1.7 Mile Walk at Five Rivers EEC
Friday, October 31, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Slow & Steady 2014 - Race #29
Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon Squirrely Six Trail Race
Sunday, October 26, 2014
2014 Event Totals
Run 165.0 mi, 38 hr 22 min
Bike 338.3 mi, 29 hr 10 min
Snowshoe 47.5 mi, 14 hr 38 min
Kayak 4.0 mi, 1 hr 3 min
states/provinces visited: AB, CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT
Sunday, October 26, 2014
2014 Event Totals
Run 165.0 mi, 38 hr 22 min
Bike 338.3 mi, 29 hr 10 min
Snowshoe 47.5 mi, 14 hr 38 min
Kayak 4.0 mi, 1 hr 3 min
states/provinces visited: AB, CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Friday, October 24, 2014
FINALLY - A RUN!
5.1 Mile Run at Buckingham Pond
Friday, October 24, 2014
Thanks in part to my bout of the flu (and subsequent relapse) I've run exactly twice in the last 4 weeks, for a total of a little over 7 miles. Which doesn't exactly fill me with confidence regarding the Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon in two days, especially now that they have a time cutoff at 5 3/4 miles...
Since I wasn't sure how my legs would respond, I decided to run at Buckingham Pond... it's a very short drive to get there and easily adaptable for a variety of distances, since the loop is 0.7-0.9 miles, depending on what paths you take - and expandable well beyond that if you venture onto the side streets. Of course, the drawback is the potential boredom factor, since you're essentially running in circles over and over again.
Didn't burn up the path, but overall it felt pretty good... I probably could have kept going but it was getting dark and I didn't think it made sense to overdo it the first time back. Not that I doubted it, but there's no question I can finish the six mile course on Sunday, and I'm fairly sure I can finish the half marathon too (though that will no doubt hurt) - if I make that time cutoff, which is by no means certain.
JMH
5.1 Mile Run at Buckingham Pond
Friday, October 24, 2014
Thanks in part to my bout of the flu (and subsequent relapse) I've run exactly twice in the last 4 weeks, for a total of a little over 7 miles. Which doesn't exactly fill me with confidence regarding the Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon in two days, especially now that they have a time cutoff at 5 3/4 miles...
Since I wasn't sure how my legs would respond, I decided to run at Buckingham Pond... it's a very short drive to get there and easily adaptable for a variety of distances, since the loop is 0.7-0.9 miles, depending on what paths you take - and expandable well beyond that if you venture onto the side streets. Of course, the drawback is the potential boredom factor, since you're essentially running in circles over and over again.
Didn't burn up the path, but overall it felt pretty good... I probably could have kept going but it was getting dark and I didn't think it made sense to overdo it the first time back. Not that I doubted it, but there's no question I can finish the six mile course on Sunday, and I'm fairly sure I can finish the half marathon too (though that will no doubt hurt) - if I make that time cutoff, which is by no means certain.
JMH
Monday, October 20, 2014
EVERYTHING CHANGES...
Monday, October 20, 2014
I was reminded of this last week when I drove to Price Chopper in Colonie and found the old K-mart plaza completely fenced off because they were demolishing the building (which has been empty since K-mart closed its doors... but apparently the site is being redeveloped for a CarMax auto retail center.) A quick check online shows that apparently the East Greenbush store closed back in June, leaving us with only one local Kmart, way out in Rotterdam (and I suspect it's only a matter of time before they're gone... rent at the Rotterdam Square Mall can't be cheap.)
Even more surprising, when I drove past Mohawk Commons on my way home tonight I discovered that the Barnes & Noble there is gone - apparently they closed doors last June. I'd always wondered how the company justified having two stores within a few miles of each other... apparently they are no longer doing so.
Kmart vanishing is more of a nostalgia thing than anything else - I don't shop there all that often (and even less, now that it's a 30 min drive to get to the nearest store.) But I find the loss of any book store a great sadness.
