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Tuesday Apr 30, 2013 #
10 AM
Mapping 2:02:39 [1] 3.83 mi (32:00 / mi) +250ft 30:08 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
More Powder Mills mapping.
3 PM
Walking (Dog walk) 44:56 [1] 2.42 mi (18:35 / mi) +18ft 18:27 / mi
shoes: Saucony Cohesion
Late-afternoon walk with Homer over to Finn Park and back, with a nice stop at the creek so he could wade for a few minutes.
Sunday Apr 28, 2013 #
Pickleball 2:00:00 [2]
Indoors, at the Rec Center. Lots of good games, no weak players. Partnered with trailsnail on a number of games and we were successful except for one game when we had something like a 7-2 lead and went on to lose 12-10 or 11-9. The team we were playing against was a mixed doubles team, both of whom are in the 75+ age group. Both are quite good players, for any age, but especially for 75+. I know they're planning on entering a few tournaments, and I would expect them to do very well.
Saturday Apr 27, 2013 #
Pickleball 1:45:00 [2]
Due to a scheduling screw-up by our beloved Webster Rec Center, there was another use planned for the gym today instead of our 2-4 pickleball session, which had been on the schedule for many months. They found out about the conflict totally by accident, and then let us know around noon that we weren't going to be playing pickleball indoors after all.
Fortunately, it was reasonable weather for outdoor pickleball, so around 12 of us played at Webster Park. We all concluded that playing outdoors is way more challenging than playing indoors. But we do need to get used to it, we realize.
Fortunately, it was reasonable weather for outdoor pickleball, so around 12 of us played at Webster Park. We all concluded that playing outdoors is way more challenging than playing indoors. But we do need to get used to it, we realize.
10 AM
Walking (Dog walk) 1:22:33 [1] 4.32 mi (19:07 / mi) +258ft 18:05 / mi
shoes: Saucony Cohesion
Urban walk with Homer. Very nice day for me, but I could tell Homer would have liked it a little cooler. He also would have liked it if I had remembered to bring along a water bottle and dog dish in the car so he could have had a drink when we got back to the car. He was looking longingly at the Genesee River as we were walking along it, but unfortunately the bank was too steep and too thickly vegetated for me to have taken him down for a dip.
Friday Apr 26, 2013 #
10 AM
Mapping 2:32:05 [1] 4.23 mi (35:55 / mi) +475ft 32:28 / mi
shoes: Saucony Cohesion
More Powder Mills field checking.
When I was about 2 hours into the field checking, I decided to check the hand-carried GPS (the club GPS) to see how full the track log was. I was quite dismayed to find that it was 0% full. Somehow, I must have changed to the option of not recording tracks. Obviously that was not an intentional change ... I had taken a fair number of waypoints for point features, and those were OK, but no tracks from the trails that I had walked until I discovered the error and changed it back to recording tracks.
Not a total disaster by any means, since I was reasonably careful about recording where I thought the trails I was walking were actually located on the map, but having a GPS track is great as far as catching errors, or in the best case, confirming that the trail I drew on the map is in fact reasonably accurate.
When I was about 2 hours into the field checking, I decided to check the hand-carried GPS (the club GPS) to see how full the track log was. I was quite dismayed to find that it was 0% full. Somehow, I must have changed to the option of not recording tracks. Obviously that was not an intentional change ... I had taken a fair number of waypoints for point features, and those were OK, but no tracks from the trails that I had walked until I discovered the error and changed it back to recording tracks.
Not a total disaster by any means, since I was reasonably careful about recording where I thought the trails I was walking were actually located on the map, but having a GPS track is great as far as catching errors, or in the best case, confirming that the trail I drew on the map is in fact reasonably accurate.
Thursday Apr 25, 2013 #
Pickleball 1:45:00 [2]
Webster Rec Center, drop-in play. Good group.
Wednesday Apr 24, 2013 #
10 AM
Walking 1:35:41 [1] 2.99 mi (32:00 / mi) +122ft 30:49 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
Alasa Farms near Sodus Bay. Checking out a potential new orienteering venue with Rick, Linda, and Laurie.
