Training Log Archive: Ari-oIn the 31 days ending Jul 31, 2015:
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Friday Jul 31, 2015 #
6 AM
Run hills 28:36 [1] 3.2 mi (8:56 / mi) +195m 7:31 / mi
The humidity broke overnight and 70/58 never felt so good! Up for my alarm and off to an abbreviated November Project because I had to leave early for work. Hills, and some push ups, a fun workout.
Core (Push ups) 2:00 [1]
50 push ups. One set aimed down a hill because harder.
6 PM
Bicycle 2:01:06 [1] 27.5 mi (4:24 / mi) +118m 4:21 / mi
Slow evening ride in the wind. Work drowned me completely and after 10 hours and nothing working and basically having the same list of to do things that I'd started with, it was high time to go on a bike ride. It wasn't fast, except when they put out signs in Lexington saying "everyone go slow on the bike path." It's the "Minuteman Commuter Bikeway" not the "Minuteman walk three abreast down the middle Bikeway." If you want to walk somewhere without bikes, walk on the sidewalk. For a lot of commuters it's the safest way to quickly get between home and work (especially since several sections have several miles between grade crossings).
Okay, rant over.
I also went fast when a bee stung me and I had to make pain to make the other pain go away. Then my leg hurt for a while.
Other than that, it was a nice ride. I was ready to crank the Putnam-Post Office segment in Cambridge when a couple of jaywalkers jumped the light in front of my bike. Apparently my brakes do work.
Okay, rant over.
I also went fast when a bee stung me and I had to make pain to make the other pain go away. Then my leg hurt for a while.
Other than that, it was a nice ride. I was ready to crank the Putnam-Post Office segment in Cambridge when a couple of jaywalkers jumped the light in front of my bike. Apparently my brakes do work.
Thursday Jul 30, 2015 #
Run 33:26 [1] 3.8 mi (8:48 / mi)
Still sore from Tuesday, but needing to get out. Also, hot. I waited until it started raining, which was a slight consolation.
Ran with a t-shirt in hand so I could go in to the grocery. Then when I was leaving this happened. Luckily, right in the parking lot, so I just ran back and got a new bag. And carried it under my arm. (ice crea + humidity = not good for paper bags)
Ran with a t-shirt in hand so I could go in to the grocery. Then when I was leaving this happened. Luckily, right in the parking lot, so I just ran back and got a new bag. And carried it under my arm. (ice crea + humidity = not good for paper bags)
Tuesday Jul 28, 2015 #
6 PM
Run warm up/down 10:00 [3] 1.4 mi (7:09 / mi) +10m 6:59 / mi
Plan to run the Newburyport 10 miler was great until the train got delayed 40 minutes. Which meant my race was 11.5 miles: 1.5 to the start and then a quick registration (I had my money out and ready to go) and a quick sprint to start the race. Late. Oh well.
Run race 1:10:00 [3] 10.0 mi (7:00 / mi) +43m 6:54 / mi
Newburyport "race."
In quotes because I still don't have a time, and started 5 minutes late, and the mat may have been off, or my late registration may not have been entered. I caught the pack about 500m in, and was passing the 12 minute milers. A couple miles later I was passing people a bit more slowly, but passing all the way. Great course, great time of day, lots of water stops and lawn sprinklers. I stayed mostly hydrated but it was 80 and humid so, no, I am not going to run super fast in these conditions. Still managed 7s with positive splits, not bad considering I had no one to pace off of and was just passing people the whole way. Fun race, though, definitely will do again. Hopefully with a train that doesn't poop the bed. Better the T than me!
On the ride home we had an impromptu transit nerd meeting, so that was fun. And the train was on time.
In quotes because I still don't have a time, and started 5 minutes late, and the mat may have been off, or my late registration may not have been entered. I caught the pack about 500m in, and was passing the 12 minute milers. A couple miles later I was passing people a bit more slowly, but passing all the way. Great course, great time of day, lots of water stops and lawn sprinklers. I stayed mostly hydrated but it was 80 and humid so, no, I am not going to run super fast in these conditions. Still managed 7s with positive splits, not bad considering I had no one to pace off of and was just passing people the whole way. Fun race, though, definitely will do again. Hopefully with a train that doesn't poop the bed. Better the T than me!
