Training Log Archive: PG

I submitted my votes for course of the year on the World of O web page. Seems like we ought to try and get a bunch of votes for Neil's work at Blue Mountain. Which means, just go vote. Has to be done Sunday, easiest to do it now. And you might even win a prize.

Getting dark and gloomy, so opted for a short outing on the treadmill since I was already in Greenfield. I seem to recall someone saying that you need to set it at 1% to make it equal to running outside, so I did that. Miles were 9:35, 8:38, 7:32. Had someone on the treadmill next to me just in case.

Still not completely well, head cold is mostly gone, but the sore throat just lingers. Stopped by the doc's this morning just to see if anything more serious was going on. He didn't think so.

C • Next treadmill 14

After reading about the Traverse, and then Harold Parker SF, both of which I am glad to have missed because I couldn't have coped, and noticing the prevalence of a certain AOWN occurrence, I'll just report the following statistic:

During 61 hours of mapping, number of ticks seen -- 0. :-)

Time to try to remember how to run. 20 minutes running now seems like a long time.

Did it unaccompanied. Not sure if that was foolish or not, but what the hell, got to take some risks.

C • 8:28/mi - that be some spee... 3

C • speed mapping? 1

Finishing up the SE corrner. And then actually took a short lunch break since I was back at the car. Other days I've just kept going.

And then some of the NE corner. Didn't have part of it on my map board, plus I'd used up my sheet of mylar, so it will have to wait. Maybe an hour or two of work there, and a couple of hours north of the ski lift, and that should do it. Getting close.

Ran into an older couple out walking. What was I doing? Making an orienteering map. Oh, great, we need a good map.

And then as I was leaving they ambled out to where I was parked. Showed them what I was doing. The guy wanted to know how they could get a copy. So I got his e-mail address. And in the course of the conversation, he said if I needed any help with town officials at any time, just get in touch with him, he knew them all and would be glad to help.

Put a smile on my face as I drove off.

Still to do (northeast) --



Still to do (northwest) --



And done so far --

Another full day tromping around. Slow going at times, but making progress. I'd guess two more days should finish it up, maybe a day and a half. Supposed to be another nice day tomorrow, that should get a good chunk of it.

Conversation of the day, with a group of 4 ladies, a couple of girls, and a dog.

What are you doing?

I'm making an orienteering map.

(one of the girls) See, he's got a compass.

(The first lady) Are you orienteering now?

No, I'm just making the map now. Then we can use it for orienteering.

Oh, that's cool.

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So far no one has said, "What's orienteering?" I think that's progress.

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Done so far --



Still to do -- the SE corner, the NE corner, and a little bit north of the ski lift.

C • progress 6

Another nice day, so had to take advantage of it, this time in an area full of bike trails. Made reasonable progress.

Saw a bunch of bikers out, plus a couple of walkers, plus a guy with a rake, raking the leaves off the bike trails. Saw him twice, once with his daughter along (maybe age 5), and then a little later jogging back into the area as I was walking out. When I suggested there wasn't much daylight left, he said, no problem, he had his headlamp. Bikers sure seem to take care of their trails.

I've also fine-tuned my response when the occasional person asks me what I'm doing, so that now I say I'm making a map for orienteering (as opposed to just making a map), and then quite happy to talk about it if they show any interest. Met one old guy hiking, he didn't seem that interested in orienteering, but he did say, much to my amazement, "Oh, you must be Peter."

Now, none of this should have happened today because the park seems to be closed, along with several others in the state. Though I'm not sure when I was in the park (as opposed to Hadley watershed land, or consevation land, or private land). I did make a point of parking at an access point that was not on state land, so didn't expect to see any "closed" signs, and there were none. Perhaps there were some up at the Notch. But given that I saw at least 20-25 people out, and none in any danger, and generally the trails are free from any deadfall, well, I didn't stress out too much over whether I was illegal.

On the treadmill at Charlie's. Haven't run in what I think is a couple of weeks, combination of being sick and the mapping, but this didn't feel too bad. Clearly I was well rested. Miles in 9:43, 8:17, and 7:35. First half of the last mile was at 7-minute pace, but then I decided that maybe wasn't smart and backed off. But if you aren't going to run much, it should be fast, I would think.

Still fighting the cold, getting quite tiresome.

Took Charlie to see my mom last night. Actually the main reason he came along (in addition to keeping me awake) was Rhonda didn't have any dessert for dinner, hard to believe but true, and there is always cake at my mom's. Two kinds this time, both were excellent. :-)