I can't say my expectations were low, but they weren't high -- essentially I had no expectations of this area, not knowing what to expect. But it was hard not to be very impressed. Although a lot of the land they manage for the Genesee Land Trust was farmland as the name kind of implies, there was a good section of wooded area, almost all of which would be mapped as white, with a lot of contour detail (spur/reentrant type).
It wasn't totally clear as to exactly how much land is managed by Alasa Farms (they didn't have a map to provide us that showed the limits of their land). It was obvious when we reached the end of their land as they had it very clearly posted (not no trespassing, but no hunting or motor vehicles). There was other land they manage which we did not hike around in, plus one of the people with the farm said there was a significant DEC land holding adjacent to the land trust land.
They seem quite receptive to us mapping their property and using it for an ROC event every year (or more realistically, from our standpoint, every other year), and to possibly having a permanent course set up, and to conduct other orienteering-related activities.
A couple of potential issues: No parking lot that would accommodate how many cars would probably be there for a meet (may be able to park along the lightly-traveled road). Also, the area seemed to lend itself well to advanced courses, but at this point there are few clearly defined trails, so setting white or yellow may be bit difficult, until trails get better established.
I can't say my expectations were low, but they weren't high -- essentially I had no expectations of this area, not knowing what to expect. But it was hard not to be very impressed. Although a lot of the land they manage for the Genesee Land Trust was farmland as the name kind of implies, there was a good section of wooded area, almost all of which would be mapped as white, with a lot of contour detail (spur/reentrant type).
It wasn't totally clear as to exactly how much land is managed by Alasa Farms (they didn't have a map to provide us that showed the limits of their land). It was obvious when we reached the end of their land as they had it very clearly posted (not no trespassing, but no hunting or motor vehicles). There was other land they manage which we did not hike around in, plus one of the people with the farm said there was a significant DEC land holding adjacent to the land trust land.
They seem quite receptive to us mapping their property and using it for an ROC event every year (or more realistically, from our standpoint, every other year), and to possibly having a permanent course set up, and to conduct other orienteering-related activities.
A couple of potential issues: No parking lot that would accommodate how many cars would probably be there for a meet (may be able to park along the lightly-traveled road). Also, the area seemed to lend itself well to advanced courses, but at this point there are few clearly defined trails, so setting white or yellow may be bit difficult, until trails get better established.
Tuesday Apr 23, 2013 #
9 AM
Mapping 3:19:44 [1] 5.94 mi (33:37 / mi) +281ft 32:11 / mi
shoes: Saucony Cohesion
Powder Mills mapping, north section of the park. Lots of improvement opportunities in this part of the park.
In the NW section of the park, I reached a sign that said park boundary, but it looked like a very well established (and blazed) trail kept going along the creek, and there were no "posted" signs nor did I feel like I was in anyone's back yard, so I decided to follow it. I went until I arrived at the "daffodil meadow", which had a very nice stone memorial to Bill Hearne in it. I knew there had been a memorial to him put in place but I had no idea where it was -- now I know.
Also, in another area, there was a "no trespassing" sign which was quite clearly on park land -- not TOO far from private land but much further in than could be explained by the homeowner accidentally putting it a little on public land. There was a lot of distinct contour detail in that part of the park, so it was quite obvious that it was on park land. If someone obeys it, it would cut out a small section of reasonably interesting open-wooded terrain. I'm going to try to determine how I can report this to the parks dept and ask them to investigate.
When I was walking through one small gravel parking lot in the NW area of the park, I noticed a car with an OUSA sticker on it. In about 10 minutes, I ran into Carol Moran on one of the trails.
Then later, while walking back to my car along the road, I ran into Wilt Alston who was out for a run.
In the NW section of the park, I reached a sign that said park boundary, but it looked like a very well established (and blazed) trail kept going along the creek, and there were no "posted" signs nor did I feel like I was in anyone's back yard, so I decided to follow it. I went until I arrived at the "daffodil meadow", which had a very nice stone memorial to Bill Hearne in it. I knew there had been a memorial to him put in place but I had no idea where it was -- now I know.
Also, in another area, there was a "no trespassing" sign which was quite clearly on park land -- not TOO far from private land but much further in than could be explained by the homeowner accidentally putting it a little on public land. There was a lot of distinct contour detail in that part of the park, so it was quite obvious that it was on park land. If someone obeys it, it would cut out a small section of reasonably interesting open-wooded terrain. I'm going to try to determine how I can report this to the parks dept and ask them to investigate.
