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Sunday Jul 31, 2011 #
10 AM
Orienteering race (US Champs Red 2) 2:25:06 *** 8.5 km (17:04 / km) +150m 15:41 / km
spiked:4/13c shoes: 340 ORoc 2010
Plan for the day - more careful reading of map, try to run a bit harder in the soft terrain.
1 - overran my control and hit rootstock to the N and turned back to group of rootstocks. Sweat already rendering the glasses ineffective.
2 - a little low on the hill, had to climb back to control feature which seemed a bit higher on hill than mapped
3 - really tough reading detail in this area, checked numerous hills before finding the correct one
4 - missed to R, hit stonewall and came back in.
5 - woot - actually hit one directly, but at a very slow pace.
6 - ran pretty well through the green enroute to marsh crossing, up to trail and clearing and took a very careful bearing into what looked to be a very tricky area. Relocated a number of times to different features but never found it. Gave up after probably 20 minutes off looking and moved on to #7, thoroughly disgusted with myself. But there were a lot of others searching the area when I left.
7 - out to dirt road and then back in from solid attackpoint. Area felt right, wandered around for probably 15 minutes before just giving up.
8 - only real logical route back to finish appeared to be along the course route so started the long walk back with an occasional jog when the mood struck, which wasn't often. Picked up 8, 9 & 10 on the way since I was going by them.
11 - overshot a bit, realized it pretty quickly, but just didn't bother to go back for it. Headed for finish.
12 - by now a herd path to this through the poison ivy, but flag was not hung in the center of the circle. Fed up with the day and hoping the kids had better experiences than I did.
After finishing I found out that someone had inadvertantly removed controls #6 & #7 from the woods after Saturday's courses - which explains the absence of flags, vetting streamers or solid indication I was actually in the correct location. I could see how this might happen in a two-day local meet, but this was a US Championship course, someone should have verified that all controls were indeed in the woods on Sunday AM. Sunday's course was voided so the weekends results hinged on Saturday's results, and I didn't have a stellar day there either. Would have been extremely pissed if I had come out just for the weekend, but was here for the full festival, so set my sights on Monday rather than dwell on this one...
1 - overran my control and hit rootstock to the N and turned back to group of rootstocks. Sweat already rendering the glasses ineffective.
2 - a little low on the hill, had to climb back to control feature which seemed a bit higher on hill than mapped
3 - really tough reading detail in this area, checked numerous hills before finding the correct one
4 - missed to R, hit stonewall and came back in.
5 - woot - actually hit one directly, but at a very slow pace.
6 - ran pretty well through the green enroute to marsh crossing, up to trail and clearing and took a very careful bearing into what looked to be a very tricky area. Relocated a number of times to different features but never found it. Gave up after probably 20 minutes off looking and moved on to #7, thoroughly disgusted with myself. But there were a lot of others searching the area when I left.
7 - out to dirt road and then back in from solid attackpoint. Area felt right, wandered around for probably 15 minutes before just giving up.
8 - only real logical route back to finish appeared to be along the course route so started the long walk back with an occasional jog when the mood struck, which wasn't often. Picked up 8, 9 & 10 on the way since I was going by them.
11 - overshot a bit, realized it pretty quickly, but just didn't bother to go back for it. Headed for finish.
12 - by now a herd path to this through the poison ivy, but flag was not hung in the center of the circle. Fed up with the day and hoping the kids had better experiences than I did.
After finishing I found out that someone had inadvertantly removed controls #6 & #7 from the woods after Saturday's courses - which explains the absence of flags, vetting streamers or solid indication I was actually in the correct location. I could see how this might happen in a two-day local meet, but this was a US Championship course, someone should have verified that all controls were indeed in the woods on Sunday AM. Sunday's course was voided so the weekends results hinged on Saturday's results, and I didn't have a stellar day there either. Would have been extremely pissed if I had come out just for the weekend, but was here for the full festival, so set my sights on Monday rather than dwell on this one...
Saturday Jul 30, 2011 #
11 AM
Orienteering race (US Champs Red 1) 1:53:24 [4] *** 8.7 km (13:02 / km) +130m 12:08 / km
spiked:5/10c shoes: 340 ORoc 2010
Running trails has made me soft. The soft and often wet ground underfoot was really tough to run for me. Also I haven't run on a 1:15,000 scale map in a long while and my old eyes have a real tough time reading the fine detail. Generally had to come to a complete stop numerous times during a leg to remove glasses and consult map.
