chat about whether or not rules are the same on an 18F am as I'd expect them to be on a day like Labor Day or July 4th. Before coming in for the Plan A, drive to the end of Dunster (a dead-end street). Knew there were houses growing in the woods but hadn't been back in two years. Voila, a development 'wart' at the end of Dunster in Harvard Acres, a late '70s Deck house development in the days when deck house communities were being constructed in Concord, Carlisle, Acton etc. As a matter of fact, quite a few developments in this locality. I know I was quite disturbed by yesterday's destruction of the Sanctuary that was Doc Howard's property on the opposite side of Nottingcook. Finally bought a 305 - on Amazon, used, $130, plus $6 shipping. Such a 'contentious' search but an appropriate gift on an appropriate day. Other things I got on Christmas: a book on will power from Beth and the "$200 bottle of Scotch" I was merely joking about. I think the reasoning could have been that the latter would last indefinitely regardless of any potential benefit from the former. Also, finally, a poster of the tree of life for reference - on the back of the door going to the basement. Want to get the roots, trunk & branches straight - everything before HS... one tiny twig at the top. And God, knowing Man is such a loser, is someday going to cut the trunk at ground level with His chainsaw.
Saturday Dec 24, 2011 #
Orienteering 1:03:43 4.0 km (15:56 / km)
Ride around to Ordway Lane from Beth, walk/jog back with dogs. Fingers got cold in spite of gloves, left thumb too cold. Didn't need the compass anyway tho' could have made for more orienteering with. Logging at start was most disconcerting! Bad! Don't ever want to see again.
Route
Early on
Bog Meadow in blue
Route
Early on
Bog Meadow in blue
Friday Dec 23, 2011 #
Road running 54:23 [2] 5.5 mi (9:53 / mi)
Past noon Luti, shunpike mentality put aside. Drying after last night's rain, a few bright holes, patches of blue and right amount of bracing air. Still a SloGo - w/o Diane, even. Do get bored from repetition: made a few changes...grassy hypotenuse for two hardtop legs & later cut thru CHS athletic fields, rewarded with several hundred meters of very wet grass/running shoes & socks, the latter for the rest of the rather short pm. On SPS campus, saw all of three people, 2 were kids playing hockey in the drive. Strong is the 'go home for Christmas' impetus at such a private place tho' many families live on campus.
Another Friday: Friday has come fast the past three Fridays - it's Monday, then with breathtaking rapidity, it's Friday. It's Friday, then with even more breathtaking rapidity, it's Monday. Time's shifting perceptions, dysthymic cycling afoot? - who knows. One knows time is getting short! unless we are blithering about Geologic Time...now that's something worthy of caps.
Life can't be all bad. There's a box of Barnum's animal crackers on my desk. Beth buys these periodically for me when she's feeling positive about me. So this Friday, things are good, I guess. Animal crackers and Captain Crunch...indications of never having grown up. PB created a ruckus last winter with mention of the latter...a ruckus that went on nonstop for some 100 days - and only recently subsiding. That Bricker, at least this time it's ping pong...bong!...table tennis.
Any manner, shape or form: "TGIF" (and the eve of Christmas Eve points out Beth). With retirement, every day will be "ANOTHER". Been there before, still raced around like a headless chicken.
Mocha: "Are you nuts?"
Another Friday: Friday has come fast the past three Fridays - it's Monday, then with breathtaking rapidity, it's Friday. It's Friday, then with even more breathtaking rapidity, it's Monday. Time's shifting perceptions, dysthymic cycling afoot? - who knows. One knows time is getting short! unless we are blithering about Geologic Time...now that's something worthy of caps.
Life can't be all bad. There's a box of Barnum's animal crackers on my desk. Beth buys these periodically for me when she's feeling positive about me. So this Friday, things are good, I guess. Animal crackers and Captain Crunch...indications of never having grown up. PB created a ruckus last winter with mention of the latter...a ruckus that went on nonstop for some 100 days - and only recently subsiding. That Bricker, at least this time it's ping pong...bong!...table tennis.
