Training Log Archive: ccsteve

4:22 half mile grass, 1st trail mile 9:17, 4:42 half mile grass.

Show at the Jewish Home

4:42 half mile grass, 1st trail mile 10:14, 2nd trail mile 10:16, 4:36 half mile grass.

Nice walk with daughter on Christmas Day...

5:01 half mile grass, 1st trail mile 10:48, 2nd trail mile 10:48, 4:43 half mile grass. (a very nice 66 degrees out today)

4:18 half mile grass, 1st trail mile 9:54, 4:36 half mile grass.

5:21 .6 mi sidewalk, 3.1 mi trails 29:57, 5:36 .6 mi sidewalk.

4:18 half mile grass, 1st trail mile 10:01, 2nd trail mile 10:18, 4:48 half mile grass.

TC show at St John's Meadow

4:23 half mile grass, 1st trail mile 10:00, 4:30 half mile grass.

4:27 half mile grass, 1st trail mile 11:05, 2nd trail mile 10:24, 4:49 half mile grass.

TC show at Cloverwood.

4:30 half mile grass, 1st trail mile 10:19, 2nd trail mile 10:18, 3rd trail mile 8:41 (oops - lopped off a loop on the butterfly, short .1 mile...), 4:46 half mile grass.

TC show in Fairport

Headed out to explore the Hipp Brook Preserve. There's access behind a Frontier box on Atlantic near Jackson, and it looks reasonably sized.

Looks can be deceiving... It seems to be 85% wet wetlands. The SouthEastern corner is more dry and has a half mile trail through it.

On the other hand, I did wonderfully whacking through the swampy areas, and I'm still here. I imagine I avoid swamps in O events to my detriment, and it's good to walk through a definitive swamp and do ok.

At one point I did decide that it would be better to be knee deep in the muck on a deer path than in some random spot - the deer keep coming back. (and it's not like you inform you spouse "hey, I'm planning to run through a swamp for the next hour, if something happens and I don't come back, you'll know where to look for me"-)

Glad I did this past-freeze - that would not be fun in full greenery.

Found the 1000 acre brook and followed it for a bit - that looks like a nice waterway. About 20' wide at that point, probably 3-5' deep.

Must have looked like a swamp thing on the run back home. Glad today was the day to take off the hose from the spigot outside - still there to use.

Not sure I'll go back, but it was a fun exploration.

4:33 half mile grass, 1st trail mile 10:34, 4:33 half mile grass.