Training Log Archive: CharlieIn the 8 days ending Aug 29, 2011:
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Monday Aug 29, 2011 #
7 AM
Hike 25:00 [3] 1.3 mi (19:14 / mi)
slept:7.5 weight:160.5lbs
dog walk with R&S, surveying the aftermath. Not much down that will require a chainsaw. Trails still pretty damp but drying out. Of course, no personal chainsaw work for me for a while yet.
9 AM
Hike 45:00 [1] 1.5 mi (30:00 / mi)
Another excursion, this time at a leisurely pace with Tullio and Giulia, visiting the Big and Little Down marshes, seeing the sights. When we got back Francesca was there to spirit them off, all of them flying out later today.
2 PM
Note
pin out. Not much to it. One good pull with a pair of pliers. The doc seems satisfied with the progress so far.
4 PM
Gym 45:00 [3]
shoes: 2011 NB MT101 green
workout today was pullups and thrusters. I did one arm dumbbell thrusters with 25 # and one arm ring rows. Pretty darn hard. The squat part of the thruster is trivial, as is getting the dumbbell to the top. Then at the top my arm just can't hold it and it comes down more or less out of control. Interesting. Room for improvement. Some warm ups and ran 400 M first, 800 M after. Pretty tired when it was all done.
Sunday Aug 28, 2011 #
8 AM
Hike 40:00 [3] 1.75 mi (22:52 / mi)
slept:8.0 weight:158.5lbs
Dog walk with Rhonda and Sassy, with a side trip to view the Big and Little Down Marshes. Lots of rain, high water. The beavers have generally recovered from Zack's depredations on their dam last week. Water on the trails up to about 10" deep in places, and running pretty fast on the hills. There had been a report on tv this morning that Canton had already had 7" of rain, and it certainly was coming down vigorously. We returned from the walk to find the power out and water in the basement, so I got the generator going. For some inscrutable reason, it is not operating everything. Among the things not working: upstairs refrigerator, well pump, microwave, scattered outlets. Pretty mysterious.
6 PM
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Very nice dinner party for 9, all on generator, and luckily everything working. Attendees: Francesca and Jeff, parents of bride, mother and sister of groom, and our friend Isabel. Some fine Italian dishes and Rhonda's usual nice spread. Low key hum of generator in the background. Power returned at 1130 pm
Saturday Aug 27, 2011 #
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slept:4.75
Rhonda was champing at the bit, so I got up and we got out of our hotel at 4am and hit the road home. A few spells of rain, but good driving conditions and home by 1pm.
We were greeted by the parents of our old exchange student Francesca. Francesca lived with us in 2001-2. She came to Canton this week with her new husband, a young man she first met at Canton High. She and husband Jeff, and parents Tullio and Giulia, were here to visit Jeff's parents. T and G ended up staying at our house while we were in NC. They were supposed to leave, but Irene cancelled their flight, so we had the happy circumstance of them still being here for a few days.
So a very nice Italian dinner, a group effort, and some nice visiting until I could get upstairs to bed and crash.
We were greeted by the parents of our old exchange student Francesca. Francesca lived with us in 2001-2. She came to Canton this week with her new husband, a young man she first met at Canton High. She and husband Jeff, and parents Tullio and Giulia, were here to visit Jeff's parents. T and G ended up staying at our house while we were in NC. They were supposed to leave, but Irene cancelled their flight, so we had the happy circumstance of them still being here for a few days.
So a very nice Italian dinner, a group effort, and some nice visiting until I could get upstairs to bed and crash.
Friday Aug 26, 2011 #
8 AM
Running 37:30 [3] 3.5 mi (10:43 / mi)
slept:8.0 shoes: 2011 NB MT101 green
Out and back along the Blue Ridge Parkway trail with Rhonda. Plenty of folks out on the trail while it is still cool.
1 PM
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We seem to have done most of what we intended to do - signed the papers, cleaned out my mom's remaining old tax returns and financial statements and got them shredded, donated a bunch of stuff to the hospice shop, and loaded the car with things to bring back. Getting a little anxious about the hurricane, so we headed back a day earlier than we thought, leaving around 1:45. Stopped for dinner in Christianburg, VA, and then pressed on until about 10, stopping for the night in Strasburg.
Thursday Aug 25, 2011 #
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Spent the night in Hazleton PA, got up early and drove the rest of the way to Asheville. Or at least I rode the rest of the way, as Rhonda did all the driving. Got to my mother's place at 5.
5 PM
Running 27:44 4.13 km (6:43 / km) +101m 5:59 / km
ahr:142 max:166 slept:6.0 shoes: 2011 NB MT101 green
Short run out and back from the Folk Art Center south along the Blue Ridge Parkway trail to shake the cobwebs loose after a long ride.
Wednesday Aug 24, 2011 #
8 AM
Hike 25:00 [1] 1.3 mi (19:14 / mi)
slept:5.75 weight:160lbs
dog walk with the girls (R&S). Late night last night with land trust meeting. No longer the pres, a nice feeling.
3 PM
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Dropped Zack off at college, which didn't really take long. Rhonda and I headed south from there to Asheville to go through more of my mother's things, sign papers to put the condo on the market, etc. Rhonda doing the driving, we got past Wilkes-Barre and stopped for the night.
Tuesday Aug 23, 2011 #
Event: 2011 Laramie Daze
8 AM
Hike 25:00 [3] 1.3 mi (19:14 / mi)
slept:7.75 weight:160.5lbs (injured)
dog walk with Rhonda and Sassy
4 PM
Running 12:38 1.27 mi (9:57 / mi) +23m 9:25 / mi
ahr:152 max:163 shoes: 2011 NB MT101 green
3x 700 m around the house, on a 4:30 cycle, so about 50-55 seconds rest. That's a little long (and hilly) for me for intervals, but not bad. 3:35, 3:39, 3:37
6 PM
Gym 30:00 [3]
shoes: 2011 NB MT101 green
Workout was 21-15-9, for me one arm ring rows and one arm KB swings (16 kg). 4:09 for that part.
Monday Aug 22, 2011 #
9 AM
Hike 25:00 [3] 1.3 mi (19:14 / mi)
slept:6.75 weight:159.5lbs (injured)
dog walk with Rhonda Linda and Sassy - Linda and Emily heading home to TX this morning. Cool and breezy - beautiful fall weather this morning.
4 PM
Gym 45:00 [3]
shoes: 2010 NB MT840
workout today was supposed to be two rounds of run 400 M, 50 medicine ball squat cleans and 10' throws up against the wall ("wall ball"). I got a pass on the cleans and throws, so just did front squats, did 3 rounds to make up for it.