Any manner, shape or form: "TGIF" (and the eve of Christmas Eve points out Beth). With retirement, every day will be "ANOTHER". Been there before, still raced around like a headless chicken.
Mocha: "Are you nuts?"
Thursday Dec 22, 2011 #
Walking 44:00 3.0 mi (14:40 / mi)
Winant Hill, parked at Auburn entrance. To top, around some & back. Could
see Monadnock. Certainly oversigned/blazed. 50F, almost eerie.
see Monadnock. Certainly oversigned/blazed. 50F, almost eerie.
Note
Solstice pondering
Summer sun lowering over the lake, Mohed, Sweden, site of last summer's
O-Ringen.
What more poignant of summer's evocative memory (in depths of winter) than
young people swimming in a far-away lake in a far-away land in a far
off-season?
Summer sun lowering over the lake, Mohed, Sweden, site of last summer's
O-Ringen.
What more poignant of summer's evocative memory (in depths of winter) than
young people swimming in a far-away lake in a far-away land in a far
off-season?
Wednesday Dec 21, 2011 #
Walking 35:00 [1] 1.5 mi (23:20 / mi)
PM DP, just at nightfall on a grimy, gray, rainy day in the hole of the year. Dressed up fine so as not feel whimpy when meeting the wet branches. No dog transport car - out the back which is thick in places. Maybe a year since passing thru the old Times Square...once a nice meeting of paths in a fairly mature pine forest. Aug 31, '01 produced a micro-burst that flattened the Square. Now it's full of white pines fighting 'a thick' for ascendency. Got to the PL where I could see well enough. Had considered the road for return but no leash/rope for dogs. So, started back into woods but didn't find the path I was looking for right off. So, hell, make the road after dark work...done it before. Stopped in the open (3 walls & roof) town storage bldg, one last search for a pc of rope. Think the supply dried up more than a yr ago but one can hope. No rope but in the head lamp beam, voila!: the missing mouse have-a-hart on a shelf on a wall. Had left it there some wks ago with a hesitant mouse - forgot to pick up. When Beth went to look, was gone. Interesting to find de novo in dark in the beam of a headlamp. Funny though, that I bought a replacement just today at Blue Seal. Was in search of an outdoor thermometer to replace one that had been visible outside on a tree for 10 yrs. Found a replacement & then saw the H&H section and the needed new one. Beth had said she wanted a second as the mouse-out-of-house business has been good. Bought it and then the eve's good fortune.... 2 Christmas gifts, humor & pragmatism-driven, of course. No more jewelry from the League shop. And, clothes, much too much of those. Only a trip to the Caribbean or Paris would be in the far-out league.... Solstice tomorrow, slowly leave the dark hole in the year behind.
Tuesday Dec 20, 2011 #
Road/trail 44:00 3.0 mi (14:40 / mi)
SPS wander, parked near top of Dunbarton Ext., down to the boathouse...the Light Calvary was coming the other way...possibly 12 vehicles, painfully spaced, in a veil of dust. Something going on at the boathouse - another 12ish still there. Not in 10 years have I seen more than 2 on that 0.4ish mi stretch. Took the 'rooty', rutted path along Turkey Pond - one to take maybe q 6 mos. When it freezes, running parallel to shore or most anywhere on the pond is more fun or interesting or both.
Monday Dec 19, 2011 #
Note
Faraway series, phtos from elsewhere, #87
"Exuberant festivity", Denver Civic Center, December, 1967
(in visiting: my mother lived in Denver at the time)
"Exuberant festivity", Denver Civic Center, December, 1967
(in visiting: my mother lived in Denver at the time)
Road running 58:30 [3] 6.1 mi (9:35 / mi) +125m 9:01 / mi
shoes: New Balance 1011
Fisk-Little Pond, CCW. Mostly calm, sunny, overdressed. Was 15F this am -
maybe hi 20s at 12:45., tad hot. 'Just do it' was the goal.
maybe hi 20s at 12:45., tad hot. 'Just do it' was the goal.
