Training Log Archive: PG

Feeling very sore this morning all around my hips and butt, enough to remind me that my immediate gene pool had three of four hips replaced and that the assumption has to be that I'm heading there too.

But after a day of no serious exercise it seems that I feel substantially better. Perhaps along with the not-so-exciting expectation of reverting to childhood as you get older also comes the side benefit of things starting to heal faster?

Event: WCOC Sessions Woods
 

WCOC local meet at Sessions, courtesy of George and Lyn. Glorious day, upper 50s, sunny, breezy.

Red course, 6.2 km beeline, took the map without the trails on it. Didn't really seem to make much difference, no real mistakes, just a few extra seconds before I spotted the rock at #4 that was a pretty minimal rock, and the distinct tree at #13 that looked pretty much like every other tree. :-)

Legs felt pretty dead, from yesterday's hills I assume, but put out a decent enough effort.

No 305, left it at the office and not worth the trouble to go fetch it.

C • #13 36

Red - Splits

Mt. Washington training. Forgot my 305, so no tracks to complain about.... :-)

Three trips up South Sugarloaf on the road. No way to avoid it being work, but trying to keep the effort under control. 10:14, 10:16, and 10:13 going up, 7:31, 7:27, and 7:26 back down. Didn't feel too bad, helped by a beatiful day for running and a day off yesterday.

Quite a few people out, including a busload and a half from Mt. Holyoke College, the group was descending my first time up and seemed to have as many if not more men than women (and I think it is still a women's college).

Car Talk for entertainment. I figured out the puzzler, which I usually can't, though the odds are better if it has nothing to do with cars, as was the case this time.

And then a short Freakonomics item about how women only get 7% of the patents issued, and research showed that women were less competitive in mixed gender situations and more compeitive when just among other women. Or something like that, I probably should listen to it again. Does that have orienteering implications? And what about all the guys from the rest of the Five Colleges infiltrating the Mt. Holyoke field trip, is it bad for the women's prospects?

C • all female 1

Was planning to run for an hour, but the state cop just had a lot of questions, so I was late getting going and this was all I had time for.

Entertainment from Freakonomics, mostly about whether the media is biased, mostly disappointing/annoying because I didn't think much of their research choices -- what data to collect and how to interpret it.

Redeemed slightly by a very short segment on how to tell if employees are grouchy or not, The first two ways proposed by "experts" (and two is all that I remember) were (1) a lot of Dilbert cartoons indicated an unhappy workforce, and (2) in the employee parking lot, if the cars are mostly parked nose out, indicating a wish to get away as fast as possible at the end of the day, then that too was a sign of an unhappy workforce.

I knew without having to return to the office that there are no Dilbert cartoons posted, and all the cars are parked nose in. :-)

And then just enough time to buy a packet of beet seeds for the expanded container garden planned for this year.

Nice run with JJ on the ridge. Beautiful day, good conversation.

Only downside was his mother brought me a big container of delicious chocolate chip cookies, raising havoc with my diet, and forcing me into a generous act of sharing with all the ladies, just for my own preservation.

C • GPS accuracy 5

Nothing special outing, but reasonably pleasant. Sunny, 50s, quite windy.

Enjoyed a Freakonomics show, partly about wine, and doea it really taste better if you know you paid a lot for it, and partly about food, more specifically about a dead mouse found in a salad and people's reaction to it. All very interesting/amusing, and certainly made the time pass quickly.