Training Log Archive: bl

To Kulish Ledges at Harris Center with Beth. New place, nice hike with a few good views. Met one person with two dogs.

After at Harris Center, getting a rock fix via random map walk.

Acquired a prepatellar bursitis, seems from staining on the roof yesterday.
Did do some kneeling - didn't think much of it but after a dog walk & NHH visit this AM, it just appeared unannounced. After today's activities, it is fairly stiff and with effusion. Ibuprofen, ice & time will tell.

The trail description said this stove dates from the early 20th century (so maybe 100 years) - on a 10' by 12' flat surface described as a hunter's or logger's cabin site. It might make another 100 years.

Sorry to see April go.

April lifts her skirts and runs away. Along comes May but she won’t stay. Soon there’ll be June but who knows her tune.

-- the "distaff" months, perhaps the fairest in the year.

Parked on Fifth District Rd - had not visited it & its possibilities in a long time & it fit my frame of mind. Started along, came upon a new path crossing the road & heading toward Carter Hill Orchard, took that, climbing a fairly long hill, became too OOB, stopped to check the pulse, and ended up at my doctor's office in search of a fib & an explanation for quite a bit of SOB w/ exertion in setting of irregular pulse. No a fib, same abnormal EKG as before - but some new info. Will have to return to wander in the 5th district area soon. A relief to have no A meet this weekend.

The day my heart murmur was pointed out to me.

SPS campus, incl a mile along Turkey Pond's very rooty & wet-in-places shoreline.

Nottingcook wander, fine April afternoon. Saw one person.

Had BHS track in mind after Y & work but got on wrong side of town on an errand & came straight home, resolving to do better tomorrow. A gray, cold wet day. Fired up the wood stove.

Map walk on Surebridge Mt. from Tiorati Circle/Arden Valley Rd. Had circled some features at some time in the past & elected to use these when we could not park near one of the camps for doing a prior course. Found two new streamers that must have been put on features by an orienteer - one was tied to a stick leaning against a 1m boulder, the other at a rock face base - same streamer material & tie style, no numbers though.

Woods still look so early spring (dull greens, browns, grays) and are so very open, grassy in places. Was on AT briefly, thought of Fred P, Tony F and countless others who passed/will pass that very same stretch - and what it might be like to tackle a 2200 mi hike.

Twas a long way back home…West Point, Tiorati to Hanson, MA, with one stop in Cold Spring. Passed right by Gilbert Hills SF on the way to Hanson. Beth made a deposit on a ’04 Volvo softtop convertible with 24k mi on the odometer. Then home on 93, doing well with rush hour traffic.

HSH, 35 or so years of arriving in the drive from O or boat, car a mess & regrouping begins. M had a long drink at the stream.

AT above Tiorati

Brown "long", 3.3k - green was 6.2, would not have been up for that.
Good run except for #7. I was straight on the route but the contours were hard to read due to waist hi veg. Came upon George Hawes and a flag at a boulder and for the life of me, could not figure out where it was. Steve came along (unbeknownst, started 2' behind). I was baffled and not confident - followed him 40m to a reentrant, not the correct one. Meanwhile, George had figured it out. I was third to punch but got to #8 ahead of Steve & did not see him again but was about a minute behind in the end. #9 was not a good feature choice, too vague, almost a bit bingo given vegetation, much or most unmapped. Rest of points were pretty good. Could not run in the chute w/o stopping to walk, however briefly, several times.

Turned out the "boulder" was a red course dot knoll. It looked like a boulder exclusively but was not able to return to see. It is under the downstroke of the 7 in the photo (hard to see). A "dumb" distraction on my part. Reconsidering I like the left-hand route to the point. I went around the north end of the large cliffs.

Nice weekend, excellent weather. Except for the control description problem in the middle, I really had no issues tho there were some.

We had no plans after the meet (except not to drive home & possibly Surebridge tomorrow) and wandered back to the Highland Falls McDonalds. We ended up at a motel in Highland Falls. I drove thru the WP campus, a fine spring day for that kind of thing. A large campus-reservation, I saw parts I'd not seen before (that I could remember anyway). Also saw two control points by the multi-use stadium but no orienteers/runners in sight anywhere.

Long - Brown - Splits