Training Log Archive: JanetT

My favorite of the mural pics I took. Not that I like grackles, just that this one looks like a quilt to some extent.

A street art wander in Allentown (guided by a web page pointing out murals around the city), temps in the upper 60s...Nice day to be out and about in Allentown.

Took a map with stars where I wanted to find the murals, but was one street off on the north side and went farther than necessary. No matter. :-)

Low 70s and very breezy from the WSW, but somewhat sheltered in the neighborhood. Still, I wore my hat tether and was glad I had it.

Walked in LST; 10 more roads (some in Bethlehem) completed. When I was walking in a neighborhood near the end a plastic shopping bag flew across the street in front of me, so I picked it up; when I got put to the busier road (Hickory Hill) I picked up enough trash to fill the bag...a few plastic bottles, two Truly cans, a number of empty cigarette packs, three pieces of clothing, and an old hand towel. Odd assortment, no Bud Light cans, interestingly enough.

HVO/WCOC winter series Brown at Pound Ridge. 3.5 km with no climb stated but there was plenty. Beautiful sunny day temp in upper 60s!

I'm not used to exercising in the warmer temps yet so HR was high especially on the climbs. Non-spike was #5 where I was on the parallel hill (under the circle) but looked around and saw it. And maybe #3 where I saw and headed for the smaller boulder first bit then corrected once up the hill.

My intended route to 4 was more like others on Brown did, but I let the vegetation push me off line and farther downhill than I intended. I expecred to hit the stone wall that crossed the trail, but the one I hit first had a perpendicular one nearby...uh oh. Finally figured out where I was and then I was just slow and careful because 1) rocks and 2) climb. Fun course and beautiful day to visit WPR! Sad that we missed the MA/CT crew but we had a DVOA event to go to. :-)

AOWN sightings: several bumblebees, a couple of mourning cloak butterflies (first butterflies I've spotted this spring), and a very bright blue bird near #4; either a male bluebird or maybe an indigo bunting. I didn't have a good look at him, but did note the blue, which almost distracted me from seeing the flag on the boulder....

Brown WPR North WS#8 - Splits

Gate Pose meditation (Deanna) ... without doing any kneeling poses

Spring Scavenger Hunt Rainbow Run in South Bethlehem.

I researched street art for the Street Artistry badge and noticed a lot of the pieces chosen were bike racks, so visited all the racks with colors plus found a few more items with colors of the rainbow, including a xylophone on the playground I passed by with multicolored "notes." Fun outing on another beautiful day (near 70 and mostly sunny).

Forgot to stop my watch when I got back to the car, so deducted the extra time and distance.

Early (for me) morning stroll to catch the sunrise for the Sunshine Shimmies badge. Cool thing was that I saw and photographed a female horned lark while waiting for the sun. Temp around 29.

The sunset part, in the middle of dinner. Much warmer (upper 50s) :-)

Event: DVOA Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation
 

Beautiful day to be in the woods. Not the best O outing; I was a bit rusty, didn't find one control, and then picked a poor route to another. Otherwise, I had fun! DVOA Hawk Mtn Scout Reservation, Brown, 3.4 km, 105 m climb

Low 60s, sunny

I did manage to fall, twice (once after #3, and once on the way to #10 after I'd stupidly battled through the vertical green for way too long). The second fall did a bit more damage, tearing a hole in my O pants, and a smaller hole in the skin over my kneecap. Hands are good, though!

Brown - Splits