Sunday Jul 22 |
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| shoes: Integrators (orange) |
| Scouting at Bear Wallow for the August meet. I haven't actually done much course setting so I was a little worried about this one, especially since I'm not sure how many times I'll be able to make it up there. Afternoons are mostly out because of the thunderstorms. We were lucky today, sort of snuck up and we had storms on either side of us but only a sprinkling of rain before we gunned it back down the mountain.
The map is worse than I thought, partially because there was a fire after the last update which has affected trails (small issue) and vegetation (medium issue). The big issue is that I don't think anyone's ever tried to improve on the original USGS contours. It's one thing to have 40ft lines, especially since it's quite steep, but there are some things that wouldn't have been tough to do - form lines on top of hills, sharpening the shape of some reentrants, etc. We'll see how much of it I dare touch. I'm not sure the area is worth a lot of work... steep terrain with lots of trails at 8000'. At least the woods are pretty... And I imagine I can set courses that will be just fine for the local population escaping the Tucson heat. |
Saturday Jul 21 |
| Running (road) 1:19:00 [2] 8.0 mi (9:52 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics Trail Attack III |
| Morning run in Portland along the Columbia River. Our 8am takeoff yesterday for an out-and-back to Portland with a 4pm return turned into a 3pm takeoff and an overnight stop. Bummer. ;-) So, here I am, 65 and overcast... couldn't be nicer! Now, I'm no Boy Scout, but I was prepared enough with a set of running stuff in my bag. Managed to squeeze in dinner with college friend Josh and a morning run, making it a productive trip.
Run felt good, it was about two miles from the hotel to a bike path that went by the river. Pleasant enough. I made sure to sample plenty of Josh's area of research along the run. Yum.
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| Strength/Core (stretching) 10:00 [1] | |
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| After the run. |
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
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| Riding home from work. |
Friday Jul 20 |
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
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| In to work. Early. Awesome storms last night left the air cool (low 70s!) and damp. About what it will be in Portland, if we get there. |
Thursday Jul 19 |
| Cycling (road) 50:00 [2] | |
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| To work and what not throughout the day. My little legs peddled all around base today. |
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| C • I thought your peddling days w... 8 |
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
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| P-e-d-a-l-i-n-g home. |
Wednesday Jul 18 |
| Running (road/dirt) 40:40 [2] 4.0 mi (10:09 / mi) | |
| ahr:180 max:194 shoes: Kayano XII (pink) |
| Morning run, about 7am and it was about 80, which sounds like it would be luxuriously fine after last night. But it wasn't. I ran more slowly and felt more spent. Not to mention the high HRs. I even took a break at the NW water fountain to get the HR down and sip some water, but it didn't get better. It's warm, I've been away from the heat and not training much, and perhaps I need more liquid in me. |
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| Inaugural StepMania session in the new house. Meant to play longer but it was a bit warm and I had a headache. Setting the A/C to 79 is great for sitting around, but I might need to employ a fan or something if I do a lot of jumping around.
Okay, one of the Kitties has developed a fascination with the mouse pointer and (less so) with moving text. At least, I think it's only one of them and not both of them individually, taking turns hopping up on the desk. It's very funny, especially since she keeps checking behind the screen to see where the rest of the pointer is. I might have to start experimenting with new and unique mouse pointer icons. |
Tuesday Jul 17 |
| Running (road/dirt) 38:15 [2] 4.1 mi (9:20 / mi) | |
| ahr:180 max:195 shoes: Kayano XII (pink) |
| Back from vacation. Boo, hiss. How do I prevent post-vacation depression? Serious problem, so it's a serious question.
Evening Reid run. It was about 100F when I started but the sun was behind some storm clouds (yay monsoon season) and I wore a frozen hat, which helped for the first half. Felt fine energy-wise, and this was certainly an easy effort... but check out those HRs! Proof that you can't go hard when it's hot. Yeah. |
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| C • Serious answer 17 |
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| Kitty update: When we got the kitties we could tell them apart because Clem/Aa had grey/white specs of hair and Rose/Pahoehoe didn't. Eventually they started to look the same, so we put collars on them and could tell them apart that way. Well, while I was gone Seabass took off their collars. Now I have no idea which is which, so I have started calling them "Kitty" or "Kitties", depending on whether I am talking to one of them or both of them. It seems to work just fine, and I guess all that hullaballoo over choosing names was just that. |
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| C • May I recommend 5 |