JMH
Monday, October 20, 2014
I was reminded of this last week when I drove to Price Chopper in Colonie and found the old K-mart plaza completely fenced off because they were demolishing the building (which has been empty since K-mart closed its doors... but apparently the site is being redeveloped for a CarMax auto retail center.) A quick check online shows that apparently the East Greenbush store closed back in June, leaving us with only one local Kmart, way out in Rotterdam (and I suspect it's only a matter of time before they're gone... rent at the Rotterdam Square Mall can't be cheap.)
Even more surprising, when I drove past Mohawk Commons on my way home tonight I discovered that the Barnes & Noble there is gone - apparently they closed doors last June. I'd always wondered how the company justified having two stores within a few miles of each other... apparently they are no longer doing so.
Kmart vanishing is more of a nostalgia thing than anything else - I don't shop there all that often (and even less, now that it's a 30 min drive to get to the nearest store.) But I find the loss of any book store a great sadness.
JMH
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Friday, October 17, 2014
A GORGEOUS FALL AFTERNOON
10 Mile Ride on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Path
Friday, October 17, 2014
Today was the first day this week where I woke up feeling sort of normal. No fever and no feeling like I'd be dealing with the fever once I'd been up and about for a while. But only sort of normal, because I'm still tired and definitely weak.
That was abundantly clear when I took my bike over to the bike path this afternoon. Five weeks ago I rode 100 miles in one day up in Maine, averaging something like 12 mph... today I struggled to crawl along at 10 mph or so for a meager 10 miles.
On the plus side it was a beautiful day with plenty of trees showing yellows, golds, and oranges, birds chattering away off in the foliage, both red and grey squirrels doing their thing, and even a very large snapping turtle crawling away from the river on some sort of snapping turtle mission (maybe finding a good place to hibernate?) It's too bad I forgot my camera, because it was a good day for photos.
Hopefully I am on the mend and can start getting back to some riding and running that won't be a struggle relatively soon.
JMH
10 Mile Ride on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Path
Friday, October 17, 2014
Today was the first day this week where I woke up feeling sort of normal. No fever and no feeling like I'd be dealing with the fever once I'd been up and about for a while. But only sort of normal, because I'm still tired and definitely weak.
That was abundantly clear when I took my bike over to the bike path this afternoon. Five weeks ago I rode 100 miles in one day up in Maine, averaging something like 12 mph... today I struggled to crawl along at 10 mph or so for a meager 10 miles.
On the plus side it was a beautiful day with plenty of trees showing yellows, golds, and oranges, birds chattering away off in the foliage, both red and grey squirrels doing their thing, and even a very large snapping turtle crawling away from the river on some sort of snapping turtle mission (maybe finding a good place to hibernate?) It's too bad I forgot my camera, because it was a good day for photos.
Hopefully I am on the mend and can start getting back to some riding and running that won't be a struggle relatively soon.
JMH
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
IT SUCKS BEING SICK ON A GORGEOUS DAY
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Yesterday would have been a great day to ride my mountain bike on my way back from Rochester. Instead, I got back as directly as I could, went for a short walk, and crawled into bed. Today I skipped a PD day at work to spend much of the day in bed, though I did walk over to Price Chopper and back and cursed the fact that this would have been another great day to be out on the bike if only I were healthy.
No question about it, I need to kick this bug so I can get back to doing the things I enjoy outdoors.
JMH
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Yesterday would have been a great day to ride my mountain bike on my way back from Rochester. Instead, I got back as directly as I could, went for a short walk, and crawled into bed. Today I skipped a PD day at work to spend much of the day in bed, though I did walk over to Price Chopper and back and cursed the fact that this would have been another great day to be out on the bike if only I were healthy.
No question about it, I need to kick this bug so I can get back to doing the things I enjoy outdoors.
JMH
Monday, October 13, 2014
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Saturday, October 11, 2014
FLU RELAPSE? BLEAH...
