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Friday Mar 31, 2017 #
Hiking 1:19:33 [1] 7.35 km (10:49 / km) +45m 10:30 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
9:23 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
3.8 °C; Cloudy
Needed to run a quick errant at Menards. Made it a longish errant because I did not want to cheat the dogs out of their off leash time along the tracks. Promptly forgot my wallet at the checkout but noticed soon after I disentangled the dogs from their hitching post.
Thursday Mar 30, 2017 #
Hiking 1:17:06 [1] 7.22 km (10:41 / km) +68m 10:12 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
10:53 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
5.6 °C; Cloudy
McMurray fields today. Outstate canine cops still there. Said hi and inquired about their activities. they were rather monosyllabic, answering with a simple "yep" to all of my questions. Have to work on asking more open ended questions ...
Wednesday Mar 29, 2017 #
Hiking 46:59 [1] 3.58 km (13:07 / km) +24m 12:42 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
6:11 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
8.1 °C; Chance of rain
Karl came over to walk the dogs with me, taking Roux. Nice to walk and chat. It was a mild day, planted seeds in trays after making newspaper seedling cups. Roux had an extra workout, Jake came to pick him up for a run around Como Lake this morning.
Tuesday Mar 28, 2017 #
Hiking 1:32:23 [1] 8.68 km (10:39 / km) +59m 10:18 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
8:07 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
5.5 °C; Clear
Wolves at zoo were asnooze in the morning sun when we walked by but woke up when we crossed the wind. Amazing how quickly they rouse. there wer 5-6 police car on Como Ave, when I came closer, I saw they were all canine cops from various places around the state. Probably some exercise. The dogs were still in the squad cars and raised hell when we walked by.
Confirming that they took a lot more trees down near Lexington and the tracks, N of the wetland.
Monday Mar 27, 2017 #
Hiking 1:06:39 [1] 6.17 km (10:48 / km) +46m 10:25 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
8:42 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
4.2 °C; Cloudy
Guys with chainsaws walking from the US Bank service center towards the tracks. looks like they are taming my little wilderness further :-) After releasing the dogs off McMurray fields, Mellie started to dawdle. I think that old lady does think she doesn't to follow commands any more. I put her on leash for the rest of the walk.
Sunday Mar 26, 2017 #
Hiking 1:25:19 [1] 7.05 km (12:06 / km) +43m 11:45 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
10:50 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
3.4 °C; Cloudy
Grey, humid and cool morning, but no wind.
Saturday Mar 25, 2017 #
Hiking 2:16:41 [1] 12.1 km (11:18 / km) +76m 10:57 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
10:41 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
3.9 °C; Cloudy
Headed back to the UMN ag campus fields, going counter clockwise today. The dogs love the wide-open space but prefer not to run in the freshly plowed fields. I can empathise. Fortunately, there are many strips of lawn separating the different parcels, making for wonderful walking and running. Heard my first red-winged blackbird to day and the freshly filled feeders in our backyard were being visited by juncos, house finches, downy woodpecker, cardinal and bluejay, all at once. Spring is in the air!
Friday Mar 24, 2017 #
Hiking 1:10:17 [1] 6.66 km (10:33 / km) +52m 10:09 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
2:32 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
6.6 °C; Cloudy
Going for some distance and tried the crushed limestone paths next to McMurray Fields. Nice! it will be interesting to see how the new road set-up around Como Pool and McMurray Fields will work. One weird omission is a pedestrian/bike path or sidewalk along the quite narrow one-way parallel to Lexington. Are they expecting folks to use the sidewalk along Lexington or to walk on the grass?
Thursday Mar 23, 2017 #
Hiking 4:41 [1] 0.53 km (8:50 / km) +2m 8:40 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Clifton 2
7:59 AM; Hamline Midway
2.5 °C; Cloudy
Heading for forst PT appointment with Elizabeth.
Hiking 10:09 [1] 1.1 km (9:14 / km) +2m 9:09 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Clifton 2
7:34 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
2.4 °C; Cloudy
Hiking 3:00 [1] 0.29 km (10:21 / km) +1m 10:10 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Clifton 2
9:04 AM; Hamline Midway
3.0 °C; Cloudy
Very gentle first session with Elizabeth. good catching up with her, but I'd prefer doing it while skiing alongside on some trail ...
Checking time/distance between clinic and TCF Stadium Green Line stop. Shorter, but for all means and purposes a wash. If it rains, I will head for the stadium, if the sun shines, I will walk to Prospect Park.
