Training Log Archive: bl

Brush clearing & hauling on spur adjacent Great Hill with Beth & a few BOS people. I seldom find enthusiasm for such work but the end result is pleasing.

Monadnock & Crotched Mt. to the west


Looking NE over Nottingcook - a portion of Bow's best view (NNE to ESE)


Scared Mocha. A tree crashed to the ground which put her on high anxiety. Shortly after, she walked back to the car 1/4 mile away.

Purgatory loop, ccw. T low 40s, initially sunny, west wind - by finish, it was mostly gray with some hail. Beat - flat at 5mi, not a particularly positive attitude - long time since I last did this. Written log says 4/13/13, then 11/22 & 11/6/12, 103-109'. Chilly the last 3 mi into the modest wind. Drive home, eat, drink sugary coke & be merry cause the 'work' is over for the day. Maybe now to help Beth plant daffodil bulbs. As I write, a cricket chirps from a potted plant base - its been doing that episodically for about 5 weeks, ever since we brought plants inside.

C • Training time 3

Not much to this day. Went to SPS after work but it started raining as I stepped out of car. Warm enough anyway but not enthused. Considered the Y but instead drove toward home & BHS possibilities.

Wind sprints on BHS soccer field - got out of breath anyway, walked between. Something better tomorrow. Such a gray, uninspired day.
But recall My November Guest.

Bower loop with Z&M, just turned dark. Had a headlamp which I finally turned on. Could have done w/o on the trail I was on but a toy's a toy & a bright light toy needs playing with. Pleased that the battery lasted the 25' (& maybe more?) - had not used in several months & don't regard these made-in-China battery packs as paradigms of quality. Encountered several reflective "buttons" on trunks - not enough for a pattern, more a puzzle as to why there and why not more. Warm day, 52F at sunset which was one of those stunning mackerel skies (sp checker says "erel", doesn't look right).

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BB, Saturday Brown X retry. Warmer & no falls/blood to distract. Accurate, constant contact - went different ways when I could. Saw no one - had Hayes Field to myself. Will try a Sunday green next chance I get.

Found another French Creek map - this time USOC '92 on French Creek East, still 1/15, much more detail and difficult.

C • Good for 2nd place overall 3

Brown X - Splits

Concord's West End Trail, north to south. Dropped car off at Stickney Hill Rd. exit with Beth taking me to other end. Clear, fine day, chilly in shade per November. Didn't see anyone - a few cars in the one road crossing. No hunters - not sure of rules. This trail feels quite remote. Maybe the 4th time. Some attention to follow it in places - have to have 'heads up' as there are other trails near Carter Hill & leaf cover is quite significant. Missed once, entering a familiar field. Stopped a bunch for photos & ran-walked a bit, too. An agreeable November day is hard to beat, mostly due to increased vision. Nice to be done before noon, too.

Field today

Last February.

Marsh today

Last February.

Summer's ghosts

Event: NEOC: Powissett
 

Went to BB to run a Saturday brown (start 2p) & then to an UNO celebratory dinner in Salem. The day had cleared completely. It was clear blue & warm enough in the sun at Hayes but quite chilly in the shade. Tripped on deadfall on way to #2, cut my thumbing thumb and had to deal with blood on the route at hand as well as compass for just about the rest of the course. Also, every direction I turned, it seemed the sun was in my face - strange as that sounds. The white woods were so open & subtle. Rusty, bloody & distracted, watch stopped (distance/elapsed time a guess) - will try again another time. Beth walked over to Hayes marsh dam.

Very nice UNO dinner after at Deb & Bruce's place in Salem with the usual core members.