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Monday Nov 30, 2015 #
1 PM
road running 49:43 5.25 mi (9:28 / mi) +475ft 8:43 / mi
ahr:143 max:153 weight:142lbs shoes: pegasus 5
Back roads in Whately. Mid-30s and cloudy, felt cold even if it really wasn't, just not used to it as November has been amazing fine.
Sunday Nov 29, 2015 #
1 PM
road running 1:35:23 10.28 mi (9:17 / mi) +872ft 8:35 / mi
ahr:143 max:160 shoes: pegasus 5
In Granby on the way home from Litchfield. Hung in there OK.
Good week of training given the traveling.
Good week of training given the traveling.
Friday Nov 27, 2015 #
2 PM
road running 31:54 3.21 mi (9:57 / mi) +215ft 9:22 / mi
ahr:132 max:164 shoes: pegasus 5
Really enjoyable run playing tourist. Over to the state capitol grounds, a time out for a brief visit inside (and first time I've ever gone through a metal detector in the middle of a run), then back on a different set of streets.
One of the nicest ways to see a city is at a gentle jog.
One of the nicest ways to see a city is at a gentle jog.
3 PM
Note
Great time last night, went to the Texas - Texas Tech football game with Alex (my niece) and a girlfriend of hers (they both have season tickets), while the rest of the family and some other friends of my brother's stayed home and watched it on TV. They thought they had the best part of that deal, especially when the rain was coming down in the first half, but we really had the better deal. Really fun, plus you get to hang out with two cool young women for the 4 hours (!) it takes to play the game.
They were a bit bummed that Texas ended up on the short side of a 48-45 score, but then what do you expect when you have no defense.
Austin is a fine place with the one disadvantage that it is located in Texas.
They were a bit bummed that Texas ended up on the short side of a 48-45 score, but then what do you expect when you have no defense.
Austin is a fine place with the one disadvantage that it is located in Texas.
Thursday Nov 26, 2015 #
9 AM
road running race 41:25 5.0 mi (8:17 / mi) +224ft 7:57 / mi
ahr:164 max:183 shoes: pegasus 5
Thunder Subs 5-mile in Austin. I ran this once before, 2 years ago, on a day when it was about 40F and really nice for running. I was also a lot younger (not that I felt younger at the time). Time was 37:56.
I would have loved to have has weather like that again, but today it was rainy and mild, just about 70F, with the dewpoint also just about 70. Not my favorite conditions. I walked to the start, thinking at some point I should run some to warm up, ran about 100 yards and decided that was enough. Already felt like shit. Was not going to be a good day. The expectation was that I night be able to do 42 or 43. The attitude was, don't try to push it.
And the race was not so bad. Didn't try to really push it, just geared down enough on the hills to get up them without too much distress, and then the rest of the time just keep running along. Not that I wasn't tired, but I felt just a little more effort would have put me into some serious distress. So glad I did what I did.
41:25, bleh. Though if I happen to run this race again in a couple of years I'm sure I'll look back to now and try to remember how it felt to be so young and so fast... :-)
Second for the 70-74s, 20 seconds behind, third was several minutes back. I think I could have picked up the 20 seconds just by starting closer to the front (as he did), as I was dodging people a lot for the first mile. Not that it matters... And I still won a turkey, plus 20 Thunder Bucks, which have already be donated to the starving architects of Austin. :-)
(Note: Heart rate data is wacko. Mile splits are wacko. Nothing new.)
I would have loved to have has weather like that again, but today it was rainy and mild, just about 70F, with the dewpoint also just about 70. Not my favorite conditions. I walked to the start, thinking at some point I should run some to warm up, ran about 100 yards and decided that was enough. Already felt like shit. Was not going to be a good day. The expectation was that I night be able to do 42 or 43. The attitude was, don't try to push it.
And the race was not so bad. Didn't try to really push it, just geared down enough on the hills to get up them without too much distress, and then the rest of the time just keep running along. Not that I wasn't tired, but I felt just a little more effort would have put me into some serious distress. So glad I did what I did.