Hiking 1:03:27 [1] 5.14 km (12:21 / km) +53m 11:44 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
3:23 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
3.9 °C; Cloudy
First time we got yelled at by security walking along the tracks. They came from behind on the black-topped service road, we were hiking along on the unimproved N side of the tracks. A short siren, beep and then a dressing down over loudspeaker. I ignored them, we were just between the Kemps and the Wells Fargo buildings, affording us a way to continue across the Kemps parking lot. I think the guy was peeved that we did not stop. Granted, I know we are trespassing, but there are no fences, not even no trespassing signs where we cross in. Oh well. I did notice more security vehicles lately and I also wonder if the sudden move of the hobo tent close to Lexington is related.
Wednesday Mar 22, 2017 #
Hiking 40:29 3.68 km (11:00 / km) +29m 10:35 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
4:23 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
4.0 °C; Cloudy
Kind of a grey afternoon. Before we got going, I draped plastic sheeting over rebar to get a cold fram started. Enjoying the chalk doodles of the kids at the charter school in one of the business buildings.
Tuesday Mar 21, 2017 #
Hiking 32:39 [1] 3.04 km (10:44 / km) +6m 10:38 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
9:10 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
-2.2 °C; Clear
Jake picked up Roux for another run, so I grabbed Mellie and walked to Target for some errands.
Hiking 11:14 [1] 1.14 km (9:51 / km) +2m 9:46 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
12:31 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
0.6 °C; Clear
Hiking 13:47 [1] 1.34 km (10:17 / km) +11m 9:53 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
2:48 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
1.7 °C; Clear
Dentist visit and a hair cut, DT Minneapolis. Started to doze off over my book on way home.
Hiking 49:00 [1] 3.97 km (12:21 / km) +33m 11:51 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
5:08 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
1.1 °C; Clear
Joel stopped by to help with the dogs, much appreciated. He took Roux, I took Mellie. The hobo tent had moved east by about 100 m, now pretty close to the Lexington Bridge. I wonder whether his septic pile was getting too big. Sanitary move. Brisk afternoon.
Monday Mar 20, 2017 #
Hiking 1:09:57 [1] 5.5 km (12:43 / km) +41m 12:16 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
10:35 AM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
7.4 °C; Cloudy
Didn't feel so hot this morning. Fresh air did wonders, as I was trying to keep the wild beasts in check. Looks like spring break at Hamline U, very quiet.
Sunday Mar 19, 2017 #
Hiking 1:18:32 5.47 km (14:21 / km) +17m 14:08 / km
shoes: Rubber Boots
8:27 AM; Washburn, WI
-2.1 °C; Partly cloudy
Quick hike to the Sioux, wai there on the RR grade, on way back along the beach. The ice was still firm enough to walk along the edge on the Sioux River slough towards the shore. Lynn joined us for the stretch to Bayview Beach and turned back with Mellie, who was still recovering from yesterday's efforts. Roux broke through the ice at the mouth of the Sioux, while harassing some geese. They seemed to laugh at his mishap while he was rather surprised and taken aback. Picked up a nice 2 x 10 8 footer driftwood on the way back, adding to the training effort.
Saturday Mar 18, 2017 #
Hiking 3:11:00 13.43 km (14:13 / km) +147m 13:29 / km
ahr:116 max:163 shoes: Rubber Boots
8:54 AM; Washburn, WI
-0.6 °C; Partly cloudy
Looking for an adventure I decided to cut across from Smith Fire Lane to the Onion and follow it down to the power line. Plotted it out on Google maps, looked for some contour features and off we were. Three cars crossed us on Kjarvick, all had a friendly wave for us, one older guy stopped to say hi, he had a gigantic chocolate lab in the back, 120 lbs. Starting on Smith Fire Lane, we were the first to go there since yesterday's fresh snow, except for one lone pedestrian. As we continued, I wondered if we'd get to meet the owner of these tracks. The road leads deeper into the back country, unless the person was on a 20+ km hike or run on the dirt roads or a somewhat shorter adventure bushwhacking, they would have to come back towards us. Sure enough, after a while a young woman came running towards us, a friendly smile for me and a gingerly look for the dogs, who did not pay her any attention. Good dogs!
