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Saturday Jul 22, 2017 #
7 AM
Hiking 1:38:46 [1] 8.05 km (12:16 / km) +60m 11:50 / km
ahr:88 max:110 shoes: Nike Air Pegasus+ 30
McMurray Field
7:30 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
22.1 °C; Clear
Not too warm bu muggy. Yesterday I had noticed a keyboard drawer in a dumpster. brought my heavy load carrier (typically used for a 1/4 barrel of ale ;-) ). So I arranged to come by said dumpster towards the end of our hike. There were two keyboard drawers, much better than my own, which I had bought at the PPL Shop. I could not leave one behind so I strapped both in. 20 Kg. Not quite as heavy as that quarter barrel. Saw Erik and Elsbeth jogging down while I was trudging up the Hamline pedestrian bridge, they asked "what are you carrying in that backpack?" :-) I hope they didn't stumble over the guy sleeping rough at the bottom of the ramp. The 1.5 km I had left turned out a little harder than the first 5.5 km ...
7:30 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
22.1 °C; Clear
Not too warm bu muggy. Yesterday I had noticed a keyboard drawer in a dumpster. brought my heavy load carrier (typically used for a 1/4 barrel of ale ;-) ). So I arranged to come by said dumpster towards the end of our hike. There were two keyboard drawers, much better than my own, which I had bought at the PPL Shop. I could not leave one behind so I strapped both in. 20 Kg. Not quite as heavy as that quarter barrel. Saw Erik and Elsbeth jogging down while I was trudging up the Hamline pedestrian bridge, they asked "what are you carrying in that backpack?" :-) I hope they didn't stumble over the guy sleeping rough at the bottom of the ramp. The 1.5 km I had left turned out a little harder than the first 5.5 km ...
Friday Jul 21, 2017 #
6 AM
Biking Commuting 31:07 14.15 km (2:12 / km) +43m 2:10 / km
ahr:136 max:157 shoes: All-City Space Horse
Home to TPC
6:38 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
21.0 °C; Clear
Rather quiet in terms of bike commuters and runners. The former may be because of the likelihood of inclement weather for the ride home today (and it's Friday, a quiet commuting day) and the latter because of the earlier hour and humid air. I did notice the edge of high clouds moving in from the west, covering the sky by the time I made it from shower and barber to office.
6:38 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
21.0 °C; Clear
Rather quiet in terms of bike commuters and runners. The former may be because of the likelihood of inclement weather for the ride home today (and it's Friday, a quiet commuting day) and the latter because of the earlier hour and humid air. I did notice the edge of high clouds moving in from the west, covering the sky by the time I made it from shower and barber to office.
3 PM
Biking Commuting 31:58 14.07 km (2:16 / km) +73m 2:13 / km
ahr:145 max:159 shoes: All-City Space Horse
TPC to Home
3:17 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
27.3 °C; Partly cloudy
Every ride home on a Friday is a nice ride! The severe weather forecast from earlier today evaporated as the morning ended and muggy sunshine for the ride home. It was ver quiet, typical for a Friday. Took the route through S St. anthony and Pierce Butler to stay out of the hot and humid wind.
3:17 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
27.3 °C; Partly cloudy
Every ride home on a Friday is a nice ride! The severe weather forecast from earlier today evaporated as the morning ended and muggy sunshine for the ride home. It was ver quiet, typical for a Friday. Took the route through S St. anthony and Pierce Butler to stay out of the hot and humid wind.
Hiking 58:53 5.54 km (10:38 / km) +29m 10:21 / km
ahr:102 max:131 shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
Energy Park Lexington to Snelling
4:09 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
27.8 °C; Partly cloudy
Sweaty walk with the dogs. Did some arm and shoulder strength and stretching exercises while walking. Finally saw the robin whose alarm call I had heard during every walk this week. I assume the robin has a fledgling in the area. The call was so soft and seemed to come from everywhere at the same time so I was not sure where to look.