Sunday Dec 18, 2011 #
Walking 38:00 [1] 1.0 km (38:00 / km)
DP with Beth. Cold in shade. OCAD for refreshing, dusted off file etc.
Pause to ponder
Pause to ponder
Saturday Dec 17, 2011 #
Walking 18:00 [1] 0.7 mi (25:42 / mi)
Back gravel pit, right into woods with the NW wind right behind. Went into the large depression & walked the nearby woods. Couldn't recall a few of the boulders I mapped in '06-7.
Orienteering 16:34 [4] 1.87 km (8:52 / km) +30m 8:12 / km
Mini-sprint. Huff & puffed, did not loosen up, did not have map & compass either. Missed one and 2 for lack of m & c, 4 more deadfall than other times, 6 ran to left, got below depression. OK considering. Slowest of 4, no surprise. Let dogs come along. Didn't last time, don't think at all but it's only 15'-16' - so whom I kidding...who's more beat? Borrowed distance, still no 305.
Friday Dec 16, 2011 #
Walking 15:00 [1] 0.5 mi (29:59 / mi)
Blustery, blue morning. December moon high in sky.
Trail/woods running 34:00 3.5 mi (9:43 / mi)
SPS, apple orchard near the field house. Ran/jogged 12 laps of perimeter, 2 lvl effort alt. w/ 4 lvl., 1:45-2:00/lap. Field sloped at maybe 10 deg. Nice place to do it - no cars, enough irregular footing to pay slight attention vs the routine of a flat track surface. Walked back to car, no hurry mon.
Note
TGIF - nice to have no plans, I think. Certainly nice not to drive any distance. Noted energy in western MA for a FP 5k & BP's tackling a 1600m. I'll put such display of energy on a wish-to-do list and save it for a while.
"TGIF it's spring" ('03) says the duo. "We'll be glad to keep out of your garden if you take us somewhere fun for a fling".
"TGIF it's spring" ('03) says the duo. "We'll be glad to keep out of your garden if you take us somewhere fun for a fling".
Thursday Dec 15, 2011 #
Walking 24:00 [1] 1.0 mi (24:00 / mi)
AM DP, warmish, cloudy. Started on figure 8 loop but got bright idea of plunging into First Block, avoiding the constraint of (boring) habit. Followed familiar - when that disappeared wandered along easiest route til next familiar and so forth back to start. Everyone pleased.
4 days, 4 mice - would suffice - cast outside with most everywhere to hide.
4 days, 4 mice - would suffice - cast outside with most everywhere to hide.
Note
Had something in mind at noon but it seemed so unappealingly raw. Yet when I almost forgot a meeting at 1:30 & had to hustle outside to get there, it seemed entirely ok.
BOS meeting last night discussed Ordway Lane. Sad story for conservation it seems. Sat in both Doc Howard and Jet Jennings' kitchens (as a stranger), both old-fashioned, friendly people who gave me permission to map their property in '06. Now both are dead. Conservation (or otherwise politics) on Ordway Lane have frustrated BBC chair who has all but given up. Doc Howard had 140 ac there, now in control of family members who don't live in Bow. I think Jet J has a son quite close, on edge of map. One 5 house subdiv apparently in the works. Really don't want to drive over there to see the changes. There is also 'Intent to Log' on another property adjacent to Nottingcook. Alex Slocum (MIT commuting prof who lives on adjacent Merrill Crossing) may be helpful in keeping that corner of town from going to the dogs. I've encountered him on a few runs. We hit it up, as it were, re running the Charles basin. He came to the "07 O meet. Believe he sent 3 sons to MIT - kadley-like. Will have to check all facts & leads!
"Ordway Corner": Ordway La front & center, Merrill Crossing running NE off map to right. Doc Howard's classic old house left upper, Jet Jennings' to NE of that. Dennis Ordway to left of "T" junction (another Ordway across the street; mapped cemetery is Ordway as well) and Alex Slocum lower right. I'm afraid to guess exactly where the new lane will finally be. 'Sickening' is the word that comes to mind in such instances. A lot of nice woods to N/NW/NE of the first two places noted.
