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Sunday Sep 30, 2018 #
Note
92 days left in the year, 34000m left to climb = 369 m/day
A Pemi Loop per week, and nothing else, would get me there.
A Pemi Loop per week, and nothing else, would get me there.
C • vert 4
Run 33:27 [1] 3.6 mi (9:17 / mi) +8m 9:14 / mi
Best laid plans:
1. I'll start my problem set and see how I'm feeling at around 3, and maybe take the $10 train out to Littleton to roll around.
2. 3:00, pset going well, realize that the train gets to Littleton at 4:20, doesn't leave at 4:20, in no rush to go rollerski. Watch two baseball games instead (at the same, time, thanks, Internet).
3. So I'll go rollerski on Mem Drive.
4. Eh, lots of overhead.
5. Roommate going for a run, 9s. Sounds good.
1. I'll start my problem set and see how I'm feeling at around 3, and maybe take the $10 train out to Littleton to roll around.
2. 3:00, pset going well, realize that the train gets to Littleton at 4:20, doesn't leave at 4:20, in no rush to go rollerski. Watch two baseball games instead (at the same, time, thanks, Internet).
3. So I'll go rollerski on Mem Drive.
4. Eh, lots of overhead.
5. Roommate going for a run, 9s. Sounds good.
Saturday Sep 29, 2018 #
8 AM
Trail Run 9:28:00 [1] 29.5 mi (19:15 / mi) +2841m 14:49 / mi
Pemi Loop. Weather looked good, found some co-Loopers (Alex and MIT friend Gabriel) and we set out at 5:30 for the drive to Lincoln Woods, which was nice and fast. Still some fog on the hills when we arrived, but the valley was cool and gorgeous. Jogged out the rail trail, having chosen clockwise, and Alex and Gabriel pretty quickly delayered (I was in shorts and a t-shirt) and we made the right turn. Relaxed pace up Osseo, Gabriel and I got ahead of Alex a couple of times but she caught up. Chilly on Flume, so dry shirt went on, then back in to the trees for me to run behind the downhillers.
We saw Dartmouth coaches right before Little Haystack and a goal became to not get caught by the Dartmouth skiers (good goal, and per Strava, we had 6 minutes to spare). Also, Moosilauke on Oct 21. The Loop part of the ridge was insane with people in the fog; I asked a few to stay on the trail nicely, and said hello to the alpine steward who was clicking them off. He said he only expected to see 200 to 300 people, but we probably passed 100 between Haystack and Lincoln alone.
Quieter off Lafayette and down the slabs with the sun coming out. Alex had been chirping about the women's FKT earlier, but it was pretty clear that wasn't happening (we would have had to make a much faster push up Osseo and over the ridge to have a chance). It felt good to not be holding people back going down the steep stuff along the Garfield Ridge Trail (not the GRT; only the Gale River Trail is the GRT) towards Garfield. I was feeling pretty good going up Garfield (first time for everything) but Alex was having niggles and seesawing between "I don't feel great" and "this is the best day ever." Mostly the latter, so that was good.
I led by a couple of minutes of much of the Bump, Lump and Hump, actually feeling decent, then up to the hut. Hannah, a CSU skier working there, was packing (and going on days off the next day, so didn't stick around, although if we'd know when we were getting there she probably could have met truck and hustled back to find us) but left us Magic Cookie Bars, bread and a Pemi Loop Queen, or PLOOP QUEEN, crown for Alex. We ate p-dill and other food, refilled water, and I jumped in to dive some dishes. Alex and Gabriel went to conquer South Twin for the last big climb of the day, and I stayed behind to chitchat the croo and dive more dishes. Also, South Twin is a lot easier at a fast pace if you can muster it to keep some flow going up the rocks. So 40 minutes at the hut, or so.
I left and hustled up South Twin, yelling at a couple of old white dudes about politics (maybe don't assume that it's okay to be misogynistic just because there's another white guy around, we're not all terrible people). I caught Alex and Gabriel at the summit and set off for the jog to Guyot. Alex had foot pain now so wasn't her usual spritely self on the downhills, but this meant that my legs were getting tired but not completely pummeled. Off over the Bonds, which were not only gorgeous but completely depopulated as compared with the ridge, and then down Bondcliff, where I was leading the way. On a downhill. With Alex. Which means we actually ran an Alex in to the ground. This is not easy.
The rail trail was interminable. I probably could have ticked off 8:30s, but Alex was bounding on her poles and I figured I'd hang back to keep her company and stride at about the same speed (turns out I can fast stride at her slow jog pace). 10:40 to the car, with my legs feeling tired, but not actually bad. So that's something.
Scarpas performed very well, sticky on the rocks, but comfortable throughout. Not super solid on the base, but that's what I got in to. Also the bottoms of my feet are going to hurt after running 30 miles on rocks. We then ate pizza and ice cream and drive south.
(I kind of want to do the Pemi Loop again right now.)
We saw Dartmouth coaches right before Little Haystack and a goal became to not get caught by the Dartmouth skiers (good goal, and per Strava, we had 6 minutes to spare). Also, Moosilauke on Oct 21. The Loop part of the ridge was insane with people in the fog; I asked a few to stay on the trail nicely, and said hello to the alpine steward who was clicking them off. He said he only expected to see 200 to 300 people, but we probably passed 100 between Haystack and Lincoln alone.
