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Saturday Aug 31, 2019 #
12 PM
Bicycling (Commute) 4:49 [3] 1.02 mi (4:43 / mi) +10m 4:35 / mi
slept:8.0 weight:191lbs
From Northfield Rd., to Rugby Ave. and Del Ray Ave. I had slept in and after some work around the house I went to lunch.
Bicycling (Commute) 4:51 [3] 1.03 mi (4:42 / mi) +11m 4:33 / mi
From Del Ray Ave., to Northfield Rd., I was somewhat tired and lacking energy after lunch.
5 PM
Orienteering (Field Checking) 1:46:58 [1] 2.8 mi (38:12 / mi) +87m 34:50 / mi
Great Falls Park, MD. After assembling new shelving and cleaning up the basement, I finally got myself out. I was probably avoiding it due to it feeling warm but really it was only 84 F. when I started. It felt hotter in the sun and it felt more humid than we were spoiled with in the last week. I did field checking to update the map, mostly around control locations for QOC's October event here that I'm setting courses for. The woods were still feeling overgrown; later I felt like they were fighting back to say don't map me.
Running (Trail) 12:08 [3] 1.1 mi (11:02 / mi) +76m 9:05 / mi
Great Falls Park, MD. As it was getting too dark under the trees to do any more field checking, I ran trails and a little bit on the road back to my car. Just about all of this was uphill. While I was driving away, the display change on my GPS in the car told me it was officially sunset.
Friday Aug 30, 2019 #
7 AM
Bicycling (Commute) 5:47 [3] 1.41 mi (4:06 / mi) +10m 4:01 / mi
slept:6.0 weight:191lbs
From Northfield Rd., to the Bethesda Metro Station.
6 PM
Running (Street & Trail) 53:47 [3] 5.92 mi (9:05 / mi) +126m 8:31 / mi
From the Bethesda Metro Station, Wisconsin Ave. to Cedar Ln., to the Elmhirst Trail., to the Rock Creek Trail, to Kensington Pkwy. to Connecticut Ave., to East-West Hwy., to the Bethesda Metro Station. After a long day at work, it was still warmer than it had been earlier in the week--probably in the mid 80s F. and a little more humid than earlier in the week. I felt I was moving okay. Starting out, I was thinking this loop would be 7 miles but it came-up to be much shorter. I was satisfied that I'd run enough, not to add-on. I moved up hills competently but still on the slowish side of things. My legs were a little sore from cycling yesterday. I weighed out at 190.5 lbs.
Bicycling 6:24 [3] 1.41 mi (4:32 / mi) +18m 4:22 / mi
From the Bethesda Metro Station to Northfield Rd. I was tired and slow starting out but I picked up the pace for the last 1/3 of the way. The breeze from riding felt so nice. It helped evaporate the sweat from the run and cool me off.
Thursday Aug 29, 2019 #
7 AM
Bicycling (Commute) 38:25 12.2 mi (3:09 / mi) +20m 3:08 / mi
slept:5.0 weight:192.5lbs
From Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD. to 13th & C St. SW, Washington, D.C.
Samantha and Max had a mock school day--a dry run for when they start for real next Monday. Max was late, and Samantha's bus was late.
It still felt cool, probably in the 60s F as I rode in. I think one guy passed me on the flat stretches but I was moving pretty well for not having ridden much lately. I felt like I had a little more endurance from running or just being in better shape overall. There was a slight tailwind.
Samantha and Max had a mock school day--a dry run for when they start for real next Monday. Max was late, and Samantha's bus was late.
It still felt cool, probably in the 60s F as I rode in. I think one guy passed me on the flat stretches but I was moving pretty well for not having ridden much lately. I felt like I had a little more endurance from running or just being in better shape overall. There was a slight tailwind.
6 PM
Bicycling (Commute) 45:05 12.0 mi (3:45 / mi) +113m 3:39 / mi
From 13th & C St. SW, Washington, D.C. to Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD. Traffic was light getting to Georgetown. I rode into a slight headwind but was able to ride faster into it than other times this summer. I did keep my cadence up. After Georgetown, I pulled for a guy across the flats but he pulled ahead just as I got to the climb past Fletcher's Boathouse. I kept him within 100m for about 2 miles but lost him eventually. On other guy went past me too. I still stronger spinning away but overall, I wasn't going that fast.
