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Sunday Sep 27, 2009 #
Trail Running (Windmill Ridge) 1:50:00 [3] 5.8 mi (18:58 / mi)
From Athens cemetary to N end of Hemlock Tr, then S to kiosk on Old Athens Rd. Light rain entire time, plenty of duff on trail so footing was good. Casey got muddy again. Felt good on the climb up the ridge.
Saturday Sep 26, 2009 #
Roller skiing intervals (Rte 11) 49:00 [3] 6.8 mi (7:12 / mi)
V-1 skate intervals. 4x4min up the grade. 10 off L side/10 R alternating. Recovery between intervals. Final cool down back to house.
No core exercises; had to get to hardware store, which was closed.
No core exercises; had to get to hardware store, which was closed.
Friday Sep 25, 2009 #
Note
Got a call earlier in the week from Gerry Eddleman, a cyclist from Tennessee. He's working on records for traversing states N-S and E-W. Had a crew member drop out and needed a last minute replacement. Picked me up out of the Ultra Marathon Cycling Assoc directory; guess I was a member as participant in the RAAM.
So the first to do the ride picks the end points, and from then on everyone has to go between the same points, but can use different routes. Gerry has records in a pile of states and provinces, and wanted to add the Vermont traverse as well as the round trip.
If the ride takes over 12 hours, you must have two people to handle the driving and navigation. Also in the car is a judge, who only observes the rules are followed and cannot help with navigation nor aiding the rider. Serious endeavor, but the other crew (his wife) and judge (a childhood friend) were really nice and fun for conversation.
I was up at 4 AM to be in Swanton by 7:30; they were starting mid-brige from NY at 7 AM and then picking me up. The route went across the top of VT, including a climb over the south shoulder of Jay Peak. That went well on the way over, but would prove a problem on the way back.
Gerry made steady progress over the rural highways, in brisk weather and with light traffic. If it rains, you're stuck, because you have to pick the day 3 weeks in advance. If you postpone, you loose the attempt fee and have to start over, with another date at least 3 weeks away. Our weather was dry, but was coming down out of the Arctic and cool and breezy.
Past Jay, through Newport, then across the Northeast Kingdom to Bloomfield on the CT river at 3:30 PM. One record established, W-E, 112 miles in 7-1/2 hrs. A 15 min break and back riding west on the same route.
Dark by Newport, just after the elk farm (you can watch the elk and go inside and eat their siblings). Nav a little trickier in the dark; no GPS/laptop like RAAM. Twenty miles on to Jay village and the start of a long grade over the shoulder of the peak.
By now it was getting really cold, 30's probably, and with fatigue he was freezing up despite 3 layers of clothes and climbing continually, but slowly, for 6 miles. A couple stops to thaw his hands in the car. Nearing the top, too stiff to get back on the bike. I suggested he walk it a bit and that got him to the crest. Then straight down on the west side of the pass, very cold.
Fifty more miles. Minimal traffic. Following the Missisiquoi down to Lake Champlain. Off at Swanton at 1 AM for a long drive home, while they continued the last 15 miles to the bridge for a record E-W, and the round trip record.
Not bad for a 64 year old guy blind in one eye.
So the first to do the ride picks the end points, and from then on everyone has to go between the same points, but can use different routes. Gerry has records in a pile of states and provinces, and wanted to add the Vermont traverse as well as the round trip.
If the ride takes over 12 hours, you must have two people to handle the driving and navigation. Also in the car is a judge, who only observes the rules are followed and cannot help with navigation nor aiding the rider. Serious endeavor, but the other crew (his wife) and judge (a childhood friend) were really nice and fun for conversation.
I was up at 4 AM to be in Swanton by 7:30; they were starting mid-brige from NY at 7 AM and then picking me up. The route went across the top of VT, including a climb over the south shoulder of Jay Peak. That went well on the way over, but would prove a problem on the way back.
Gerry made steady progress over the rural highways, in brisk weather and with light traffic. If it rains, you're stuck, because you have to pick the day 3 weeks in advance. If you postpone, you loose the attempt fee and have to start over, with another date at least 3 weeks away. Our weather was dry, but was coming down out of the Arctic and cool and breezy.
Past Jay, through Newport, then across the Northeast Kingdom to Bloomfield on the CT river at 3:30 PM. One record established, W-E, 112 miles in 7-1/2 hrs. A 15 min break and back riding west on the same route.
Dark by Newport, just after the elk farm (you can watch the elk and go inside and eat their siblings). Nav a little trickier in the dark; no GPS/laptop like RAAM. Twenty miles on to Jay village and the start of a long grade over the shoulder of the peak.
By now it was getting really cold, 30's probably, and with fatigue he was freezing up despite 3 layers of clothes and climbing continually, but slowly, for 6 miles. A couple stops to thaw his hands in the car. Nearing the top, too stiff to get back on the bike. I suggested he walk it a bit and that got him to the crest. Then straight down on the west side of the pass, very cold.
Fifty more miles. Minimal traffic. Following the Missisiquoi down to Lake Champlain. Off at Swanton at 1 AM for a long drive home, while they continued the last 15 miles to the bridge for a record E-W, and the round trip record.
Not bad for a 64 year old guy blind in one eye.
Thursday Sep 24, 2009 #
Stretching 10:00 [3]
Hip still sore. Maybe something this afternoon.
Trail Running (Chester Town Forest) 27:00 [2] 1.8 mi (15:00 / mi)
Ran around CW w/Casey. Met Michael C near the old pit mine from the 1930's, site of extremely rare Chesterite, occurring only in Chester, VT, with variations found in Greenland and Montana.
Scouted route for side trail amongst huge old oaks, one used for guy line to top of gin pole over mine hole. The one inch steel cable had eventually strangled the four foot diameter tree, which rotted and sheared at the cable line.
Scouted route for side trail amongst huge old oaks, one used for guy line to top of gin pole over mine hole. The one inch steel cable had eventually strangled the four foot diameter tree, which rotted and sheared at the cable line.
Roller skiing (Rte 11) 40:00 [3] 5.6 mi (7:09 / mi)
Alex workout #1. Warm up 15 min, then 3x6 min intervals up the moderate grade on the straight; 4 min recovery back to start. V2 entire interval, worked towards long glide.
Note
Hip seems okay after workout. Tomorrow is rest day; working crew for cross-state bike record attempt.
Tuesday Sep 22, 2009 #
Hiking 1:00:00 [1]
No workout, to take it easy on the hip. But did hike the ski trails and spread 25# of grass seed.
Monday Sep 21, 2009 #
Road Running (Cummings Rd) 1:05:55 [3] 6.0 mi (10:59 / mi)
Back off caffeine this week -- really, really slow today. Ran to loosen up. Didn't feel like it, but gave it 10 minutes to get flowing. Still wasn't flowing after a half hour, so made it a long outing. Hip started bothering me, probably from the slow pace.