Training Log Archive: bl

Dog pacification, bright, chilly. Trails groomed for snowmobiling (Fri eve) which made them hard & easy to jog on. Should go back before tomorrow's snow.

A Set of loops

Ran home from east end of South Bow Road. Beth dropped me off in returning from Manchester. 4 miles on the edge of Nottingcook map.

Went back to Nottingcook loop for skate ski just before last light. Was waffling but ever present dog nag &, more importantly, groomed, good surface that will be gone in am, won the toss. 4 snowmobiles but light enough, lit the surface yellow fm behind as first sign, most surprised to encounter on that particular section of trail, early birds. 5 miles for dogs means Zoe will be glued to floor until the morning.

Belly-up Mocha this morning, died and gone to heaven...

Ran home fm Garry's, got out of work early, car not ready. Nice to be headed south with a tail wind, day not too old. Get out of work early...my face a moderate mess due to probable poison sumac in brush burned last Sat/Sun - looking pretty ugly but nothing wrong with energy...taking some prednisone.
Did 6 splits fm standard run home fm work & they were comparable to some of better runs home last spring - must be rested fm 2 days' skiing.

Saw flock of robins enroute & again just by Garry's as Beth was dropping me off. Also, caught a mouse (none since the the influx with arrival of cold), so now a new member of the household & will likely have to find a thread left unfinished. No cats anymore, Pooka in '08, Scotty not 2 wks ago, eighteen years of cats.

Alpine at Sunapee, perhaps a form of cheating in a log.... Plenty of fresh air, balance challenge (no falls), isometric quad exercises. Seems a shame not to vote some credit for a pm well spent outdoors. Windy, snow showers. 36 mi to slope fm NHH. Pd $40 for late start to half day. Better to arr at 2pm, pay $20 for 2 hrs. & call it quits...esp useful for those who live really close.

Lake Sunapee glimpse...

Winter storm watch type of day. Slushy roads, hospital parking lot makes bad look worse. Went to SPS (which looked ever so much cleaner/better) for ski. Overlooked fact that I could not drive thru SPS so used XC run route which made distance covered easy to tell. Only 1 loop as I had to get bk to work. Should be groomed/good Friday. Alpine tomorrow pm at Sunapee is expectation. Managing 4-5 pm's downhill helps liven up winter. So would Caribbean sailing.....

Nice sunny, blue-dome midday. Ran by SPS nordic ski loop, realized I probably should have been skiing for variety.

SloGo w/ Diane, her complaining about the man in her life. She ran 12 mi on both Sat & Sun. Nice temp, legs felt good.

Over Wood Hill loop, cw, most of climb in first 2 miles, low 30's, bright/sunny, nice. Took along a Scottish 5 days map, wondered why I made a bunch of route choices that I did. Also, West Point 1 to 15 which takes a certain mindset to dive in to. Started before any doldrums might have arrived.

Going to work, Brae Burn GC, Newton, Ma., winter '77...