Never found trail headed towards #2 but got there without too much time lost. Was a bit low on #3, but hit trail and bounced back pretty quickly. Got off to the R on #4 and wandered down the spur to the N before figuring out that it went on too long- still struggling with scale issues. #6 was pretty straightforward but a slow jog up the hill. Missed #7 a tad low and wound up searching a reentrant a bit further W. #8 was a long, slow leg, couldn't match up stone walls at all (same area Anna failed to find orange #4) and was uncertain of my position once out on dirt road. Even at a complete stop studying the map I wasn't 100% confident. Struck off into the woods at a cautious pace and eventually hit the control without searching, but was a very hesitant, uncertain approach. Straightline but slow to #9, then bailed to road to go around to the last control. No major booms, but terrain speed and ability to read a 15k map contributed to a very slow overall pace and finished well down the list.
Never found trail headed towards #2 but got there without too much time lost. Was a bit low on #3, but hit trail and bounced back pretty quickly. Got off to the R on #4 and wandered down the spur to the N before figuring out that it went on too long- still struggling with scale issues. #6 was pretty straightforward but a slow jog up the hill. Missed #7 a tad low and wound up searching a reentrant a bit further W. #8 was a long, slow leg, couldn't match up stone walls at all (same area Anna failed to find orange #4) and was uncertain of my position once out on dirt road. Even at a complete stop studying the map I wasn't 100% confident. Struck off into the woods at a cautious pace and eventually hit the control without searching, but was a very hesitant, uncertain approach. Straightline but slow to #9, then bailed to road to go around to the last control. No major booms, but terrain speed and ability to read a 15k map contributed to a very slow overall pace and finished well down the list.
Friday Jul 29, 2011 #
6 AM
Note
rhr:43 slept:8.0 weight:76.8kg (rest day)
Thursday Jul 28, 2011 #
6 AM
Note
rhr:45 slept:8.0 weight:76.4kg
Wednesday Jul 27, 2011 #
5 AM
Bike - Stationary (155w avg) 21:00 12.41 km (1:42 / km) +1110m 1:10 / km
ahr:109 rhr:45 slept:7.5 weight:76.5kg
Core (leg press(7) 15x5) 5:00 [3]
Other (sauna) 10:00 [0]
6 PM
Core warm up/down 5:00 [1]
in lieu of warmup run
Run - Trail race (Bolton #5) 16:21 [4] 3.7 km (4:25 / km)
weight:76.2kg shoes: old 285 Roclite A
decided not to race it hard tonight with a week of O on tap. Even still, managed to stay in top 10 through the turnaround, then let some folks go by on the way back up. Kind of nice to just cruise at a hard pace without feeling the need to catch anyone or hold anyone off. Will get official time/place later when results post. (16:21, 16th place, 1 pt)
An article & photos from last weeks race came out in the Reminder this week:
An article & photos from last weeks race came out in the Reminder this week:
Tuesday Jul 26, 2011 #
5 AM
Note
rhr:42 slept:7.5 weight:75.9kg
6 AM
Bike - Stationary 15:30 9.92 km (1:34 / km) +870m 1:05 / km
ahr:122 max:137
Got a late start, so just a short session - 170w avg
Core (leg press(7) 20x5) 6:00 [3]
Other (sauna) 12:00 [0]
Monday Jul 25, 2011 #
5 AM
Note
rhr:45 slept:7.0 weight:76.1kg (rest day)
Headed to NH this AM for work. Don't plan on getting a run in, so we'll call it a rest day. Not sure how that differs from most other days lately though.
Sunday Jul 24, 2011 #
6 AM
Run - Trail (Bald Mountain Loop) 1:40:00 [3] 8.25 mi (12:07 / mi)
weight:75.5kg shoes: old 285 Roclite A
Early AM group run - Ginny, Regina, Dave S, Ken, Matt, Norm, Dom & I headed off for an easy sojourn to Bald Mtn and surrounding area. Light showers at the start and very thick humidity. Nice run, but a hellatious number of FHF's today, a few FDF's mixed in the but the big boys were out in force. My back is covered in a nice array of red welts - thankfully they don't hurt or itch, but it ain't pretty...
