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Sunday Dec 19, 2010 #
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Today's route. Don't know how much of the disagreement between the mapped bike trails and the 305 is due to which one. In some places the bike trails feel OK, in other places they are quite generalized, missing the subtleties. And the 305, you never know what it will do.
12 PM
trail running 1:12:58 6.04 mi (12:05 / mi) +876ft 10:37 / mi
ahr:144 max:160 rhr:50 weight:141.5lbs shoes: saloman
On the bike trails from Batchelor Street on the south side of the Notch. Much rockier. Struggling a bit on some of the hills, and pretty tired afterwards. But this was clearly a long run for me.
The elevation gain listed continues to only have a modest connection with reality. Counted the lines on the O' map and got about 450 meters climb.
Oh, and for Phil, nice job mapping the bike trails in the maze just east of the power line and south of the South Side trail. With my glasses on, I can't read the map that well on the run, so can't vouch for every detail, but the mapping sure felt right on.
The elevation gain listed continues to only have a modest connection with reality. Counted the lines on the O' map and got about 450 meters climb.
Oh, and for Phil, nice job mapping the bike trails in the maze just east of the power line and south of the South Side trail. With my glasses on, I can't read the map that well on the run, so can't vouch for every detail, but the mapping sure felt right on.
Saturday Dec 18, 2010 #
1 PM
trail running 1 [0] +3855ft
ahr:144 max:164 rhr:51 weight:141lbs shoes: saloman
At North Sugarloaf, just across the river. There are a couple of bike trails there, been there once, thought I would look again, but this time I had a nice map, thanks to Clint's suggestion. A biker client of mine had sent me GPS tracks of several places he rode, so I found that, and in short order had printed myself out a quite nice map. Which made the run much more enjoyable, following along with all the little ripples in the terrain.
Ran all the hills, slowly and just barely. But I think that is a little progress.
It seems the chunky contingent may pursue my "lose 10 kilos" challenge (alternatively lose 5 kilos). Ten would be a bit much for me, by 5 would be excellent, though the starting point is the 144/2.2 = 65.4. Got down there once about 4 years ago, felt great, but not sure if I have the discipline again.
By the way, I figured the climb on today's run was about 250 meters. AP calculates it as 1,175. Huh?
Ran all the hills, slowly and just barely. But I think that is a little progress.
It seems the chunky contingent may pursue my "lose 10 kilos" challenge (alternatively lose 5 kilos). Ten would be a bit much for me, by 5 would be excellent, though the starting point is the 144/2.2 = 65.4. Got down there once about 4 years ago, felt great, but not sure if I have the discipline again.
By the way, I figured the climb on today's run was about 250 meters. AP calculates it as 1,175. Huh?
trail running 45:15 3.62 mi (12:30 / mi) +958ft 10:00 / mi
ahr:144 max:164
Ok, here's version 2 of the profile. Looks a little closer to reality. :-)
Friday Dec 17, 2010 #
1 PM
trail running 48:44 4.32 mi (11:17 / mi) +630ft 9:55 / mi
ahr:137 max:159 rhr:50 weight:141.5lbs shoes: saloman
Back to the same area (why change when you're having fun), conditions still excellent. Parked at the bunker, checked out the northeast section lower down. Legs not real spry, but made it back up the hill OK, and the knee I bashed yesterday wasn't bothering me. I think I still need quite a few more outings to check out the whole network.
Thursday Dec 16, 2010 #
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Went to a movie last night, first in quite a while, the last of the Millennium trilogy, Luftslottet som sprängdes. It was leaving town in another day, only on at 9:30 pm, plays for 150 minutes so well past our bedtime, but we went anyway. And despite the fact that I'm not sure it's really a particularly good movie, and that you really have to have read the books to know what is going on, and then of course you know what is going to happen, despite all that I quite enjoyed it. And the two and a half hours went by very quickly.
Though I could see why it was leaving town, only about 5 others in the theater.
Though I could see why it was leaving town, only about 5 others in the theater.
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Control count is now 405/800. That's not so bad, over 50%. But I may not get any more for a while.
1 PM
trail running 44:15 4.02 mi (11:00 / mi) +702ft 9:26 / mi
ahr:141 max:160 rhr:50 weight:141lbs shoes: saloman
Back at the same place as yesterday, adding to my exploration of the trail network, with Phil for company. Really nice once again, despite one crash (lost a little skin on one knee). I'd guess I've done about 50-60% of the trails.
And the legs are slowly getting used to running again.
And the legs are slowly getting used to running again.