BOS meeting last night discussed Ordway Lane. Sad story for conservation it seems. Sat in both Doc Howard and Jet Jennings' kitchens (as a stranger), both old-fashioned, friendly people who gave me permission to map their property in '06. Now both are dead. Conservation (or otherwise politics) on Ordway Lane have frustrated BBC chair who has all but given up. Doc Howard had 140 ac there, now in control of family members who don't live in Bow. I think Jet J has a son quite close, on edge of map. One 5 house subdiv apparently in the works. Really don't want to drive over there to see the changes. There is also 'Intent to Log' on another property adjacent to Nottingcook. Alex Slocum (MIT commuting prof who lives on adjacent Merrill Crossing) may be helpful in keeping that corner of town from going to the dogs. I've encountered him on a few runs. We hit it up, as it were, re running the Charles basin. He came to the "07 O meet. Believe he sent 3 sons to MIT - kadley-like. Will have to check all facts & leads!
"Ordway Corner": Ordway La front & center, Merrill Crossing running NE off map to right. Doc Howard's classic old house left upper, Jet Jennings' to NE of that. Dennis Ordway to left of "T" junction (another Ordway across the street; mapped cemetery is Ordway as well) and Alex Slocum lower right. I'm afraid to guess exactly where the new lane will finally be. 'Sickening' is the word that comes to mind in such instances. A lot of nice woods to N/NW/NE of the first two places noted.
C • Link 2
Wednesday Dec 14, 2011 #
Trail/woods running 40:00 3.5 mi (11:26 / mi)
SPS wander, still in far from madding crowd, solstice-approaching WDD mode. Along bike path by 89, under bridge over Turkey Pond extension, then along rough path. Up a spur (same one maybe 5 years ago) - then thru woods which had been logged so not so nice. Surprise was supposed to await but came out on Dunbarton Rd. extension to boat house so that backfired.
Tuesday Dec 13, 2011 #
Walking 15:00 [1]
Cold DP, played hide & seek which livens up the activity. Nose to ground, easily found.
Track 35:00 3.0 mi (11:40 / mi)
SPS XC & track, another fine day & noon hour. Back to SPS for lack of a better idea. Ended up at track. Ran a few 400s around 7:20 pace, some 200s as well. No obligations. Was in running shorts. Warm enough I had to run a lap w/o a shirt (made sure no one was in sight) & did so. Only 100m of chill in the SW curve. Probably a December first for me in New England.
Monday Dec 12, 2011 #
Walking 19:00 [1] 0.7 mi (27:08 / mi)
Cold morn, stayed in sun as much as possible - nights of bright moon light, cloudless mornings.
Track 35:00 [3] 3.0 mi (11:40 / mi)
SPS track after MSO, eg, 1:45, near 50F. Tried some 200s, 2 400s at up to (all of) 6:40 pace. Work at first, got easier, removed running pants which helped as well. Long time no see at track. Maybe a few returns if wx permits. So important for pace perspective, even if it is the bottom of the year. Plodding along at 9:45-11'/mi isn't fooling anyone:-).
Note
Faraway series, photos from elsewhere, #86
Coal market day, Castries, St. Lucia, W.I., 1985.
Coal market day, Castries, St. Lucia, W.I., 1985.
C • St L 3
Sunday Dec 11, 2011 #
Walking 28:00 [1] 1.0 mi (28:00 / mi)
DP, end of Parson's. Took a compass but instead followed blazes in opposite direction - came to a corner. Definitely will need to learn what Meadowsend intentions are. Selective cutting inside - lots of sunlight & rough open (and brashings on the ground). 25F, cold in shadow.
Orienteering 1:09:42 [2] 3.55 mi (19:38 / mi)
Bear Brook green from Boulder Dash. Thin sun, cold in woods for quite a while. Seems colder with 32F and bare ground than 25F with snow - must be the mind set. Goal was to be in map contact - pretty good for the most part, cp1 the worst, some of #6. Both feet sore which doesn't help with any attempt at fluidity. Not A meet "charged" by any means. Felt lonely. Interesting to go back after 2 months. Lots of recollections. Even back to bugginess of last June-July when even a hernia was blossoming. Borrowed a distance, left out climb.