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Last night I was feeling mildly crappy during the concert and afterwards... and felt pretty much the same this morning. In retrospect perhaps I shouldn't have run the race... but then again, that was part of the reason I was even in the area, and it was a fairly mild feeling. But as today progressed it became fairly obvious that I was once again running a fever - not nearly as high as the one two weeks ago, but enough to put an end to my plans to run the 10k tomorrow morning and to pretty effectively limit what I was able to do this afternoon (I was really dragging after our walk, which was neither long nor difficult.)
Whether it's a relapse or an opportunistic second infection, looks like I'll be battling being sick again for the foreseeable future. Which is getting old really, really fast.
JMH
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Last night I was feeling mildly crappy during the concert and afterwards... and felt pretty much the same this morning. In retrospect perhaps I shouldn't have run the race... but then again, that was part of the reason I was even in the area, and it was a fairly mild feeling. But as today progressed it became fairly obvious that I was once again running a fever - not nearly as high as the one two weeks ago, but enough to put an end to my plans to run the 10k tomorrow morning and to pretty effectively limit what I was able to do this afternoon (I was really dragging after our walk, which was neither long nor difficult.)
Whether it's a relapse or an opportunistic second infection, looks like I'll be battling being sick again for the foreseeable future. Which is getting old really, really fast.
JMH
Friday, October 10, 2014
Sunday, October 05, 2014
Weekly Activity Summary
9/28/2014 - 10/4/2014
running - 0 mi
riding (1x) - 11.5 mi
walking/hiking (6x) - 8.5 mi
kayaking - 0 mi
outdoor activity 5/7 days
YRG -
Not bad, considering I spent the 1st two days of this week in bed with a fever fluctuating between 101 and 104 degrees... and much of the rest of the week on meds to help kick the fever and the underlying influenza B virus.
JMH
9/28/2014 - 10/4/2014
running - 0 mi
riding (1x) - 11.5 mi
walking/hiking (6x) - 8.5 mi
kayaking - 0 mi
outdoor activity 5/7 days
YRG -
Not bad, considering I spent the 1st two days of this week in bed with a fever fluctuating between 101 and 104 degrees... and much of the rest of the week on meds to help kick the fever and the underlying influenza B virus.
JMH
Saturday, October 04, 2014
CHILLY, RAINY DAY...
2.2 Mile Walk at the Crossings of Colonie
Saturday, October 4, 2014
One plus to the chill and rain today - it was very quiet at the Crossings of Colonie. Usually there are dozens of walkers, runners, riders, and dog walkers on the trails... today I think I saw five other people out in the rain in the little more than an hour that I was there.
Another treat was the flock of about a dozen cormorants swimming in the pond... I've never seen that before. Plus of course the usual assortment of ducks, gulls, and geese, and even two herons. I even spotted an egret hunkered down in the wetlands in the southern end of the park - other than blackbirds, I've never seen anything back in there.
Ordinarily I'd have stayed out longer, even with the rain, but in light of the events of this week I thought it best to play it safe. Still, a short walk is better than no walk at all, especially on a day as quiet as today.
JMH
2.2 Mile Walk at the Crossings of Colonie
Saturday, October 4, 2014
One plus to the chill and rain today - it was very quiet at the Crossings of Colonie. Usually there are dozens of walkers, runners, riders, and dog walkers on the trails... today I think I saw five other people out in the rain in the little more than an hour that I was there.
Another treat was the flock of about a dozen cormorants swimming in the pond... I've never seen that before. Plus of course the usual assortment of ducks, gulls, and geese, and even two herons. I even spotted an egret hunkered down in the wetlands in the southern end of the park - other than blackbirds, I've never seen anything back in there.
Ordinarily I'd have stayed out longer, even with the rain, but in light of the events of this week I thought it best to play it safe. Still, a short walk is better than no walk at all, especially on a day as quiet as today.
JMH
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