Training Log Archive: PG

Sanjay is setting courses for Tuesday's O' session on the south side of Norwottuck, and when I saw him at Earl's Trails on Thursday, I'd offered to check the controls on the advanced course. It turned out the easiest way to do that was to go out with him and take care of checking the control sites and hanging the flags at the same time.

So we were off a little before 7, nice morning. A couple of hours of tromping around. Excellent company and conversation. And our orienteering was OK even when the map had issues.

Managed to bust the baseplate on my compass -- slipped just once when the rock I'd stepped on rolled, put a hand down to catch myself and came up with half a compass. Must have already had a crack in it. As for me, a little achy from the overall effort but no apparent damage done.

And the timing was excellent. Five minutes after I got home it was pouring.

C • Awesome 5

Low 70s, some wind at times but I can't really remember which way. As that might indicate, not in any hurry, because the quads were feeling the last couple of days. And therefore no point in using the e-gizmo.

Feeling a bit weak by the end. Might need to start taking a little food along. Though probably first place to start would be some water. Actually did have some, I think maybe 2 or 3 ounces in the bottle. Drank about half of it.

Assumed I'd be rained out today, but the rain moved out mid-afternoon and things were starting to dry out. No reason not to venture out. Mid-60s, S 5 or so, dewpoint up to about 60.

Plus, with my new e-assist gizmo, the miles go by just a little quicker. Can't wait to ride with Charlie again.

C • gizmo 6

One of my old standard loops -- across the Sunderland bridge, north on River Road, back through Old Deerfield and South Deerfield. Good effort, felt nice to move along a little better. Low 70s, NW 5-10, dew point about 40, really nice afternoon.

Late afternoon ride, North Amherst and Leverett. Felt like low blood sugar for a while, but nothing to do but keep turning the pedals and eventually you get done.

On the plus side, no falls. :-)

Upper 40s, cloudy but dry. Back to the tights and jacket and warmer gloves.

First time up South Sugarloaf this year. Uninspired, but I shouldn't complain because it won't be long before the only way I'll be able to do it is in a car. 10:17, heart rate only up to 157, so clearly I had something left. But then the plan was to just get up, and that got done.

Rest of the ride was on the easy side of easy. All I felt like.

Though maybe I'm just not recovered from my child-minding duties on Sunday. Though I'm sure doing the Billygoat would have been harder, I doubt that it would have been more stressful. I suppose in the future there are two options -- do more of it so it's less stressful, or stay far far away.... :-)