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Friday Jun 29, 2007 #
Hiking (Backpacking) 8:00:00 [1]
shoes: Adidas Response Trail XI
Day 2 of White Mountain Backpack w/ Jackson. Kinsman Ridge Trail over the Cannonballs, up the west face of Cannon (steep, boulder infested trail) then some time wandering around the top of Cannon taking in the sights, then Kinsman Ridge Trail down to Franconia Notch, then a couple miles on the bike path back to our car. Estimated total mileage about 14 for the two days but with lots of climb and fairly rugged trails - especially for an 8 year old with a backpack on. Longest backpack so far for Jackson and the first one where I didn't have to mule his pack on the trickier technical sections.
Thursday Jun 28, 2007 #
Hiking (Backpacking) 5:00:00 [1]
shoes: Adidas Response Trail XI
Backpacking with Jackson in the Whites. Lafayette Campground > Lonesome Lake Trail > Fishin Jimmy > Kinsman Pond Shelter. Lots of hiking and exploring after we got to Kinsman Pond so time is a little more than actual backpack time.
Sunday Jun 24, 2007 #
Bike - MTN (Lake & back) 20:00 [3] 6.4 km (3:07 / km)
shoes: Trail-a-bike
Lake & back with Jackson. Newly graded which means its crappier than usual. Lots of loose fist sized rocks and patches of loose dirt.
Bike - MTN (Lake & back) 19:00 [3] 6.4 km (2:58 / km)
shoes: Trail-a-bike
After a 15 minute breather, did the run again with Hayden. A little faster this time, mostly due to the fact that I can actually feel Hayden pedalling....
Saturday Jun 23, 2007 #
Event: WCOC BBQ and Meeting
Run - Road (Soapstone) 1:00:00 [1] 4.5 km (13:20 / km) +195m 10:58 / km
shoes: Salomon TR2
Run at the forest, not many striders in attendance. Jackson and I did an easy run CCW round the mountain, then connecting over to the moonlight trail, then back toward the mountain doing a couple geocaches on the way. Jackson running at a decent pace at times, but then pokey and walking quite a bit later. Due to the location of one geocache (which we didn't actually find) we came down Killer Hill - its an all-fours climb on the way up and not an easy descent. Nice morning, great to get out even if not a terribly aerobic workout.
Orienteering race (Ratlum Sprint A) 27:31 [5] *** 2.35 km (11:43 / km) +140m 9:01 / km
shoes: Salomon TR2
breezy & 60's - but still managed to sweat a bit in the woods. Lot of laurel, fun run with some less than ideal routes through the laurel, one major error (parallel). Been a long time since I've orienteered (other than course setting at Crandalls).
Splits and postmortem
Splits and postmortem
Orienteering (Ratlum Sprint B) 25:58 [5] *** 2.1 km (12:22 / km) +110m 9:48 / km
shoes: Salomon TR2
more good times in laurel hell.... quite a few battle scars from the laurel and the un-laurel. I've got no problem with a bit of minor bloodletting though. Makes me feel like I've accomplished something...
Splits and postmortem
Splits and postmortem
Core 1 [3]
So JJ heads over to Charlies barn to do some of his 'ups' and proceeds to do 11 pull ups on the holds. So I opt to give it a try - barely manage 1 with nothing left to try again. Never said I had any upper body strength - JJ says its because my lower body mass is too high. Does that mean I'm getting porky?
Thursday Jun 21, 2007 #
Bike - Recumbent 15:00 [3]
shoes: Slipstream
Took the eggbeaters off and rode around with the platforms while waiting for Anna's bus. Much more relaxed riding with the platforms, especially on tight radius turns. Don't notice that I'm any slower than with the clipless. Also checked the derailleurs and it looks like I can easily drop a 24 tooth granny ring in place of the 30 now on there. That way I can continue to spin up steeper hills where my cadence now drops off. My non-climbing cadence is naturally around 85 rpm or so and my feet don't have any trouble staying on the pedals - so I may just opt to be an old curmudgeon and ride with platforms instead of joining the masses that insist clipless are the only way to go. But I will admit the platforms on the bike right now are kind of crappy, so I'll look around for a nicer pair.
Need to rig a decent way of mounting my zefal pump to the frame. all the normal frame angles that it might wedge into are occupied by cables. But riding with it sticking out of a pannier is a pain too...
Need to rig a decent way of mounting my zefal pump to the frame. all the normal frame angles that it might wedge into are occupied by cables. But riding with it sticking out of a pannier is a pain too...
