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Sunday Jun 13, 2021 #
1 PM
strength & stretching 39:07 0.62 mi (1:03:05 / mi)
ahr:97 max:139
Did some stretching at the end; been feeling really tight the last few days.
walking 34:41 2.12 mi (16:20 / mi) +26m 15:45 / mi
ahr:99 max:99
Thursday Jun 10, 2021 #
2 PM
hiking 2:24:33 5.46 mi (26:28 / mi) +428m 21:18 / mi
ahr:125 max:164
Oof. Parts of that were hard.
Inspired by Greg's recent race there, I decided to check out Blue Mountain this afternoon. It's a ski area about 20 minutes south of me. I actually took my kids skiing there a few times when they were younger. During the spring/summer/fall they have a huge network of mountain bike trails (take the lift up, bike down) and a few hiking loops.
The loop I did had a boring flat section through some fields that are used for camps in the summer I think, then a very pretty not very steep section in the woods that meandered up for a while zig-zagging back and forth. Then a pretty steep section out on a ski trail that was in the sun - that was tiring. I took a wrong turn at one point but the trail was marked pretty well and I finally noticed I wasn't seeing any markers so turned around and made my way back to where there were signs and figured it out. Then there was a final brutal push to the very top that was really hard - had to sit down and take a break at one point. It then had a nice section up on top of the ridge going from the top of one ski lift to another until it started going back down. I should have stayed on the ski slopes for this part but started on the marked trail route since it was in the woods so shaded. But after a short bit it was straight down a rocky slope and I had to sit down several times and go down like a crab. Crazy. I finally saw a way to cut over through through the trees and get on a ski slope that had plenty of switchbacks to make it much more gentle descent.
A good workout; I'll probably do it again.
They also have some cool high ropes courses and zip lines and rock climbing walls and laser tag. That might be fun to try.
Inspired by Greg's recent race there, I decided to check out Blue Mountain this afternoon. It's a ski area about 20 minutes south of me. I actually took my kids skiing there a few times when they were younger. During the spring/summer/fall they have a huge network of mountain bike trails (take the lift up, bike down) and a few hiking loops.
The loop I did had a boring flat section through some fields that are used for camps in the summer I think, then a very pretty not very steep section in the woods that meandered up for a while zig-zagging back and forth. Then a pretty steep section out on a ski trail that was in the sun - that was tiring. I took a wrong turn at one point but the trail was marked pretty well and I finally noticed I wasn't seeing any markers so turned around and made my way back to where there were signs and figured it out. Then there was a final brutal push to the very top that was really hard - had to sit down and take a break at one point. It then had a nice section up on top of the ridge going from the top of one ski lift to another until it started going back down. I should have stayed on the ski slopes for this part but started on the marked trail route since it was in the woods so shaded. But after a short bit it was straight down a rocky slope and I had to sit down several times and go down like a crab. Crazy. I finally saw a way to cut over through through the trees and get on a ski slope that had plenty of switchbacks to make it much more gentle descent.
A good workout; I'll probably do it again.
They also have some cool high ropes courses and zip lines and rock climbing walls and laser tag. That might be fun to try.
Wednesday Jun 9, 2021 #
7 AM
walking 2:02:46 7.2 mi (17:03 / mi) +117m 16:14 / mi
ahr:114 max:135
Early morning walk exploring some new streets. Unfortunately, some of them had some fast traffic on them. Not too hot, low 70s, but pretty steamy.
Not sure why the track just stopped.
Not sure why the track just stopped.
Monday Jun 7, 2021 #
9 AM
strength & stretching 31:59 0.54 mi (59:14 / mi)
ahr:120 max:151
Kelly workout.
hiking 37:10 2.2 mi (16:54 / mi) +27m 16:17 / mi
ahr:116 max:138
Walk around the neighborhood. About as far as I can go on this side of 534 without repeating anything.