Training Log Archive: bl

PM DP at dusk, Beth along. Clear, cold feeling, calm, Jupiter.

QR East

QR West

Quick Route, BHT east and west. Spent more time than I cared to on this.
Hard to get route aligned w/o both ends - route so sinuous not sure
what sharp turns were what and esp. on laptop. Could have penned in route in red in a fraction of the time but, by sticking with the process, learned some more. The data is there and accurate - getting it to fit can be laborious. And...not sure it's legible!

C • QR 15

Faraway series, photos from elsewhere, #83

Market Day, Chiloe, Chile, 1986

Event: NEOC: Blue Hills Traverse
 

Sunday DP with Beetle along, too. Quiet, deserted.

BHT in Milton. Drove with Jim Arsenault & Ernst Linder whom we picked up in Woburn. Mild, actually lovely, day. Lots of people (& ticks) out enjoying the prospects. Temp in Jim's car on way home said 66F. Yet not really too warm for meet. Tough course, 13.9k, 475 climb. Had it been cold &/or wet, it would have been doubly tough. Ian had planned a short traverse option of about 10.5k - we passed right by the finish (1-20) before 21-26. Give myself a B. A few sloppy controls at first but then settled down. #3 was the only real miss, maybe 2' at most - no one to see ahead & only #3! BHT map on one side/piece of paper. Map cases optional - glad I had one as some of courses got rubbed off...moisture/friction. Finished feeling ok, could have continued a bit farther had it been level. Thought I might have had Jim. 30' behind Tim/Ernst seems a bit much but age evidently is a bit of weight to carry around.... Nice to & from drive with Jim & Ernst, NH's only contingent this year.

4 saw Marie A
5,6,7 - Jim & Phil
8 Jim
11,12,13,14 some guy who moved along but made an error on 12 & enroute 14 (saw Phil here, too)
14 JJ
21, 22, 23 Marie

Was accurate/careful in 15 to end. Need to ponder route choice 8 to 9, 14 to 15. Cramps came on on way to 16 - "willed" them away . Had they "bitten" I would have been hurtin'. Returned on the climb to 21 (as slow as could be) - more will power applied and when I could go level or down, they resolved & did not occur on drive back. 4 hours later, feel pretty good!

Traverse - Splits

DP - went to Arena. Saw a hunter's blaze orange first thing on PL. Felt balmy at times, then sun behind clouds. Felt somewhat vulnerable on the sl. ridge along the perimeter. Blaze Orange is not a reqm't in NH. Apparently it is in NY. In MA, hunting is now allowed on Sundays with a recent MONITOR editorial addressing it. Here it is almost always allowed/revered/a man's right. "Live free of die" - one died opening day - another, in blaze orange and part of a hunting party, inexplicably shot in the buttocks. Noted what must have been a very old hunter's stand made of plank - it was the "no leeches" that caused me to try to figure out what was what.

NHPR had a 7' presentation on O made at the USOC at Lynn Woods. Very nicely done! Around 0702, I heard the word "orienteering" coming from the radio -- that was a first for me. Coverage started around 0750 so a lot of "Only a Game" time in between.

Outback course, first time w/ 305. Lots of dead fall in several places. Pretty good effort. Warm, could have run w/o T after 5'. Had red on but not too much likelihood of encounter at noon hour. QR can definitely commit one to a different route next time.

PM DP off Parson's in Meadowsend area. Wandered more than mornings permit. Encountered probably Bow's second largest boulder. Found either a moose or large deer skeleton (w/o skull). Probably deer as Z was chewing on what appeared to be a deer hoof in the vicinity. Very mild.

Mini-sprint - Splits

Tp Parson's with Beth as well. Went to photograph Meadowsend easement marker taking caution not to get lost an inconvenient 15' or so. So many knolls.

TGIF kind of thing

(goofy is good)

Leslie on a walkabout today (an 'ambidextrous' name)

Home via Clinton, White Rock, etc. , a Slogathon indeed. Was chilly, almost cold. The gray sky seemed like it might offer a few flakes any moment. Ran by a fellow walking toward me about a mile from end & he looked cold! Left work around 1250 so plenty of light. Just no umph. Halfway around the world from May

Gmaps Route

Slough & back. No one around.

November PL morning

moon was a frequent flyer this month - recall it the day before haulout when starting to Rob & Joyce's from Rye & most nights it illuminated the bedroom as the weather was so clear & mild.

SPS XC for what amounted to a rest day. Half walk, half jog to baseball field, some situps & continue loop. Not sure if I was quite tired or merely thought so. Anyway, more adventuresome tomorrow - hopefully not raining.

Fish-Little Pond, CCW, 60F+. Gray w/ dark, ragged gray clouds everywhere.
Decent after first third, incl huffing & puffing of sorts. Short sleeves & shorts.