When I was walking through one small gravel parking lot in the NW area of the park, I noticed a car with an OUSA sticker on it. In about 10 minutes, I ran into Carol Moran on one of the trails.
Then later, while walking back to my car along the road, I ran into Wilt Alston who was out for a run.
Sunday Apr 21, 2013 #
Pickleball 2:00:00 [2]
Rec Center, rare Sunday drop-in play. Had around 12 players, 4-5 of whom were quite new to the game but picked things up reasonably well.
Thursday Apr 18, 2013 #
Pickleball 1:30:00 [2]
Th afternoon drop in play. A bit on the warm side in the gym which made it feel like it was more of a workout than it actually was, I suspect.
Foot was bothering me just a little, but enough that I cut it about half an hour shorter than I typically would have.
Foot was bothering me just a little, but enough that I cut it about half an hour shorter than I typically would have.
Wednesday Apr 17, 2013 #
1 PM
Mapping 32:59 [1] 1.29 mi (25:28 / mi) +115ft 23:30 / mi
I somehow developed a crack that turned into almost a cut on the bottom of my right foot late Sat. or early Sun. It wasn't bothering me too badly on Monday and it was great mapping weather which I didn't want to miss, so I spent a few hours walking around Durand, doing a final check on the map. That appears to have been a mistake, as yesterday it was hurting quite a bit to do any walking at all, until I enlisted Cheryl's help and taped a large piece of gauze over it. Then I could walk OK although it was still a bit unpleasant.
Today it was a lot better, but I didn't want to make the mistake I did on Monday and overdo it, but I did want to make a little progress at least. So I spent about half an hour doing a final check on an area that was definitely in need of a final check.
Today it was a lot better, but I didn't want to make the mistake I did on Monday and overdo it, but I did want to make a little progress at least. So I spent about half an hour doing a final check on an area that was definitely in need of a final check.
Monday Apr 15, 2013 #
10 AM
Mapping 1:07:48 [1] 1.79 mi (37:54 / mi) +84ft 36:17 / mi
shoes: Saucony Progrid Hurricane 11
12 PM
Mapping 1:08:49 [1] 2.25 mi (30:38 / mi) +98ft 29:25 / mi
shoes: Saucony Progrid Hurricane 11
1 PM
Mapping 19:01 [1] 0.59 mi (32:11 / mi) +90ft 28:08 / mi
shoes: Saucony Progrid Hurricane 11
Saturday Apr 13, 2013 #
9 AM
Walking (Dog walk) 40:35 [1] 2.06 mi (19:42 / mi) +10ft 19:37 / mi
shoes: Saucony Cohesion
Semi-urban walk with Homer.
10 AM
Walking (Dog walk) 46:40 [1] 2.61 mi (17:53 / mi) +87ft 17:20 / mi
shoes: Saucony Cohesion
Totally urban walk with Homer.
Friday Apr 12, 2013 #
3 PM
Walking (Dog walk) 1:02:37 [1] 3.47 mi (18:04 / mi) +13ft 18:00 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
Late afternoon walk with Homer after the rain had finally stopped.
Over to Finn Park, around the field with a stop at the stream; however, Homer was disinclined to venture into the stream as it was very raging, kayakable even. Then back via the Rt 104 path.
Over to Finn Park, around the field with a stop at the stream; however, Homer was disinclined to venture into the stream as it was very raging, kayakable even. Then back via the Rt 104 path.
Thursday Apr 11, 2013 #
Pickleball 2:00:00 [2]
Webster Rec Center, drop-in play. About 16-20 players at the max; 5 courts reducing to 2 by the end.
Wednesday Apr 10, 2013 #
Pickleball 1:15:00 [1]
Tried drop-in pickleball at the Pittsford rec center. Not the greatest experience for a couple of reasons -- only 1 court, so with 8 people present for the first hour, I sat out as much as I played. Also, competition wasn't great -- I was by far the best player there. Still it was nice to see how they run their drop-in pickleball -- way better than the Webster Rec Center does it in my opinion.
Tuesday Apr 9, 2013 #
11 AM
Mapping 1:34:16 [1] 2.54 mi (37:11 / mi) +494ft 31:23 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
More Durand mapping.