BB green.
BB green.
Wood hauling/stacking 1:00:00 [1]
More slave labor - got all the wood split, maybe more than a cord. Lots of lifting/lugging. 5 mg valium at hs was perfect last night.
Saturday Dec 10, 2011 #
Event: UNO local
Walking 18:00 [1] 0.5 mi (35:59 / mi)
DP into woods, down old path looking used & was...large hunter's perch about 20' up in tree. Substantial & solid: "Field & Stream" printed on metal. Locked to tree in 2 places, probably worth $500 or more. Walked thru thick green pine for the fun of it. Nice to free roam again.
Wood hauling/stacking 1:30:00 [1]
Cutting/splitting/hauling. Can feel lumbago coming on. Had to lift some hefty green wood to get it to/on splitter. Finally got the twin trees upright by the brook - one step at a time over months! Chainsaw puzzles...wood under stress? what might ensue? A Bow cop managed to kill himself in his back yard in a chain saw accident about 18 months ago.
Originally had thought an UNO meet this weekend but seems to be only bike O. Will visit BB tomorrow - nice weather Sunday, too.
Found myself inadvertently bidding on eBay for a 305 earlier - did not go to eBay but the site I was using (Zewee) had a link that took me there though it was not initially apparent. A 305 for $51?, even used. What got to me was no matter how fast I made a new, increased bid, I was told I was outbid...too fast for my sense of fair play - no way it could work that way honestly...? As a trial, I bid asap maybe 5 times and was outbid every time. Price reached $98 when I reverted to 'might as well buy a new one'. Who cares to participate in a bid war when there are things to do outside.
Originally had thought an UNO meet this weekend but seems to be only bike O. Will visit BB tomorrow - nice weather Sunday, too.
Found myself inadvertently bidding on eBay for a 305 earlier - did not go to eBay but the site I was using (Zewee) had a link that took me there though it was not initially apparent. A 305 for $51?, even used. What got to me was no matter how fast I made a new, increased bid, I was told I was outbid...too fast for my sense of fair play - no way it could work that way honestly...? As a trial, I bid asap maybe 5 times and was outbid every time. Price reached $98 when I reverted to 'might as well buy a new one'. Who cares to participate in a bid war when there are things to do outside.
C • ebay 3
Friday Dec 9, 2011 #
Walking 20:00 [1] 0.8 mi (25:01 / mi)
Slough & back, grey, calm. Water like glass. Walked on edge of woods returning. Hunters seem to be gone for another season. Mouse evicted today & yesterday.
Walking 35:00 3.0 mi (11:40 / mi)
Noon Shunpike wander, avoid people/vehicles. Got on other side of Langley
where it was too wet to continue on path. Muddy cornfields but ok on grass
alongside. Back into woods, revisited the homeless person's site - not
there in 9 mos? Had been replenished & re-destroyed. Lots of litter: pads of
paper, some printed "Jane Patten" on top. Food, tins, books, stuff and more stuff, all waterlogged - even unused Christmas cards. Opened a case that appeared it might contain a musical instrument but it did not - it did contain my favorite small mammal...a mouse, peering back, that seemed to say "what are you doing, peering into my house". Continued across grassy fields toward a warm sun into warm wind. In a month it should be all skateable surface.
where it was too wet to continue on path. Muddy cornfields but ok on grass
alongside. Back into woods, revisited the homeless person's site - not
there in 9 mos? Had been replenished & re-destroyed. Lots of litter: pads of
paper, some printed "Jane Patten" on top. Food, tins, books, stuff and more stuff, all waterlogged - even unused Christmas cards. Opened a case that appeared it might contain a musical instrument but it did not - it did contain my favorite small mammal...a mouse, peering back, that seemed to say "what are you doing, peering into my house". Continued across grassy fields toward a warm sun into warm wind. In a month it should be all skateable surface.