On the ride home we had an impromptu transit nerd meeting, so that was fun. And the train was on time.
Monday Jul 27, 2015 #
Run 28:00 [1] 3.5 mi (8:00 / mi)
Warm evening after the deluge, quick run. Hemming and hawing about the 10 miler tomorrow in Newburyport. Yeah, it will be warm, but what's the worst that happens? Heat stroke?
Sunday Jul 26, 2015 #
1 PM
Hiking 1:10:00 [1] 3.7 mi (18:55 / mi)
Hike out of Carter. Pretty easy clip. But my knee feels perfect. Bring on more trail running!
Saturday Jul 25, 2015 #
3 PM
Trail Run hills 1:41:16 [2] 6.0 mi (16:53 / mi) +858m 11:41 / mi
Got done enough making dinner at the hut (it was great! only one guest vomited during dinner!) and went out for a run. Cloudy and foggy, but dry. I charged up Carter Dome making it to the summit—1500 feet over 1.3 miles—in 30 minutes. My Garmin got all messed up in the notch, though, and then was way off, so it's super-janky. Felt good going up, and then there's a nice trail down to Zeta Pass (really cool, too) and then a super awesome switchbacked trail down from Carter Dome. Like, just pretty much perfect for running. Also, switchbacks in New England. Weird.
I was on time for a 5:00 dinner prep arrival, but a dip in the lake precluded that by a few seconds.
I was on time for a 5:00 dinner prep arrival, but a dip in the lake precluded that by a few seconds.
Friday Jul 24, 2015 #
8 PM
Hiking 1:12:56 [1] 3.7 mi (19:43 / mi) +570m 13:20 / mi
Left work at 5, mostly avoided the worst of traffic, started hiking by 8:45, nice night hike in to Carter with only a brief shower.
But the new headlamp. Wow. It's a Petzl RXP and it has several outstanding features such as:
* Dual beam: one spot near the ground and one further out, so you can see well in a straight line ahead of you, you know, like in the direction you're running.
* Reactive lighting: I thought this was a gimmick but it's the best thing ever. It has a sensor which dims the light when you need less of it. You know how when you look at your map at night you're blinded by the light reflecting off the paper when you're used to diffuse light in the woods? Well this thing dims the light to map-reading level. Amazing! First world solutions for a first world problem. I will not say I didn't look at my hand several times to see this in action.
Very happy with this purchase!
But the new headlamp. Wow. It's a Petzl RXP and it has several outstanding features such as:
* Dual beam: one spot near the ground and one further out, so you can see well in a straight line ahead of you, you know, like in the direction you're running.
* Reactive lighting: I thought this was a gimmick but it's the best thing ever. It has a sensor which dims the light when you need less of it. You know how when you look at your map at night you're blinded by the light reflecting off the paper when you're used to diffuse light in the woods? Well this thing dims the light to map-reading level. Amazing! First world solutions for a first world problem. I will not say I didn't look at my hand several times to see this in action.
Very happy with this purchase!
Thursday Jul 23, 2015 #
9 AM
Core (Rollerboard) 8:00 [1] 0.2 mi (39:59 / mi) +65m 19:54 / mi
105 pulls in the AM. Spending too much time acting as a pawn between Harvard and MassDOT, or something.
8 PM
Run 38:25 [1] 4.4 mi (8:44 / mi) +10m 8:40 / mi
Got home and went to plug in my headlamp to charge for the weekend and the plug was borked. Just not working. Decided after 4 years it might be time for a new headlamp, have 10 birthday dollars at EMS and they're open until 9! Off we go, with a slightly longer run home because it was super nice out.
Tuesday Jul 21, 2015 #
6 AM
Hiking 1:25:00 [1] 3.8 mi (22:22 / mi)
Hike down to Appalachia. Slowly. No knee pain.
