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Sunday Sep 25, 2011 #
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11 AM
orienteering 1:27:46 4.93 mi (17:48 / mi) +1339ft 14:10 / mi
ahr:143 max:154 weight:136.5lbs shoes: x-talon 212 #2
WCOC meet at Tarrywile. Red course, 7.9 km.
Pretty feeble. Warm and very humid and my energy level was about a -2 on a scale of 1 to 10. On every climb it seemed more a question of whether I was going to make it all the way up than of trying to move quickly. If the weather next Sunday for the Highlander is similar, it will not be pretty.
Mostly OK orienteering, little misses at 4 and 20. Just moving so slowly....
Pretty feeble. Warm and very humid and my energy level was about a -2 on a scale of 1 to 10. On every climb it seemed more a question of whether I was going to make it all the way up than of trying to move quickly. If the weather next Sunday for the Highlander is similar, it will not be pretty.
Mostly OK orienteering, little misses at 4 and 20. Just moving so slowly....
Saturday Sep 24, 2011 #
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Would have thought you were in the home of one of the Walker brothers -- older generation, not the younger, we're talking home repairs not high tech -- as Gail and I managed to replace various failing moving parts inside a toilet. And, hard to believe, so far it works, and it doesn't leak.
Total cost was about $9. I'm sure George/Ken (and Clark) would approve, although maybe not the latter because I did take my car to go to the plumbing supply store.
I had figured our odds of success were less than 10% (and our odds of doing significant damage to either part of the toilet or one of us well more than 10%), and that we would be calling a plumber on Monday. What a surprise. :-)
Total cost was about $9. I'm sure George/Ken (and Clark) would approve, although maybe not the latter because I did take my car to go to the plumbing supply store.
I had figured our odds of success were less than 10% (and our odds of doing significant damage to either part of the toilet or one of us well more than 10%), and that we would be calling a plumber on Monday. What a surprise. :-)
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Friday Sep 23, 2011 #
2 PM
track 22:57 3.0 mi (7:39 / mi) +7ft 7:38 / mi
ahr:138 max:166 rhr:50 weight:137lbs shoes: pegasus #2
A very short session at the track on the way home from Greenfield, in the rain, and raining progressively harder as time went on. Didn't want to do a lot, but wanted to do a little faster running.
A mile to warm-up, then 4x200 with a 200 jog in-between. I was running a little faster and therefore breathing a little harder than intended, so lost my desire to do any more, and thought that might be the end of it. But after another slow lap, I thought I might as well see if I could still do a 400 in under 90 seconds, and was pleasantly surprised.
200s in 46.1, 44.0, 43.5, 43.2
400 in 84.5
One thing I'm doing at these occasional track sessions is just wearing my normal training shoes, instead of lighter racing shoes. The latter are tougher on the feel, especially my heels, and no point in wearing them just to train.
A mile to warm-up, then 4x200 with a 200 jog in-between. I was running a little faster and therefore breathing a little harder than intended, so lost my desire to do any more, and thought that might be the end of it. But after another slow lap, I thought I might as well see if I could still do a 400 in under 90 seconds, and was pleasantly surprised.
200s in 46.1, 44.0, 43.5, 43.2
400 in 84.5
One thing I'm doing at these occasional track sessions is just wearing my normal training shoes, instead of lighter racing shoes. The latter are tougher on the feel, especially my heels, and no point in wearing them just to train.
Thursday Sep 22, 2011 #
1 PM
run/hike 48:28 3.26 mi (14:52 / mi) +1125ft 11:12 / mi
ahr:130 max:148 rhr:51 weight:137lbs shoes: pegasus #2
Hadn't been on the Seven Sisters trail for a long time, so did that from the Notch west to just about the low place. And then back via the uppermost bike trail on the north side. A whole lot easier coming back than going out, even though neither seemed easy, as it was very humid and I was sweating a ton, and the legs were a little sore and tired too. SS seems to have gotten a lot steeper over the years....
