Training Log Archive: bl

Noon, grey, chill, good for focus, Monday, Monday. Legs tired.

Faraway series, photos from elsewhere, #38
Naushon Island, Elizabeth Islands, Buzzards Bay, MA, October, 1984

C • Wow--I love this shot 2

Sunday at Baldwin Hill. Found a map which told me I'd been there in '01. Gray day but no rain. B+ run - 1& 2 direct, esp #2 when I came up on the platform & much to my surprise it was not 20m away. Went pretty much direct to 3 but it was somewhat hidden by downed tree - also went to a nearby bldr first, doubting it but nevertheless - lost 30". 5 was a bit L - should not have been but went right & saw it - maybe 45". 6 went st & right by prominent knoll but then not careful enough - was looking at 2 bldrs to the nw maybe 80m distant - went bk to knoll & then straight - certainly an unnecessary error! Maybe 1.75'. Rest ok, lucked out on 9 - got close, saw a colored O suit but it was someone not at the control. Went L to a height & that was knoll I needed. A run I can live with. PG under 50', Jeff 52+. Wish M50's, 55s, 60s had been on same green.

Interesting day at the 2 schools with many, many youngsters playing football on an unbelievably green turf - partly midget league because that's what I noted most, miniature footballers. Nice work by CSU/NEOC & use of middle school cafe after was most pleasant as the chill continued- even tho I ran off. Like the shirts sold..fabric & design.

Shared medical duty (cleaning bloody scratches for most part - one mildly sprained ankle as well) with Jeff Schapiro. Nice Saturday eve here with Jeremy Colgan who showed me a thing or two about GPS utility on his iPad. Visit with Colleen & Jim in Westminster after.

C • Green 2

AM DP, made it all way down to beaver slough which is well-filled. Brown & bare (and drizzly) along the PL.

"Where are the songs of spring?

Ay, where are they?

Think not of them, thou hast thy music too...."

Green-Y Sunday - Splits

Event: Fall Foliage Festival
 

CSU intermediates at Pine Hill. Brisk, sunny but spent most of day in shadow. About a B run. Very much an amateur on way to first control - lost maybe 90", maybe even 2'. Over ran 3, lost maybe 45".Went left on 6, thru start and finish, stopped one reent early, finally saw the rather lg RF I was looking at on the map & proceeded on. Was with Jeff S and PG came along. Followed them to last control, PG did not see it on map, finished & retrieved it, still way ahead. Not enough zip.... Walk to town/lunch with Phil, found a nice bakery, had an excellent sandwich. We both evidentally are ham & cheese on rye types.

The lineup Saturday, Joe being the most likely...



Larry and Sara Mae spent the entire day in the shade, warming up for the winter ski season no doubt



Jim whiling away the hours between runs

Finals, intermediate. A 'B' run. Reasonable thru #7. Eight somehow got to left & lost maybe 45". Enroute nine saw a pond that I did not see on map (& did not notice open marsh til after) so was instilled with considerable doubt. Few others I knew around so that helped. #10 went basically straight & managed to read rock faces wrong, came out on spur 60m wnw - saw lg bldr in distance & figured it out. Running with Bob Dangel on several of these controls. #11 well tucked in. #12 did not stay up high, must have lost 90" to PG's split - haven't looked. 13-4 with Bob. 3rd M60 after PG & Jeff.

Green_qualY - Splits

Green_finalY - Splits

AM DP, raw & windy in the Sandbox. Another A meet tomorrow!

Slow stuff @ BHS after work. Chilly/windy. Nice colors still. All fields being used. A football game at 7p under lights....

West Point camping by Popolopen, April, '08 (unjust wistfulness, perhaps)

Luti 5, CW for "maintenance." The threat of rain - had rained earlier but sun came out, saw my shadow. Tired, tired. Stretched right ham 3x. SloGo w/o any one to blame but myself. Not 20' after I was inside, it blew & poured for a short while.

In Hanover on Dartmouth campus after a hepatitis C CME day. Had to hurry along as 3 doggies home undoubtedly had full bladders & empty stomachs as Beth left at 0930. The usual amount of energy to observe on a college campus. Horrendous traffic on Rt 120 between Lebanon & Hanover. Another R&R day, reasonable to do.

Activity was everywhere, eg...



Lengthening shadows (myself included) as in day, season, year, life (ironic be the green grass)

PM DP, dark but with moon. Played in Sandbox with Beetle as guest. All three love to run up to the top & gaze on all below.

Mocha got a bucket bath after - it should (by now) be a signal to her that she's on tap @ NHH tomorrow for pet therapy - a day she can bask in attention & be fragrant to boot. She's willing to give up the scent of "rolled-on carrion" for such attention.

Corn Maze O looks like a lot of fun but Saturday competition is so close to home that I feel compelled to remain close by after. I was unaware of corn maze designs until PG's intro. Amazing stuff - need to see how they're designed/made. It will be another first time fun event - BG was one western MA one many years ago. Maybe corn O will grow....

Oops, went to learn more about the competition to find that it was around sundown today. Sigh...so behind am I. Well, those who work (from any kind of distance) can cry foul - a mid-week, self-selective winnowing down: retired, unemployed, inappropriately energetic, just plain local, loco or some combination:-). Quite the creative web page, love the logo.

Now that some time has passed, I'm bemoaning my lack of "something" on Sat #5 and Sun #9.... Something was amiss - was it the wallet (now all but gone) or all the boat stuff? Did all contrive to make for unaccountable mind-map contact lapses...? Will never know but mental where-with-all is paramount. If not between the ears, at least carry it in the "backpack" for ready reference.

AM DP in the Sandbox, frost on the ground, heard a rooster crow, most unusual.

R&R day, rest & recuperate, legs like mud but no specific aches & pains worth noting.