Sunday Dec 24 |
 | Running (trail) 1:03:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Asics Trail |
| Yep, it's warm in the northeast. Went for a run at Nobscot while mami walked. Temps in the upper 40s, clouds there and about. Pretty nice day, trails weren't too wet at all.
I've been feeling like a slacker lately. It's not that my training is too sluglike, but I lack any kind of plan. And that makes me feel unfocused and slackerlike. Yuck. |
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Friday Dec 22 |
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| Photos from Saturday's South Sandia Peak excursion here. They're not very exciting, kind of cloudy and blah. But, the video of the wind is sort of fun! |
Thursday Dec 21 |
| XC Skiing 45:00 [2] | |
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| Well, a bit of an unintended adventure tonight. Online highway status of the road up the Sandias seemed good ("crews clearing and sanding all afternoon") so I headed up. Started out okay but got sketchier and sketchier as I got higher, up to the point when I realized that coming back down in my little front wheel drive vehicle in the dark was going to be downright dangerous. Turned around at the first available place and, no more than a few hundred meters down the road, slid off the side into a snowbank. Yesss.
Turns out a lighter and waterproof matches aren't much help when what you really need is a god damned shovel.
Spent about 20 minutes digging myself out with my hands and feet, watching about a dozen people drive by without so much as slowing down to see if I needed help. Finally, a very nice fellow airman stopped to help with his shovel and brute pushing strength. Just as we had almost gotten me out, someone in a big car stopped and pulled me out in a matter of seconds. I guess there are nice people out there. And bigger, manlier cars.
So, skied at Ciénega, mostly in the dark. It was really nice. About ~14 inches of snow most places, with a completely bare road on a south facing open area. Should have just stopped there in the first place. |
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| Looks like I'll be in the sim the night of Jan 5th, which means I'll probably not make it to Aptos. At least I'm getting a lot of warning on this one. Alternative plan might be to go to Anza-Borrego the next weekend instead (keeping it to only ONE trip to CA in January). Hmm. |
Wednesday Dec 20 |
| XC Skiing 58:00 [3] | |
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| Snow snow snow! The roads were actually pretty bad today, no joke. They closed the base, which is a good thing because it took 3x as long as it should have to take Seabass to the airport and I would have been late for class!
Waited til the afternoon to go out again, city roads in much better shape by then. Initially tried driving to the east side of the Sandias - instantly much more snow... and much nastier roads. So I just came back and skied from Copper. Looks like lots of people had been walking their dogs on the trails but I did see one other set of ski pole marks. Except for a few moments of glory my skiing was neither fast nor smooth, but the scene was fantistico. Really quiet out, guess the snow scared people away (or maybe it was the fox I saw) and the clouds were breaking in the west, just in time for sunset. Pretty awesome view.
Usually this time of year I'm looking forward to going home to get in some skiing. But this year I guess I'll be bringing running shorts instead of skis. :-| |
Tuesday Dec 19 |
| Other Cardio (ice skating) 50:00 [2] | |
| slept:8.0 weight:144lbs |
| Too windy for outside activities, too many interstates closed for a long drive, so Seabass and I braved the snow and hit up the ice rink. Felt good to skate, though I could swear it was colder inside than outside, which is just wrong on a day like today. Made sure to get in a solid non-stop 20 minutes of honest effort in the middle to make it a worthwhile cardio activity.
It was really amusing to watch Albuquerque drivers go 10mph and pump their brakes. At least they were being really careful. |