Monday Jul 20, 2015 #
Note
Garmin was being tres unhelpful this morning. Would only boot to the Garmin screen, claimed no charge after being plugged in all night, reset instructions didn't work. After following various instructions I finally got fed up and held down all the buttons for a while et voila, it booted! Although when it did it thought it was 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday the 6th, but apparently it needs to find satellites to reset the time, which ain't working so well in my office. Garmin online support was most unhelpful. At least it didn't erase something mid-run or whatever. Hooray?
5 PM
Trail Run hills 1:18:00 [3] 3.8 mi (20:31 / mi) +1075m 10:55 / mi
So. My friend and former assistant hutmaster Beo (short for Beowulf, a trail name, it's a long story) said "hey I'm DJing Madfest [huts party] do you want to come up and do lights?"
Does the pope shit in the woods?
Went in to work early, skipped out, drove north. Hit the train running with my computer and some other detritus in a backpack, probably about 20 pounds, and 80+ degree temperatures at the base. The nice thing about the Valley Way is it's always 20 degrees cooler at the top! Turned in a respectable 1:18; 9 minutes off my record time but with some weight and some heat. Knee started to have feels up on the 1000 yards but seems fine.
Does the pope shit in the woods?
Went in to work early, skipped out, drove north. Hit the train running with my computer and some other detritus in a backpack, probably about 20 pounds, and 80+ degree temperatures at the base. The nice thing about the Valley Way is it's always 20 degrees cooler at the top! Turned in a respectable 1:18; 9 minutes off my record time but with some weight and some heat. Knee started to have feels up on the 1000 yards but seems fine.
Sunday Jul 19, 2015 #
Trail Run long 2:29:10 [1] 12.0 mi (12:26 / mi) +591m 10:47 / mi
Relatively early morning to trail run with Maartje. Out to the Wapack, north a few miles from Windblown. She was feeling slow and dehydrated with an ironman next weekend, so we turned back. I did another four miles up and down Barrett Mountain. Then we cooled off in a lake, and then stopped for food!
Speaking of food, many blueberries and raspberries were consumed trailside.
Speaking of food, many blueberries and raspberries were consumed trailside.
Saturday Jul 18, 2015 #
4 PM
Rollerski 1:36:12 [1] 15.6 mi (6:10 / mi) +217m 5:55 / mi
I was up way late last night, and didn't make the morning rollerski (which was classic, anyway). I went out a lot later and it was pretty nice. With the Taylor bridge under construction, I scouted out a different route via the Littleton train station and center, and that actually worked really well. On the way back from the scout to the new field parking lot, I saw a guy stopped changing a tire.
I stopped and walked up to him with the floor pump I keep in my car (for this, oh, and for pumping my tires) and gave him a quick pump up. Then I got to rolling.
Nice skate roll, knee feels great. Well, feels normal, which is great. With the extra bit it's a pretty even 25k roll. However, there are two just nasty sections of road paved with that terrible gravel stuff. Slough Road in to 111 is a problem, and maybe you could go around through Harvard. Eldridge Road out by the pond could be looped around. Will need a scout, I think.
Sweaty at the end, though!
I stopped and walked up to him with the floor pump I keep in my car (for this, oh, and for pumping my tires) and gave him a quick pump up. Then I got to rolling.
Nice skate roll, knee feels great. Well, feels normal, which is great. With the extra bit it's a pretty even 25k roll. However, there are two just nasty sections of road paved with that terrible gravel stuff. Slough Road in to 111 is a problem, and maybe you could go around through Harvard. Eldridge Road out by the pond could be looped around. Will need a scout, I think.
Sweaty at the end, though!
Friday Jul 17, 2015 #
6 AM
Run hills 48:16 [2] 5.1 mi (9:28 / mi) +412m 7:34 / mi
Three hills at November Project. Three parts to each hill. No knee pain, even going down at a decent clip. Good times.
Made sure to go all the way to the bottom of the Summit Path, so I did 14 extra stairs. 234 steps each time.
Made sure to go all the way to the bottom of the Summit Path, so I did 14 extra stairs. 234 steps each time.
6 PM
Bicycle 42:42 [1] 10.8 mi (3:57 / mi) +158m 3:47 / mi
Off to pick stuff up at my sister/parent's house. Decided to make a ride out of it. Went over to JP and then up and down the hills in the arb. Good times!