Monday Apr 8, 2013 #
10 AM
Mapping 1:49:24 [1] 2.65 mi (41:17 / mi) +515ft 34:52 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
Working on a final pass on the new map of Durand East. Finding lots of errors or at least opportunities to make the map better, so this final pass is definitely needed. Only covered maybe 25% of the mapped area, so a lot more to do.
Sunday Apr 7, 2013 #
12 PM
Orienteering 1:33:40 [3] *** 4.65 mi (20:09 / mi) +560ft 18:05 / mi
spiked:14/16c shoes: Asics Gel Venture 3
Green course at Durand West. Nasty part of the park, for the most part. I probably walked 99% of it due to my lack of fitness coupled with a desire to avoid aggravating any knee issues. So pretty slow in general, plus some problems with two controls, both mainly due to the inexcusable mistake of mis-reading the map in terms of what was up and what was down.
Also, lost a very small amount (edit: AP split analysis said I lost 1:07) of time on #14, which the clue sheet said was a rootstock. Got to the area, there were a couple of very small rootstocks that didn't look like they should have been mapped, but I checked them anyway -- no control. Then I saw a tree that had broken off about 4 feet above the ground, but absolutely no root system was exposed. I checked it anyway -- control!!! Not sure how that could be described as a rootstock ...
I had a surprise when I was coming to the finish line -- Cheryl, Greg, Freddie, and Homer were there cheering me on (with Freddie saying "run grandpa run!"). Which of course I didn't do ... I knew that Cheryl and Homer had planned on coming, but having Greg and Freddie there as well was a pleasant surprise. They had all done the White course, then after I came in, Freddie did the string-O and had a good time. Then off to the playground where he had, I suspect, an even better time.
Also, lost a very small amount (edit: AP split analysis said I lost 1:07) of time on #14, which the clue sheet said was a rootstock. Got to the area, there were a couple of very small rootstocks that didn't look like they should have been mapped, but I checked them anyway -- no control. Then I saw a tree that had broken off about 4 feet above the ground, but absolutely no root system was exposed. I checked it anyway -- control!!! Not sure how that could be described as a rootstock ...
I had a surprise when I was coming to the finish line -- Cheryl, Greg, Freddie, and Homer were there cheering me on (with Freddie saying "run grandpa run!"). Which of course I didn't do ... I knew that Cheryl and Homer had planned on coming, but having Greg and Freddie there as well was a pleasant surprise. They had all done the White course, then after I came in, Freddie did the string-O and had a good time. Then off to the playground where he had, I suspect, an even better time.
Saturday Apr 6, 2013 #
7 AM
Course setting 1:00:00 [1]
shoes: Hiking boots
Helping to set out controls, then lead a small group on a map hike, then pick up controls, for the 2nd beginners' training session of the season. Thanks to Laurie for organizing this. We had around 25 people, the majority of whom had never orienteered before. I think I heard that we got 11 people joining ROC from the class.
One of the highlights of the class, in my opinion, was an 8-year-old boy there with his mother. He was in the group I led on the map hike, and he absolutely "got" orienteering almost immediately -- relating the terrain to the map, knowing which path to take to get to the next control, etc.
After the map hike and some more instruction from Laurie, people (either individually or in pairs) did one of the 5 White courses I had designed, with an option if they felt qualified from previous experience to do one of 4 Yellow courses also available. I didn't know if anyone would choose Yellow, but actually 5 people or groups did (including the 8-year-old and his mother!!), so we had to hand-copy an extra Yellow course map.
Overall, everyone involved in the training (myself, Laurie, Don Winslow, Karl Kolva, Laurie's husband for technical support, Carol for registration, Mary Kolva for food, Don's wife for registration, and I may be missing someone) felt things went extremely well. Everyone seemed to enjoy the class and it was apparent to me that they all learned quite a bit.
One of the highlights of the class, in my opinion, was an 8-year-old boy there with his mother. He was in the group I led on the map hike, and he absolutely "got" orienteering almost immediately -- relating the terrain to the map, knowing which path to take to get to the next control, etc.
After the map hike and some more instruction from Laurie, people (either individually or in pairs) did one of the 5 White courses I had designed, with an option if they felt qualified from previous experience to do one of 4 Yellow courses also available. I didn't know if anyone would choose Yellow, but actually 5 people or groups did (including the 8-year-old and his mother!!), so we had to hand-copy an extra Yellow course map.