Wednesday Jun 20, 2007 #
Bike - MTN (Trail-a-bike) 15:00 [2] 3.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Trail-a-bike
Quick ride with Hayden on the Trail-a-bike. Rear tire a bit soft plus had to be home for Anna's bus.....
Monday Jun 18, 2007 #
Run - Terrain (Crandalls) 41:07 [3] 6.3 km (6:32 / km) +205m 5:37 / km
shoes: Salomon TR2
Early AM run at Crandalls on the way into work. About 50% trails, 50% off trail - headed out to the western part of the park. Gonna be some fun stuff when I actually get out to map that area later this fall.... AOWN - coupla deer, or perhaps the same on a coupla times over.... No fawns (or fauns either).
Pace felt pretty brisk even though the measured pace seems a bit average - but I did walk a couple uphills. It is what it is I guess...
Pace felt pretty brisk even though the measured pace seems a bit average - but I did walk a couple uphills. It is what it is I guess...
Run - Mixed (campus lunch run) 21:51 [4] 4.75 km (4:36 / km) +70m 4:17 / km
shoes: Salomon TR2
Felt like running some more, so put the running clothes back on and headed out for a lunch time run - low 80's and dry. Pretty much fartlek across campus, trying to stay on grass and off concrete - easy on hard surfaces, moderate on grass and pushing up little hills. Wound up behind the apartments on Hunting Lodge Rd so wound up doing a little on roads as the road went by the bar where I get my sandwiches for lunch. If only they made milkshakes...
My glasses kept sliding off due to the sweat pouring down my temples (but not in my eyes) so I need to remember to put the eyeglass retainer on when I run in warm weather - usually only use it when I'm running in terrain...
My glasses kept sliding off due to the sweat pouring down my temples (but not in my eyes) so I need to remember to put the eyeglass retainer on when I run in warm weather - usually only use it when I'm running in terrain...
Saturday Jun 16, 2007 #
Hiking (Geocache) 1:00:00 [1] 5.0 km (12:00 / km)
shoes: Salomon TR2
Ellen and Anna camping this weekend so I've got the boys - no time to sneak out for a ride or run. So we went geocaching over in Nye Holman and Heron Cove parks. Got them to jog occasionally on trail, but mostly just hiking about.
Note
Showers threatening this evening, so stayed in and watched the Jukola on the internet. Very nicely done video feeds, and really neat to see the results updating almost instantly as people were punching on the video. But probably won't stay up too late - I'll see how Greg does, then head off to bed - it would be very easy to get sucked into watching all night - and I need to get my rest as I had a couple late nights last week.
Wednesday Jun 13, 2007 #
Bike - Recumbent (commute) 1:10:00 [3] 23.8 km (2:56 / km) +300m 2:46 / km
shoes: Slipstream
Overcast and spitting rain on the way in - though roads remained dry.
Didn't bother swapping the pedals - took the longer route away from 195 instead. Still not sure on the clipless, but at a couple points decided I didn't want to be clipped in (crossing 44 from an uphill stop etc) so unclipped both feet with the intent of riding unclipped until I got to less traffic'ed spot to then clip in and found both times I did this that the clips wound up engaging without thinking about it - so maybe I'm just trying too hard. Would much rather have had the platforms while weaving my way at slow speed back between the buildings once on campus though - a much more urban environment.
Didn't bother swapping the pedals - took the longer route away from 195 instead. Still not sure on the clipless, but at a couple points decided I didn't want to be clipped in (crossing 44 from an uphill stop etc) so unclipped both feet with the intent of riding unclipped until I got to less traffic'ed spot to then clip in and found both times I did this that the clips wound up engaging without thinking about it - so maybe I'm just trying too hard. Would much rather have had the platforms while weaving my way at slow speed back between the buildings once on campus though - a much more urban environment.
Bike - Recumbent (commute) 57:10 [3] 18.8 km (3:02 / km) +300m 2:49 / km
shoes: Slipstream
ride home - took the 195 route, no problems with traffic. Clipped in quickly about 50% of the time, 40% with some delays, and about 10% with prolonged fiddling. Cooler going home than when I went in - tshirt on the ride this AM, had to wear the windbreaker on the way home. Freaky weather. Headwind on the way home.
Run - Road (Dougs) 17:43 [3] 3.62 km (4:54 / km) +70m 4:28 / km
shoes: Salomon TR2
immediately changed shoes and ran roads up to Dougs to retrieve the car before they closed for the day...
