2 Mile Walk at Buckingham Pond
Monday, July 14, 2014
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Friday, July 11, 2014
Wednesday, July 09, 2014
AFTER THE DELUGE - A COOL EVENING AND A RAINBOW
4.7 Mile Run in the Albany Pine Bush
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Well, the rain let up soon enough for me to still get in a run... after the problems with my knee last weekend, I really wanted to see how it was doing before the Quadzilla 15k this Sunday. So I headed over to the Blueberry Hills sections of the Pine Bush... not nearly as much fun running there as the old trail system was, but it's been a while and I wanted to check things out.
I really should have brought my camera, because along the way I was treated to a pretty nice sunset and a fantastic rainbow. Oh, well.
The knee didn't give me any problems, which bodes well for Sunday...
JMH
4.7 Mile Run in the Albany Pine Bush
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Well, the rain let up soon enough for me to still get in a run... after the problems with my knee last weekend, I really wanted to see how it was doing before the Quadzilla 15k this Sunday. So I headed over to the Blueberry Hills sections of the Pine Bush... not nearly as much fun running there as the old trail system was, but it's been a while and I wanted to check things out.
I really should have brought my camera, because along the way I was treated to a pretty nice sunset and a fantastic rainbow. Oh, well.
The knee didn't give me any problems, which bodes well for Sunday...
JMH
HAIL & A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
While I was back home grabbing a snack and deciding if I was going to do a run tonight, I heard what sounded like a pretty noisy storm outside, opened the door, and discovered dime-sized hail and torrential rain. After a few minutes the hail died off but the rain kept up for a while... it was running down the street so heavily that it was level with the sidewalk and almost up to the bottom of my car.
On the plus side, once it had blown through it was considerably cooler than it had been earlier in the day.
JMH
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
While I was back home grabbing a snack and deciding if I was going to do a run tonight, I heard what sounded like a pretty noisy storm outside, opened the door, and discovered dime-sized hail and torrential rain. After a few minutes the hail died off but the rain kept up for a while... it was running down the street so heavily that it was level with the sidewalk and almost up to the bottom of my car.
On the plus side, once it had blown through it was considerably cooler than it had been earlier in the day.
JMH
BUNNIES, CHIPMUNKS, BIRDIES - AND RAIN...
15.2 Mile Ride on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Path
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Fortunately the plan was to do a shorter ride today, since not long after I started a short squall blew through and then during the 2nd half I was in the rain for a longer time. It was one of those weird storms where a few miles away you could see blue sky and fluffy white clouds...
On the way out I saw dozens of chipmunks along the path, as well a a few bunnies... between the squalls there were birds everywhere taking advantage of the chance to snag some food, and even more bunnies. Definitely a good afternoon for quick glimpses of bike path wildlife.
JMH
15.2 Mile Ride on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Path
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Fortunately the plan was to do a shorter ride today, since not long after I started a short squall blew through and then during the 2nd half I was in the rain for a longer time. It was one of those weird storms where a few miles away you could see blue sky and fluffy white clouds...
On the way out I saw dozens of chipmunks along the path, as well a a few bunnies... between the squalls there were birds everywhere taking advantage of the chance to snag some food, and even more bunnies. Definitely a good afternoon for quick glimpses of bike path wildlife.
JMH
Tuesday, July 08, 2014
Sunday, July 06, 2014
Saturday, July 05, 2014
Thursday, July 03, 2014
Wednesday, July 02, 2014
Tuesday, July 01, 2014
BIKE PATH END-TO-END (SORT OF...)
41.5 Mile Ride on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Path
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Longest ride since mid-May today, mostly on the bike path. There are three major off-road sections of the Erie Canalway Trail around here - the path through the Corning Preserve, from downtown Albany to Watervliet, the Mohawk Hudson bike path from Cohoes to Schenectady, and the Mohawk Hudson bike path from Schenectady to Rotterdam Junction. I started at the Niskayuna Lions Park and headed west to the end of the path in Schenectady... haven't ridden over there since last summer, mostly because of all the hills involved. Took it slow and easy and had a little over 21 miles by the time I got back to the park.
I had been thinking to just ride to the top of the hill in Colonie, but decided during the first leg to go a bit farther - both because I need to work on distance, with a 75 miler in mid August and a century ride in early September, and because I've never done the entire Cohoes-Schenectady stretch in one go before. Of course, the drawback comes after turning around in Cohoes, where the path climbs for 3 miles - nothing steep, but a gradual 3 mile climb after 31+ miles of riding is going to be a challenge. After that there were only a couple of short climbs to get past, and then the last 4 miles were as straightforward as the last few miles of a long ride will ever be.
Overall, legs felt pretty good... guess I'm on track for the long rides in August and September...
JMH
41.5 Mile Ride on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Path
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Longest ride since mid-May today, mostly on the bike path. There are three major off-road sections of the Erie Canalway Trail around here - the path through the Corning Preserve, from downtown Albany to Watervliet, the Mohawk Hudson bike path from Cohoes to Schenectady, and the Mohawk Hudson bike path from Schenectady to Rotterdam Junction. I started at the Niskayuna Lions Park and headed west to the end of the path in Schenectady... haven't ridden over there since last summer, mostly because of all the hills involved. Took it slow and easy and had a little over 21 miles by the time I got back to the park.
I had been thinking to just ride to the top of the hill in Colonie, but decided during the first leg to go a bit farther - both because I need to work on distance, with a 75 miler in mid August and a century ride in early September, and because I've never done the entire Cohoes-Schenectady stretch in one go before. Of course, the drawback comes after turning around in Cohoes, where the path climbs for 3 miles - nothing steep, but a gradual 3 mile climb after 31+ miles of riding is going to be a challenge. After that there were only a couple of short climbs to get past, and then the last 4 miles were as straightforward as the last few miles of a long ride will ever be.
Overall, legs felt pretty good... guess I'm on track for the long rides in August and September...
JMH
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