Wednesday Dec 15, 2010 #
3 PM
trail running 38:54 3.63 mi (10:43 / mi) +472ft 9:32 / mi
ahr:139 max:158 rhr:53 shoes: saloman
Another really fine outing, this time over close to the Notch, heading out past the old missile silo. Same conditions as yesterday, low 20s, breezy, just a bit of snow but now mostly bare ground.
These runs on the bike trails build up more anticipation than ever before as to what the 305 will show as my route. On an O' map I usually know where I am, and on trail runs on USGS maps I have a pretty good idea, but the combination of long undulating slopes without many obvious features and the bike trails continually turning makes it anywhere from hard to nearly impossible to keep track of where I am as I go along. Did pretty well today, but still surprised a couple of times.
Question -- anyone know a nice way to display the tracks from several runs on the same map (preferably USGS)?
These runs on the bike trails build up more anticipation than ever before as to what the 305 will show as my route. On an O' map I usually know where I am, and on trail runs on USGS maps I have a pretty good idea, but the combination of long undulating slopes without many obvious features and the bike trails continually turning makes it anywhere from hard to nearly impossible to keep track of where I am as I go along. Did pretty well today, but still surprised a couple of times.
Question -- anyone know a nice way to display the tracks from several runs on the same map (preferably USGS)?
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Tuesday Dec 14, 2010 #
11 AM
trail running 53:49 4.65 mi (11:34 / mi) +663ft 10:12 / mi
ahr:142 max:162 rhr:53 weight:142lbs shoes: saloman
Well, that worked out nice. Phil was free, I was free, so off once again to the NW side of the Holyoke Range. Colder today, low 20s, and a light dusting of snow, but quite wonderful.
Did a different loop, trying to figure out more connections. Towards the end we could have saved a bunch of distance by bushwhacking, but the point was to explore the trails. A really nice outing, good run and good company, and certainly what qualifies as an over-distance effort these days.
And then, prodded by Jeff and Judy about my lack of reading in recent months, stop at B&N and bought three books. Will be fun to get back into the habit.
Did a different loop, trying to figure out more connections. Towards the end we could have saved a bunch of distance by bushwhacking, but the point was to explore the trails. A really nice outing, good run and good company, and certainly what qualifies as an over-distance effort these days.
And then, prodded by Jeff and Judy about my lack of reading in recent months, stop at B&N and bought three books. Will be fun to get back into the habit.
Monday Dec 13, 2010 #
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My route from Saturday's night-O' at Ratlum Mountain.
Got caught in a jungle leaving 3, two extra side excursions on the way to 5, and didn't realize there was a #16 until most of the way to the finish. But could have been worse!
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Got caught in a jungle leaving 3, two extra side excursions on the way to 5, and didn't realize there was a #16 until most of the way to the finish. But could have been worse!
2 PM
trail running 36:30 2.87 mi (12:42 / mi) +574ft 10:41 / mi
ahr:138 max:163 weight:142.5lbs shoes: saloman
Went back down to check out more of the bike trails on the northwest side of the Holyoke Ridge. Fabulous for running, not so rocky as the ones on the south side of the O' map, and even though the hills are longer, the trails meander a lot and are never very steep. On a gloomy verging on wet late afternoon it was quite gorgeous out.
Also carried the bike map of the trails. As you could say about some of my professional work at times, the map was a mixture of fact and fiction. I wasn't expecting much in the way of accuracy and I got even less. On the other hand, that made it more interesting, since you really never knew where a mapped trail was going to go.
A couple of deer, one biker, no hunters.
Oh, and where I parked this time there is a sign from the town police saying no trespassing (and also a sign saying no motorized vehicles, which makes you think that if you're on foot maybe trespassing is OK. But I wasn't sure I wanted to park there. Saw a neighbor out doing chores, asked him what the story was, he said not to worry, nice place to walk and the police don't care. Good to know.
Will try to check out the area some more while the conditions are still OK. It's just a lot of fun going someplace new.
Also carried the bike map of the trails. As you could say about some of my professional work at times, the map was a mixture of fact and fiction. I wasn't expecting much in the way of accuracy and I got even less. On the other hand, that made it more interesting, since you really never knew where a mapped trail was going to go.
A couple of deer, one biker, no hunters.
Oh, and where I parked this time there is a sign from the town police saying no trespassing (and also a sign saying no motorized vehicles, which makes you think that if you're on foot maybe trespassing is OK. But I wasn't sure I wanted to park there. Saw a neighbor out doing chores, asked him what the story was, he said not to worry, nice place to walk and the police don't care. Good to know.
Will try to check out the area some more while the conditions are still OK. It's just a lot of fun going someplace new.
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