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"Here's lookin' at ya"* says Zoe some time ago. Friday be the day when all workers unite. Z., too (tending her whelping box).
*Humphrey Bogart, CASABLANCA, 1942.
*Humphrey Bogart, CASABLANCA, 1942.
Thursday Dec 8, 2011 #
Walking 25:00 [1] 1.0 mi (25:00 / mi)
DP with Beth around first loop in forest. Lots of rain & wind last night. Brook very high. Cold fingers.
Trail/woods running 25:00 [2] 2.5 mi (10:00 / mi)
PM DP, about same as AM with pass thru old ride, now an indistinct path. No one else - big moon (December is the "Cold Moon"), one eve from full, maybe. Wind finally died.
Note
Two days ago was rear-ended in downtown Concord while stopping at a pedestrian crossing - not hard but hard enough that I expected a crushed/splintered bumper. Got out, a young man so very concerned!, asked if I was alright. He could not have been more genuinely apologetic. Amazingly, I did not see anything but black paint on the bumper which evidently gave with the force. There was really nothing to outwardly fret about. I took his name, Tyler Burley, and phone #. The plate was a paper temporary on a Darth Vader-looking jeep. There was an older woman in the front passenger seat. I asked for his address...he said words to the effect that he didn't know...! Strange but seeing as I could see no damage, I let it go. He said something about driver ed. I indicated this was some ed. experience. We parted. A few hours later, in returning from my noon hour run, I was approaching the car directly from the rear...a dent or a reflection? Turns out it was/is a dent but not enough for a follow-up fuss. At one point, had considered verifying the phone # but wasn't worth it. But imagine my surprise when I took the MONITOR out of the mailbox this eve...front page: "Teen faces charges in stabbing - man's injuries life-threatening". "Tyler Burley, 17, will be arraigned this morning...." He was so apologetic! The stabbing occurred on the weekend, before our meeting. No wonder his concern....
On another note...
December reflections in the NNH campus pond
Swollen stream out front this morning
On another note...
December reflections in the NNH campus pond
Swollen stream out front this morning
Wednesday Dec 7, 2011 #
gym 30:00 [1]
Yuk of a day, heavy rain at times, dark & drear. PM gym w/o w/o much enthusiasm. Met Beth there, BAM after. Ran into Udo at Staples. Searched EMS for lanyard setup for next 305.
Biking 10:00 [3] 1.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
Had 3X5' in mind at 4 effort but departed to go read magazines instead...work hardening indeed is required for me for use of PF-type environment. Need some interesting pod casts to lighten up the load.
Read of a Williams college (alma mater) sophomore who ran 20:52 for 6k to win the NCAA Div 3 XC champs in WI. Finished 55th last year...took her interim training seriously!
Read of a Williams college (alma mater) sophomore who ran 20:52 for 6k to win the NCAA Div 3 XC champs in WI. Finished 55th last year...took her interim training seriously!
Tuesday Dec 6, 2011 #
Road/trail 40:02 [2] 3.5 mi (11:26 / mi)
South St., Iron Works w/ some fields added for not taking Rollins route, back on Clinton. Warm day! Did not have t shirt - made do with turtle neck but too hot. Right MTP sore but works. 59F at 5pm. Went to the printing shop, front door wide open.
Monday Dec 5, 2011 #
Walking 15:00 [1] 0.6 mi (24:59 / mi)
DP, some mist, warm day in store. Quiet, calm, empty.
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Faraway series, photos from elsewhere, #85
The oldest orienteer, WMOC '06
92, from Finland
The oldest orienteer, WMOC '06
92, from Finland
Trail/woods running 35:00 2.8 mi (12:30 / mi)
Noon, to Memorial, one lap on track & then fields with their expectant
signs re nordic & snow & rules. Over by Pleasant View & back on road.
Evolved to 1/3rd walking - no hurry, take it easy. Nice to have no specific
complaint after BHT, HP, 2 sprints & Cardigan. Maybe Exeter TF this
weekend to close shop for the season.
signs re nordic & snow & rules. Over by Pleasant View & back on road.