4:09 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
27.8 °C; Partly cloudy
Sweaty walk with the dogs. Did some arm and shoulder strength and stretching exercises while walking. Finally saw the robin whose alarm call I had heard during every walk this week. I assume the robin has a fledgling in the area. The call was so soft and seemed to come from everywhere at the same time so I was not sure where to look.
Thursday Jul 20, 2017 #
6 AM
Biking Commuting 47:04 18.38 km (2:34 / km) +63m 2:31 / km
ahr:126 max:159 shoes: All-City Space Horse
Home to TPC via Dunn Bros and PT Session
6:44 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
20.7 °C; Clear
Coffee run and Pt with Elizabeth. When I walked out of Dunn Bros, I ran into Wally, one of Colin's friends dads. We chatted for quite a while, he is also an avid cyclist and xc skier. PT was good and so was the variation on the ride to work.
6:44 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
20.7 °C; Clear
Coffee run and Pt with Elizabeth. When I walked out of Dunn Bros, I ran into Wally, one of Colin's friends dads. We chatted for quite a while, he is also an avid cyclist and xc skier. PT was good and so was the variation on the ride to work.
3 PM
Hiking 43:26 3.81 km (11:24 / km) +23m 11:04 / km
ahr:100 max:124 shoes: Nike Air Pegasus+ 30
Energy Park Short
4:30 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
31.0 °C; Clear
Eager dogs, after we skipped our walk yesterday because of inclement weather and visitors. Saw Bree and baby Plus dog Frankie in Horton Park Hot, but it did not feel oppressive. After I got home, I mowed the lawn. That felt more oppressive ...
4:30 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
31.0 °C; Clear
Eager dogs, after we skipped our walk yesterday because of inclement weather and visitors. Saw Bree and baby Plus dog Frankie in Horton Park Hot, but it did not feel oppressive. After I got home, I mowed the lawn. That felt more oppressive ...
Biking Commuting 32:51 14.28 km (2:18 / km) +64m 2:15 / km
ahr:140 max:164 shoes: All-City Space Horse
TPC to Home
3:46 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
30.7 °C; Clear
Odd wind, seemed to be variable, first coming from the north, then from the south. May have just been that there was not much wind. Made an effort to keep up a good pace but I still have to build up that stamina I used to have. It's coming, though.
3:46 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
30.7 °C; Clear
Odd wind, seemed to be variable, first coming from the north, then from the south. May have just been that there was not much wind. Made an effort to keep up a good pace but I still have to build up that stamina I used to have. It's coming, though.
Wednesday Jul 19, 2017 #
6 AM
Biking Commuting 30:44 14.32 km (2:09 / km) +45m 2:07 / km
ahr:135 max:157 shoes: All-City Space Horse
Home to TPC
6:10 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
17.3 °C; Clear
Nice early morning ride with sunshine and few if any obstructions. Took it easy and still made good time.
6:10 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
17.3 °C; Clear
Nice early morning ride with sunshine and few if any obstructions. Took it easy and still made good time.
3 PM
Biking Commuting 33:26 12.03 km (2:47 / km) +100m 2:40 / km
ahr:139 max:158 shoes: All-City Space Horse
TPC to Home
3:39 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
22.0 °C; Light rain
Started to rain as i walked towards TPC and it let lose when I left on my bike. The rain wasn't torrential but steady enough to soak me within a few blocks of riding. I opted to cut the ride short, going up Park, then again by cutting through S st. Anthony. There was some thunder and lightning but never so close that I considered taking the train. I was wet, but I would have been wet from riding the short stretch home from the green line. All I can say is that if it had been Belgian rain, it would have been much more uncomfortable. Like 12 °C instead of 22 °C uncomfortable.
