Training Log Archive: bl

Easy to agree! This is a brown and bare December view in Surebridge in 2004. Not sure it captures the essence though.

After work, around 55F! Rain last night & clearing today but never got
clearing weather cold. Had 4 miles in mind & was surprised the route in front of my face so to speak turned out to be the length it was. Really need some honest miles, eg, 30mpw would do it for better performance I'd expect.

Read some posts re the 310XT & hope I have better luck. I have noted its ability to turn on when connected to the computer but off. Can cause a complete battery drain if not watched for - has happened twice to me but am now wise to it.

Garmin Connect sat view shows some of the SPS XC trails, the AP does not. Wonder why the difference. The trails are very "under the radar" so it's puzzling unless the view contains history of other users...maybe that's it.

C • 310XT 3

Gray, somber, calm day, pre-rain. A few degrees colder but seemed warmer than yesterday. Got some needed "wilderness tonic" at Kimball Pond. Had an obnoxious experience being between my insurance company and the provider for coverage to tune of $2250 for cataract surgery in mid-February, nine months of obfuscation (on the part of both, I think), perhaps finally fixed. So a place like KP was the right venue. Finally got the 310 to work for me - spent a bunch of time with Garmin Express & Connect & managed to get the gpx to AP via the desktop. Maybe I'll become a fan of Garmin Connect as well.

Green & brown. There is a solitary house, invisible in leaf but unfortunately visible now.

BHS track after work. Hi of 50F forecast but, by 2:45, it wasn't that and was chilly in the shade. Felt/looked like a thin clad. 8' pace is more work than I'm pleased with these days. Youth ran away, gone each and every day. But chase it til the end of the race. The effort might bring a smile to one's face.

BOS Adopt-a-Trail leaf blow with Beth along. Power trip leaf blowing can be...scattering leaves to the four winds. Was able to walk at a brisk pace still doing a satisfactory job. Went to Glacial Boulder itself. Leaf blower weighs around 20#. Borrowed image & distance from 4/25/14 walk. Too many 305 logs for the area to make location search easy - found what I needed on BOS web page. The 310 battery was not charged in spite of my setting out to charge it. Sunny, pleasant day. Anything else physical was blowing leaves across the yard.

Event: NEOC: Boxford State Forest
 

Another NEOC map in desperate need of updating. Last update here was 20 years ago per Mika when standards/expectations were not necessarily what they are today. Some of the mapped green was not even there as far as I could tell. Ernst said the same. Rock features need improving, too. First ran here 11/78, USOC, did H21B (red) - what it was called back then. Posted the map since the watch failed to record the route. Missed out on seeing how close I was on #14. Looks pretty easy but I think Boxford is deceiving, esp with old vegetation interpretation, extra rock features, trails not quite right, extra trails in places etc etc. Nice & challenging forest however.

Boxford SF NEOC meet, meet director was Mika Latva-Kokko. Chilly morning but fine in woods once in motion. Did green, 5.5km, 14c. Had a good run until the very last point when “greed" (or abandon) seemed to get the best of me. I went straight when I should have gone to the path & used an appropriate AP. Instead there was more unanticipated green and although I spotted essential landmarks, my confidence was about 60% when i arrived on the ridge looking for the boulder. Did not see, went right, finally bailed out to the trail I should have used in the first place - then found the optimal AP & approached the point with about 85% confidence. It was on a thick slope, with vis down to maybe 15-20m where the boulder was. I must have been about 20 m. from it the first pass. Shame on me for abandoning the pedantic concept at the very end. #12 was confused by a boulder almost completely hidden by the circle - I expected it to be my point which was another 50m ahead. Almost lost a chunk of time.

Lost maybe 3.5' on 14, 45" on 12, 65' optimal maybe.

Watch seems to have croaked. Not surprised. Maybe just a new battery is needed. It kept time (until hitting something or died) & had acq'd/locked satellites initially. Distance a guess. Time to use the 310.

Green - Splits

Breezy November day. Bog Jog, a version of "around the block, rural-style", was the explanation to the visiting grandchildren. No hunters but did see 1 truck today well in the woods. 3 November nights resulted in 85% of the maggots disappearing. 4 ice bags accompanying the large carton suggested a half-baked cooling attempt. I was puzzled as to why so many maggots in the woods, especially at this time of year. They must have been incubated elsewhere. Such an encounter interferes with the "tonic of wilderness" as remedy for our toxins.