Overall, everyone involved in the training (myself, Laurie, Don Winslow, Karl Kolva, Laurie's husband for technical support, Carol for registration, Mary Kolva for food, Don's wife for registration, and I may be missing someone) felt things went extremely well. Everyone seemed to enjoy the class and it was apparent to me that they all learned quite a bit.
2 PM
Pickleball 2:00:00 [3]
Sat. afternoon session at the Rec Center. Probably around 16 people, with the potential of having up to 6 courts (24 players), so lots of excess capacity. A lot of good games.
Thursday Apr 4, 2013 #
9 AM
Downhill skiing 2:16:53 [2] 24.13 mi (5:40 / mi) +16440ft 3:27 / mi
Holy cow!!! How can skiing possibly this good on April 4?? Totally awesome ... again, excellent mid-winter conditions with a cloudless sky. Lots of people down there taking advantage of the great weather and great skiing.
During most of the morning, there was even a lift line, not generally enough to be annoying (usually 2-3 minutes), but for one brief stretch (before they organized the lift line better -- apparently the number of people caught them a bit off guard) it had extended to maybe 5 minutes, which is borderline annoying. But that didn't last for long.
Cheryl fortunately was able to re-arrange her work schedule to work this evening instead of afternoon, which allowed us to go skiing; I'm very happy she did.
Day 102 for Bristol this year!! And to again observe, this has to be the best March and early April they've ever had.
During most of the morning, there was even a lift line, not generally enough to be annoying (usually 2-3 minutes), but for one brief stretch (before they organized the lift line better -- apparently the number of people caught them a bit off guard) it had extended to maybe 5 minutes, which is borderline annoying. But that didn't last for long.
Cheryl fortunately was able to re-arrange her work schedule to work this evening instead of afternoon, which allowed us to go skiing; I'm very happy she did.
Day 102 for Bristol this year!! And to again observe, this has to be the best March and early April they've ever had.
1 PM
Pickleball 2:00:00 [2]
Wednesday Apr 3, 2013 #
2 PM
Downhill skiing 40:00 [3] +9900ft
Worked at Bristol until 2 pm, then headed out for some skiing. Mid-winter conditions, mid-winter temperatures, but early spring sunshine. All trails still open, with only one bare spot in evidence, on Challenger. So fine!!!
I did a run down just about all of the slopes reachable from the top of Comet lift: In order (I think): Rocket, Galaxy, North Star, Comet then Challenger, Southern Cross then Sunset, easy loop, Universe, Meteor, and Comet/Outer Orbit.
I did a run down just about all of the slopes reachable from the top of Comet lift: In order (I think): Rocket, Galaxy, North Star, Comet then Challenger, Southern Cross then Sunset, easy loop, Universe, Meteor, and Comet/Outer Orbit.
Monday Apr 1, 2013 #
2 PM
Snowboarding 1:00:26 [4] 8.46 mi (7:09 / mi) +3414ft 5:10 / mi
Worked at the Summit Center at Bristol today, until around 1:30. Then I snowboarded a bit. Four runs down the "easy loop" from the top of the Comet lift.
Fairly tough conditions, for my very limited snowboarding skills. Plenty of snow, that wasn't the issue. I think it had been warmer earlier, so the snow had gotten somewhat rutted up. Then it got cold and the ruts were firmer than I'm guessing they had been earlier. I think I took around 6 falls in my 4 runs. When conditions are better, I hardly ever fall when doing the easy loop.
Plus, it was very tiring. My rear leg got the most fatigued; I can't understand why the rear leg gets more tired than the front leg when snowboarding, but I've observed that before, so it seems real.
Fairly tough conditions, for my very limited snowboarding skills. Plenty of snow, that wasn't the issue. I think it had been warmer earlier, so the snow had gotten somewhat rutted up. Then it got cold and the ruts were firmer than I'm guessing they had been earlier. I think I took around 6 falls in my 4 runs. When conditions are better, I hardly ever fall when doing the easy loop.
Plus, it was very tiring. My rear leg got the most fatigued; I can't understand why the rear leg gets more tired than the front leg when snowboarding, but I've observed that before, so it seems real.