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019 #
6 PM
Running 41:17 [3] 4.63 mi (8:55 / mi) +57m 8:35 / mi
Washington, D.C. From 12th & Independence Ave., SW, down The Mall, past the Washington Monument past Constitution Gardens and the Lincoln Memorial, to Ohio Dr. to the Rock Creek Trail, to Calvert St., to the Woodley Park/Zoo Metro Station. It had rained earlier. Most of the way was dry but some of it was damp. The air was humid too but the temperature was in the low 70s F. All day I had been feeling low on energy. I was not feeling good starting out but after the stop to cross 17th Ave. NW, I got better. There were some cyclists, a man and his college age daughter(?) who were stopped at the same traffic light I was at. We passed each other back and forth a few times. The woman would pickup the pace when I got close but eventually I worked harder than she wanted to, and I got ahead for good, like in the old days when I could run hard and often go faster than casual cyclists.
Tuesday Aug 27, 2019 #
8 AM
Bicycling (Commute) 5:35 [3] 1.41 mi (3:58 / mi) +11m 3:52 / mi
weight:191.5lbs
From Northfield Rd., to the Bethesda Metro Station. I hit the traffic intersections well.
6 PM
Running (Street & Trail) 26:22 3.05 mi (8:39 / mi) +110m 7:46 / mi
From the Bethesda Metro Station, Woodmont Ave. to Wisconsin Ave., to Norwood Park, to the Little Falls Trail, to Falls Rd., to Glenbrook Rd., to Edgemoor Ln. into to the Bethesda Metro Station. I felt like and easier day would be appropriate so I didn't set out running very quickly. I did stop for a bathroom break and felt better after that. I picked up the pace, feeling stronger and running a quicker cadence without stretching my stride. I climbed a little better but I was fading toward the end.
Bicycling (Commute) 6:04 [3] 1.41 mi (4:18 / mi) +14m 4:10 / mi
From the Bethesda Metro Station to Northfield Rd. There was a little bit of traffic. I was pretty sweaty again but the ride helped dry me off.
Monday Aug 26, 2019 #
7 AM
Bicycling (Commute) 5:54 [3] 1.41 mi (4:11 / mi) +10m 4:06 / mi
slept:5.5 weight:194.5lbs
From Northfield Rd., to the Bethesda Metro Station. It felt almost cold this morning. I think the temperature was right around 60 F. I'd eaten a late dinner the night before.
6 PM
Running (Street & Trail Commute) 1:16:18 [3] 7.95 mi (9:36 / mi) +145m 9:05 / mi
From 12th & Independence Ave., SW, Washington, D.C. Independence Ave. to the Reflecting Pool, to the Lincoln Memorial, to the Rock Creek Trail, to along the Georgetown Waterfront, to the Capital Crescent Trail (CCT), to Canal Rd., NW, to Foxhall Rd., to 44th St. NW, to the Glover Archbold Trail, up to the Tenleytown Metro Station via Van Ness St. and Wisconsin Ave., then to the Friendship Heights Metro Station at the DC/MD border (Western Ave. & Wisconsin Ave.). I felt a little warm starting out. It was probably around 79 F but warmer and more humid than on last Friday when I ran after work. My legs were also tired. I eased into the run but did increase the pace without feeling like I was trying much. There were some faster runners around including a younger woman who left both me and another guy behind. I got into a rhythm by the time I was leaving Georgetown. Since the trailhead for the Glover Archbold Trail was still blocked due to an old and dangerous railroad trestle at the start of it, I'd found a way around that didn't involve me picking a way through dense thorns like last time. On the run, I felt okay but not quite as strong as last Friday. My left knee has been aching on slopes and I tried to run better. My stride on my right leg is better and feeling more natural now. I was pretty sweaty by the end and fortunately I had only one stop to go on the metro train.
Bicycling (Commute) 5:58 [3] 1.41 mi (4:14 / mi) +27m 4:00 / mi
From the Bethesda Metro Station to Northfield Rd. I had a little bit of tailwind. I weighed out at 191 lbs. again.
Sunday Aug 25, 2019 #
6 PM
Orienteering (Field Checking) 1:33:30 [1] 2.53 mi (36:57 / mi) +59m 34:28 / mi
slept:8.0 weight:191lbs
After a big lunch at my mother's house to see a visiting cousin, I finally got out to Great Falls Park, MD to do some map updating. Mostly, I worked around various control sites but I did cover some other areas. The map of Great Falls, MD is very good. Dave Linthicum was spot on accurate with what was on the map and his hand drawn or modified (?) contours were very good too. I went to update vegetation changes mostly. However as I looked more closely at some areas, I did find some missing features. Perhaps they were under Dave's mapping threshold before, or that he avoided some features where they were already dense nearby like at various gold mining scars. I located some new rock, depressions and ditches that are in addition to the vegetation. Most of the green symbol-ed vegetation has expanded but in some places, removing green makes sense now. At home, though we're unlikely to get permission for a club event, I did add some LiDAR to the northermost areas of the Ford Gold Mine. I could see how Dave emphasized reentrants by exaggerating them, when compared to the LiDAR contours.