Training Log Archive: bl

West End farm trail, something Liz told me about. So why not. 7.25mi, missed the trail twice so a bit longer. Very pretty route thru woods, some fields, along a few roads finishing at Carter Hill Orchards. Recognized a stretch north of Rossview from old lunch hour loops. Quite a few people out, not many going from one end to the other however. Tired by end. Hills & occ rocky footing became wearing. Feet ibuprofen-sore these days. Beth dropped me off at Silk Farm & picked up at Carter Hill.

Nottingcook wander, out around 2p, pest assuaging as well of course. Drove to WH Rd & then up PL to high point, into woods, right behind Dawkins' barn & then trails & 2 skips in woods. Overdressed - turned out to be quite mild/pleasant. Trails I saw were in good condition but hard to see with leaf cover. Sans blazes, one would not be able to stay on parts. Should have had a map - vis was excellent, could have checked for quality.... Passed Sambo's very energetic project - early 19th century house being brought forward to contemporary times.

Heard a bang on the window earlier:

half the time, they're dead.

Later this white-breasted nuthatch ? was recuperating in a nearby tree.

Weights-stretching

Elliptical 4x4'. Day began white w/ drizzle, later rain. No out-of-door inspiration.

Granite state

Season's change
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Saturday, March 20, 2010

DP, 31F, blue dome, light NW wind. Walked across the ridge comprising the S border of the Arena, the waving brown grass on either side lit by the low sun - thinking ‘shucks, no camera’. Then into the woods, really open by local standards. Got near a house & of course, dogs disappeared. Don’t visit that area much any more - doubt anyone does. Very pleasant. Then back into the sun’s relative warmth.

Blackbrook-Purgatory Pond, cw, Election Day special in that I got Beth to bike along for company. Chilly, calm, sunny. Went to Purgatory Pond for lunch after - lovely pond, had never seen it.

Blue hole in the November landscape


by Kimball Pond runoff


Light beams on Purgatory

Gray DP, blue disappearing. Passed by the Scouts' fireside place - the stack of pallets was gone! Wondered if it had to do with putting it on Saturday's map as a man-made object.

Rt first MTP joint chronically sore but works.

Map, course & route from yesterday. Got it pretty much right by noting splits & doing a lot of moving of gps line...

Probably destined to miss #3 - needed to 'admit' #2 was in wrong place & reassess vs taking bearing & presumed distance from center of circle that was in wrong place. A gaggle of close-together cliffs on a moderately steep hillside with an abundance of thickish green is indeed a hard cp.

Gym - weights. Some TI-devotee had left one setting at 270# on triceps press or something similar: put full downward weight on it w/o effect.

Event: CSU Lynn Woods
 

CSU Lynn Woods meet, ran Green Y from last fall A meet. Nice Nov day. Would give myself a "C" for the run - sloppy, in & out of map contact. Often more attention called for than I thought was req'd. Think green has gotten greener in past maybe 3 yrs since fieldchecking. I see white pine grow very quickly here at home on Nottingcook map - so maybe the fillin is 20-30% more now at eye level.... Most technical map in Boston area - throw in the green & it can wear ya down! Thanks to Alex, Ed, Brendan, Larry Sara Mae. Will admit to some ridiculous orienteering with 305 track later.

Left late for a one year old's first birthday in Stow - failed to record the chocolate icing-covered face which was very messy!

1. went mostly straight, left wall from where it dropped off spur & still managed to be high tho I'm sure I saw the big bldr
2. after path, went under the 2 large cliffs, then to the rf where I expected to see flag. Nothing doing - some circling, back to w/in sight of large cliffs & back in, then on & saw it farther along - guess the next NNE rf. Surely not in center of circle.
3. straight, careful, right? did not get myself located - saw the path - after enuf flailing around to the N, got on the path went S to the path jct & came to it from there. BP saw it right away from #2, 32 secs on the leg.
4. ok - didn't think it was SE part of knoll but no matter
5. did not see open marsh, came upon big bldr to S of line, reloc by small open marsh SSW of flag (!) & then went to flag - how I got there (to small open marsh across green)....
6. floundered around pt a bit with BP - we were near but did not see
7. beautifully open, went low, got there maybe 20" after BP
8. st, picked my way, not in contact in middle, recalled the approach fm last yr, still not clean in end
9. pretty much st W to path, lost contact but path came up -- managed to run by flag thinking about the photographer last year who caused me to do same...hopeless...
10. attacked fm intersection - again lots of green; tp showed up to replay a year ago
11. followed the paths & right thru parking lot, literally right by Beth & dogs - did not really recog marsh - looked more like open field - was not sure spur or reent
12. similar to last yr - fellow standing there
13. st to cars/field

Noted outside the window

Green-Y - Splits