Training Log Archive: CleverSky

Ratlum summer picnic, course 1, 1.6 km. Temperature not overly hot, but wicked humid. Screwed up the first one by heading out west instead of north, and overshot #9, coming back through the white strip. Otherwise fine, good for a very comfortable first place.

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Ratlum summer picnic, course 2, 1.6 km. It apparently would have been faster to use a different route to get to #4 at Pine Tree Park (i.e. the trail), and on #6 I overshot slightly on the trail, then went all the way around the boulder field clockwise. Despite that, and despite Phil putting together a better run, I led all the way from #1 to the finish, albeit with a smaller margin of victory.

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A 20-mile loop up to The Pines campground, on the Incubus. Not entirely a good choice, since the pavement on Davis Road is hideous (it gets better when it turns to dirt, but the the dirt gets really bad, too, though it's fine when it crosses the town line and becomes West Meadow). I remember coming down that road one summer evening three decades ago, in the dark, a complete miracle I didn't crash. I don't remember if the pavement was bad back then, but I'm pretty sure it hasn't had any maintenance in the interim. Decided to go over Clement Road to reduce the distance I'd be riding on Rte. 13, which meant tackling the east end of Bayberry Hill Road, a fearsome climb, but I did fine.

Unsuccessful attempt to get Mom's septic system inspected today, stay tuned for an episode of shoveling (dirt). Meanwhile, about an hour of hiking around the yard this eveing, following my lawn mower.

On the Incubus, at the tail end of the usable daylight (still okay when I got home, but a few minutes later it was looking pretty dim). The exercise where you create your own breeze, which is good because it was still 85 F when I started, and just below 80 when I was done. Pretty pleasant ride, probably pushing a bit harder than when Alan and I were chatting on Saturday. Thought I might get delayed by a paving detour on 2A at the end, but it was okay -- the road had been milled, but it wasn't closed, and I didn't have to go very far on it.