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Saturday Sep 29, 2018 #
Hiking 1:57:24 [1] 10.8 km (10:52 / km) +100m 10:23 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Clifton 2
6:48 AM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
5.5 °C; Cloudy
First frost, albeit only a mild one. Taking the dogs out at 5:30, I saw forst on the cars right away but none in the grass. During our walk There were only small patches of frost in a few locations, mostly in open areas where the grass was matted down. Como Golf course had posted its frost delay sign. Interesting that our first frost coincided with the first frost in my hometown of Eupen, Belgium, though the pictures my friends posted were more spectacular because of the clear weather they have. I think if it hadn't clouded up, we would have been hit harder.
Friday Sep 28, 2018 #
Biking Commuting 35:22 14.24 km (2:29 / km) +44m 2:27 / km
ahr:133 max:150 shoes: All-City Space Horse
6:28 AM; Hamline Midway
8.3 °C; Clear
Good ride, Hit a pothole pretty hard when turning onto the campus connector from Como. I think with my 28 mm tires I might have gotten a pinch flat, no problem with the 32 mm. I did add a little puff of air when I got to work. Not much going on this morning, more dog walkers than usual.
Hiking 12:24 0.93 km (13:20 / km) +134m 7:45 / km
ahr:106 max:132 shoes: Shimano SH-MT34L
7:17 AM; Minneapolis
Hiking 58:02 [1] 5.5 km (10:33 / km) +44m 10:09 / km
ahr:93 max:118 shoes: Hoka One One Clifton 2
4:04 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
12.6 °C; Clear
Bright and brisk, not used to that cooler weather yet. Went back to put on a windbreaker over my sweaty thermal top and glad I did. Very enjoyable walk.
Biking Commuting 30:28 14.09 km (2:10 / km) +75m 2:06 / km
ahr:134 max:158 shoes: All-City Space Horse
3:18 PM; Minneapolis-St. Paul
11.1 °C; Partly cloudy
Windy, but the right kind of wind, a brisk westerly! I'll take it any time!
Thursday Sep 27, 2018 #
Biking Commuting 40:39 17.5 km (2:19 / km) +84m 2:16 / km
ahr:135 max:153 shoes: All-City Space Horse
6:30 AM; Minneapolis-St. Paul
13.0 °C; Cloudy
Coffee stop at Dunn Bros on Grand, then via Summit and W River Road to work. Temps have tempered so I am back to short sleeves, my reflective vest and the fingerless gloves, which worked just fine. Lots of runners on the river trail between the Guthrie and CLT. One oddity this morning: The parking lot by Lifetime fitness at University and Albert was just packed. I couldn't tell where everyone was, did not seem like the Gym was crowded.
Hiking 41:46 [1] 3.77 km (11:05 / km) +23m 10:45 / km
ahr:96 max:117 shoes: Hoka One One Clifton 2
4:34 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
14.8 °C; Cloudy
Switched into a warmer shirt with long sleeves, even considered looking for a hat. A largish group of girls called after us "Can we pet your dogs?" They happily obliged.
Biking Commuting 32:17 14.14 km (2:17 / km) +70m 2:14 / km
ahr:141 max:162 shoes: All-City Space Horse
3:44 PM; Minneapolis-St. Paul
15.4 °C; Chance of rain
Today, I saw a colleague in the bike room with whom I sometimes chat. I took off before him but I expected to see him again, he takes the shorter, more direct route. caught up with him on the campus connecor and then rode with him till Como. He rides to Roseville so we share part of the route. Two consecutive days with a nice chat, not bad.
Wednesday Sep 26, 2018 #
Biking Commuting 33:30 12.43 km (2:42 / km) +25m 2:40 / km
ahr:123 max:157 shoes: All-City Space Horse
6:53 AM; Hamline Midway
7.6 °C; Clear
A chilly morning. Was looking for my gloves and wearing long sleeved termo tee under my windbreaker, feeling just fine and not getting too sweaty. Rode the shorter route and had several stops for pictures, taking it generally easy after last night's heavy duty EU bounding workout.
