Training Log Archive: bl

Bear Brook putting out flags with Jim & Ernst. Nice enough day. E & I both made a parallel error, me coming from the north, E from the southwest. I heard the sound of "something" in the leaves just out of view. Soon there was Ernst. I wasn't supposed to even be looking for that streamer but was. I'd absentmindedly crossed into his section with the experience of 2 wks prior at work. Both of us had arrived at the same wrong area for different reasons from different directions. Upon realizing, I skedaddled, heading north still not able to make in-control sense but soon enough came upon a knoll with boulder & then was OK. Did not realize the absurdity of the misread until Ernst explained it at parking - he did have to find the correct place with streamer from our previous visit. The last of the snow was in the parking lot.

Leaving, we visited the park ranger (at home) which seemed a good idea & proved to be.

Patch-Rollins after work. Chilly, raw again, more so than yesterday.
Went CW & took an old wall-lined road thru the woods passed up until today. Straight as can be. Once upon a time, fields to either side.

BHS track around 5:30. Not much enthusiasm largely due to lumbago this morning, bent over kind of thing but gone by then but still. Walked 100, then level 3-4 for a 100 for 15' then walk 100, level 3-4 200 for 15'. Raw April day with west wind but got the HR up and drove the chill away (even featured some flakes today). Nice to be there after a short while. Occasional robin chirp to support that fact. Stopped by gray, white-capped Turee after.

BB meet this Sunday with high hurdles popping up at last moment tho some of that is UNO internal fault. But DRED (NH Dept of Resources and Economic Development) has assessed fees of $200 for the special use permit. Additionally, they require that we collect $3.20/car when the not-yet-open park’s toll booths won’t be open either. The permit conditions read like killing a fly with a bazooka. It’s understandable that large parties on state property can cause potential problems but this one size fits all is ridiculous. And the tax-free state's starvation for funds trickles down to small time users such as UNO.

From Audubon parking into their woods, along Great Turkey Pond, bike path & SPS by a lacrosse game. A squall came thru, intensifying the gray sky & water. Stopped to admire felicity and facility of motion on the lacrosse field. Lumbago for myself these days, not sure of the inciter - boat or car seat maybe. Has me taking occ 15-20" to stand up straight and seeking ibuprofen.

Audubon parking bumper stickers: "Live simply that others may simply live";
"Robin Hood was right. May the forest be with you"; "Feminism is the radical concept that women are people"; and a hybrid with the license plate BIODIVA.

Kimball Pond loop after work. Weather getting better all day & was breezy west by the time I started. Quite a nice experience. Lots of ponds & marshes, peepers, up and down terrain & feeling of remoteness. Missed the white blazes more than once when distracted.

BHS track, chilly east wind. Began to rain again just as I was leaving. Mile walk/jog, then some 200s, finally 5 400s, 1:52-1:59. We are in for rain, a bit of a deluge according to the forecasters.

Seems too cold (at least in NH) for a marathon but youth and 30,000 for company changes perspective. Wonder how many times the BG and Boston have been back to back days since 1979.

C • We are doing 400s at about ... 2

Event: 2015 Billygoat Run
 

Walk/jog at BHS track. Rest day for most part.

Beth & I took dogs to Kimball Pond & noted a new hiking trail around it by Dunbarton CC. Had a nice chat at the launch ramp with mother and daughter kayakers.