Saturday Jul 23, 2011 #
8 AM
Run - Trail (Soapstone) 1:00:00 [3] 9.0 km (6:40 / km)
slept:6.0 weight:75.7kg shoes: old 285 Roclite A
Saturday social run with Dave S & Chris (new guy). Out on the trails, Chris mentioned he lived nearby off Mountain View Rd and was curious how the McCann connector trail near his house connected to the trail network, so we went exploring. I hadn't run down that way in a couple of years, and it quickly became apparent that no one else has either. Though the trail is blazed with OpenSpace markers and is pretty evident in open woods, once down into a damn reentrant area it quickly became overgrown with barberry, multiflora and other vegetative unpleasantness. Drew a little blood, got down to Mountain View Rd and then back up before finishing the circuit around the base of Soapstone. Cloud cover keeping the temps down for now, but humidity is high and the FDF's were out....
Time & distance a total guess as none of us had GPS or watches on... but it was about an hour and average pace would seem to be in the 8-9km/hr range.
Time & distance a total guess as none of us had GPS or watches on... but it was about an hour and average pace would seem to be in the 8-9km/hr range.
Friday Jul 22, 2011 #
5 AM
Note
rhr:44 slept:5.5 weight:76.8kg
Thursday Jul 21, 2011 #
6 AM
Note
rhr:48 slept:7.0 weight:77.1kg
Wednesday Jul 20, 2011 #
5 AM
Note
rhr:41 slept:7.0 weight:77kg
6 PM
Run - Trail warm up/down (Bolton #4) 10:00 [2] 1.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
shoes: old 285 Roclite A
Run - Trail race (Bolton #4) 16:25 [5] 3.7 km (4:26 / km)
weight:77.7kg shoes: old 285 Roclite A
hot, didn't have anything tonight. Awaiting results
Tuesday Jul 19, 2011 #
6 AM
Note
rhr:46 slept:7.0 weight:76.7kg
Monday Jul 18, 2011 #
5 AM
Bike - Stationary 30:00 17.85 km (1:41 / km) +1544m 1:10 / km
rhr:42 slept:7.0 weight:76.8kg
10 minutes @ level 10, 10 @ 20, 10 @ 10. 157 watts average
Other (sauna) 10:00 [0]
6 PM
Bike - Stationary 10:07 [3] 7.08 km (1:26 / km) +649m 59 / km
203w avg
Other (sauna) 10:00 [0]
Core (leg press & low back) 10:00 [3]
Swimming warm up/down 5:00 [1]
Sunday Jul 17, 2011 #
6 AM
Note
rhr:45 slept:7.5 weight:76.5kg
Saturday Jul 16, 2011 #
6 AM
Note
rhr:45 slept:7.0 weight:77kg
9 AM
Hiking (Case Mtn) 5:00:00 [2] 16.0 km (18:45 / km) +500m 16:13 / km
weight:76.6kg shoes: old 285 Roclite A
Hiking Merit Badge Hike#3 - Jackson, Teddy & Nick plus Paul R. Spring St down to Case Pond, then up carriage road to Shenipsit Trail, S to power line, powerline W to Coops Sawmill, N on Coops to marsh crossing, then a little bit of off-trail navigation to shorten things up a bit coming back via Line St and up over Case summit back to Spring St. Warm day, but only one FDF. Skeeters plentiful when stopped to filter water, but otherwise a non-issue.
Friday Jul 15, 2011 #
5 AM
Note
rhr:48 slept:7.0 weight:77.1kg
Thursday Jul 14, 2011 #
5 AM
Note
rhr:47 slept:7.25 weight:75.7kg
Wednesday Jul 13, 2011 #
5 AM
Note
rhr:52 slept:7.0 weight:74.8kg
neglected my post-run protein drink last night. This am the legs are a bit sore and my rhr is up even though it was a very easy run. Skipping gym this AM, lesson learned.
6 PM
Run - Trail race (Bolton #3) 15:30 [5] 3.7 km (4:11 / km)
weight:75.7kg shoes: NB 790 {green}
Nice night, overcast and sprinkling at the start. It was dry and sunny when I left the house, so I opted for the lighter NB790's tonight. But a bit of moisture on the grass made the corners really dicey and even the grassy uphills found my footing giving way. Off the line quickly though and settled right into 3rd position with a couple young ones blazing away quickly... On the way up the hill on the first loop John passed me along with three others, then shortly thereafter a couple more, dropping me back into 8th spot I think. Big gap back now. Down into the woods, always tricky as you go from light into dark, then the eyes adjust and blaze away down to the turnaround then back up. Reasonably strong coming back up compared to the past two weeks, but still my weak point. Had one or two gaining toward the top of the hill but once it evened off a bit I could push a bit harder and maintain my position through the finish. Time estimated for now, will wait for results...
And another fine run by Hayden in the kids mile...
And another fine run by Hayden in the kids mile...