Bicycle 14:38 [1] 3.6 mi (4:04 / mi) +10m 4:02 / mi
And then riding home. Coming in to Beacon Street I was sprinting a state green which went yellow as I got there and hitting the streetcar tracks at about 25 mph. That was … interesting.
Thursday Jul 16, 2015 #
8 AM
Run 55:26 [1] 7.5 mi (7:23 / mi) +30m 7:18 / mi
It was way too nice today to not go for a run, and unsure of evening plans, I went in the morning. I felt fast but my watch kept showing 8s, but that's fine. Legs certainly sore from yesterday. Went up and around Fresh Pond and back. Just a really, really nice day. I wish summer was always 70º and dry, not this humidity nonsense.
Saw two friends, too, one waiting for the bus (high five!) and another biking with her daughter and a bakfiets. Bikes!
Saw two friends, too, one waiting for the bus (high five!) and another biking with her daughter and a bakfiets. Bikes!
Wednesday Jul 15, 2015 #
6 AM
Run intervals (Spenst, basically) 22:00 [4] 1.0 mi (22:00 / mi) +298m 11:25 / mi
More races at November Project. These are fun! You race someone up each section as-fast-as-you-can and then descend for some recovery. Basically intervals/spenst, running big stairs is relatively ski-specific to classic kick, anyway.
I won my first three races which meant I kept going right and got over towards the faster group, went 13-7-1 overall (tied one race, and we just went down and tried again; I won the second). Despite being wicked humid it was cloudy, so I didn't die. Ice water helped.
Also, my knee didn't, and doesn't, hurt!
I won my first three races which meant I kept going right and got over towards the faster group, went 13-7-1 overall (tied one race, and we just went down and tried again; I won the second). Despite being wicked humid it was cloudy, so I didn't die. Ice water helped.
Also, my knee didn't, and doesn't, hurt!
Tuesday Jul 14, 2015 #
7 AM
Core (Rollerboard) 8:00 [1] 0.2 mi (39:59 / mi) +60m 20:42 / mi
100 mroe pulls. 30-25-25-20.
Monday Jul 13, 2015 #
8 PM
Run 29:00 [1] 4.0 mi (7:15 / mi) +10m 7:12 / mi
Got carried away with internetty stuff, but then went for a run, Harvard Bridge to Western.
Uneventful except on the Harvard Bridge. There was a lot of foot traffic and I executed the crash barrier leap twice, perfectly, without breaking stride. The first time was in front of a pair of joggers who let out gasps and then whoops as they were apparently duly impressed.
Running, it's kind of fun, sometimes.
Uneventful except on the Harvard Bridge. There was a lot of foot traffic and I executed the crash barrier leap twice, perfectly, without breaking stride. The first time was in front of a pair of joggers who let out gasps and then whoops as they were apparently duly impressed.
Running, it's kind of fun, sometimes.
Sunday Jul 12, 2015 #
6 AM
Run 9:00 [1] 1.0 mi (9:00 / mi)
Run to get a ride to run.
7 AM
Trail Run long 1:45:40 [1] 10.0 mi (10:34 / mi) +262m 9:46 / mi
Some November Project folks were going trail running in Medfield and it was going to be wicked hot today. I wanted to test out my knee to see how it responds, this seemed like relatively easy trail, and it would force me to get up early and run when it was cool. All of this worked.
Wound up being really nice. It was only around 70 when we started, shady, and not too muggy, so the running was totally tolerable. There were, give or take, 10 people running, and the pace was relaxed but not slow. (Apparently the 9:00 group was slow.) Most importantly, my knee didn't hurt during and doesn't hurt after. Great success!
Also, this was at Noon Hill. I asked Ed if anyone has ever mapped it (it seems like great terrain: a decent stone wall and trail network but not too dense, lots of topography, point features, and lots of white forests). The answer is yes, NEOC did recently.