I stopped in at the Visitor's Center afterwards and chatted up two young park employees there. Some about orienteering and maps, some about the park, some about the SS trail race. Nice conversation. One (Adam) was a runner, turned out I knew his uncle (Paul Bazanchek), the uncle has done a little O' and the nephew knew about it. Neither seemed to think there would be any problem with doing orienteering over at Earl's trails. Though of course they're not the boss. But it was a good start. Also, it seems that the Holyoke Range and Mt. Tom are all part of the same administrative unit, and I think Phil's had good luck with the authorities at Mt. Tom.
We can always do renegade O', but it might be nice to do regular O' too.
I stopped in at the Visitor's Center afterwards and chatted up two young park employees there. Some about orienteering and maps, some about the park, some about the SS trail race. Nice conversation. One (Adam) was a runner, turned out I knew his uncle (Paul Bazanchek), the uncle has done a little O' and the nephew knew about it. Neither seemed to think there would be any problem with doing orienteering over at Earl's trails. Though of course they're not the boss. But it was a good start. Also, it seems that the Holyoke Range and Mt. Tom are all part of the same administrative unit, and I think Phil's had good luck with the authorities at Mt. Tom.
We can always do renegade O', but it might be nice to do regular O' too.
Wednesday Sep 21, 2011 #
1 PM
trail running 57:47 5.74 mi (10:04 / mi) +1106ft 8:31 / mi
ahr:139 max:167 shoes: pegasus #2
Another extra-long run on my usual winter trails at Greenfield ridge. Legs a little sore but not so much to make make me pass on the run, though the 57 minutes did seem to last a long time. Need to get the ipod cranked up again if I'm going to keep doing this long stuff.
Nicest part of the run was when I heard a dog, and then another one, and pretty soon there were four dogs coming my way, all with pink streamers around their necks -- it is bear season -- and then a young woman, who also had pink streamers wrapped around her neck, started calling them. And they all dutifully ran back to her, and stood next to her off to the side of the trail while I ran by. I couldn't help but give her a sincere "Thank you" as I passed.
And at some point either before or after I ran I saw a van with a company name that stuck in my mind -- Hiking Paws. I assume I saw them in action. If they ever need a referral....
Nicest part of the run was when I heard a dog, and then another one, and pretty soon there were four dogs coming my way, all with pink streamers around their necks -- it is bear season -- and then a young woman, who also had pink streamers wrapped around her neck, started calling them. And they all dutifully ran back to her, and stood next to her off to the side of the trail while I ran by. I couldn't help but give her a sincere "Thank you" as I passed.
And at some point either before or after I ran I saw a van with a company name that stuck in my mind -- Hiking Paws. I assume I saw them in action. If they ever need a referral....
Tuesday Sep 20, 2011 #
4 PM
trail running 58:43 5.9 mi (9:57 / mi) +1175ft 8:22 / mi
ahr:140 max:159 weight:138lbs shoes: pegasus #2
From the gate, a loop around Mt. Toby. Starts will a long up, but once that is done, the rest is pretty benign. Except maybe it wasn't so benign, as I was putting in some effort, plus I'd already had a 2.5 hour quick stroll around the golf course, and, yes, the legs knew that I'd done that.
Trying to do a few longer runs -- and an hour qualifies as a longer run these days -- in anticipation of longer O' courses coming up. Probably too little and too late to make a difference.
Trying to do a few longer runs -- and an hour qualifies as a longer run these days -- in anticipation of longer O' courses coming up. Probably too little and too late to make a difference.
Monday Sep 19, 2011 #
5 PM
trail running 20:39 2.22 mi (9:18 / mi) +66ft 9:03 / mi
ahr:131 max:149 shoes: pegasus #2
Warm-up around part of the course.
trail running race 20:36 3.0 mi (6:52 / mi) +171ft 6:31 / mi
ahr:160 max:171 shoes: x-talon 212 #2
Westfield 3 mile XC. Good and bad. Legs didn't feel very zippy the first few minutes, but then got better. Good in that I got the age 66 record by 12 seconds. Bad in that I ran the course 44 seconds faster 2 years ago. Oh well, could have been worse.