Training Log Archive: bl

BHS track, chilly east wind. Began to rain again just as I was leaving. Mile walk/jog, then some 200s, finally 5 400s, 1:52-1:59. We are in for rain, a bit of a deluge according to the forecasters.

Seems too cold (at least in NH) for a marathon but youth and 30,000 for company changes perspective. Wonder how many times the BG and Boston have been back to back days since 1979.

C • We are doing 400s at about ... 2

Event: 2015 Billygoat Run
 

Walk/jog at BHS track. Rest day for most part.

Beth & I took dogs to Kimball Pond & noted a new hiking trail around it by Dunbarton CC. Had a nice chat at the launch ramp with mother and daughter kayakers.

BBR to OJR and over to Rob Road while still cool. Just too tired. Maybe own up to possibility of BP med side effect. Beth & I had gone to Joe's Saab, stopped to walk dogs on way back. It was so nice there, I had to go for a jog in the same area before the fine April morning lost its charm.

BHS track, overcast, low 50s, quite nice, bit of a west breeze for half the track. Warmed up, then stuck with 8'/mile pace for some 400s and 3 800s. Have to admit that a metric mile at 8' pace right now is a bit of a stretch. Good to get the feet wet so to speak. A track session or most any RR can be a dose of reality.

Visited Lewis Putney pond on the Hallinan CE. Old hemlock woods, lots of scratchy branches but open on the ground. Came upon a field & took it and then several more. Was eventually on an old dirt road, seemingly well in the woods when I came upon a tennis court. It was on a dead end road that I recalled Beth and I visited probably more than 10 years ago. Got plumb loco lost in the maze of fields in returning, ended on Robert Rogers Rd & had to return/retrace. The easement was owned by a fan of motor vehicles &, in part, serves as a monument to rusted eccentricity.

Knox Rd TF from Robinson. Took Robinson's Crest & Boulder. Some sprint/walk.

Another Nottingcook appreciation day. Started with rain, blue & sunny by late morning & now mostly over cast at 3:30, SW gusty at times. Spring peepers present. Up Allen to S. Bow, across Great Hill spur & then paths to the Bog to photograph the beaver dam & bog for the BOS newsletter. Tired, leaden legs, particularly at the end. No snow in woods, soft mud in places on trails. Found a pair of knee protectors (aka McDavid 6446), don't think used although they were separate from their fresh packaging, $30 on the web. A mystery as to how they got there, off trail & too early.


"Bog Hilton"

Half the dam
Spring tidings
Nap time