41:25, bleh. Though if I happen to run this race again in a couple of years I'm sure I'll look back to now and try to remember how it felt to be so young and so fast... :-)
Second for the 70-74s, 20 seconds behind, third was several minutes back. I think I could have picked up the 20 seconds just by starting closer to the front (as he did), as I was dodging people a lot for the first mile. Not that it matters... And I still won a turkey, plus 20 Thunder Bucks, which have already be donated to the starving architects of Austin. :-)
(Note: Heart rate data is wacko. Mile splits are wacko. Nothing new.)
11 AM
road running 19:54 1.89 mi (10:32 / mi) +144ft 9:49 / mi
ahr:158 max:176 shoes: pegasus 5
Hung around the finish for a while to collect my turkey, then jogged slowly back to my brother's house.
Tuesday Nov 24, 2015 #
6 PM
road running 39:55 4.23 mi (9:27 / mi) +80ft 9:17 / mi
ahr:141 max:153 shoes: pegasus 5
Ha, never too old too learn new tricks I guess. First time I've ever run on a 333-meter track. I knew it was short, just didn't know how much, but the first guy I asked seemed pretty sure of the answer.
Monday Nov 23, 2015 #
1 PM
treadmill 37:50 4.0 mi (9:28 / mi)
ahr:127 max:132 shoes: pegasus 5
Nice and easy, 1%.
Sunday Nov 22, 2015 #
1 PM
track 51:37 5.87 mi (8:48 / mi) +39ft 8:45 / mi
ahr:141 max:153 weight:141lbs shoes: pegasus 5
Stopped in Granby on the way home to do a little pace work at the high school. Very pleasant -- no one there, gate was not locked, rules were posted (none of which I was violating). 3x1600 MP. A little harder effort than I wished, but not too much.
And life in Litchfield goes on. Not much communication today, but there are days like that.
And life in Litchfield goes on. Not much communication today, but there are days like that.
Saturday Nov 21, 2015 #
Note
Went out to the movies for the first time in a long, long time. Saw Spotlight.
Superb.
Superb.
12 PM
road running 51:12 5.37 mi (9:32 / mi) +339ft 9:00 / mi
ahr:136 max:147 weight:141lbs shoes: pegasus 5
Gentle run around some back roads in Leverett, some places I hadn't been for years. Listening to a bit of music and a bit of Fresh Air (about the movie Brooklyn). All very pleasant.
Friday Nov 20, 2015 #
12 PM
road running 1:15:05 7.96 mi (9:26 / mi) +72ft 9:21 / mi
ahr:141 max:151 shoes: pegasus 5
Pleasant enough jog around the flat part of town, though not so flat according to my Garmin 220 -- at one point I was 47' below sea level. Just a reminder to not take any of the numbers it spews out too seriously.
Thursday Nov 19, 2015 #
11 AM
road running 43:45 4.19 mi (10:27 / mi) +333ft 9:43 / mi
ahr:140 max:152 weight:142lbs shoes: pegasus 5
Falls Road, Gunn Farm, N. Mountain loop. I'm thinking I'm doing my runs too fast, so this was an attempt to just take it easy and keep the heart rate a little lower (130s-140s rather than 150s). Certainly more pleasant that way, though don't know if it's better for me or not. The other side of the equation, of course, is that there also should be the occasional faster bits.
One face plant right at the end coming in our back trail. Will see how the back reacts to that. It's been iffy the last couple of days.
One face plant right at the end coming in our back trail. Will see how the back reacts to that. It's been iffy the last couple of days.
Tuesday Nov 17, 2015 #
2 PM
road running 38:30 4.24 mi (9:05 / mi) +307ft 8:30 / mi
ahr:141 max:155 weight:141lbs shoes: pegasus 5
Back roads in Montague on a lovely afternoon, 45F, no wind, bright blue sky. Legs not quite so bad but back a little sorer than I'd wish.
Monday Nov 16, 2015 #
2 PM
road running 48:53 5.39 mi (9:04 / mi) +237ft 8:42 / mi
ahr:148 max:158 weight:141lbs shoes: pegasus 5
Around South Sugarloaf, 6x20, legs heavy as usual. Still waiting for a run that feels good. I have a distant memory of other times when I started back running after a couple of months or more off, and needing 20 or more runs before things started to feel at all better. So need to be patient.