Wound up being really nice. It was only around 70 when we started, shady, and not too muggy, so the running was totally tolerable. There were, give or take, 10 people running, and the pace was relaxed but not slow. (Apparently the 9:00 group was slow.) Most importantly, my knee didn't hurt during and doesn't hurt after. Great success!
Also, this was at Noon Hill. I asked Ed if anyone has ever mapped it (it seems like great terrain: a decent stone wall and trail network but not too dense, lots of topography, point features, and lots of white forests). The answer is yes, NEOC did recently.
Saturday Jul 11, 2015 #
2 PM
Core (Rollerboard) 4:00 [1] 0.1 mi (39:59 / mi) +30m 20:42 / mi
50 pulls. Still sore from the other day. Wow.
5 PM
Rollerski 1:27:03 [1] 12.8 mi (6:48 / mi) +50m 6:43 / mi
Rollerski! It was hot so I waited for some cooldown and said eff the T and skied to Alewife.
It's not that fun.
Then I skied out to the end of new pavement and back and took the train home, because it's a friggin four mile minefield to get to Alewife.
It's not that fun.
Then I skied out to the end of new pavement and back and took the train home, because it's a friggin four mile minefield to get to Alewife.
Friday Jul 10, 2015 #
6 AM
Run hills 32:13 [1] 3.0 mi (10:44 / mi) +225m 8:43 / mi
Another knee maintenance day at November Project. There were Indian[a Jones?] runs but I was in no shape to be pushed in to doing 6:45 miles on that hill so I did my own thing. Some grapevine, some stairs, knee feeling pretty okay (not perfect).
6 PM
Bicycle 1:44:20 [1] 28.3 mi (3:41 / mi) +300m 3:34 / mi
Too nice not to ride bikes. Also, didn't want to run again today. Went out to take a left down Green Street, and did, had to stop in the middle of Prospect-River/Western for an errant pedestrian, sped up ahead of traffic to the next stop sign, slowed down, checked for cars and pedestrians, and went through at maybe 6 mph.
And there was a Cambridge cop, hiding behind a pole, to give me a lecture.
Actually, it was fine. Got a warning. He said "hey, look, we're trying to keep you safe" and I said "yeah" but still think they go after bikes a little too much but I didn't even have to name drop ("I work on the bike committee with Sgt Kale; she's great" etc).
Anyway, then I had a nice ride. Felt good. Knee felt fine for ~30 miles. This is good.
And there was a Cambridge cop, hiding behind a pole, to give me a lecture.
Actually, it was fine. Got a warning. He said "hey, look, we're trying to keep you safe" and I said "yeah" but still think they go after bikes a little too much but I didn't even have to name drop ("I work on the bike committee with Sgt Kale; she's great" etc).
Anyway, then I had a nice ride. Felt good. Knee felt fine for ~30 miles. This is good.
Thursday Jul 9, 2015 #
Note
I open the e-newspaper and there's an article about orienteering that says "Key to Winning: Not Getting Lost". Oh, so that's what I've been doing wrong. Thanks, New York Times!
Then it turns out there's a video, and if you click the clicky there's an Alex talking in the video (and an Ed, too, and an Ian, and Peter, etc). Very exciting!
Then it turns out there's a video, and if you click the clicky there's an Alex talking in the video (and an Ed, too, and an Ian, and Peter, etc). Very exciting!
Core (Rollerboard) 8:00 [1] 0.2 mi (39:59 / mi) +60m 20:42 / mi
100 pulls. 30-25-25-20. Once hands get sweaty, they start to hurt. Key? Don't stop.
7 PM
Run 44:10 [2] 6.0 mi (7:22 / mi) +20m 7:17 / mi
Good run! Knee feels … okay, during and after. Laid down straight sevens along the river, and just felt happy. It helps that it's 67˚, maybe I'm the only one who thinks that this is a perfect summer day. Long live the ocean!
Wednesday Jul 8, 2015 #
Run hills 42:00 [1] 1.2 mi (35:00 / mi) +298m 19:45 / mi
I went to November Project this morning with the idea of being smart. Not going all out until my knee hurt, but trying to make the knee stronger without hurt. Also, it's my fourth summer at November Project and I've finally learned that it's not a cult and if they say "you're doing x" you can do y. In other words, I headed straight to the shade. I'm not running in 72º, muggy sunshine if there's a good option not to.