3:39 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
22.0 °C; Light rain
Started to rain as i walked towards TPC and it let lose when I left on my bike. The rain wasn't torrential but steady enough to soak me within a few blocks of riding. I opted to cut the ride short, going up Park, then again by cutting through S st. Anthony. There was some thunder and lightning but never so close that I considered taking the train. I was wet, but I would have been wet from riding the short stretch home from the green line. All I can say is that if it had been Belgian rain, it would have been much more uncomfortable. Like 12 °C instead of 22 °C uncomfortable.
Tuesday Jul 18, 2017 #
6 AM
Biking Commuting 29:44 14.07 km (2:07 / km) +45m 2:05 / km
ahr:140 max:166 shoes: All-City Space Horse
Home to TPC
6:22 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
21.7 °C; Clear
Again a lovely morning, in spite of the humidity. Rode hard, drenched when I got to work.
6:22 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
21.7 °C; Clear
Again a lovely morning, in spite of the humidity. Rode hard, drenched when I got to work.
3 PM
Hiking 34:54 3.69 km (9:27 / km) +20m 9:13 / km
ahr:101 max:129 shoes: Nike Air Pegasus+ 30
Energy Park Short
4:30 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
24.9 °C; Cloudy
Humid but not too warm. We got a good soaking last night and for parts of the day and one can tell by looking around. The trees are still looking stressed but the herbaceous plants look much better. Dogs looked much better, too this afternoon. Saw neighbor Diane when I got home, she was all excited about national night out and about a new vegan restaurant where the old Eden (or Checkerboard?) pizza place used to be. I guess I will have to try vegan. Never a dull moment.
4:30 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
24.9 °C; Cloudy
Humid but not too warm. We got a good soaking last night and for parts of the day and one can tell by looking around. The trees are still looking stressed but the herbaceous plants look much better. Dogs looked much better, too this afternoon. Saw neighbor Diane when I got home, she was all excited about national night out and about a new vegan restaurant where the old Eden (or Checkerboard?) pizza place used to be. I guess I will have to try vegan. Never a dull moment.
Biking Commuting 36:07 14.31 km (2:31 / km) +75m 2:28 / km
ahr:131 max:151 shoes: All-City Space Horse
TPC to Home
3:39 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
25.0 °C; Cloudy
Not too many cyclists out today, must be afraid of the weather. This afternoon I thought i'll never make it home dry. But the clouds got thinner or higher and the rain was done. Took it very easy.
3:39 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
25.0 °C; Cloudy
Not too many cyclists out today, must be afraid of the weather. This afternoon I thought i'll never make it home dry. But the clouds got thinner or higher and the rain was done. Took it very easy.
Monday Jul 17, 2017 #
6 AM
Biking Commuting 31:39 14.06 km (2:15 / km) +52m 2:13 / km
ahr:134 max:156 shoes: All-City Space Horse
Home to TPC
6:38 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
20.7 °C; Clear
Nice ride, a cool start to a day that promises to be a hot and humid one. Since I got a little later start than usual, the roads and trails were busier but not bothersome.
6:38 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
20.7 °C; Clear
Nice ride, a cool start to a day that promises to be a hot and humid one. Since I got a little later start than usual, the roads and trails were busier but not bothersome.
3 PM
Hiking 41:48 [1] 3.73 km (11:12 / km) +22m 10:53 / km
ahr:96 max:121 shoes: Hoka One One Clifton 2
Energy Park Short
4:49 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
31.8 °C; Partly cloudy
In one word: sultry. Neighbor Tim, who took his dog out for a walk around the block reminded me to drink a lot. The grass is turning yellow, the crown vetch is folding up its leaves and many shrubs are letting their leaves hang down. I noticed the impact of the sun on my Garmin Tempe probe and tried to keep it in my shadow for the last part of the walk. Dogs were panting too hard to drink much when we arrived, they needed to cool down first.
