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Tuesday Nov 24, 2020 #
11 AM
orienteering 1:12:35 3.66 mi (19:50 / mi) +696ft 16:48 / mi
ahr:143 max:158 weight:136lbs shoes: pegasus 2020
UNO event at Bear Brook. Not easy orienteering. Been there once before, I think, weekend after my Cyclops outing (40 stitches in the area of my right eyebrow), about 15 years ago. Had trouble then, had trouble today.
Comments on a few legs --
1 - spike.
2 - spike.
3 - spike.
4 - spike.
6 - spike.
7 - spike.
9 - spike.
10 - spike.
11 - spike.
13- spike.
Finish - spike.
No falls, which is a very good thing. Though I miscalculated slightly ducking under a large branch and sacrificed a bit of skin off the top of my head. It seems that, though I am getting shorter and shorter, the distance between my eyes and the top of my head has stayed the same.
Pleasantly surprised by my time compared to the others on the course (which seems to be open only to (very) old men). Didn't feel like I was moving well, but the woods were real scruffy, and when I ran, I ran right along. So that gives some optimism to future outings. I can fix the being stupid part.
Got my map printed at Staples by a nice young woman. 1:10,000 version looked much too small. I asked her to try it at 133%. That was better. Asked her to try at 150%. Better still. And nicely fit in a legal-sized map case I found lying around. So in the vicinity of 1:6,667? I'd really be happiest with about 1:5,000, and 1:2,000 for sprints. But organizers don't seem to offer those options. Unless it's a "bring your own map" day. :-)
Note: Perhaps someone could grab my gpx track, and the course PDF, and do up a Quick Route (or whatever it's called these days). So I can admire my wanderings. Particularly around #5. :-)
And my route (thanks, Phil!) --
Comments on a few legs --
1 - spike.
2 - spike.
3 - spike.
4 - spike.
6 - spike.
7 - spike.
9 - spike.
10 - spike.
11 - spike.
13- spike.
Finish - spike.
No falls, which is a very good thing. Though I miscalculated slightly ducking under a large branch and sacrificed a bit of skin off the top of my head. It seems that, though I am getting shorter and shorter, the distance between my eyes and the top of my head has stayed the same.
Pleasantly surprised by my time compared to the others on the course (which seems to be open only to (very) old men). Didn't feel like I was moving well, but the woods were real scruffy, and when I ran, I ran right along. So that gives some optimism to future outings. I can fix the being stupid part.
Got my map printed at Staples by a nice young woman. 1:10,000 version looked much too small. I asked her to try it at 133%. That was better. Asked her to try at 150%. Better still. And nicely fit in a legal-sized map case I found lying around. So in the vicinity of 1:6,667? I'd really be happiest with about 1:5,000, and 1:2,000 for sprints. But organizers don't seem to offer those options. Unless it's a "bring your own map" day. :-)
Note: Perhaps someone could grab my gpx track, and the course PDF, and do up a Quick Route (or whatever it's called these days). So I can admire my wanderings. Particularly around #5. :-)
And my route (thanks, Phil!) --
C • #5 2
Sunday Nov 22, 2020 #
2 PM
run/hike 28:50 2.62 mi (11:00 / mi) +289ft 9:58 / mi
ahr:142 max:159 weight:137lbs shoes: pegasus 2020
North Mountain, from the top of Claybrook to the power line and back. Good workout, and I think no harm done.
Saturday Nov 21, 2020 #
2 PM
biking - dark blue bike 1:00:59 15.93 mi (3:50 / mi) +517ft 3:43 / mi
ahr:133 max:157 weight:136lbs
Leverett loop, counterclockwise. Good effort.
Friday Nov 20, 2020 #
2 PM
biking - dark blue bike 1:10:28 15.69 mi (4:29 / mi) +124ft 4:27 / mi
ahr:105 max:122 weight:136lbs
With Gail, yay, south of town, breeze from the south so quicker coming back. Mid 50s, but still felt a little chilly.
Thursday Nov 19, 2020 #
10 AM
hike 47:11 [1] 2.41 mi (19:35 / mi) +541ft 16:09 / mi
weight:137lbs shoes: pegasus 2020
Catamount State Forest, up to MacLeod Pond. Mid 30s, breezy, fine as long as I kept moving. Thin sheet of ice on most of the pond, few spots of open water. I meandered around a bit there, track shows I went across the water but I most certainly did not.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020 #
12 PM
run/hike 20:53 2.01 mi (10:23 / mi) +97ft 9:56 / mi
ahr:138 max:152 weight:136.5lbs shoes: pegasus 2020
Well, that was OK. Lower part of the jeep road on Mt. Toby, so some flat and some up and down. Kept the effort modest. Legs felt about normal on the 1-10 scale of fragility, maybe a 6? And the usual question, Did I do any damage, got the hoped-for answer, Don't think so.