Evolved to 1/3rd walking - no hurry, take it easy. Nice to have no specific
complaint after BHT, HP, 2 sprints & Cardigan. Maybe Exeter TF this
weekend to close shop for the season.
Sunday Dec 4, 2011 #
Hiking 2:31:00 [1] 5.6 mi (26:58 / mi) +595m 20:16 / mi
Mt Cardigan hike with George, Jenny & Beth. Perfect day for such - gentle, even warm at start, cloudless, calm until the hut. Summit was windy, maybe 30mph. Great views. Some ice on trails, but bare granite on summit. Dogs relegated to car - too much climb for old guys. George moved right along - fastest of the hikers in sight & he needs a second hip replaced! Distance per AMC trail guide. Missed that 305... Nice dinner w/ conversation re WOC'76 Aviemore, GBTC, Liberty AC, CSU etc. Alexandria is as rural as we usually get in NH - lovely setting.
Mt. Cardigan trail.
View from summit to north toward Newfound Lake
Summit visitor of long ago
Dike
Mt. Cardigan trail.
View from summit to north toward Newfound Lake
Summit visitor of long ago
Dike
Saturday Dec 3, 2011 #
Event: NEOC: Cemetery Hill
Orienteering race 35:05 [3] 3.1 mi (11:19 / mi)
Sprints at Cemetery Hill. Nice sprint map/courses. Thanks, Phil! Perfect weather! as long as not standing still too long. Inattentive at times, too little route contemplation.
Should have contemplated the history of NSH & the poor souls who existed & died there! Ran off, forgot to.
First sprint: missed #7 because I expected to see it easily - did not focus on what feature was. Had I known I was looking for a boulder cluster, I would have gone right to it. At least a minute.
15 - needed to stay high, did not & then had to climb - maybe 30" & then did not go directly - another 20"?
17 - too far right, not careful enough - maybe 45".
18 - right below me but did not see it/leading feature - 15"
That adds up to 3', so some more somewhere. Lost the 305 (looked at wrist after last cp - not there). Hindsight - should have gone right back & redone the entire course. Did not have any falls with which to help pinpoint where - & no split recording. A mystery.....
The discussion
Should have contemplated the history of NSH & the poor souls who existed & died there! Ran off, forgot to.
First sprint: missed #7 because I expected to see it easily - did not focus on what feature was. Had I known I was looking for a boulder cluster, I would have gone right to it. At least a minute.
15 - needed to stay high, did not & then had to climb - maybe 30" & then did not go directly - another 20"?
17 - too far right, not careful enough - maybe 45".
18 - right below me but did not see it/leading feature - 15"
That adds up to 3', so some more somewhere. Lost the 305 (looked at wrist after last cp - not there). Hindsight - should have gone right back & redone the entire course. Did not have any falls with which to help pinpoint where - & no split recording. A mystery.....
The discussion
C • 305 4
Orienteering race 31:15 [3] 3.1 km (10:05 / km)
Better - chase start. Dean S ahead. Caught him at 1 when he ran by it. But he was up the hill faster - in sight thru 4. Very wet feet south of 4. Caught Dean again at 7 when he & Steve & Mika all convened there. 4 of us to 8. Then Dean got in green so three of us. Mika got thru some green faster, got ahead of Steve & I 11 & we were bit to right at 12. I stupidly ran into a cul-de-sac to 13, effectively letting them go on their merry way. Lost 90". Had a face-to-face on the way to 15 with both! Joe B coming the other way & then he caught me on way to 16 - then I recognized it was Joe, hop on his coattails. - he got to 16, led to 17, waited for me in a tease-fashion & we "sprinted" in, Joe making sure he punched first:-). Not sure the cameras were whirring. Hamstring is not grumpy this morning which is most encouraging.
Nice time. Beth & dogs along, Beth got to shop in Northampton. She has ancient hx here as Peter, her ,deaf son, attended Clark school there 40 years ago. 202 W & route 2 east - bare, pretty countryside.
