Training Log Archive: blIn the 7 days ending Feb 12, 2011:
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| « | » |
| » now | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||||||||||
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | |||||||||||||||||
Saturday Feb 12, 2011 #
Event: Balsams Ski-O
Skate skiing 53:00 3.35 mi (15:49 / mi)
PM DP, one of three for the day. This on skate skis w/ dogs - much of surface was hard/crusty, bit of a rogue's gallery for skate ski. 26', 2.5 mi
First DP was at Rollins Park on way to town; got out of parking lot by walking in others' tracks. 12', 0.4 mi
Middle one was a Dillon DP on the SS course around the house as in Grandpa attention detail. A cute little devil - 20' of "sitting" for him in the house means not 10" can go by w/o noting what he's up to and likely preventing it from happening. A lot easier outside with a track he can't escape. Sure fell a lot. Wearing Grandma's gloves & hat (his not convenient) which came off a lot - not a whiner. 15', 0.35mi
Dillon pacification
First DP was at Rollins Park on way to town; got out of parking lot by walking in others' tracks. 12', 0.4 mi
Middle one was a Dillon DP on the SS course around the house as in Grandpa attention detail. A cute little devil - 20' of "sitting" for him in the house means not 10" can go by w/o noting what he's up to and likely preventing it from happening. A lot easier outside with a track he can't escape. Sure fell a lot. Wearing Grandma's gloves & hat (his not convenient) which came off a lot - not a whiner. 15', 0.35mi
Dillon pacification
12 PM
Road/trail 59:28 2.61 mi (22:47 / mi) +56m 21:22 / mi
Out the door on waxless, in need of trying skiing on top of crust. No eye contact w/ dogs...could see Z looking out thru window. Crust supported, a bit too much pine debris but excellent in open, esp. on slough. Woods were quite passable due to depth of snow. Took off skis to come down deepest part & was up to knees. Warm.
Friday Feb 11, 2011 #
Road running 1:00:59 [3] 6.6 mi (9:14 / mi)
shoes: Brooks Defyance
Luti w/ Ironworks spliced on. Fine February midday. 0.5 mi of
snow/ice, rest dry pavement. More caution than I remember on the ice - well, no point in falling. Warm sun heading south, should've kept going. Good sign to have chosen/done!
Old routes combined
snow/ice, rest dry pavement. More caution than I remember on the ice - well, no point in falling. Warm sun heading south, should've kept going. Good sign to have chosen/done!
Old routes combined
Weightexercise workout 30:00 [1]
At the Testosterone Institute, aka BBC.
A Friday memento: Duke at Richardson La., 1965 w/ a '62 Olds 98 that had automatic everything...wow wee!
A Friday memento: Duke at Richardson La., 1965 w/ a '62 Olds 98 that had automatic everything...wow wee!
Thursday Feb 10, 2011 #
Skate skiing 47:00 [2] 4.5 mi (10:27 / mi)
At SPS, crusty/slithery in shade, softer in sun. Groomer passed thru & made it very nice. Another part had 1/2" powder on crust & that was fine, too.
Chickens out enjoying the day.
Chickens out enjoying the day.
Walking 10:00 [1]
PM DP, just around dark (but a bunch after 5pm!). Able to walk on SS track w/o falling thru. Winter can be nice!
The looking glass looking back
The looking glass looking back
Wednesday Feb 9, 2011 #
Classic skiing 12:00 [2] 0.5 mi (23:59 / mi)
Short DP more to see if the crust would hold - which it did which made for any direction that suited. Dogs stayed on top about half the time - but annoyance may not be in their psyche. Skied along the SS tracks which are hard surface now. Where yesterday's snow fell off the branches, crust was rough. What a change from 24 hrs ago!
Road running 57:33 6.2 mi (9:17 / mi) +120m 8:45 / mi
shoes: Brooks Defyance
1pm, Fisk-Little Pond, cw. Cold at start, where will is wondering but get going, get out of wind, get away from cars, get warmed up & things get better. Good energy.
Classic skiing 12:00 [1] 0.4 mi (29:59 / mi)
Like the AM, get on skis & walkabout, watch the dogs struggle. Mocha went back to the house as tummy was paramount.
Tuesday Feb 8, 2011 #
Snow shovelling 20:00 [1]
Mix of DP, photo excursion & shovel/rake on a warm, breathless morning
Nature's delicate tracery before the day's first breath
Nature's delicate tracery before the day's first breath
Skate skiing 45:00 [3] 4.5 mi (10:00 / mi)
at White Farm, warm, wind in the open, found a long stretch in the lee of trees.
Weightexercise workout 30:00 [1]
Snowshoes 15:00 [1] 0.3 mi (49:59 / mi)
PM DP, not by choice. Beth has been at work all day, not home when I got here. Nice tho'...with dark coming, waves of white in the woods, new, dry cold weather. Dogs don't break thru on SS track. Maybe cold will make a crust that could support skis - that would be fun.
Monday Feb 7, 2011 #
Road running 52:20 [3] 5.5 mi (9:31 / mi)
@ noon, Luti 5, warm, shed hat & hand cover, still too hot. Even Clinton was agreeable.
Skate skiing 21:00 [3] 1.9 mi (11:03 / mi)
Skate - thought dogs were going to be part of equation but they were out shopping. Soft snowmobile track, a lot of ruts & small ridges of raised snow - quite a few places that call for herringbone. Marathon skate for the most part. A few level places where it's ready fun. Warm & quiet.
Note
Faraway series, photos from elsewhere, #52
"Guitarist with audience" (self-portrait), June, 1974, Somesville, Maine.
(Duke, 1965-79)
"Guitarist with audience" (self-portrait), June, 1974, Somesville, Maine.
(Duke, 1965-79)
Sunday Feb 6, 2011 #
Snow shovelling 45:00 [1]
More shoveling & raking. Was able to remove (wacking with a hatchet) quite a bit of ice dam as it was warm enough and mandatory.... One 10 lb piece, falling almost 4', just missed the left foot before I became wise.
Skate skiing 21:00 [2] 2.1 mi (10:00 / mi)
PM DP - was tired & done for the day but it was so inviting (34F, calm, soft even) & dogs so pleading. Slithery surface of soft, packed snowmobile & a tad crusty in places.
All quiet on the evening front as Super Bowl kickoff is imminent.
All quiet on the evening front as Super Bowl kickoff is imminent.
10 AM
Classic skiing 1:20:16 [2] 4.95 mi (16:13 / mi) +97m 15:17 / mi
Went to Bear Brook, arrived around 10:30, temp was 35F. Had wind & freezing rain last night. Track had some debris & was a bit crusty but good. A lot of bending over for pine boughs, however. Had to turn around in one place where there was what appeared to be logging vs blowdown. Whatever, the trail disappeared in the mess & it did not seem worth it to find it on the other side. Saw one woman on SS with 3 dogs coming from the opposite direction doing noticeable "damage" to the XC track. Coming home, saw one shirtless fellow shoveling his roof & a local out in T shirt & shorts also shoveling.
Always admire this small stretch at BB, planted, elegant
Always admire this small stretch at BB, planted, elegant
