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Saturday Jun 7, 2014 #
Paddle (Kayak) 1:37:16 [3] 6.3 mi (15:26 / mi)
Well, the Tittabawassee is down to pretty much stagnant summer flow now. Turned around at 53 min, but could have turned around right at 50 to hit 1:30. Alternated 5 minutes race and steady paces. Very nice day on the river, but I had no patience for dumb comments today. The cool thing about doing workouts at the same place though out the year is seeing the different stages. Today was cottonwood. The river was covered with it. Also, it smelled good, but I couldn't figure out which tree was producing the scent. I didn't think cottonwood was fragrant.
Hike (Night trek) 1:19:18 [3] 4.8 mi (16:31 / mi)
Heavy (33 lb) training session with TidyCat to make sure my pack feels light at UNE.
I set out after the paddle for a night trek at City Forest. I expected nightmare mosquitos based on my Pine Haven experience lately, but they were not bad at all. The only thing that tickled my skin was spiderwebs across the trail. Since my headlamp had only been used about an hour at the Fury, I figured I could put 2 hours on it in high mode. After all, low mode lasts all night. Well, I was wrong. At the farthest point out on the single track, I got the warning flash, so I turned it to low. I figured that would take me the rest of the way. Wrong. It turned to "Ultra low" mode a few minutes later. Crap. This pretty much means you'd better get to running back to your car. No matter how heavy your pack is. So, I ran. Wow. Running with a 33 lb pack is no joke. I'm losing weight again (in a more sustainable manner than back in January) and this is more motivation. Granted, a pack is different weight than body fat, but holy cow. I got back to the car just as the light was getting so dim I could barely see. Whew.
Oh, and there were all kinds of obstacles all over the two tracks. I'm glad I didn't have to stumble back in pitch black because I would have hit an unexpected mud pit and berm on the last 2-track to the parking lot.
I set out after the paddle for a night trek at City Forest. I expected nightmare mosquitos based on my Pine Haven experience lately, but they were not bad at all. The only thing that tickled my skin was spiderwebs across the trail. Since my headlamp had only been used about an hour at the Fury, I figured I could put 2 hours on it in high mode. After all, low mode lasts all night. Well, I was wrong. At the farthest point out on the single track, I got the warning flash, so I turned it to low. I figured that would take me the rest of the way. Wrong. It turned to "Ultra low" mode a few minutes later. Crap. This pretty much means you'd better get to running back to your car. No matter how heavy your pack is. So, I ran. Wow. Running with a 33 lb pack is no joke. I'm losing weight again (in a more sustainable manner than back in January) and this is more motivation. Granted, a pack is different weight than body fat, but holy cow. I got back to the car just as the light was getting so dim I could barely see. Whew.
Oh, and there were all kinds of obstacles all over the two tracks. I'm glad I didn't have to stumble back in pitch black because I would have hit an unexpected mud pit and berm on the last 2-track to the parking lot.