Training Log Archive: L-Jackson

lunchtime loop - RTP

Mid-day run w/ Kameron. Mixed in four 0.2 mile intervals

1:17
1:14
1:09
1:06

GPS measurements aren't the most accurate but will do for now. Next time we will try to get to a track.

Feet were tired from yesterday's run and a lot of standing around at West Point today. So I tried to take it easy and looked for an interesting place to run. Went to Fort Montgomery National Historic site ? which isn?t much of a site. It did have one appealing feature - a multi-million dollar pedestrian crossing over Popolopen Creek. Which was interesting - because it led to the exact same place that the Route 9W bridge (which has a sidewalk) led to - Bear Mt. Bridge. The bridge over 9W is a steel truss bridge, just like the I-35 bridge that collapsed in Minn. On the surface the money for the ped. bridge seems like money poorly spent. The perception seemed appropriate for the location, because it turns out that Fort Montgomery was never really finished, because after starting it, the Revolutionaries realized that the opposite side of Popolopen Creek was higher. So they had to build Fort Clinton.

Anyway, I managed to get across the Bear Mountain Bridge on a 2.5-foot-wide section of the AT. The extra mile or so to get across the bridge was worth it.

Note: Just looked at the NYSDOT report generated as a result of the I-35 collapse and the Route 9W bridge was the only one that was 'red flagged' (i.e., bad). It is still OK to drive on it while design the fix.....

Ran on the Baileytown Map in Harriman with the 1990 US Champs courses. I didn't get a timely start after finishing business - I lollygagged in my room for a bit, had to respond to a late afternoon fire with a client and lost 20 minutes when I couldn?t find my Forerunner. I left it outside my motel room to p/u a signal and then left without it. Fortunately it was still there when I returned.

After a mile or so run to the start triangle I proceeded to goto the #1 control on the blue course. After getting relocated and back on the red course I settled in until #5 where I drifted too far down the slope and got into an area with some old stone fences. This was similar to the mistake I had at the Relay Champs. After finally realizing the map had some age to it (trail between #5 and #6 was barely visible), and questioning if I would made it back before darkness I figured it was time to go. Ran out on trails/roads through the camps and then back to the car along Route 6. I probably would have been in less danger working my way though the woods in the dark versus running on Route 6!