Quieter off Lafayette and down the slabs with the sun coming out. Alex had been chirping about the women's FKT earlier, but it was pretty clear that wasn't happening (we would have had to make a much faster push up Osseo and over the ridge to have a chance). It felt good to not be holding people back going down the steep stuff along the Garfield Ridge Trail (not the GRT; only the Gale River Trail is the GRT) towards Garfield. I was feeling pretty good going up Garfield (first time for everything) but Alex was having niggles and seesawing between "I don't feel great" and "this is the best day ever." Mostly the latter, so that was good.
I led by a couple of minutes of much of the Bump, Lump and Hump, actually feeling decent, then up to the hut. Hannah, a CSU skier working there, was packing (and going on days off the next day, so didn't stick around, although if we'd know when we were getting there she probably could have met truck and hustled back to find us) but left us Magic Cookie Bars, bread and a Pemi Loop Queen, or PLOOP QUEEN, crown for Alex. We ate p-dill and other food, refilled water, and I jumped in to dive some dishes. Alex and Gabriel went to conquer South Twin for the last big climb of the day, and I stayed behind to chitchat the croo and dive more dishes. Also, South Twin is a lot easier at a fast pace if you can muster it to keep some flow going up the rocks. So 40 minutes at the hut, or so.
I left and hustled up South Twin, yelling at a couple of old white dudes about politics (maybe don't assume that it's okay to be misogynistic just because there's another white guy around, we're not all terrible people). I caught Alex and Gabriel at the summit and set off for the jog to Guyot. Alex had foot pain now so wasn't her usual spritely self on the downhills, but this meant that my legs were getting tired but not completely pummeled. Off over the Bonds, which were not only gorgeous but completely depopulated as compared with the ridge, and then down Bondcliff, where I was leading the way. On a downhill. With Alex. Which means we actually ran an Alex in to the ground. This is not easy.
The rail trail was interminable. I probably could have ticked off 8:30s, but Alex was bounding on her poles and I figured I'd hang back to keep her company and stride at about the same speed (turns out I can fast stride at her slow jog pace). 10:40 to the car, with my legs feeling tired, but not actually bad. So that's something.
Scarpas performed very well, sticky on the rocks, but comfortable throughout. Not super solid on the base, but that's what I got in to. Also the bottoms of my feet are going to hurt after running 30 miles on rocks. We then ate pizza and ice cream and drive south.
(I kind of want to do the Pemi Loop again right now.)
Thursday Sep 27, 2018 #
10 AM
Trail Run 39:38 [1] 4.5 mi (8:48 / mi) +179m 7:50 / mi
New shoes! Salomons died this summer (one pair in the 50m, one on the rocks of the Whites) so it's time for new ones. Ordered with a nice code from Sarah from Scarpa, and they arrived yesterday.
I don't exactly want to do a Pemi Loop with brand new shoes.
So off to the Blue Hills. I was going to go in the afternoon except that it turned out I needed to go to a thing in the evening, so morning it was. Drove down, not much time, but did the yellow triangle route, felt good, pushed some downhills, shoes were fine. (I ordered a 44 and 44.5, wore the 44s, and they're fine; the 44.5s might be too.) About the same time as the last time I ran this only, but someone has run it 7 minutes faster since, so the FKT may be a bit harder to attain.
I don't exactly want to do a Pemi Loop with brand new shoes.
So off to the Blue Hills. I was going to go in the afternoon except that it turned out I needed to go to a thing in the evening, so morning it was. Drove down, not much time, but did the yellow triangle route, felt good, pushed some downhills, shoes were fine. (I ordered a 44 and 44.5, wore the 44s, and they're fine; the 44.5s might be too.) About the same time as the last time I ran this only, but someone has run it 7 minutes faster since, so the FKT may be a bit harder to attain.
Wednesday Sep 26, 2018 #
6 AM
Run 26:21 [3] 1.5 mi (17:34 / mi) +524m 8:25 / mi
Unfortunately a very warm day for the stadium. I ran the first half in PR pace but slowed way down when the heat got to me. I should have iced a bottle, oh well. 26:00 isn't bad for a warm day; hoping for something cooler. Oh, track last night didn't help, either.
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018 #
6 PM
Run 28:56 [1] 2.5 mi (11:34 / mi)
Warm up, strides, etc.
Run 16:06 [3] 2.7 mi (5:58 / mi)
Felt decent at track. 800 in 2:50, then 1200 in 4:22, 1600 in 5:56 (fell back a bit on this) and then I had to go to dinner with my folks so I ran a 2:58 800 to finish (most at the 1200 pace the others were doing.
Then I drove off with someone's bag in my car, so I had to go back for the end anyway (thanks for calling, Alex). Track brain doesn't work well.
Then I drove off with someone's bag in my car, so I had to go back for the end anyway (thanks for calling, Alex). Track brain doesn't work well.
Monday Sep 24, 2018 #
Note
Any advice for an older garmin (620, about 4.5 years old)? Still works fine tracking, but the battery life is subpar, and it now only charges to 94% on the first try (and then subsequently charges to 100% if I put it back in the cradle). Used to get 10 hours, now 5-6 is a good day, and winter will probably be worse. Sounds like replacing it requires soldering? Or giving Garmin $99? At which point new watch?
6 AM
Run 23:03 [1] 2.8 mi (8:14 / mi) +48m 7:49 / mi
Up before my alarm (sort of) with plenty of time to run out to NP in Brighton uphill.
Core 24:20 [1]
All kinds of things on a basketball court. Core. Will hurt.
Run 26:06 [1] 2.8 mi (9:19 / mi) +12m 9:12 / mi
Run home, in to the wind.