Training Log Archive: PGIn the 7 days ending Dec 6, 2016:
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Tuesday Dec 6, 2016 #
8 AM
hike 31:14 1.69 mi (18:29 / mi) +483ft 14:33 / mi
ahr:102 max:118 weight:138lbs
South Sugarloaf (16:53, 14:21). Been a while since I've had to deal with ice. Thought early on that I would turn back pretty well short of the top, but then the old skills about reading the snow/ice came back. No falls. :-)
Looking for breakfast (as I was heading home for my breakfast) --
Looking for breakfast (as I was heading home for my breakfast) --
1 PM
biking - red bike 39:13 9.95 mi (3:57 / mi) +162ft 3:53 / mi
ahr:125 max:151
Upper 30s, minimal wind.
Ah, the things we do that bring smiles to our faces -- off to Stockbridge Road to see if I could catch up with a pink-footed goose that was supposedly hanging out there. No sign of it or the several hundred Canada geese it was supposedly with.
So plan B, over to the UMass campus pond where the CG's hang out when there aren't off feeding, and they all were, including the PFG. Hung around for about 30 trying to get a good photo, getting a little chilled in the process.
Ah, the things we do that bring smiles to our faces -- off to Stockbridge Road to see if I could catch up with a pink-footed goose that was supposedly hanging out there. No sign of it or the several hundred Canada geese it was supposedly with.
So plan B, over to the UMass campus pond where the CG's hang out when there aren't off feeding, and they all were, including the PFG. Hung around for about 30 trying to get a good photo, getting a little chilled in the process.
2 PM
biking - red bike 24:56 6.97 mi (3:35 / mi) +83ft 3:32 / mi
ahr:125 max:150
And then back home. Hands were real cold to start, as I'd had my gloves off most of the time at the pond, but they eventually warmed up. New gloves are really good.
So does this make any sense? Sure. I was going to go for a ride anyway, so this just added a little spice to it. And it beats, by a long shot, some other things I or others might do -- going to symphony, or driving in Boston traffic, or even (for me) orienteering these days. And I got some good (for me) photos. :-)
So does this make any sense? Sure. I was going to go for a ride anyway, so this just added a little spice to it. And it beats, by a long shot, some other things I or others might do -- going to symphony, or driving in Boston traffic, or even (for me) orienteering these days. And I got some good (for me) photos. :-)
Monday Dec 5, 2016 #
8 AM
hike 29:10 1.68 mi (17:23 / mi) +487ft 13:38 / mi
ahr:106 max:128 weight:137.5lbs
South Sugarloaf (16:05, 13:05). An inch or two of new snow and snowing lightly. Already lots of tracks (people, dogs, squirrels...).
Sunday Dec 4, 2016 #
8 AM
hike 29:36 1.68 mi (17:37 / mi) +469ft 13:56 / mi
ahr:106 max:123 weight:138.5lbs
South Sugarloaf (15:52, 13:44).
12 PM
mountain biking 1:36:19 7.67 mi (12:33 / mi) +1112ft 11:02 / mi
ahr:116 max:154
On the mountain bike for the first time in a long time. Went with Walter (and his dog Zoe) in the woods back of his place. Totally fine ride. Mellow pace, lots of stops, good conversations, no falls, lovely afternoon (about 40F, no wind in the trees).
Got off the bike for 3 or 4 steeper pitches but still made it up more than I would have guessed. Still worried about the risk. But it has me thinking about places I could ride with the MTB in bad weather that would be reasonably sensible. The are possibilities to be explored. :-)
Got off the bike for 3 or 4 steeper pitches but still made it up more than I would have guessed. Still worried about the risk. But it has me thinking about places I could ride with the MTB in bad weather that would be reasonably sensible. The are possibilities to be explored. :-)
Saturday Dec 3, 2016 #
8 AM
walking 1 [0]
Gloucester and Plum Island.
Friday Dec 2, 2016 #
7 AM
hike 30:32 [2] 1.68 mi (18:11 / mi) +482ft 14:18 / mi
weight:139.5lbs
South Sugarloaf (16:05, 14:27). Low 30's.
11 AM
biking - red bike 2:00:19 31.41 mi (3:50 / mi) +767ft 3:45 / mi
ahr:132 max:160
Upper 40s, W 10-15 mph. Nice day for this time of year. Longest ride for a while, was feeling very thirsty the last half hour or so.
Thursday Dec 1, 2016 #
7 AM
hike 31:13 1.69 mi (18:28 / mi) +478ft 14:34 / mi
ahr:99 max:121 weight:139lbs
Rather discouraged about the lack of any improvement in the butt pain, as both running and hiking uphill are painful, though the latter is less so. Maybe will try the latter a few times, see if it changes things at all.
Up and down South Sugarloaf (16:28, 14:45), beautiful morning after lots of rain the last two days, scattered areas of wispy fog in low places.
Saw what I thought was a strange leaf on the deck this morning, turned out to be a dead bat. No idea what the story behind that is, other than there are bats that reside under the eaves. Not sure what they do in the winter.
Up and down South Sugarloaf (16:28, 14:45), beautiful morning after lots of rain the last two days, scattered areas of wispy fog in low places.
Saw what I thought was a strange leaf on the deck this morning, turned out to be a dead bat. No idea what the story behind that is, other than there are bats that reside under the eaves. Not sure what they do in the winter.
10 AM
biking - red bike 1:17:37 20.4 mi (3:48 / mi) +633ft 3:42 / mi
ahr:134 max:161 weight:139lbs
47F, NW 5-10, though it seemed out of the north when I was going north and out of the west when I was going south. Should have gone the other way around the loop (River Road - Old Deerfield).
Roads still wet, but hey, it's December and the bike hasn't yet been put away. Made it out at least once every month except January, and I'm sure I could have done that, just back then I was still running.
Roads still wet, but hey, it's December and the bike hasn't yet been put away. Made it out at least once every month except January, and I'm sure I could have done that, just back then I was still running.