Training Archive: SwampfoxIn the 7 days ending 2008-04-19:
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Saturday Apr 19 | ||
| skiing 1:07:00 [3] | |
| Really nice out! If it could be like this all year--with snow on the ground, sunny, and mild--it would be even better than, well...Texas!
The end is drawing near though. At least one trail became unskiable today, and if tomorrow is like today, some other trails will melt out too. Still, what a great season for skiing it's been! | ||
| run 1:04:00 [3] | |
| Ran through terrain after mapping. Even at dusk after sunset it still felt relatively mild out. First time of running without a jacket here in Laramie this year.
Tons and tons and tons of ATVers were out--probably 3 times more than I've *ever* seen out at one time before. Granted, it was the first really nice Spring Saturday of the year, but even so, I was surprised to see all the traffic. As long as the ATVers stay on the designated routes and follow the rules, I have no problems with them. Most are quite polite and friendly. But there are the bad apples too, inevitably. I know others who do not feel at all as kindly disposed towards the ATV crowd. One not so happy note: while mapping, I came across a group of about 8-10 ponderosas that had been invaded by pine beetles. One of them had just a few sap tubes which were the largest I've seen before. This tree might have successfully fended off the beetles (for now). In one of the tubes, I at last saw a pine beetle--ensnared in the sap, and dead--which is the first one I've ever seen in person. If the beetles hit the ponderosas too, that means in a few years we might not have *any* mature pine trees left at all! | ||
Friday Apr 18 | ||
| Note | |
| Most of the time when you read the newspapers, it's pretty much the news and that's about it. But every so often, you might come across something that just jumps off the pages.
One such article appears in the WSJ today: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120847521878424735... Even if you didn't know a single thing about the oil/gas industry, but did understand the basic mechanics of investing and were capable of carrying them out, this article tells you just about everything you need to know to make a whole bunch of money. | ||
| C • Speaking of investing... 2 | ||
| biking 44:00 [3] | |
| skiing 1:02:00 [3] | |
| Trails are still intact and holding up. But how much longer? It looks like this might be the last weekend of skiing at Happy Jack for the season, at least for me. | ||
| run 40:00 [3] | |
| Out in The Flats at dusk, with the pretty big moon well up in the sky. | ||
| biking 48:00 [2] | |
Thursday Apr 17 | ||
| Note | |
| Here's a pretty interesting story about a good runner:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/fashion/17fitnes... But there's something weird going on. Rather than putting it in the Sports section, the Times decided it was a Fashion and Style story instead. Huh? Very weird. Maybe the editor who decides these things got bonked on the head by a small, hard, round object during rogaining practice? I've never seen much Tio-Mila coverage in the Times, but now I'm thinking maybe I've just been looking in the wrong section! | ||
| C • article 6 | ||
| biking 49:00 [3] | |
| Today I heard an amazing live version of "Like A Rolling Stone" done by Jimi Hendrix, and while I was biking I was thinking about how it could be that, more than 38 years after his death, somehow I hadn't heard this performance. Had it been buried in a vault all this time and just recently released? | ||
| skiing 1:05:00 [3] | |
| Real good skiing yet again; I think tomorrow warmer temps and an even warmer sun are going to get back to work though and that will mean the slush will be back! | ||
| run 1:08:00 [2] | |
| Legs were mildy sore from yesterday, which was entirely expected. So I ran easy and picked up two grocery bags worth of beer cans. I ran out of bag space before I ran out of run. So fine! | ||
| biking 1:10:00 [2] | |
Wednesday Apr 16 | ||
| run intervals 1:10:00 [4] | |
| Out in The Flats; about 35 degrees colder than yesterday, which was almost enough to notice. The cold wind out of the north, on the other hand, was impossible *not* to notice. | ||
| skiing 1:47:00 [3] | |
| Exceptionally good skiing for April 16; fresh snow was falling the whole time I was out, and since it was below freezing all day up top (and last night) and since there are good snow depths in the forest, good crust skiing was available for those who dared take on the lurking snowsnakes.
I know this is the latest date I've skied up at Happy Jack, but I can't remember the previous late date for the next best year. I wonder if this could be a side effect from possible arsenic poisoning? Whatever, pretty incredible. | ||
Tuesday Apr 15 | ||
| Note | |
| "Let me tell you how it will be...I'm the Taxman."'
First there were longhorns. Then there were the Beatles, with their "Taxman", written by Mr. Harrison. Then there was SRV. Then there was SRV playing his hunky version of "Taxman." Then there were massive wind farms popping up all over West Texas. Now, there are armadillos in West Texas. The trendline is pretty clear. Hope everyone is having fun with their taxes on this most excellent Tax Day, wherever they might be doing their calculations! | ||
| C • Well, I just got back from ... 2 | ||
| skiing 1:07:00 [3] | |
| It was just a little slushy. OK--it was a lot slushy! Beautiful Spring skiing conditions today. | ||
| run 33:00 [3] | |
| After a short mapping session where the key was trying to time some quick drawing in the momentary lulls of the wind. | ||
Monday Apr 14 | ||
| run 48:00 [3] | |
| 2nd day running of hop-frog fine weather--full sunshine, full on Spring! The birds are all so happy.
My guess is that by the end of the day, just about all of the new snow that ended up in the valley will have melted away, and the valley can look like a short grass, high elevation prairie again instead of an Arctic wasteland. Up in the hills though, things will melt more slowly... | ||
| Note | |
| A good day to remember Lowell Geoge (yesterday would have even been a better day, but the work week begins today), one of the best slide guitarists ever. Will you be my Dixie Chicken? Mercy--there's a fat man in the bathtub! I can't tell you how often I feel like I'm just waiting for Columbus. | ||
| C • Feats don't fail me now! 9 | ||
| biking 26:00 [3] | |
| run 55:00 [3] | |
| Mostly in terrain, remainder on dirt roads. | ||
| biking 1:04:00 [2] | |
Sunday Apr 13 | ||
| biking 1:06:00 [3] | |
| skiing 1:11:00 [3] | |
| run 44:00 [3] | |
| biking 1:02:00 [2] | |