Tuesday Jun 12, 2007 #
Note
Chaperoned an all day field trip to the Bronx Zoo - a good six hours of walking around being AOWN (more or less). No time for any other exercise today. Car's in the shop (actually its done, but too late today to pick it up) so I'll probably swap the platforms back on the bent and ride that to work tomorrow. Not quite comfortable enough with the pedals to tackle 195 and the inattentive early morning drivers...
Monday Jun 11, 2007 #
Bike - Recumbent (SLR) 20:00 [3] 5.85 km (3:25 / km)
shoes: Slipstream
Tooling up and down SLR trying to get used to the clipless pedals. Getting out seems ok, but getting clipped in is still taking a minute or so until both get clipped. I've shimmed the cleats out, make sure the sole is clearing the pedal, still not terribly intuitive about where to place the foot to clip - I've tried direct, scraping foot forward and scraping foot backward. I can get the cleat to catch, but just won't engage. On hills this sucks because the time it takes fiddling with the pedal is time that I'm not actually putting much effort into the pedalling itself - so I damn sure better be in my bottom gear.
Rode for a while, then dumped it pretty hard when turning sharply and not unclipping before hand. Landed pretty hard on my left side drawing blood on my calf and forearm. Had I not been clipped in, I would have been able to put a foot down but no time to react while clipped. At least I was on the dirt road when I fell so its just picking sand out of my wounds rather than asphalt. All for today - I'll give the clipless another week or so but I had better see some improvement... :-(
Rode for a while, then dumped it pretty hard when turning sharply and not unclipping before hand. Landed pretty hard on my left side drawing blood on my calf and forearm. Had I not been clipped in, I would have been able to put a foot down but no time to react while clipped. At least I was on the dirt road when I fell so its just picking sand out of my wounds rather than asphalt. All for today - I'll give the clipless another week or so but I had better see some improvement... :-(
C • clipless 11
Sunday Jun 10, 2007 #
Event: Crandalls Park Sprints
Orienteering (Control Hanging) 47:00 [3] *** 7.3 km (6:26 / km) +50m 6:14 / km
shoes: Salomon TR2
Started hanging flags around 7:15, Jim showed up and told me Pavlina was on the way and wanted to run early so I picked the hanging pace up a bit.
Note that this is running time on the Garmin - it tracks moving time and stopped time separately so the time I was standing at the control actually hanging the flag is not factored in, just the time (and pace) moving between control sites...
AOWN - almost tripped over a fawn near 37, it took off like a shot though when I got within 5m... no sign of mom, whom I've seen plenty of times in the general area.
Note that this is running time on the Garmin - it tracks moving time and stopped time separately so the time I was standing at the control actually hanging the flag is not factored in, just the time (and pace) moving between control sites...
AOWN - almost tripped over a fawn near 37, it took off like a shot though when I got within 5m... no sign of mom, whom I've seen plenty of times in the general area.
Orienteering (Sprint A) 17:26 [5] *** 2.51 km (6:57 / km) +50m 6:19 / km
shoes: Salomon TR2
Test run of the A course - waking up SI boxes etc. No map or compass, but didn't really need them having just hung the flags eh? Stopped to chat to a woman hiking with her dog at a couple spots for probably a minute total non running time (which is included in the time above as it is SI time, not garmin time) Climb is just a WAG...
Orienteering (Sprint B) 20:57 [5] 2.62 km (8:00 / km) +50m 7:18 / km
shoes: Salomon TR2
After a few minutes rest, went out to test run the Sprint B course, wake up controls and verify everything working properly. No interruptions, but running a bit slower, this being now over 10km into my morning...
Orienteering (Control Pickup) 28:00 [3] *** 3.2 km (8:45 / km) +40m 8:14 / km
shoes: Salomon TR2
Control Pickup - did about half of them, Jim offering to do a slower pickup of the outer controls, so my half was mostly the inner group. Which was a good thing as I had a family gathering already in progress to scoot off to.
Most everyone seemed to have a good time out there today, even though the map is not complete. A number of folks particularly liked the terrain up top so that will give me additional motivation to get moving on it again in the fall when the mapping season starts up again. Not looking forward to mapping the white hillside though...
Most everyone seemed to have a good time out there today, even though the map is not complete. A number of folks particularly liked the terrain up top so that will give me additional motivation to get moving on it again in the fall when the mapping season starts up again. Not looking forward to mapping the white hillside though...
Note
You know its been a pretty pathetic year of getting out and orienteering when last years WCOC summer picnic is still on my Attackpoint list of recent races and this years picnic is only 2 weeks away. Hopefully things will improve this fall...