4:49 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
31.8 °C; Partly cloudy
In one word: sultry. Neighbor Tim, who took his dog out for a walk around the block reminded me to drink a lot. The grass is turning yellow, the crown vetch is folding up its leaves and many shrubs are letting their leaves hang down. I noticed the impact of the sun on my Garmin Tempe probe and tried to keep it in my shadow for the last part of the walk. Dogs were panting too hard to drink much when we arrived, they needed to cool down first.
Biking Commuting 34:57 13.99 km (2:30 / km) +78m 2:26 / km
ahr:138 max:154 shoes: All-City Space Horse
TPC to Home
3:45 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
32.3 °C; Clear
When I stepped out of 1000 Nicollet Mall to cross the street to TPC, the heat took my breath away. It was a hot one, but bearable. I saw quite a few runners who were obviously suffering. At the E end of the Dinkytown Greenway I saw a dad with a toddler in the child seat pointing into the shrubbery. I asked what they were seeing, it was a young rabbit. They better not know what my neighbor Luke and I were discussing while his dog Kiko was sniffing out the bunnies in his back yard and mine did the same thing on our side of the fence ...
3:45 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
32.3 °C; Clear
When I stepped out of 1000 Nicollet Mall to cross the street to TPC, the heat took my breath away. It was a hot one, but bearable. I saw quite a few runners who were obviously suffering. At the E end of the Dinkytown Greenway I saw a dad with a toddler in the child seat pointing into the shrubbery. I asked what they were seeing, it was a young rabbit. They better not know what my neighbor Luke and I were discussing while his dog Kiko was sniffing out the bunnies in his back yard and mine did the same thing on our side of the fence ...
Sunday Jul 16, 2017 #
7 AM
Hiking 1:16:37 [1] 5.43 km (14:07 / km) +5m 14:03 / km
shoes: Barefoot
Onion to Sioux River
7:24 AM; Washburn, WI
20.0 °C; Clear
Another day, another lake. Wind from NNE driving breakers onto the beach, as high as the vegetation. Continued erosion is obvious and I keep wondering when the lake will break through to the coastal wetland behind the sand berm. I am expecting that a fall storm will sweep across the berm within the next few years.
Met a few people along the way, two couples with a pair of dogs, each. The first, a back young couple with a Rhodesian ridgeback and another dog of similar size and coloring were friendly and laid back about their dogs making friend with mine. The second had their dogs way ahead of them, they were friendly setter-type dogs. I noticed their RC training collars and the frantic behavior of the woman owner. Having her jaw set and muttering an apology about her unruly dogs (IMHO not all that unruly) she was obviously not happy about not being able to control her dogs. I use a training collar on Roux, but very sparingly and only if absolutely necessary. I don't even have him wear it when we are at the beach and he still listens very well, like now, too. Felt bad for her and for her dogs ...
Chatted with the older couple from Whiting Rd and learned their names, Lowell and Sonya, big golden retriever.
7:24 AM; Washburn, WI
20.0 °C; Clear
Another day, another lake. Wind from NNE driving breakers onto the beach, as high as the vegetation. Continued erosion is obvious and I keep wondering when the lake will break through to the coastal wetland behind the sand berm. I am expecting that a fall storm will sweep across the berm within the next few years.
Met a few people along the way, two couples with a pair of dogs, each. The first, a back young couple with a Rhodesian ridgeback and another dog of similar size and coloring were friendly and laid back about their dogs making friend with mine. The second had their dogs way ahead of them, they were friendly setter-type dogs. I noticed their RC training collars and the frantic behavior of the woman owner. Having her jaw set and muttering an apology about her unruly dogs (IMHO not all that unruly) she was obviously not happy about not being able to control her dogs. I use a training collar on Roux, but very sparingly and only if absolutely necessary. I don't even have him wear it when we are at the beach and he still listens very well, like now, too. Felt bad for her and for her dogs ...
Chatted with the older couple from Whiting Rd and learned their names, Lowell and Sonya, big golden retriever.