Training Log Archive: bl

Cut short - Y closes at 6pm, a fact that had escaped me. Second day of T showers, the July full moon was washed out.

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C • Sailboats and maintenance . . . 3

Bear Brook loop, S/F @ Hayes Field. Hadn't done this in years. Used a 1977 BB map. Newer maps don't cover the far side. As years pass I seem to wander less & less far so this was a good exercise. Most of the back side is fittingly named Lost Tr. and it wanders rather non-specifically except for the small, attractive reservoir. There are more trails, of course, than mapped but Lost Tr. looks the oldest and was familiar. Ratty most everywhere there had been logging. I paid pretty close attention to the map old as it was. Thunder and wind passed about halfway through but no rain until the last 20' when it began raining hard.

Never saw a person until a car passed both ways 5' from Hayes & leaving Hayes, I saw a biker. Encountered two porcupines in Hayes Field in the first 150m. Stopped at Bear Hill Pond considering a dip but it was too shallow & grassy. Bugs were minimal & singlet & shorts were fine. T was about 85F at start. Rt. MTP sore/still. Ice pack & 800mg motrin should help. Period of learning what I can do.

Last visit was 2012 cutting back to Hayes thru woods.

BHS a bit later than usual but it was a rainy eve and morning and being overcast, I was in less of a hurry to get there. That said, the sun came out and the last part was in bright but not hot sun. Also took my singlet off second half which I would not do if anyone else was there. Unlike yesteryear, there's less and less one can "get away with" as a "respectable" senior citizen...

C • respectability 3

BHS about 7:30, overcast, muggy, some drizzle. Decent energy. Managed just under 30' but forgot cell so no GPS comparison. And who knows, maybe different watches mark time differently. 9 BHS runners & XC coach there as well.

C • Nice . . . 1

Mocha's 16th birthday smile!

C • A good age 2