100 Days of Stupid: Day 24

Felt really awful today, but I think it's more likely a couple bad nights of sleep, rather than no rest day in 3+ weeks.

100 Days of Stupid: Day 19-23

Getting through vacation proved fairly easy as the hot water and then *all* the water in our beach house died, prompting us to come home early. I was able to get one run in on the beach on Sunday.


Spent most of the day doing chores (what a fantastic use of vacation!) but I was able to hit Massabesic today for some MTBing. Conditions were dry and fast, well as fast as the twisty root-infested FOMBA trails allow me to go. Would like to get a group together for a night ride there before the year is out. It's a nice setup for a night ride in that you are never that far from the trailhead.

100 Days of Stupid: Day 19

Ran up Marion Davis again today at an easy (20:07 ascent) pace. Hip feels a bit better, but both Achilles are a little sore. Need to return to the days of regular ice bucket therapy for both feet after workouts. Some NSAIDs would probably help too, but I'm trying to limit those to when I need to thwart more serious inflammatory responses (e.g. sprained ankles). The latest research indicates that sparing use is probably best.

100 Days of Stupid: Day 18

Went out for a 5k road run near the ConVal high school with Matt tonight. Easy 8:29 pace. Finished with a hard 2 mile on the track at 6:33 and 6:16 (yay for negative splits).

Right hip is feeling a bit sore, a reminder, as if I needed one, why road miles are bad for me. Wrapped up with 10 minutes of Ashtanga on the field under the fading sun. I still marvel at the fact that in the bad old days we stretched out *before* running. I can't imagine doing that now, I'd rupture something for sure.

100 Days of Stupid: Day 17

Tools of the Trade

After being worn 13 of the last 17 days, slopping through a lot of mud, and being left to fester in our sunless entryway, my trail running shoes desperately needed some "destinkification".

100 Days of Stupid: Day 16

The weekday rut of mountain running continues...

When people ask me what I do (outside of work) I say I'm a mountain biker. Even during ski season I say that. But the chart doesn't lie. I'm clearly a trail runner (or mountain runner if you care about the difference). Worse, in a given year I know I road ride more hours than I ride off-road. But I'm still a mountain biker; given the choice and the time, it's what I'd prefer to do. And unlike running and road cycling of any type, mountain biking never feels like work (outside a race anyway). It's simply fun.

So why don't I have more fun?

100 Days of Stupid: Day 15

Cool (67F), dry (48%), and breezy today. Made for a fast (18:19) ascent of Marion Davis (year's best: 16:54). Unfortunately I can't say anything analogous about work today, which was a real kick in the teeth (the old 'turns out it ain't so simple as you thought problem).

100 Days of Stupid: Day 13-14

Hit the two week mark. Nothing special, just two runs up Pack Monadnock this weekend. Turned my ankle for the second time in two weeks on Saturday's run (stepped on an acorn!). Iced it down, took some NSAIDs, and it felt fine today.

100 Days of Stupid: Day 12

Not much of a video, but it gives you the idea.

Headed up to the Northeast Kingdom of VT yesterday for a long planned weekend of riding at the Kingdom Trails. Unfortunately the whole trip was cut short due to rain, but we did get a night ride in. It's a long way to drive for just over two hours of riding, but when the weather is cool and dry, and the trails are this good, it's still worth it.

Thanks to Shawn and Loralee for letting Chris, Dale, Ray, and I stay in their barn. Sure beat packing up a wet tent this morning.

The Turner gets ready to roll out.

100 Days of Stupid: Day 11

A simple caveman runner:

See mountain. Weather good. Run up mountain. Life good. That is all.