It would be nice if by the end of the year (1) I was still running, (2) I could manage a 10-mile run without it being a death march, and (3) my weight was no more than now. All will take some doing.
It would be nice if by the end of the year (1) I was still running, (2) I could manage a 10-mile run without it being a death march, and (3) my weight was no more than now. All will take some doing.
Sunday Nov 15, 2015 #
Event: WCOC Hurd State Park
11 AM
orienteering 1:08:29 5.24 mi (13:04 / mi) +771ft 11:28 / mi
ahr:146 max:159 weight:141.5lbs shoes: pegasus 5
WCOC meet at Hurd SP in CT, new map by George. Red course, 6.7 km.
I thought I should make one proper attempt at orienteering this fall, and Hurd seemed the best choice, appealing in two ways -- a new map by George, curious to see what he had come up with, and woods that seemed like they would offer decent runnability and a lot of trail and road options. So off I went.
And overall, not too bad. The main concern was not to hurt myself, neither making the back worse nor coming up with some new ailment. Success on the latter, no new ailments I'm pretty sure; judgement on the former may have to wait a little as the back is sore, but it's not clear if it's the sore that goes away in a day or the sore that doesn't. It seems to be within the range of what I was hoping for, but we'll see. At least I felt like I didn't do anything traumatic.
Running a lot, but running very cautiously, and staying on trails a lot because I figured that lessened the odds of something bad happening. Still got very tired, especially when off-trail, because I haven't done any running or hiking on soft ground. But overall reasonably pleased with the effort. And my navigating was good enough, just a couple of small mistakes, maybe a minute or two in total.
And nice forest, nice map, nice weather, glad I went.
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I thought I should make one proper attempt at orienteering this fall, and Hurd seemed the best choice, appealing in two ways -- a new map by George, curious to see what he had come up with, and woods that seemed like they would offer decent runnability and a lot of trail and road options. So off I went.
And overall, not too bad. The main concern was not to hurt myself, neither making the back worse nor coming up with some new ailment. Success on the latter, no new ailments I'm pretty sure; judgement on the former may have to wait a little as the back is sore, but it's not clear if it's the sore that goes away in a day or the sore that doesn't. It seems to be within the range of what I was hoping for, but we'll see. At least I felt like I didn't do anything traumatic.
Running a lot, but running very cautiously, and staying on trails a lot because I figured that lessened the odds of something bad happening. Still got very tired, especially when off-trail, because I haven't done any running or hiking on soft ground. But overall reasonably pleased with the effort. And my navigating was good enough, just a couple of small mistakes, maybe a minute or two in total.
And nice forest, nice map, nice weather, glad I went.
Saturday Nov 14, 2015 #
1 PM
road running 1:00:51 6.76 mi (9:00 / mi) +549ft 8:22 / mi
ahr:149 max:158 shoes: pegasus 5
In Granby (CT) on the way home from Litchfield. Windy and a little chilly, but I was dressed right so perfectly OK.
Long run! Seemed like harder work than it should be for the pace, but what else should I expect given not much running for 3 or 4 months. But slowly getting a little back.
Long run! Seemed like harder work than it should be for the pace, but what else should I expect given not much running for 3 or 4 months. But slowly getting a little back.
Thursday Nov 12, 2015 #
2 PM
treadmill 40:04 4.45 mi (9:00 / mi)
ahr:126 max:135 weight:141lbs shoes: pegasus 5
On the treadmill for 40 minutes.
Wednesday Nov 11, 2015 #
Note
Veteran's Day. Always stirs up a few feelings, though perhaps nothing compared to some contemporaries.
The world has changed so much since the late '60s, most younger folks wouldn't have a clue. A place called Vietnam, a thing called the draft, an unpopular war (and unpopular in a way that Iraq never was, viciously and angrily unpopular).
I did my three years in the Army. I'm a vet. Although over the years I have thought of myself as a vet "light," didn't go to Vietnam. And so only slightly qualified to talk about what it felt like to serve your country, and have your country turns its back on you. I didn't experience that personally, I was happy enough just being ignored, but it sure did happen. And if you look around carefully, you'll see the people still suffering from what their country made them do when they were young.