After, visited Colleen & Jim.
Would the real Mocha please pause for recognition?
Nice time. Beth & dogs along, Beth got to shop in Northampton. She has ancient hx here as Peter, her ,deaf son, attended Clark school there 40 years ago. 202 W & route 2 east - bare, pretty countryside.
After, visited Colleen & Jim.
Would the real Mocha please pause for recognition?
Friday Dec 2, 2011 #
Road/trail 12:00 [2] 1.0 mi (12:00 / mi)
PM DP, gray, rain-like. Left work early - had been there 12 days in a row. To slough & back. Sprints tomorrow, not much to do but see what goes. Encountered a woman (seen her before but not talked) with 4 goldens. Chatted briefly. Z&M surprisingly not so interested. M in heat, one of the g's was most interested - M is a lesbian bitch, tho! We decided that after trying to mate her with various suitable suitors.
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Mouse chronicles, Friday pm....
Caught a mouse last weekend. Tried to get it in a cage & it got away from me - ran into adjacent bathroom sink basin & considered diving down the drain:-). Oh, what a pain that would have been! Left him to himself in the BR & he made it somewhere else w/o mishap. Beth put the trap on the floor in the bathroom, & voila, next am, same mouse, same irresistible peanut butter. We got sl. smarter, put him in the mouse box (with the gauze top) we'd used for Tiki. Well, next thing, this mouse had figured he could cling to the gauze & push a hole thru with his nose & be free (in the bedroom this time). But, trusty peanut butter, same result. Now the mouse is waiting for the Tiki (who hasn't seen another mouse since 10/09 when Beth found) intro exp't. to continue. 2 mice in a cage...what is likelihood of little mice? options: 2 males, 2 females or one male, one female= 1 in 3, 33%?. Actually, answer is 50% - not intuitively obvious to me but I am not a statistician (could be one female and one male...).
How wacky is this? Not as wacky as the behavior of the state house Republicans, I'm sure of that.
Circling the drain last week:
towel covering overflow hole which a former mouse had used...
# mice evicted for not paying rent after returning from Scotland O meet, '09 (c. 30).
Caught a mouse last weekend. Tried to get it in a cage & it got away from me - ran into adjacent bathroom sink basin & considered diving down the drain:-). Oh, what a pain that would have been! Left him to himself in the BR & he made it somewhere else w/o mishap. Beth put the trap on the floor in the bathroom, & voila, next am, same mouse, same irresistible peanut butter. We got sl. smarter, put him in the mouse box (with the gauze top) we'd used for Tiki. Well, next thing, this mouse had figured he could cling to the gauze & push a hole thru with his nose & be free (in the bedroom this time). But, trusty peanut butter, same result. Now the mouse is waiting for the Tiki (who hasn't seen another mouse since 10/09 when Beth found) intro exp't. to continue. 2 mice in a cage...what is likelihood of little mice? options: 2 males, 2 females or one male, one female= 1 in 3, 33%?. Actually, answer is 50% - not intuitively obvious to me but I am not a statistician (could be one female and one male...).
How wacky is this? Not as wacky as the behavior of the state house Republicans, I'm sure of that.
Circling the drain last week:
towel covering overflow hole which a former mouse had used...
# mice evicted for not paying rent after returning from Scotland O meet, '09 (c. 30).
Thursday Dec 1, 2011 #
Walking 22:00 [1] 0.9 mi (24:27 / mi)
December! Started toward slough but didn't care for the wind. Went to kettle hole and then thru Sandbox. Bright blue, brrrish, 31days til 2012....
Trail/woods running 39:05 3.9 mi (10:01 / mi)
SPS wander, past spanking new soccer field with artificial turf, later new science building - impressed how g-maps sat photos are UTD - even have contemporary Sandbox contours out back. Ham throbs. Did some 40 on, 15 secs off for touch anaerobic. Not really tickled pink with the throbbing. HP meet was rough on it, in hindsight. Saturday's sprints should
be interesting.
SPS
be interesting.
SPS