Saturday May 31 |
 | O-course Training (Fox Forest NH) 4:45:00 [2]17 km (16:46 / km) | |
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| Hanging controls for Racing Ahead AR. Set it up as a score-o. Great venue, lots of places for intermediate level controls. Always close to a stone wall for relocation.
Flushed a moose and her calf, while crossing a dry marsh. We headed in different directions, so no threat to the family.
Bad day for mosquitos, particularly since I was wearing running shorts and a t-shirt, and no bug spray. |
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| C • Bad day for mosquitos... 2 |
Friday May 30 |
| Trail Running hills (Stratton Mt) 1:53:00 [4]7.0 mi (16:08 / mi) +520m 8:09 / km | |
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| More hill work. Trail from Kelly Stand Rd (site of Daniel Webster's great campaign speech to 14,000 people in 1840 for William Harrison). Steady climb on good trail all the way to the top. Better than the Okemo trail. Also has a nice fire tower on top.
Up 1.05 / down 49 |
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| C • That's the old route of the... 3 |
Thursday May 29 |
| Roller skiing (Weston Rte 100) 36:00 [3]6.0 mi (6:00 / mi) | |
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| Lost tip of pole on way out and didn't realize it for a couple hundred meters. Then doubled back to try and find it, expecting no chance of actually seeing the tip insert off in the grass. Then there it was, sitting right on the asphalt in plain sight. Snapped it back in place and away we went.
Out 22 / back 14 |
Wednesday May 28 |
| Trail Running hills (Okemo) 1:44:00  6.0 mi (17:19 / mi) +600m 8:13 / km | |
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| Hill week. Ran up the backside of Okemo on the Healdsville trail. Dry and firm. Much trail work done since last season; improving drainage and steeper sections. Clear and sunny, temp hardly over 60.
Up 1:01 / down 43 |
Monday May 26 |
| Road Running warm up/down 6:00 [3]0.5 mi (11:59 / mi) | |
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| O - competition race (Lehigh upper campus) 1:09:29 [5]8 km (8:41 / km) | |
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| Classic distance - 6.6 km.
Around top of Lehigh. Mostly woods with some running on roads around the mountaintop campus. No costly mistakes. Rough going to #2; lots of questionable bike trails, but lucked into figuring out exactly where I was just as I got to control.
2nd M-55 today and Sat, 3rd yesterday |
Sunday May 25 |
| Road Running warm up/down 10:00 [3]1.0 mi (10:00 / mi) | |
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| O - competition race (Hickory Run) 45:00 [5]4.5 km (10:00 / km) | |
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| Middle distance 3.72 km. Good part of the map, vegetation ok and terrain interesting. Missed #6 by drifting L and lost 5 min before I figured it out; sloppy nav on a 200m leg. |