Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: CSU Lynn Woods Event #2
 

Green course at Hudson Highlands Nature Center/Museum in Cornwall, NY. Nominally 4.6 km temp around 70 and sunny and dry; gorgeous conditions. 1:5000 map meant pay attention to the first few controls!

#1 was fine--a trail run. #2 involved a trail run to a turn--whoa, that came up quickly! Ok, slow down and pay attention. Then climb to a cliff just off the trail. Through woods to 3; first experience with barberry on the way to the trail to 4. Raspberry and other prickly vines came into play later, too.

EDIT: (added FR track) I was off to 5 as well, coming at it a bit high, but recognizing the stream bed (no water in any of the streams) fine and figuring I was high. Hit 6 okay, then off on my bearing to 7, ending up quite a bit left of the fenced in area near the boulder. but then I noticed the fence, figured out it wasnt a ruin as I first thought, and eventually found the flag for the obvious boulder tucked behind a tree from the angle I arrived from. Okay most of the way to 8, then managed to misread the wall at the edge of the map and wander in the olive green for a bit (but there weren't any signs! Don't DQ me). Turned back from whence I came and saw Glen (who'd started two minutes ahead -- wondered what happened to him and found out later it was #3) leaving it back across the road (unmapped) and stream/stonewall that I had crossed and shouldn't have. Okay from there although some of my routes took me through more prickly stuff, some of which caught me up for a bit (if not caught in my skin, then caught in my shirt...). Should have gone all the way to the road for 14 instead of trying to make my way through the rough open.

Thanks to George and Betsy and the rest of HVO. Went to Storm King Art Center after and spent three hours (will log later) wandering around; we saw just about everything there was to see except the visitors center and gift shop. :-)

At Storm King Art Center, Cornwall, NY
Temps in low 70s and sunny the entire time we were there -- a fantastic afternoon to spend at Storm King. Lots of others thought so too; we parked in one of the overflow lots, and were directed to park on the grass.

Got around to just about all of the art except for a few at the northeast end and a few in the enter. Forgot to go onto the balcony at the elevator, and didn't go inside the visitors center which apparently had a display featuring more art by the featured sculptor-du-jour, Thomas Houseago.

Made sure to visit the small mobiles by George Rickey, who lived in West Lebanon, about 10 miles from us. He took after Alexander Calder to an extent, using stainless steel (rather than, I think, painted steel) for his mobiles, a couple of which are at the Empire State Plaza in Albany.

We also visited Andy Goldworthy's Wall and Maya Lin's Wavefield at the south end of the park/center. Lots of people rented bikes.

Green - Splits

This apparently "went viral" back in 2010, but I guess I wasn't paying attention. Going around Facebook again.

http://www.ktvq.com/mobile/news/the-bison-got-away...

Basin Pond trails, east of Lee, Massachusetts (oeo2oo's "back yard," as it were).

Never hiked here before; not a lot to see, but there are a lot of 1.5 to 4m high boulders/erratics along or near the trails. First and last parts were out and back but there was a split partway along where one segment went farther up the hill.

The dam here (breached, for the last time in 1968; now with a much smaller beaver dam) that was at the turnaround point was first built to hold water to make a mill downstream more productive (i.e., so they didn't have to wait for rainfall). It was then called Lee Lake. The breach in 1886 killed 7 people; one in 1968 killed a woman, whose estate won a settlement that included the land around the pond, later donated as a state reserve. A much smaller version of the Johnstown, PA, flood three years later....

Added: Lots of rock adjusting was done to make this a fairly easy trail. Several of the large rocks in stream beds had been scored (criss cross shaped cuts) to make them even safer. Photo

On a downed birch log near the trail, a bright orange fungus or mold caught my eye. Investigation seems to imply it's an orange slime mold. Photo

From Basin Pond parking lot up the road to the Finnerty Pond trail, and back.

One more; since were so close, we drove to the AT parking lot on Route 20 and hiked the portion between Route 20 and the south side of the MassPike. We've driven under those bridges so many times.... (and I think Glen's been there at least once before, having section-run almost all of the AT in Massachusetts, barring a small section on the north end).

Worked out with bands. Warmed up standing, which I prefer to starting from child's pose.

First mile in 15:05. Guess I slowed down tho I was trying to be consistent.

Pulldowns after. Did enough adductors during classes the last two days....

Intense leg workout today for some reason, much more than she usually does. We *are* losing one of our regulars, who's moving this weekend. Sad to see her go.

Added FR track for Lowlander; see Sunday's entry.

Just the class today, as my legs (noticeably knees) could use a bit more rest. Surprisingly, I was able to do planks today with no pain in my right foot. Maybe it's healed itself? Will keep up the criss-cross taping of the underside for a while more while orienteering.

Adductors and pulldowns after.

Not feeling too stiff after yesterday, actually. Knees a bit achy but nothing major. Stretching before bed last night and at exercise class today was very nice. Maybe I should have worked harder.... (nah).

Event: Hudson Highlander XVII
 

Lowlander at the Hudson Highlander, nominally 13.2 km. Donna Fluegel stuck with me. My FR recorded 16.09; Donna's measured 16.6 km. Mine usually reads short against Glen's as well, so I'm inclined to think it underestimates.

First leg was 4.5 km, and road routes were not allowed. We followed trails almost the whole way, arriving at #1 at about 84 minutes in. Only did a bit of jogging, though. I've not really been doing a lot of orienteering specific training, and have nagging problems with various joints and didn't want to do more damage, so was moving conservatively (and still had some tweaks and twinges, and one fall near the end where I slipped on a rock on the stream crossing and banged my left shin). One bee sting, I think, on the right knee, after dropping into the reentrant after the King/Queen of the Hill leg (there's a small red spot there, and it felt a bit like a sting).

I thought the K-of-the-H leg was going to be killer but it wasn't as bad as I first thought, and I was SO glad I did it because the clearing just before the control had the BEST view I've ever seen in Harriman, southeast to the Hudson, and south to the City. The rolling hills and mountains of the park were pretty too. A group of Asians were having a picnic just off the trail near there but right on the route to the flag; I wonder how many others they saw (one woman pointed in the direction of the flag which I had already spotted).

I'm not sure I'm going to be able to move tomorrow. We'll see if I can make it to exercise class. :-)

G&S got two new cats from the shelter yesterday. It was so much fun watching the younger one zooming around their living room about as fast as she could go. The other one (Breezy) was much more reserved and didn't poke her head out of her hiding place much. They were thinking of naming the younger one Cloudy (for markings) to go along with the weather theme, but I'm thinking Tornado is more apt!

We missed #3, at least, a bit low and had to climb up the spur through some laurel. #8 seemed far, far away, and having someone on the HH course(?) go by helped boost our confidence, so I'm not counting that one as a miss.

Added FR track.

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Lowlander - Splits