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Friday Dec 30, 2005 #
orienteering 1:05:50 [3] 7.26 km (9:04 / km)
weight:142lbs shoes: new Integrators
After yesterday's all-day rain, I thought the snow at Mt. Tom might be down enough to allow for decent running, and to my very pleasant surprise, the snow was almost completely gone. Maybe 98% bare ground as long as you stayed off the trails, which still had some snow/ice.
Re-ran Phil's course from 11/26. About 11 minutes faster this time (splits), partly the better footing, partly knowing where I was going, partly making no mistakes. Really enjoyed it, there is something about being back on bare ground after running in the snow that feels so good, maybe it's just that the running feels easier. I think it's also visual. Pretty as the woods are under a blanket of snow, to an orienteer they're even prettier in the late fall and early spring when the leaves are down.
Ran pretty much the same routes as the first time. And Phil had been kind enough to leave the streamers up. A fine outing.
Re-ran Phil's course from 11/26. About 11 minutes faster this time (splits), partly the better footing, partly knowing where I was going, partly making no mistakes. Really enjoyed it, there is something about being back on bare ground after running in the snow that feels so good, maybe it's just that the running feels easier. I think it's also visual. Pretty as the woods are under a blanket of snow, to an orienteer they're even prettier in the late fall and early spring when the leaves are down.
Ran pretty much the same routes as the first time. And Phil had been kind enough to leave the streamers up. A fine outing.
Wednesday Dec 28, 2005 #
trail/woods running 58:34 [3]
weight:142lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
The trails that were wonderful now are pretty bad after the rain, lots of ice, but there wasn't enough rain to get rid of the snow, still 6 inches or so, less on the south slopes. Headed over to the Montague plain, figured at least it would be safer to run on flat icy trails and maybe that would be ok.
Trails were pretty bad, just not much fun even though I stayed upright the whole time. Worked my way over to the south slope of Wills Hill, got off the trail and it was certainly better, just a bit harder work than I cared for. Did a loop on the hill, then back to the main power line (dead flat) to get back to the car, where I kept switching between the sheet ice and the knee-high brush with 6" of snow. Actually, the latter was good training, just after a couple of minutes I'd head out to the ice for a minute's recovery. But it is the kind of stuff I should do more training in, soft footing and you really have to pick your feet up. We'll see if this intention amounts to anything over the next few months.
Overall, an ok outing. Plus I did my good deed for the day, pushed a guy's car out of a snowbank. The dirt road was dead flat also, he must have not been paying attention. But it was pretty easy to push him out. The kind of thing you could have rocked the car out easily with a manual transmission.
Trails were pretty bad, just not much fun even though I stayed upright the whole time. Worked my way over to the south slope of Wills Hill, got off the trail and it was certainly better, just a bit harder work than I cared for. Did a loop on the hill, then back to the main power line (dead flat) to get back to the car, where I kept switching between the sheet ice and the knee-high brush with 6" of snow. Actually, the latter was good training, just after a couple of minutes I'd head out to the ice for a minute's recovery. But it is the kind of stuff I should do more training in, soft footing and you really have to pick your feet up. We'll see if this intention amounts to anything over the next few months.
Overall, an ok outing. Plus I did my good deed for the day, pushed a guy's car out of a snowbank. The dirt road was dead flat also, he must have not been paying attention. But it was pretty easy to push him out. The kind of thing you could have rocked the car out easily with a manual transmission.
Sunday Dec 25, 2005 #
road running 50:27 [2]
shoes: Pegasus 10/05
An easy jaunt along the Farmington River with Charlie and his cousin. Just trying to shed a few calories before digging into Rhonda's upcoming feast.
Saturday Dec 24, 2005 #
road running 23:45 [3]
weight:141lbs shoes: Pegasus 10/05
Warm-up. No energy afterwards for a cool-down.
road running race 42:31 [4] 10.0 km (4:15 / km)
shoes: Pegasus 10/05
10K race in Forest Park in Springfield. Blew my predicted time this week, but at least in the right direction, predicted 43:30 (7 minute pace), ran 42:31. Splits: 7:13 (up), 7:01, 6:49, 6:42, 6:55, 6:29 (down), 1:22. Hard as I could towards the end, snagged the age 61 record by a few seconds. First time I got one at this series, missed a couple other times years ago by just a few seconds. A very small triumph, but you take what you can get.
Ran the first couple miles with Seth Roberts, who is a little faster, and then stopped trying to keep up with him, but he never got more than 30 yards ahead, which was useful since he knew where the mile marks were. I knew about where they were, so every mile I yelled, asking where it was and he'd point out the spot (the actual marks had long since been paved over, but he lives nearby and knows every pothole there).
Also went by Phil a little after halfway after not being able to keep up to him early. Gave me a bit of extras incentive. He's still running pretty well for an old guy.
Ran the first couple miles with Seth Roberts, who is a little faster, and then stopped trying to keep up with him, but he never got more than 30 yards ahead, which was useful since he knew where the mile marks were. I knew about where they were, so every mile I yelled, asking where it was and he'd point out the spot (the actual marks had long since been paved over, but he lives nearby and knows every pothole there).
Also went by Phil a little after halfway after not being able to keep up to him early. Gave me a bit of extras incentive. He's still running pretty well for an old guy.