Training Log Archive: bl

SPS ramble, warm but breezy, dry. No fdf's in preppy SPS woods. Stopped by Bassi's but no answer to cowbell. Thru construction & then XC course, wishing I was running the splits like the 'old' days instead like just plain old. Had gallon of water in trunk & some for washing off salt was just the right thing - cooler quicker.

PM DP, wanted to get out & remind myself why we tend to stay out of NE summer woods*. FDF's ran right over, greeting me in large numbers. Toured the Bower loop, dogs finding every mud-hole they could (& this outing was their idea). We emerged in sunlight, Zoe breathing like a hot panther, Mocha snapping at her tormentors. Still, what would we do without such opportunities:-).

*also to loosen up after sailing (a lot of sitting in general) as well as bus & train today.

Faraway series, photos from elsewhere, #22
Rorschach, Pamlico Sound, fall, 1984

Walk on Metinic Island (wsw part of chart) with Beth...sheep, gulls, nesting terns mostly. Privately owned by the Post family for a long, long time. Baaing of sheep was so Hebridean/Scottish but no bracken. Had considered a run but was tired & it would have been a bit antisocial as well.

Like ducks in a row



Pecking order



Cart track to north end of Metinic

Event: US Sprint/Middle/Long Championships
 

Friday/Saturday boat launch, could have run early Friday am but it seemed more another thing to do rather than something I wanted to do. Left Kittery at 2115 - a fovorable wind swathed in moonlight was not to be a lost opportunity no matter how tired.

Drove to SPS, rain clouds on the march. SPS XC once, (18:48, 2.1) but not a second time - was stiffling w/o any air moving. 5' walk & then 20' along
Silk Farm to long field where there was breeze, by telescopes & bk on SF
just as rain arrived, mid-80s.

incl 7' walk/jog.


Today is boat-out-of the-drive day which makes for more/different options
at home - visit Bear Brook & try out the new map one of these days.
It's a bit like prom or graduation day - come home, empty nest (big navigable space) after nearly 8 months, welcome change.

Of the earth




For the sea


"In May when sea winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Rhodora in
the woods..."

SloGo with Diane, Luti w/ SPS construction detour. Painful on Clinton when sun was out from behind clouds - needed a headband. Haven't run with the Princess much in the past 2 months - schedule changes mostly.

PM DP to get away from driveway chores, eg, boat departure.