Biking Commuting 33:33 14.54 km (2:18 / km) +73m 2:15 / km
ahr:132 max:155 shoes: All-City Space Horse
3:49 PM; Minneapolis-St. Paul
15.7 °C; Clear
A decent tailwind made riding fun today! Caught up with rider at the Energy Park light, it turned out to be Amy, from my EU ski group. We rode together to Como and chatted.
Hiking 36:14 [1] 3.39 km (10:41 / km) +30m 10:14 / km
ahr:93 max:119 shoes: Hoka One One Clifton 2
4:30 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
15.2 °C; Clear
Cool, bright and sunny.
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018 #
Biking Commuting 31:52 14.0 km (2:17 / km) +45m 2:14 / km
shoes: All-City Space Horse
6:27 AM; Hamline Midway
13.2 °C; Cloudy
Roads are dry except for the concrete portion of N Pacific #9, which is freshly sealed and water pools on top.
Hiking 37:56 [1] 3.85 km (9:51 / km) +25m 9:33 / km
ahr:96 max:109 shoes: Hoka One One Clifton 2
4:12 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
12.8 °C; Cloudy
Grass not wet enough to soak my socks.
Biking Commuting 32:49 14.08 km (2:20 / km) +76m 2:16 / km
ahr:133 max:162 shoes: All-City Space Horse
3:30 PM; Minneapolis-St. Paul
11.4 °C; Cloudy
The nice thing when you're on the bike and a fire truck or ambulance comes by, you just move onto the empty sidewalk and keep going.
Running: Hills 1:35:07 11.43 km (8:19 / km) +308m 7:20 / km
ahr:135 max:170 shoes: Hoka One One Speedgoat 2
6:30 PM; Battle Creek East
11.3 °C; Cloudy
Margie thought up another devilishly good bounding sequence: after a 15 minute warmup and a 10 minute technical bounding refresher, we did 1 x 6:00 L3 (by mistake, I had my Garmin set to hiking and mistook the km for minutes); 1 x 5:00 L3 and then 5 x 3:00 L4. The L4 climbs were 40+ m up each time, it was a kick ass workout. We finished the last repeat at 20:00 hrs, no more time for the sprints that Margie had left on the program. Oh well.
Monday Sep 24, 2018 #
Biking Commuting 30:51 14.11 km (2:11 / km) +48m 2:09 / km
ahr:133 max:156 shoes: All-City Space Horse
6:51 AM; Minneapolis-St. Paul
15.1 °C; Partly cloudy
Very pleasant ride to work this morning. Running late, I was concerned about traffic on Snelling. More than usual but did not feel dangerous. Cooler temps but not so cool that I needed more than a t-shirt. I definitely always feel rested after a bike-less weekend.
Hiking 42:48 [1] 3.85 km (11:07 / km) +19m 10:51 / km
ahr:89 max:113 shoes: Hoka One One Clifton 2
4:40 PM; Hamline Midway/Frogtown
23.1 °C; Cloudy
Nice walk with dogs, who, this being the first walk in 4 days, wanted to sniff everything and everyone, including each other. They got some attention from the girls at Hamline, which of course they liked a lot.
Biking Commuting 31:13 14.04 km (2:13 / km) +69m 2:10 / km
ahr:138 max:157 shoes: All-City Space Horse
3:59 PM; Minneapolis-St. Paul
24.4 °C; Cloudy
Pleasant surprise: when I stepped out of TPN, it was warm, in spite of the cloudy day. Enjoyed the ride home, probably the last day in a while I will ride without that certain fall frisson.
Sunday Sep 23, 2018 #
Hiking 56:04 [1] 4.08 km (13:45 / km) +36m 13:10 / km
shoes: Barefoot
7:39 AM; Washburn, WI
8.3 °C; Cloudy
The crashing of waves on the beach woke me up after midnight, wind and surf were still up this morning, through noon. When I stepped out in shorts and unshod, I ran into my neighbor Mike. As we were chatting, a car drove by with an elderly man at the wheel. After parting from Mike, I wen to the Onion and checked in with the driver who was musing about whether he should put on his waders and cast a fly. We left him make that decision by himself and proceded along the beach. The waves were reaching the highest point of the sandbar between coast and wetland. When we got to the end of the grassy area, I turned around rather than moving into the shrubbery, being barefoot and unwilling to expose my soles to brambles. Many gulls and a few sandpipers out, looking for morsels swept in by the storm.