Run - Trail warm up/down 5:00 [1] 1.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: NB 790 {green}
Tuesday Jul 12, 2011 #
5 AM
Note
rhr:44 slept:7.6 weight:75.2kg
6 PM
Run - Trail (Case Mtn) 1:24:00 [3] 10.7 km (7:51 / km) +300m 6:53 / km
weight:74.6kg shoes: old 285 Roclite A
Tuesday Night Training. Met up with John, Dave M, Bruce & Dani at Line St. Dani is a local track coach and road runner and doesn't do much trails and was looking for an easier pace which was fine with me on a very warm evening. We let the other guys cruise on up the mountain and headed out at a more casual conversational pace.
Up to the summit of Case, then S along the Shenipsit Trail to the bridge at Coups Sawmill via a convoluted series of mountain bike trails, then S along the west side of big marsh and back to Line St. Very enjoyable to just cruise along at an easy pace without feeling the need to chase John & Dave.
Bolton tomorrow...
Up to the summit of Case, then S along the Shenipsit Trail to the bridge at Coups Sawmill via a convoluted series of mountain bike trails, then S along the west side of big marsh and back to Line St. Very enjoyable to just cruise along at an easy pace without feeling the need to chase John & Dave.
Bolton tomorrow...
Monday Jul 11, 2011 #
5 AM
Note
rhr:43 slept:4.0 weight:76.7kg
Bike - Stationary 30:30 17.93 km (1:42 / km) +1628m 1:10 / km
ahr:116 max:125
A randon variety of intervals - level 15 for 4-600m, then a varying rest usually at 10 or 11.
173 watts average
173 watts average
Core 10:00 [3]
Other (sauna) 10:00 [0]
5 PM
Run - Treadmill race (MQP) 11:20 [5] 3.0 km (3:47 / km)
ahr:141 max:165 shoes: Mindbender
After a 2km warmup, cranked it up to Manchester Qualifying Pace (MQP) for 3km. This should be roughly the pace I need to do to get an under-30 card. Of course I'll need to run a bit more than 3km to earn it, but not much. Should be able to get one if I can hold this pace at Wickham...
Run - Treadmill warm up/down 18:15 [3] 3.0 km (6:05 / km)
ahr:116 shoes: Mindbender
Other (sauna) 10:00 [0]
Other (whirlpool) 10:00 [0]
from the sauna into the whirlpool for a soak.
Swimming 5:00 [1]
not legit swimming, more cooling down with a couple easy laps in the lap pool after the whirlpool.
Sunday Jul 10, 2011 #
6 AM
Note
rhr:45 slept:8.0 weight:77.2kg
10 AM
Hiking (Shafran) 1:05:00 [1] 3.0 mi (21:40 / mi)
shoes: NB 790 {green}
Hiking with the kids - a few FDF's, and an array of tecnicolor fungi...
Saturday Jul 9, 2011 #
5 AM
Note
rhr:42 slept:6.0 weight:77.8kg
8 AM
Run - Mixed (Hare 5m) 38:00 [3] 8.0 km (4:45 / km)
weight:76.4kg shoes: old 285 Roclite A
Easy run out Hare. Cool & humid, fog starting to burn off as I finished. A tree fell on Shenipsit Lake Rd - I was kind of just cruising on auto-pilot (glasses fogged and off, so somewhat blind) and basically ran into this fallen tree completely blocking the road. And it sure as hell wasn't there 15 minutes before when I headed outbound that way. Nice to be done, didn't feel any inclination to push it or to go longer. Family coming home from vacation later today...
2 PM
Run - Road (Hare & back) 22:30 [3] 4.7 km (4:47 / km)
shoes: old 285 Roclite A
Just hanging out, and decided I felt like going for another run. Just down the dirt road and back, nice and easy.
Friday Jul 8, 2011 #
6 AM
Note
rhr:48 slept:4.0 weight:77.6kg (rest day)
slept lousy past few nights, rhr up. Taking a rest day...
Thursday Jul 7, 2011 #
5 PM
Orienteering (UMass Sprint) 21:05 [4] *** 3.5 km (6:01 / km) +113m 5:11 / km
spiked:22/24c weight:77.6kg shoes: old 285 Roclite A
Was planning on going up to Holyoke to run the 5k at the reservoir, but got home from work and saw Peter had posted an invite for some sprint training at UMass, only a liitle further north. Sounded good to me.. Due to traffic I was a bit delayed and got there as they were preparing to head out - Gail was already on the course. So no warmup which might have helped a bit with the heat.
