Training Log Archive: Spike

I planned to run today and bike tomorrow. But the forecast looks better for biking today and running tomorrow.

I spent most of the time on the Lawrence Loop. But I also explored the arboretum with Gene's map to see what sort of changes need to be made. The most significant changes are a new shelter, new restrooms, a new gravel paved trail, and a cut through the bit of junky forest.

In places the wind was a bit heavy.

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Rolled around enough to break a sweat and stretch my legs a bit.

I went to the office for the first time this year. I had to deliver a few reports, something I can't do remotely. I'll need to go back two days next week.

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I ended the work day with a social Zoom meeting with some local government audit friends. I signed off to go for my run. Then I realized that I could just plug in my AirPods and continue the meeting during my run. That turned out to be fun.

I stopped by the pond and spotted the geese and all 5 goslings.

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On pavement. I biked around campus a bit. It is fun to see the students getting graduation photos. Part of the season in a college town. I guess the next thing will be the crazy drivers in town for commencement.

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Short jog between ending my work day and participating on a team for the ALGA quiz on Zoom.

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I mowed the lawn after work. Nice to get it done.

I read the AP thread about mapping desert as white or yellow. It reminded me of something Bill James wrote a couple of days ago. He drew a distinction between "literal meaning" and "actual understanding." Literal meaning looks at the standards and sees one definition and that's that. Actual understanding is comfortable with developing ideas and ways of thinking - recognizing the limits of the standards and that things are always improving.

I think that's a bit like the discussion on AP. The literal meaning is that desert must be yellow. The actual understanding is that if white works for the desert, that's fine.

The literal meaning orienteer running in Greenland would be confused. They'd stand in the start triangle trying to figure out where they were because even though the buildings, trails and roads fit, the map was white and there isn't a forest. The actual understanding orienteer would look at the map and start navigating, knowing that the mapper just didn't bother drawing yellow over the entire map.

C • Desert conversation. 22

On West Campus. I went easily, but threw in some short (30 second) honest efforts.

I saw the geese and all 5 goslings at the pond. I didn't see any pelicans.

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