Anyway, I would go up and down one section sideways (almost grapeviney) one way, then the next turned the other way, and then the next running straight up. Felt good, if slow, and my knee doesn't hurt after it. Progress!
Anyway, I would go up and down one section sideways (almost grapeviney) one way, then the next turned the other way, and then the next running straight up. Felt good, if slow, and my knee doesn't hurt after it. Progress!
Tuesday Jul 7, 2015 #
6 PM
Bicycle 1:16:21 [2] 19.7 mi (3:53 / mi) +139m 3:48 / mi
Hot and muggy; better for biking than running. My knee seems to enjoy biking more, too. Went out Concord, up the big hill (relatively hard, and knee felt okay) and then out to Lexington to blast back down the rail trail. Fastest I've done that, cruising along at 25 mph and slaloming other users (not too busy). I know a lot of people prefer Mass Ave, but to have no road crossings for several miles at a time is nice.
The middle 9 miles from Belmont to Arlington, with no lights, I cruised around 19 mph. The rest of the ride was a wee bit slower.
I then went through the wilds of West Cambridge (Yerxa underpass!) and passed, for a third time, a guy who said I had a "nice bike." Uhm, okay, it's the stock Specialized lowish-range carbon bike, but thanks? Usually I get comments like that about my barely-working Bontrager. Such is life.
The middle 9 miles from Belmont to Arlington, with no lights, I cruised around 19 mph. The rest of the ride was a wee bit slower.
I then went through the wilds of West Cambridge (Yerxa underpass!) and passed, for a third time, a guy who said I had a "nice bike." Uhm, okay, it's the stock Specialized lowish-range carbon bike, but thanks? Usually I get comments like that about my barely-working Bontrager. Such is life.
Sunday Jul 5, 2015 #
1 PM
Rollerski 1:13:08 [1] 13.2 mi (5:32 / mi) +70m 5:27 / mi
Decided that my arms would be a good thing to use what with my whole knee thing. And that it would be hard not to use my legs too much on the usual hilly rollerski loops. So I convinced my dad to come bike alongside (a little slow for him, but not bad) on the newly paved Chesterfield road. Beautiful rollerski along an esker, just enough terrain to keep it interesting, new pavement, no traffic. Skated part way back, knee felt it a little, but no pain afterwards. Not bad days!
Saturday Jul 4, 2015 #
4 PM
Bicycle 1:33:04 [1] 23.7 mi (3:56 / mi) +576m 3:39 / mi
After a camp meeting and then looking at cabin drawings, it was too late to drive to the flat-ish road for rollerskiing (not about to do some steep hills with my legs, and I'd like to recon my routes before skiing them after this winter) so I rode bikes again, reconing my 30k route (verdict: okay, but Route 41 is sketchier going downhill) and doing my best not to fall down and die.
And I didn't.
Only went about 43 down Nickerson Hill as I saw a car in a driveway. Slowed from 40 to 37 and then back to 43. Up the Church Road, around Fogg and down the North Road at a high rate of speed (pavement there had deteriorated) and then rolling to Mount Vernon, with more fun hills; the hill in to Mount Vernon requires brakes for the downhill.
Then my knee felt it again, so I slowed down somewhat. And it sprinkled. Came home and took a shower; cool today! But good ride. And not much residual knee pain.
And I didn't.
Only went about 43 down Nickerson Hill as I saw a car in a driveway. Slowed from 40 to 37 and then back to 43. Up the Church Road, around Fogg and down the North Road at a high rate of speed (pavement there had deteriorated) and then rolling to Mount Vernon, with more fun hills; the hill in to Mount Vernon requires brakes for the downhill.
Then my knee felt it again, so I slowed down somewhat. And it sprinkled. Came home and took a shower; cool today! But good ride. And not much residual knee pain.
Friday Jul 3, 2015 #
Bicycle 1:37:26 [1] 24.6 mi (3:58 / mi) +528m 3:43 / mi
We drove up to Maine in the morning; I didn't go run NP because hills and my knees are not agreeing right now. The drive up was painful: heavy traffic the whole damn way up until Maine. Then we stopped for food and beer in Portland.
