Training Log Archive: jima

Assessment and mapping at Hollis Town Forest. Nice trail network, found some mtn bike trails that didn't get picked up in OSM. These were fairly straight (forward), not a lot of let's twist back and forth to get as much distance as we can in the smallest possible area. Will help for the lower level courses, but make setting the higher courses a tad more difficult to avoid trail runs, etc.
Some nice open areas, some knee high blueberry areas, some thicker and really ticker spots.
Felt similar to Townsend and Beaver Brook for vegetation and topography. (Well duh, Jim - it's not too far from either of those maps.)

Event: Craftsbury ski-o
 

Gunstock just at dusk. As I was putting on my boots, a guy was heading back to his car - "it's starting to firm up out there, be careful on the corners. I almost lost it a couple times."
He was right - more open areas that had been exposed to the sun were really crisp, tough to get an edge. Reversed Cobble. A few good sized open areas - took my skis off at the bottom where the groomers come onto the trail from the equipment yard. Some rocks and frozen mud patches heading up the S-curves, but it was pretty good at the top. Out Birch to the wall, which had a lot of grit in the center, turned around there and back to Cobble. Did a back and forth on the section above the holding pond, then carefully down the hill towards the race trails.
HR is a bit suspect - don't think I was working that hard at any point, but I am not in the best shape right now.