I had memorized the general area where I needed to cut north towards the Onion. I noticed a trailhead on the right with a river improvement sign, decided to divert from Smith Fire Lane here. Nice to continue on a rough but clear trail till I got to the ravines that indicated the river. I climbed down, amazing how little snow there was on the flat, and how deep it was in the valley.
As expected, following the Onion was slow, a lot of climbing through deadfall, avoiding places where the stream winds in tight s-curves. I kept an eye to the sky for the power line. Eventually, we came onto an area where someone had broken trail for passage with an ATV. We took this trail all the way to the power line, where we climbed out of the valley to join up with McCulloch. We came back in through our back 40 from Hwy 13.
I was gld to be done without bumping my shoulder, which I am protecting with an arm brace. However, immediately after I was done with my shower, Mellie regurgitated what seemed like half a gallon of liquid manure, result of her having indulged in some horse droppings along the way. It took me the better part of an hour to clean up this mess.
Thursday Mar 16, 2017 #
Hiking 43:56 [1] 3.93 km (11:11 / km) +23m 10:52 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
10:08 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
-0.4 °C; Clear
Doing a coffee run, or rather walk. Beautiful morning. Taking bus/train to Lexington/University.
Hiking 21:50 [1] 1.82 km (12:00 / km) +11m 11:39 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
11:21 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
2.1 °C; Clear
Picked up chocolate at Aldi, then a 4XL fleece jacket at Goodwill, to fit over my arm. Pain meds wearing off on way home, and getting tired.
Hiking 38:32 [1] 2.7 km (14:16 / km) +25m 13:38 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
6:51 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
Cloudy
Karl came by to help me walk Roux and Roux really needed that walk today! Was he ever energetic. Grey and humid after a few clear days.
Wednesday Mar 15, 2017 #
Hiking 43:43 [1] 3.42 km (12:47 / km) +33m 12:12 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
9:09 AM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
-6.3 °C; Clear
Jake came over to take Roux for a run around Como Lake. during that time, Mellie and I did the stretch between Lexington and Hamline, on both sides of the BNSF track. A beautiful morning to be outside! Jake said that Roux did generally well.
Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 #
Hiking 13:44 [1] 1.13 km (12:09 / km) +2m 12:03 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
6:20 PM; Hamline Midway
-2.5 °C; Clear
First outing since surgery, of course to a place where there is beer. Met up with the Endurance United Tuesday night gang for a post-mortem of this year's ski season. Lynn forced a partial ride on me, she caught me as I was sneaking out and Karl gave me a ride home.
Monday Mar 13, 2017 #
Hiking 12:27 [1] 1.25 km (9:58 / km) +3m 9:51 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
5:21 AM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
Snow
Heading for HP Specialty Center--Same-Day Surgery.
Trudging through 10 cm of fresh snow, more along Hamline, where the plow had deposited an extra, uneven layer on top of it all. Odd, taking E-bound train in morning. Pit-stop at Regions, for 25 minute lay-over and switch to 71L to Westminster and Cayuga, a block away from HP on Phalen.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017 #
Hiking 1:38:09 8.83 km (11:07 / km) +76m 10:39 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
7:29 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
-9.9 °C; Cloudy
Temp is trending to warmer, only -10 °C this morning, as opposed to -12 °C yesterday and -15 °C Friday. You know what that means: snow. Not supposed to get that much but with the meteorological track record this year I wouldn't be surprised if this is finally the big one. Just a nice morning to be out, not too many people, I guess everyone is getting use to daylight saving time. Most early morning walkers had their dogs along, One guy with a Australian shepherd was playing catch on the glacier (no snow or ice left) and a woman with a very happy-looking lab carrying his fetch toy came towards us near Gabes by the Park.
Saturday Mar 11, 2017 #
Running 1:48:57 11.85 km (9:12 / km) +85m 8:53 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
8:29 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
-12.0 °C; Partly cloudy
A cold northerly wind this morning. Some Running, more hiking. In some spots, the fields look we're out in the country. Looks like the U is beefing up its research into growing filberts.
Friday Mar 10, 2017 #
Running 33:06 4.81 km (6:53 / km) +27m 6:42 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
6:13 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
-15.2 °C; Clear
Cold morning, -15 °C. A good 30 °C colder than on Monday. But beautiful sunrise! Ran some, walked some.
Thursday Mar 9, 2017 #
Hiking 9:05 1.13 km (8:02 / km) +3m 7:56 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
6:19 AM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
-4.9 °C; Cloudy
A little bit of running, to catch the train.