It's all different now, but one thing is still the same. People volunteer, expecting to deploy. When they come home, if they come home, there are parades, there are honors, they are treated like heroes rather than villains. All that matters, and all that is OK. But all that is also cheap, easy to do.
What is much harder and much more expensive, is the medical care, and here, as in my time, it falls way short of what is needed.
They are still fighting about what cancers can be traced to serving in Vietnam and exposure to Agent Orange, still trying to duck paying the bill. We will be paying the bill for Iraq for years to come.
I watched some of the Republican debate last night. They seem all so eager to send our troops off to war. They also all seem to not have a clue about what it really means, about what it really costs, not just at the time but also for decades and decades down the road. All so eager to say they support our veterans, but all just lip service.
It could easily make me very angry, but I've gained a little wisdom over the years and getting angry is usually not productive. But it sure does make me sad.
The world has changed so much since the late '60s, most younger folks wouldn't have a clue. A place called Vietnam, a thing called the draft, an unpopular war (and unpopular in a way that Iraq never was, viciously and angrily unpopular).
I did my three years in the Army. I'm a vet. Although over the years I have thought of myself as a vet "light," didn't go to Vietnam. And so only slightly qualified to talk about what it felt like to serve your country, and have your country turns its back on you. I didn't experience that personally, I was happy enough just being ignored, but it sure did happen. And if you look around carefully, you'll see the people still suffering from what their country made them do when they were young.
It's all different now, but one thing is still the same. People volunteer, expecting to deploy. When they come home, if they come home, there are parades, there are honors, they are treated like heroes rather than villains. All that matters, and all that is OK. But all that is also cheap, easy to do.
What is much harder and much more expensive, is the medical care, and here, as in my time, it falls way short of what is needed.
They are still fighting about what cancers can be traced to serving in Vietnam and exposure to Agent Orange, still trying to duck paying the bill. We will be paying the bill for Iraq for years to come.
I watched some of the Republican debate last night. They seem all so eager to send our troops off to war. They also all seem to not have a clue about what it really means, about what it really costs, not just at the time but also for decades and decades down the road. All so eager to say they support our veterans, but all just lip service.
It could easily make me very angry, but I've gained a little wisdom over the years and getting angry is usually not productive. But it sure does make me sad.
3 PM
trail running 44:30 4.17 mi (10:40 / mi) +867ft 8:55 / mi
ahr:139 max:155 weight:141lbs shoes: pegasus 5
A different hill to try and run up, this one at the west end of the Holyoke Range, from 47 along the river up to the porch on the summit house. Wasn't sure I could run all the way up, but got in a low enough gear so it was possible.
Coming down was a lot easier, though I'll have to see if the back acts up. So far in the last couple of weeks it's been bouncing back pretty well after a variety of physical efforts. Still hurts some, but definitely better.
Coming down was a lot easier, though I'll have to see if the back acts up. So far in the last couple of weeks it's been bouncing back pretty well after a variety of physical efforts. Still hurts some, but definitely better.
C • hill 1
Tuesday Nov 10, 2015 #
3 PM
road running 40:49 4.5 mi (9:04 / mi) +282ft 8:34 / mi
ahr:141 max:156 weight:141lbs shoes: pegasus 5
Back roads in Leverett just before the rain came. Ran this loop every once in a while when we lived in Amherst and I wanted to do 12 instead of 8. Times change.
Felt OK. Had thought I'd take the day off, having spent the morning finishing up a bunch of outdoors work around the house, but the rain took its time getting here, so why not.
Felt OK. Had thought I'd take the day off, having spent the morning finishing up a bunch of outdoors work around the house, but the rain took its time getting here, so why not.
Monday Nov 9, 2015 #
2 PM
trail running 43:07 3.84 mi (11:13 / mi) +581ft 9:49 / mi
ahr:142 max:158 weight:141lbs shoes: pegasus 5
Perfect weather for running, low 50s and low humidity.
At Mt. Warner. Did two loops, one each way, as planned, though it took a moment of reflection after the first one to head out for the second, as the hill is a little steeper that way. But got the legs in a low enough gear and made it up without too much distress. And overall a pretty good effort.