Saturday Jun 9, 2007 #
Hiking (Crandalls) 1:15:00 [1] 5.6 km (13:24 / km) +160m 11:43 / km
shoes: Adidas Response Trail XI
Geocache hike with the boys, also hung out a half dozen controls for tomorrows meet. Woods pretty damp, but nice otherwise. Even meandering at a very slow pace, no skeeters or FDF's noted...
Friday Jun 8, 2007 #
Bike - Recumbent (Lake & back) 49:00 [1] 10.9 km (4:30 / km)
shoes: Slipstream
Leisurely ride to lake and back with Ellen. Hung out by the lake for a while but that's not part of the riding time.
Run - Road (Dougs) 16:49 [4] 3.62 km (4:39 / km) +120m 3:59 / km
shoes: Adidas Response Trail XI
Doug couldn't get the parts needed so I ran back over to pick up the car for the weekend and will drop it off next week instead. Ran with the IPOD for the first time and some tasty fishhead music - quite fine despite running on roads in full sun at midday.
Of note is the fact that even though I ran at a pretty decent clip, its only slightly half the time Jackson and I did it last night with walking breaks tossed in. Have to take the car back Monday night, perhaps I'll see if I can't motivate Jackson to run sub 30....
Of note is the fact that even though I ran at a pretty decent clip, its only slightly half the time Jackson and I did it last night with walking breaks tossed in. Have to take the car back Monday night, perhaps I'll see if I can't motivate Jackson to run sub 30....
Thursday Jun 7, 2007 #
Run - Road (Rt 140) 33:33 [2] 3.62 km (9:16 / km) +100m 8:09 / km
shoes: Kumasi GTX
Took car over to Dougs for work in the AM. Jackson and I ran back home around dusk. Lots of excessive speed traffic and no shoulders on 140 made for a dicey run. But got out the door....
Bike - Recumbent 20:00 [0]
shoes: Slipstream
Put clipless pedals on the 'bent. I thought unclipping might be an issue but getting out is the easy part - getting the damn things to clip in reliably is going to take some practice. Spent more time than this actually practicing clipping, but this is probably total time I spent cranking along while clipped in. Once I'm engaged it feels much more powerful pedal stroke. Will have to practice redeveloping a smooth spin.
Wednesday Jun 6, 2007 #
Note
Damn Fine day. (With a capital D btw) Cool, breezy, not humid. Started off with....
Run - Trail (Tunxis Trail) 1:27:38 [3] 10.9 km (8:02 / km) +451m 6:40 / km
shoes: Salomon TR2
An early AM run on Charlies Tunxis Trail loop. A very pleasant run although a little faster than Charlies advertised easy pace. I posted a gpx file of the track. Looks pretty close when opened in Google Earth - sometimes right on, other times drifting up to 10m either side of the obvious path. GPS was in my fanny pack up against my lower back so my body was probably blocking half the sky at any given time.
Bike - Recumbent (FV Greenway) 3:07:00 [3] 66.0 km (2:50 / km) +243m 2:47 / km
shoes: Slipstream
then up to Mom & Dad's in Granby to do an end to end (and back) on the Farmington Valley Greenway. Mostly complete to southern Farmington except the part around Granbrook Park (bridge not renovated yet) and Imperial Nursery (where I worked in the '70s). Rode down Hartford Ave and over to Simsbury Airport then picked up the trail. Nice quiet riding the rest of the way - no hills to speak of, but then no fast descents either. Got to the end and still felt good so pointed west and headed on out the Farmington River Greenway (kind of headed back in the general direction of Charlies). Rode for a few miles out that way, the at one crossing the trail looked less well kept across the road and there was a hot dog cart on the opposite corner. Not having packed anything other than water (nor having anything since before the trail run) I opted for hot dogs and a coke over more mileage. Hung out with the dog cart propietors for a while then turned it around and headed back toward Granby. Not exactly sure what town I was in at that point but I suspect it might have been Unionville.
Was originally planning on going past Mom & Dad's up to Copper Hill Road to make it an official end to end - but I've done that section before and my bonus mileage to Unionville is roughly equivalent, so opted to just stop there and have lunch. Then home for some afternoon lawn mowage....
Was originally planning on going past Mom & Dad's up to Copper Hill Road to make it an official end to end - but I've done that section before and my bonus mileage to Unionville is roughly equivalent, so opted to just stop there and have lunch. Then home for some afternoon lawn mowage....
