Training Log Archive: bl

"Y" in the late pm. I was done with the cold for the day. cardio - 20' & weights 20'. Then threw some hoops, how long has that been.... The foul line has moved further from the basket...how foul is that.

NW bitter cold kind of day. Tried skate on the slough, fresh snow cover over old - novel. Out of wind & in sun at N end. Was a long slog upwind to car.

Nothing doing today.

Not as much exercise as I had hoped and 2 nights mediocre sleep. We were on our way by 1030 today. Could have stayed behind for SS but not really comfortable being last one out as it's pretty much end of the line. It is a remote area - feels real, real cold this am, too.



Left the snow behind at Franconia Notch:(. Had the Inaugural ceremonies for driving entertainment. Got home, emptied car & found myself empty of energy as well.

5 mi circuit with Mark & Bailey. Most of first 2 mi was untracked. We had a blizzard for part of the time as cold front was materializing. Rest of way was plowed road with 2" fresh powder. Impressively windy just after we finished.

Mark & Bailey

2 mi down to Winter Road jct & return before resisting food & drink debauchery. Forgot watch.

Event: Vermont Ski-O Weekend
 

From JBC, Second Grant - along 4 Mile Brook Tr road with idea of turing around at 1.6, plowed with some fresh powder available on the sides - no sand or dirt but crusty under the powder. Best part was a small field at the turn. Last of the out-of-doors for the day after driving 165 mi in arriving. Had Z&M along.

Slough walk & repeats of the hill under the PL about 4:30p - almost made it light til 5p today, blue dome, bitter cold. Seems strange to see the untracked snow - no SMs - not enough of it yet at first glance it appears sufficient. Not much of an exercise day.

Car wouldn't start at Hannaford's; certainly a helpless feeling - got a jump on my second query. First was a cheery, middle-age obese lady who was driving her husband's car. He had a lot of organized tool stuff in back but we did not spot cables. Drove the car home, stopping 2x w/o turning engine off. Now it starts ok. Put jumper cables in the car.

Cheap but honest - hill x 6 in snow. Dogs never know how to deal w/ repeats.

C • Doggie Repeats 4

Just before dark with M on 2-3" of settling day-old snow for the most part. A few places where it was more packed by the wind and others where snow blobs had fallen from tree tops making it crusty - interesting to experience the different surfaces. Heard M barking & a voice - later found fresh tracks - often a surprise when you think you have a little corner of the world to yourself to find out it's not so.

Noted Z had a big swelling on under side of neck this am - turned out to be an abscess thanks to Mocha's play habit of biting her in the neck when they first get out of the car mornings (surmise making up for Z's abuse years ago). Anyway, cost about $50 more than the skate skis I have been coveting. Poof!

Gallery, #10

"Scraggly", Venezuela, 1985


Amends for neglect

Classic after work, 3" new snow, still it was rough in a few hidden places or just plain thin under hemlock.

Finally registered for JST 30k - first pass said too late, next visit (as in "this can't be"), said ok - more technofusion but, in the end, I have the opportunity to beat myself up:).