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Saturday Nov 19, 2016 #
Hiking 1:26:39 [1] 8.85 km (9:47 / km) +73m 9:24 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
7:58 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
-2.0 °C; Cloudy
The full weekend hike, always fun.
Friday Nov 18, 2016 #
Biking Commuting 29:43 14.04 km (2:07 / km) +49m 2:05 / km
ahr:134 max:155 shoes: All-City Space Horse
6:12 AM; Minneapolis-St. Paul
8.6 °C; Cloudy
Mild this morning. but it's going to change ...
Biking Commuting 8:41 2.2 km (3:57 / km) +9m 3:52 / km
ahr:114 max:136 shoes: All-City Space Horse
3:18 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
0.5 °C; Light rain
Snow and wet pavement was one factor but the wind was so strong almost blew me off the bike. So train it was.
Thursday Nov 17, 2016 #
Biking Commuting 32:23 13.99 km (2:19 / km) +41m 2:17 / km
ahr:125 max:159 shoes: All-City Space Horse
6:20 AM; Minneapolis-St. Paul
8.7 °C; Cloudy
Boldly riding bike in shorts and with just a single thermal tee and reflective vest. Not a problem. A cloud-veiled moon high overhead, as Earth's rotation overtakes the the lunar orbit.
Biking Commuting 30:57 12.14 km (2:33 / km) +62m 2:29 / km
ahr:131 max:149 shoes: All-City Space Horse
2:46 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
12.8 °C; Cloudy
With a decent headwind and under time pressure I picked what I think must be the shortest possible rout that has as little traffic as possible. Still took me 31 minutes.
Hiking 33:07 3.78 km (8:46 / km) +25m 8:29 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
4:17 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
12.4 °C; Cloudy
Getting grey and dark, I hope they are wrong about the rain to snow ration. More snow! Some running some walking. Roux is in great form. Can't wait to get him in formt of my skis!
Wednesday Nov 16, 2016 #
Biking Commuting 33:21 14.0 km (2:23 / km) +58m 2:20 / km
ahr:125 max:148 shoes: All-City Space Horse
6:16 AM; Minneapolis-St. Paul
3.2 °C; Clear
Tired legs from yesterday's hill workout, taking it easy. Colder, too, cars parked outside had frost. A quiet ride.
One gripe, that applies to all other mornings: cyclists with super bright headlights that seem to aim right for my eyes. This is the one thing that sours commuting in the dark for me. When I first noticed this, I checked my own lights for orientation and brightness to make sure I wasn't an offender, too. It seems such a basic thing to fix and in most urban riding situations, it is not necessary to use a bike light's super bright settings. Must be that these riders think that "darn it, I spent $100 (or more) on this light and I'm gonna use it to the fullest, too!"
Biking Commuting 32:41 13.65 km (2:24 / km) +104m 2:18 / km
ahr:134 max:149 shoes: All-City Space Horse
3:32 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
15.7 °C; Clear
Pretty decent headwind, it was rather a struggle today. Other than that another unseasonably warm ride home.
Hiking 38:37 [1] 3.6 km (10:44 / km) +26m 10:21 / km
ahr:91 max:112 shoes: Hoka One One Clifton 2
4:34 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
13.8 °C; Partly cloudy
Nice hike until Roux came upon a pesky rabbit. He could not let go and kept working the bushes. Took about three minutes to come. Tomorrow, it's the training collar ...
Tuesday Nov 15, 2016 #
Biking Commuting 39:00 17.69 km (2:12 / km) +90m 2:09 / km
ahr:137 max:159 shoes: All-City Space Horse
6:21 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
4.9 °C; Partly cloudy
Coffee run to Dun Bros. We seem to be using more beans as the cold season begins. Rode the segment from Dunn's to work without photo stops for the first time to get a more realistic idea of the length of this route. under 40 minutes for a moderately fast ride. Slowdowns are for various traffic lights along Summit and the short stretch on Cretin where I always seem to have to stop. There is the hill climbing out of the river valley but that is relatively short. Very nice ride.
Biking Commuting 31:37 14.22 km (2:13 / km) +69m 2:10 / km
ahr:135 max:160 shoes: All-City Space Horse
3:50 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
12.7 °C; Partly cloudy
Was attending an event at TPC, Adm. Eric Thor Olson hosted by our EVP. Interesting conversation. I did not have to go far to get the bikey. Nice ride home in comfortable temps.
Hiking 30:01 3.7 km (8:07 / km) +17m 7:56 / km
ahr:106 max:132 shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
4:42 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
11.2 °C; Partly cloudy
Short and painless, not much to report. Beautiful evening sky, left just after sunset dusk and came back in almost darkness.
Running: Hills 1:30:36 11.17 km (8:07 / km) +380m 6:56 / km
ahr:145 shoes: Hoka One One Clifton 2
6:30 PM; Battle Creek West, St. Paul
7.9 °C; Clear
Hard hill bounding workout with the Tuesday night intensity group. Bummer, I forgot to turn my HRM on, estimating the average and high based on similar workouts from the last few weeks. From bottom of the A climb to the top, then towards to downhill. Times eight. Recovery during the downhill. Happy I am still able to do this.
Monday Nov 14, 2016 #
Biking Commuting 33:04 14.03 km (2:21 / km) +54m 2:19 / km
ahr:137 max:167 shoes: All-City Space Horse
6:26 AM; Minneapolis-St. Paul
Partly cloudy
Super moon morning, super bright when I took my perimeter patrol around the premises (of our St. Paul city lot on a corner) and fat and yellow by the time I left. Stopped on top of the campus connector bridge between Energy Park Dr and Como Ave to try taking a pic, we will see how this turns out. Need to really take these photos with my SLR, but that is a lot to lug around. Then hurried to ctch up to the guy who passed me while I was stopped and otherwise kept the tempo up till I was thwarted by a red light at Hennepin and 11th.
Hiking 37:26 3.84 km (9:45 / km) +21m 9:29 / km
ahr:107 max:145 shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
5:08 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
8.3 °C; Cloudy
Starting to walk in the dark now after work. Tried out the blinky lights on the dogs which I got about a year ago. Promptly got a compliment from a guy whose on leash lab my off leash guys accosted (in a very friendly and well behaved way, I must say). They came back immediately when I called.
Biking Commuting 32:50 14.05 km (2:20 / km) +75m 2:17 / km
ahr:136 max:156 shoes: All-City Space Horse
4:20 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
9.3 °C; Light rain
Nice ride home, starting to get squeezed by darkness on both ride to work and ride home. It's that time of the year.
Sunday Nov 13, 2016 #
Hiking 1:18:24 8.03 km (9:46 / km) +55m 9:26 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Summit Low
7:28 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
6.0 °C; Clear
Did the walk that seems to be getting to be the new normal. Did a new variation near the SF landscaping lot, following the drainage ditch and repeated the new variation from yesterday, cutting through the bushes along the track near Lexington. good morning to be out.