Training Log Archive: Charlie

Tunxis trail loop with Rhonda and Hazel. Feeling tired after the weekend, and my heel is still pretty sore from bruising it around #5 on day 2 at Beaver Brook.

bench presses, squats, pulldowns, leg extensions over in the gym, and chatting up Rhonda and Mary Ellen before their class, which I skipped!

Beaver Brook Green Course. Not a very competent run. I count 17:30 of mistakes. Bruised my heel near #5, so limping a bit, but can't blame that. Just got a little too loose, particularly going into #8. Long ride home, arriving in time to participate in the frenzy of helping Rhonda get ready for a dinner party for her yoga crowd, including moving tables around, repairing the door latch, carrying miscellaneous stuff around, and then the lights went out, so getting the generator that was still stashed on the Polaris out in the barn from when I was working on the bridge, setting it up with its measly half gallon of gas, driving down into town for more gas, etc. At least I wasn't invited to the party, so I could hide out in the other room watching baseball and football, and getting the scraps from the sumptuous banquet.

Green Day 2 - Splits

Event: Boulder Dash
 

Shadowing Stephen Koehler on White course. He hadn't figured out the implications of the remote start triangle, and didn't look at his compass, resulting in a long excursion down the hill. Caught up to him as he was consulting his map, and then he ran up the hill. Caught him again as he looked at the map and then back down the hill. Finally he stopped long enough I could look over his shoulder and diagnose the problem. Otherwise pretty uneventful.

Beaver Brook Green Course. Pretty frustrated early because I was not going very fast through the saplings, but things got better. While I was never very fast, stayed in contact and was pretty accurate. very rainy and reluctant to try to go fast in any of the areas with rocks or deadfall, or down scary looking hills.

Green Day 1 - Splits

Down Bunker Hill and up Hansen to Barbourtown. Not much time. Deskbound most of the last three days.

Rhonda and Zack went out for a hike while I was on a conference call, and left me directions. By the time I went looking for them they'd been gone a while, and the directions were suspect, so I just went jogging around where they might have gone - never found them until they showed up at home later. Went up Mulcundry Rd to the Wright Trail and back on Doyle Road to home. Some serious deadfall on the Wright Trail. I'll need to go in there with a chainsaw in the next week or so.