Not that I agree with what seems to be the policy, but there is a very clear sign posted at the entrance of the small parking lot that say that it is open from sunrise to sunset, and at all other times cars are subject to being towed. And it gives the e-mail and phone number of the park superintendent in case anyone, such as Phil perhaps, might care to contact him.
There is also a sign in the parking lot that says it is under 24-hour video surveillance. Hmm. Made the choice of a spot to pee a little more complicated.
At Mt. Warner. Did two loops, one each way, as planned, though it took a moment of reflection after the first one to head out for the second, as the hill is a little steeper that way. But got the legs in a low enough gear and made it up without too much distress. And overall a pretty good effort.
Not that I agree with what seems to be the policy, but there is a very clear sign posted at the entrance of the small parking lot that say that it is open from sunrise to sunset, and at all other times cars are subject to being towed. And it gives the e-mail and phone number of the park superintendent in case anyone, such as Phil perhaps, might care to contact him.
There is also a sign in the parking lot that says it is under 24-hour video surveillance. Hmm. Made the choice of a spot to pee a little more complicated.
Sunday Nov 8, 2015 #
11 AM
road running 47:22 5.18 mi (9:09 / mi) +287ft 8:41 / mi
ahr:143 max:160 weight:141.5lbs shoes: pegasus 5
Back roads in Deerfield, nice loop, not much traffic. Tried to run gently, no concern for pace. Reasonably successful.
Though the thought of orienteering (rough ground, jarring, falling?) is still not particularly appealing. Nor is swinging a golf club. But really nice I am able to do a little running.
Though the thought of orienteering (rough ground, jarring, falling?) is still not particularly appealing. Nor is swinging a golf club. But really nice I am able to do a little running.
Saturday Nov 7, 2015 #
3 PM
trail running 39:16 3.47 mi (11:19 / mi) +628ft 9:40 / mi
ahr:149 max:162 shoes: pegasus 5
From the gate on the back side of Mt. Toby. Up the jeep road, back the link trail and the RF. A little jarring coming down the rocky trails, but I think the back survived OK. It's held up pretty well the last couple of weeks.
Friday Nov 6, 2015 #
4 PM
road running 28:25 2.69 mi (10:33 / mi) +480ft 9:02 / mi
ahr:138 max:162 shoes: pegasus 5
Up and down South Sugarloaf (ran most of it, 11:11), plus a mile before.
Thursday Nov 5, 2015 #
1 PM
road running 39:13 4.31 mi (9:06 / mi) +66ft 8:58 / mi
ahr:142 max:164 shoes: pegasus 5
Flat loop in town, but longest run in quite some time. :-)
Tuesday Nov 3, 2015 #
12 PM
biking 44:15 11.97 mi (3:42 / mi) +323ft 3:36 / mi
ahr:130 max:157 weight:142lbs
Gail's loop up the river and back through Montague Center.
Wasn't sure I was going to do any more biking this year, but the weather was so nice. And quads were sore from yesterday so this was a lot easier.
Wasn't sure I was going to do any more biking this year, but the weather was so nice. And quads were sore from yesterday so this was a lot easier.
Monday Nov 2, 2015 #
12 PM
run/hike 49:08 3.73 mi (13:10 / mi) +1045ft 10:24 / mi
ahr:143 max:161 shoes: pegasus 5
Mt. Wantastiquet in Brattleboro. Slowest time ever, but that's OK. Thought I should be able to make it up in 30 minutes, and did, barely (29:45), mix of jogging when it was more gradual and walking when steeper. Certainly was an effort.
Beautiful views from the outlook, southwest to Greylock, northwest to Stratton, on a clear but warmish early afternoon.
And then jogged down, carefully, no falls (19:25).
Beautiful views from the outlook, southwest to Greylock, northwest to Stratton, on a clear but warmish early afternoon.
And then jogged down, carefully, no falls (19:25).
Sunday Nov 1, 2015 #
3 PM
run/hike 38:33 2.96 mi (13:00 / mi) +676ft 10:42 / mi
ahr:143 max:158 shoes: pegasus 5
Outer loop at North Sugarloaf, up the south side. 5 x 1 minute walking, as good as expected. Actually pretty happy just to be able to get around the loop. Hopefully no damage done.