A fine sprint course, a little slow and hesitant on the first couple since there were no flags so I slowed to make sure I was at the correct feature, my confidence level kicked in after a few and was good after that. Some route choices might have been better the other way around, but I quickly chose one and executed it, which is certainly faster than slowing down to rationalize the better choice.
Started running up the first leg of the Ali butterfly, but slowed to a power walk before getting halfway. After getting to the top I drifted a bit left, hitting some fence which I didn't see on the map (until after) and missed by 15s or so, Ali catching me in here. Second time up the Ali-fly, I had to walk most of the hill, and after the top I was once again a bit left (of a different control) and overshot a bit to a series of unmapped knolls, rather than the mapped and flagged knoll on the course - probably 20-25s lost in here with Phil.
Also lost about 30-40s on #17 as I got to the feature and saw a tape down low (but not one Peter put there) but the obvious access from the other side was blocked by unmapped & uncrossable construction fencing - Peter had said the control was 'down' - I could have jumped the 6' down, but it was mapped uncrossable (so I didn't). After casting about for a bit I realized I could run about 20m S, then sneak up along the edge of the unmapped fence and get to the ribbon - which I dutifully did. Upon leaving the control I noted Phil had passed me, not actually going to the control, but merely passing through the circle. I found out after that everyone else did the same thing. Peter said the control was down, but never mentioned that I didn't actually have to go down too... I guess I should study up on WM Rules....
Rest of the course was fun, but uneventful, hitting everything cleanly and choosing nice lines for running. And followed up with an enjoyable dinner with Peter, Gail, Phil and Ali at Bub's BBQ in Sunderland at the picnic tables outside - which was good since I didn't have any change of clothing from my running stuff.
A fine sprint course, a little slow and hesitant on the first couple since there were no flags so I slowed to make sure I was at the correct feature, my confidence level kicked in after a few and was good after that. Some route choices might have been better the other way around, but I quickly chose one and executed it, which is certainly faster than slowing down to rationalize the better choice.
Started running up the first leg of the Ali butterfly, but slowed to a power walk before getting halfway. After getting to the top I drifted a bit left, hitting some fence which I didn't see on the map (until after) and missed by 15s or so, Ali catching me in here. Second time up the Ali-fly, I had to walk most of the hill, and after the top I was once again a bit left (of a different control) and overshot a bit to a series of unmapped knolls, rather than the mapped and flagged knoll on the course - probably 20-25s lost in here with Phil.
Also lost about 30-40s on #17 as I got to the feature and saw a tape down low (but not one Peter put there) but the obvious access from the other side was blocked by unmapped & uncrossable construction fencing - Peter had said the control was 'down' - I could have jumped the 6' down, but it was mapped uncrossable (so I didn't). After casting about for a bit I realized I could run about 20m S, then sneak up along the edge of the unmapped fence and get to the ribbon - which I dutifully did. Upon leaving the control I noted Phil had passed me, not actually going to the control, but merely passing through the circle. I found out after that everyone else did the same thing. Peter said the control was down, but never mentioned that I didn't actually have to go down too... I guess I should study up on WM Rules....
Rest of the course was fun, but uneventful, hitting everything cleanly and choosing nice lines for running. And followed up with an enjoyable dinner with Peter, Gail, Phil and Ali at Bub's BBQ in Sunderland at the picnic tables outside - which was good since I didn't have any change of clothing from my running stuff.
Wednesday Jul 6, 2011 #
6 AM
Note
rhr:48 slept:6.0 weight:76.4kg
6 PM
Run - Trail warm up/down (Bolton XC) 7:00 [2] 0.8 mi (8:45 / mi)
shoes: old 285 Roclite A
Once around the 'mile' loop..
Run - Trail race (Bolton XC) 15:52 [5] 3.7 km (4:17 / km)
shoes: old 285 Roclite A
Got out in front of the masses so didn't have as much of a problem when we hit the narrower stuff going downhill. Decent energy going up the first hill. Opened up a sizable gap back going down the second time and settled into 9th spot - quite a gap to the front, but probably 40m back to the chasers. Down the hill into the woods where my confidence on trails is more advantageous, passed a fading younger kid to move into 8th. Saw my chasers gaining ground as I went back up the out/back trail and tried to push up through the woods, but I think I taxed myself a tad too much as I lost some steam on the final bit of uphill in the field, and got passed by quite a few. Finished up in something like 14th or so. Good run considering the hot conditions, and a minute faster than last week, and something like 10 spots higher up. Only snagged one point in my category this week, hopefully a few more on tap for this week - but John & Brett were out in front of me, so best I can hope for is third, and maybe not that either...
