Thursday Jul 12 |
 | Bike - 'bent (Monson & back) 2:29:40 [3]61.22 km (2:27 / km) +120m 2:25 / km | |
| shoes: Slipstream |
| early afternoon ride out to center of Monson, MA and then back via the same route. No killer hills and average pace seems to have benefited from that. Was running out of gas toward the end - only drinking water again. Had lunch before I left but apparently that didn't help much... |
| Orienteering - Training (Sprint A) 16:46 [4]2.51 km (6:41 / km) +50m 6:04 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon TR2 |
| Kids wanted to go swimming at Crandalls after I got back, so headed off to the park, while Ellen watched them I opted to dump all the junk from my pockets and go out and run Sprint A as best I could - no map or compass needed. Definitely lacking in speed and took a few more trail routes than I previously had. Wound up cutting nearly a minute off my previous best and even a few seconds faster than Greg Balters winning time. Go figure - maybe I ought to ride a couple hours before major races to 'warm up'....
Swam for about 10 minutes after the run, quite refreshing... |
Wednesday Jul 11 |
| Hiking (walk w/ Jackson) 35:00 [0] | |
| shoes: Adidas Response Trail XI |
| afternoon walk with Jackson (Hayden walked with us for a bit) |
Sunday Jul 8 |
| Trail Run - Long / Easy (Wolf Den) 43:22 [3]7.36 km (5:54 / km) +255m 5:01 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon TR2 |
| Took the kids out to Mashamoquet Brook for the day for swimming/picnic etc. Went for a run sans map/compass - originally intending to do at least half in the terrain, but wound up getting turned around in the vague ferns in the NW part of the map - a big looping 180. So changed the plan to just run trails. Pretty much down the east side of the map, down by Indian Chair, then back up the middle of the map. Lots of FDF's, but none biting, more a nuisance. |
Saturday Jul 7 |
| Bike - 'bent (commute route) 56:00 [3]18.8 km (2:59 / km) +290m 2:46 / km | |
| shoes: Slipstream |
| I wake up at 4:45 every morning, but since being on vacation I haven't actually moved myself to get out of bed. So today I decided to actually get up and go riding. Not having any better ideas, I ended up riding my normal commute route as I had a couple things I wanted to attend to in the office. |
| Bike - 'bent (& back again) 57:30 [3]20.1 km (2:52 / km) +275m 2:41 / km | |
| shoes: Slipstream |
| slightly longer return route, pace a bit faster too. Hills slow, but not onerous. Tried a 24T granny yesterday, but not enough cage clearance, need to see if I can scrape up a 26T (74bcd) to see if that works to allow better spinning on steeper hills |
| Trail Run - Long / Easy (Hop River) 42:15 [3]7.62 km (5:33 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon TR2 |
| Took Hayden over to the rail trail to ride his bike. Ran along behind - he tools a long at a pretty good clip. Pretty warm - mid 80's. Wasn't dressed for running this hard though I did have decent shorts on. But a heavy cotton T and sweating quite profusely. |