Hiking 46:15 5.07 km (9:07 / km) +28m 8:53 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
5:10 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
-2.9 °C; Cloudy
Cold and grey, wasn't really motivated this PM. the dogs appreciated my sacrifice. Appreciated the absence of wind.
Wednesday Mar 8, 2017 #
Running 7:13 1.1 km (6:34 / km) +58m 5:12 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
6:19 AM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
-3.8 °C; Clear
Jogged almost the entire way and did not miss my train.
Hiking 58:01 6.45 km (9:00 / km) +45m 8:41 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
3:48 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
0.1 °C; Clear
Bright and brisk but not as windy anymore. Still not exactly calm. Ground did not freeze up again, in spite of temps below or around freezing.
Tuesday Mar 7, 2017 #
Hiking 9:00 1.13 km (7:58 / km) +4m 7:50 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
6:18 AM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
-1.4 °C; Cloudy
Needed to hurry this morning, a little snow on the ground.
Hiking 47:36 5.15 km (9:15 / km) +54m 8:47 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
4:05 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
7.6 °C; Partly cloudy
The wind was breathtaking and kicked up dust so i needed to shield my eyes. But a nice afternoon for an after work walk.
Monday Mar 6, 2017 #
Hiking 10:09 1.09 km (9:19 / km) +4m 9:09 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
6:37 AM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
10.2 °C; Cloudy
Hiking 5:27 [1] 0.57 km (9:34 / km) +5m 9:10 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
2:58 PM; Hamline Midway
15.1 °C; Partly cloudy
Started at Cleveland and stopped at fire station bus stop, anticipating arrival of the bus. wited and wasted about 10 minutes, should have kept walking. Read a little in the warm sunshine, which wasn't all that bad, either.
Hiking 36:07 3.81 km (9:29 / km) +28m 9:09 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
3:52 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
16.2 °C; Partly cloudy
Spring-like, right now it feels summer-like. Wore shorts and short sleeves, very comfortable. Sunny, in spite of having rain in the forecast. Lovely early evening. Heard later that the band of thunder moving W to E spawned the earliest ever recorded tornado in MN.
Sunday Mar 5, 2017 #
Running 1:15:49 8.3 km (9:08 / km) +68m 8:47 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
8:07 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
5.4 °C; Cloudy
Did a mix of running and walking today, definitely more running. Dogs were highly motivated and we had some fun taking pictures on the golf course. Was very careful about where I was setting my feet not wanting to aggravate my shoulder a week before surgery. Saw the wolves, ran on the single trails along Hamline and then along the tracks. A fun outing!
Saturday Mar 4, 2017 #
Hiking 1:51:51 11.7 km (9:34 / km) +86m 9:13 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
8:20 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
-0.5 °C; Clear
Needed a change and branched out to ag campus on this brisk and beautiful morning. I'm always reminded of growing up of my farmer neighbors when I walk through the ag campus, between dairy, swine and horse barns and their scents!
Friday Mar 3, 2017 #
Hiking 1:00:00 6.12 km (9:48 / km) +35m 9:32 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
3:08 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
-1.4 °C; Cloudy
Walked a little beyond Lexington today, crossing the tracks at Chatsworth and then walking along on the north side. A truck with track wheels came almost silently towards us, and then came back, going backwards. It seemed below freezing but the top layer of soil had thawed and was soft. Looks like St. Paul has started removing the ash trees. first the elm now the ash ...
Thursday Mar 2, 2017 #
Hiking 9:44 1.1 km (8:51 / km)
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
6:18 AM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
-7.3 °C; Clear
A dusting of fresh snow, I think from yesterday evening.
Hiking 1:09:10 6.57 km (10:32 / km) +48m 10:09 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
3:50 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
-1.9 °C; Clear
Good walk, rambunctious and ill behaved dogs. But we all had a good time and got some exercise on this brisk early evening.
Wednesday Mar 1, 2017 #
Hiking 11:01 1.13 km (9:45 / km) +54m 7:52 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
6:16 AM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
-3.1 °C; Snow
A good 3 cm of snow on the ground. Radio reports many spin-outs.
Hiking 56:54 5.58 km (10:12 / km) +30m 9:56 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
3:49 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
1.9 °C; Cloudy
Slight variation since going a block E of Hamline. Snow is mostly gone, sometimes i wonder why it survives on a patch of sidewalk that's otherwise not any different in terms of shade.