Tuesday Jun 5, 2007 #
Bike - Recumbent (Stafford Springs loop) 1:21:00 [3] 30.3 km (2:40 / km) +375m 2:31 / km
shoes: Slipstream
AM Ride through Tolland to Stafford Springs, stopped off at Milikowski as I had been resigned to VoiceJail all last week and really needed to get a couple orders placed before my PO's expire on the 10th. Then home via the main roads. Humid with yesterdays rain starting to evaporate made for a very sweaty ride. But I seem to be cruising a bit faster even if the hills still suck. But I'm waiting on some SPD sandals to come in and plan to purchase pedals locally to go with them and once I train myself to spin (and not fall over when I forget to unclip) I should be able to make a dent on my uphill speed which is the real key to overall speed. My downhill max for the ride was 51.2 kph but that was probably riding the brakes.
Bike - MTN (Trail-a-bike) 13:00 [3] 3.3 km (3:56 / km)
shoes: Trail-a-bike
Riding up and down the street a bit with Hayden while waiting for Anna's bus to come. New Lake Sandals arrived so I rode in those (without SPD's). Quite comfy and got a deal on them from Nashbar - $34 plus shipping. A closeout with only one size available and it happened to be the size that fit me....
Monday Jun 4, 2007 #
Run - Trail (Shafran +) 40:00 [3] 8.0 km (5:00 / km) +135m 4:37 / km
shoes: Adidas Response Trail XI
Raining lightly, around 60F. Headed out to do the basic Shafran loop (ccw), felt pretty good to decided to extend a bit and turned left when I got back to the old trolley line, following the east side and eventually winding back up over in Shafran at a trail I hadn't taken before because it was pretty heavily signed (No Trespassing) - but being water company land - I often ignore those.
Backtracked to the trolley line again and headed out to the washed out stream crossing, then turned around and headed home. A good brisk pace all around, never really pushing extra hard, but never really slacking at all either.
(and yes, the running time was exactly 40 minutes and the GPS said exactly 8km - neither is an estimate)
Backtracked to the trolley line again and headed out to the washed out stream crossing, then turned around and headed home. A good brisk pace all around, never really pushing extra hard, but never really slacking at all either.
(and yes, the running time was exactly 40 minutes and the GPS said exactly 8km - neither is an estimate)
Note
This time of year I like to read various bike touring journals and related sites. There was an article in Adventure Cycling a few issues ago about S24O camping - sub 24 hour overnights - basically roll out the door with a few things on the bike, head to a nice camp spot, then come home in the AM - no major planning, no 100 mile days - just a pleasant overnight trip. I hope to do a few of these this summer.
Anyway, Kent over at Kent's Bike Blog did one recently and wrote it up. I got a chuckle out of one paragraph so am reproducing it here as I know there are a couple of cycling folks who wander through my log from time to time.
"There is no camping at Calligan Lake, so we've decided we aren't camping. We don't have tents, we won't have a campfire. We may roll out our bivy sacks and take a nap that spans the hours of darkness. We may brew some tea in the Kelly Kettle and have a nice snack. But we aren't camping. We are all very clear on that point."
That seems to sum it up nicely, doesn't it?
Anyway, Kent over at Kent's Bike Blog did one recently and wrote it up. I got a chuckle out of one paragraph so am reproducing it here as I know there are a couple of cycling folks who wander through my log from time to time.
"There is no camping at Calligan Lake, so we've decided we aren't camping. We don't have tents, we won't have a campfire. We may roll out our bivy sacks and take a nap that spans the hours of darkness. We may brew some tea in the Kelly Kettle and have a nice snack. But we aren't camping. We are all very clear on that point."
That seems to sum it up nicely, doesn't it?
Sunday Jun 3, 2007 #
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Was intending to go over to Gay City but the kids weren't particularly cooperative so ended up going nowhere - seems to be the way of things lately...
Burning vacation time this week, so hopefully I'll get out the door once the kids are off to school...
Burning vacation time this week, so hopefully I'll get out the door once the kids are off to school...
Saturday Jun 2, 2007 #
Run - Mixed (Chipmuck Chase) 25:00 [3] 4.2 km (5:57 / km)
shoes: Salomon TR2
Chimpunk Chase fun run with the kids. They did their own pace, I just ran the loop a bunch of times with the last 600m or so hard. Getting warm out already at 9:30am
Hiking (Crandalls) 45:00 [1] 4.0 km (11:15 / km)
shoes: Salomon TR2
Took the kids over to Crandalls to look for a couple geocaches with the GPS. Kind of fun, but not nearly as fun as having a map. Had to wade through one marsh and across one stream.