{edit} - damn, still only managed one lousy point again this week. A lot of old guys up in front again...
{edit} - damn, still only managed one lousy point again this week. A lot of old guys up in front again...
Tuesday Jul 5, 2011 #
5 AM
Bike - Stationary 30:00 [3] 17.3 km (1:44 / km) +1425m 1:14 / km
rhr:45 slept:6.5 weight:75.5kg
avg watts 141
Other (sauna) 10:00 [0]
Monday Jul 4, 2011 #
5 AM
Note
rhr:43 slept:8.0 weight:76.7kg
6 AM
Orienteering ('98 Troll Cup Red X2) 1:05:47 [3] 9.14 km (7:12 / km) +170m 6:35 / km
spiked:8/10c weight:75.7kg shoes: old 285 Roclite A
Ran a modified Red X course at Gay City. Bruce G & John A along for the run. Started from Birch Mtn Rd, picked up the course at control #6, then did the course in order through the finish. Rather than running up the road and continuing from the start, I opted to cut control #1 and we went from the beach up to control #2 and completed the course from there, heading back to Birch Mtn Rd when we hit the main trail.
A nice day in the woods, many of the route choices were a tad longer as I opted for clean sections of woods rather than areas with heavy fern undergrowth when possible. Very steamy and humid in the woods, glad I went with contacts rather than glasses, no problems with map reading but a number of times I wish I had more eye protection.
Must have run a pretty efficient route as the advertised climb for the course was 170m and John's Garmin recorded 171m climbing, though I usually take Garmin climb with a grain of salt.
John's Garmin
A nice day in the woods, many of the route choices were a tad longer as I opted for clean sections of woods rather than areas with heavy fern undergrowth when possible. Very steamy and humid in the woods, glad I went with contacts rather than glasses, no problems with map reading but a number of times I wish I had more eye protection.
Must have run a pretty efficient route as the advertised climb for the course was 170m and John's Garmin recorded 171m climbing, though I usually take Garmin climb with a grain of salt.
John's Garmin
Sunday Jul 3, 2011 #
5 AM
Note
rhr:45 slept:7.5 weight:76.4kg
7 AM
Run - Trail long (Case) 1:23:00 [3] 14.5 km (5:43 / km) +250m 5:16 / km
weight:74.5kg shoes: old 285 Roclite A
Saturday Jul 2, 2011 #
5 AM
Run - Mixed (Perambulations) 1:49:52 19.5 km (5:38 / km) +160m 5:25 / km
rhr:48 slept:8.0 weight:75.1kg shoes: old 285 Roclite A
Didn't run yesterday, so not wanting to start the 2nd half the year with a pair of zeros I got up to get an early run in. Figured on down to Hare and back for an easy 3 miler.
Got to Hare & opted to head up into to woods and make it a 5 miler but got the turnaround point and decided it was a nice morning so I'd keep going and run Pinnacle Rd around and come back along the lake.
Got to end of lake but rather than turning L for home I followed the Shenipsit Trail out along the old trolley line to Rt 74 where a few other folks were gathering for a 7am run. Turned around and ran with them for a while then headed for home.
Hit the dirt road at Hare and briefly contemplated going back up in the woods again, but turned R instead and decided to pick up the pace for the final mile of dirt. Then an easy half mile back to the house.
A nice enjoyable long run, not at all a slog. And the extra mileage make up for nothing yesterday. Family headed to NH on Monday without me, so looks like I may be racing most evenings this week - Wickham, Bolton & Holyoke....
Got to Hare & opted to head up into to woods and make it a 5 miler but got the turnaround point and decided it was a nice morning so I'd keep going and run Pinnacle Rd around and come back along the lake.
Got to end of lake but rather than turning L for home I followed the Shenipsit Trail out along the old trolley line to Rt 74 where a few other folks were gathering for a 7am run. Turned around and ran with them for a while then headed for home.
Hit the dirt road at Hare and briefly contemplated going back up in the woods again, but turned R instead and decided to pick up the pace for the final mile of dirt. Then an easy half mile back to the house.
A nice enjoyable long run, not at all a slog. And the extra mileage make up for nothing yesterday. Family headed to NH on Monday without me, so looks like I may be racing most evenings this week - Wickham, Bolton & Holyoke....
Friday Jul 1, 2011 #
5 AM
Note
rhr:45 slept:6.5 weight:76.9kg