We had the idea that I'd meet Lincoln and Jess in Brunswick and we'd bike up to Readfield, and my sister and her bf would drive their car up. But Jess has been sick (and just got back from France) and my knee is dogging me and we didn't want to delay the rest of the party, so we went straight to camp and Jess drove up and Lincoln biked up.
Our plan, bike south, try to contact Lincoln and see where he was (he was biking with a flip phone and an iPad, seriously) and then bike back. We went down towards Mount Pisgah having a nice ride. Up the Pisgah hill and then there were a series of culverts being replaced so every 100m or so there would be a two or three foot section of dirt. We went over several and on a downhill there was a higher-crowned one and Jess went over it a little aggressively and lost balance and couldn't recover and went down.
It was scary to watch. She got up quickly, before I could try to do an assessment (don't move your head or back) but she seemed responsive enough. She was okay, her bike was okay, her helmet had a small crack (a foam hat for the rest of the ride, and then the trash), scratches and bruises, but nothing too bad. Her handlebars were askew and fixed (she had a tool) and we went gingerly on.
We made contact with Lincoln and met in him Winthrop, and then went up and over the hill and then up Nickerson. By this point my knee remembered that it didn't feel great, but it was okay and didn't hurt after. Also we jumped in the lake, which cures all ills.
We had the idea that I'd meet Lincoln and Jess in Brunswick and we'd bike up to Readfield, and my sister and her bf would drive their car up. But Jess has been sick (and just got back from France) and my knee is dogging me and we didn't want to delay the rest of the party, so we went straight to camp and Jess drove up and Lincoln biked up.
Our plan, bike south, try to contact Lincoln and see where he was (he was biking with a flip phone and an iPad, seriously) and then bike back. We went down towards Mount Pisgah having a nice ride. Up the Pisgah hill and then there were a series of culverts being replaced so every 100m or so there would be a two or three foot section of dirt. We went over several and on a downhill there was a higher-crowned one and Jess went over it a little aggressively and lost balance and couldn't recover and went down.
It was scary to watch. She got up quickly, before I could try to do an assessment (don't move your head or back) but she seemed responsive enough. She was okay, her bike was okay, her helmet had a small crack (a foam hat for the rest of the ride, and then the trash), scratches and bruises, but nothing too bad. Her handlebars were askew and fixed (she had a tool) and we went gingerly on.
We made contact with Lincoln and met in him Winthrop, and then went up and over the hill and then up Nickerson. By this point my knee remembered that it didn't feel great, but it was okay and didn't hurt after. Also we jumped in the lake, which cures all ills.
Thursday Jul 2, 2015 #
Run 21:18 [1] 2.5 mi (8:31 / mi) +10m 8:25 / mi
Ran to the bike shop, just to see how my legs would feel. Okay, but certainly not great. Then I bought a new helmet, because they looked at the one I was trying to replace a broken stay for was way beyond saving. So then I Hubwayed home with a box and such.
Wednesday Jul 1, 2015 #
6 AM
Run hills 20:00 [1] 1.0 mi (20:00 / mi) +250m 11:15 / mi
So I was all excited to run stadiums. Old friends and new, and an old friend who showed up for the first time. I was up before my alarm, there a few minutes early, and it was cool, cloudy and sprinkling rain. I was ready.
I ran the first section. Fine. Second, third, fourth, all good. And then my knee started to hurt. 7 sections in it was time out for a long stretch, and I only did a few more before it hit again.
IT band, die.
Anyone have ideas? Resting for most of a week didn't help. I think strengthening? How does one do that? Ugh being old sucks this kind of shit didn't use to happen.
I ran the first section. Fine. Second, third, fourth, all good. And then my knee started to hurt. 7 sections in it was time out for a long stretch, and I only did a few more before it hit again.
IT band, die.
Anyone have ideas? Resting for most of a week didn't help. I think strengthening? How does one do that? Ugh being old sucks this kind of shit didn't use to happen.
C • ITB 5