Training Log Archive: Swampfox

Winter strategized overnight a deployed Fog today. Since by gentleman's agreement fog use is normally restricted to work week use, Spring was caught unawares by this stealth maneuver and by the time Spring realized what Winter had done, it was too late. As a result, Spring conserved forces and called up Sun on the iPhone and told Sun to not even bother to show up for work today. Thus it was overcast in the valley all day and pea soup fog up top on the Laramie Range with consequent heavy riming of all the trees, telephone wires, and slow moving snowshoers.

Victory to Winter today.

Last third of ski was with Ted and Ed.

Footing was a little better today as the snow was a little more consolidated as a result of some additional showshoe use. Saw another crossbill high up in a pine tree.

Something swampfox will be happy for: getting back an extra hour of daylight, starting tomorrow! Yowsa! So fine! Little up little down, but in this case, all up.

Just in time for Spring Break. Somewhere, in some alternate parallel possibility, the hip people don't say Spring Break. Instead, they say Tiomila. But I will stick with Spring Break in this reality. Yeah.

Not totally brilliant out, but nice enough to go out in biking shorts, for the first time in 2010. Out past the airport to Herrick Lane--tur och retur. Wind directions were such that it was a little cooler coming back than going out, but then Laramie is such a cool place anyway, if you know what I mean.

I don't know, but but there might be a trifecta coming on today!

"I try to get up every day."

-- Jimi Hendrix, commenting on his discipline

Jimi was one hard training cat. He didn't acquire his skills by accident. How about you?

C • Discipline 4

Winter deployed a north wind (mild by local standards) which swept out of Casper and across the vast snow clad prairie in between--a solid move. Near-Spring cajoled Sun to come out with various flatteries and subtle blandishments. Sun responded and beamed like a proper sun should. It was a fair fight and Near-Spring won by ruling.

Biker relaxed briefly afterwards with tea (Earl Grey) and crumpets.

Tough going on the snowshoe trails, with many places waiting to lure a postholing, what with all the recent snow. But still beats running on roads!

Much new snow from last night and this morning, and even with the sun out this afternoon, it was total winter with no trace of spring conditions--really, really good skiing!

Winter (slight return.)

With the big snow last Friday and 2 ensuing mild days, everything in town that is dirt is a mess, if not bordering on a perfectly suitable pig wallow. So, much as I prefer not to, I stuck to the roads. Doesn't matter--I'm still an American man! Yeah!

Didn't bump into any other runners while I was out, let alone girls in fairy dresses--darn. But there's always tomorrow!

"No, you idiot! Hawks eat squirrels!"