Training Log Archive: CleverSky

Course B at Ratlum Picnic Relay (paired with Craig Weber). Quite a clean run, opened up a lead from the start such that glancing uphill when leaving control #1, nobody was even in sight up Left Rd. No errors beyond overrunning a few controls by literally a few steps. Clean though my run was, Jeff Saeger blew the doors off everybody, finishing two minutes clear of second place. Sheesh!

Although I had my Garmin on the charger overnight, it ran out of juice about 3/4 of the way around the course (it must have not actually been connected).

Course A at Ratlum Picnic Relays. Craig and I wound up in third place, behind Joe/Becky and Adam/Phil. One big mistake on this one, on the second leg I crossed from the field to the trail, then headed down the side trail, but it was the wrong side trail. It felt funny right away, but I didn't turn back soon enough and lost over a minute. Didn't feel very spunky at the start of this one, but it got better. Also lost a little time thrashing around in the thick stuff looking for #8, although most people lost some time there.

In a discussion with Peter, I tipped my hand that I'm considering doing something kind of nutty at some point: running/walking over to his house. It's about 55 miles, and he said he'd give me a ride home afterwards. He offered some advice, some of which I'd already thought about: I'd carry a cell phone and some money, and in addition to having the route planned out, I'd also figure out in advance where there would be convenience stores. I might even drive it (or bicycle it) to scope things out in advance and make sure there are no surprises waiting.

Willard Brook/Pearl Hill, but I decided to look for some new scenery instead of the usual loop. Trails were a bit wet in spots due to the recent heavy rain. This was almost entirely on trails, but I ran by some very nice looking woods, some quite open, some with just enough laurel to make it interesting, and some dense laurel stands just coming into bloom (will probably be spectacular in a couple of days). Very nice variety of terrain. Not much rock, but what there is looks very distinct (would be mapped entirely with black dots, no triangles or stony ground). Feeling old, slow, and fat, but a nice evening to be outside.

I seem to have more or less given up on exercise. Sigh.

Hiked out to the Ascutney launch with my harness and battens, and after we assessed the conditions, hiked back to the parking lot. Had I gotten there a few hours earlier, I could have run the race up the road, though I had completely forgotten when it was scheduled for. Afterwards, more low-grade exercise at Morningside associated with a couple of flights from the top of the hill (carrying my glider back from where I landed on the other side of the road each time, and carrying it up the last part of the hill after the ATV broke down).