Met with Mark at the Notch, supposedly at 4 but he was a bit late coming from MW, so when we set off at 4:15 p.m. the day was fast ending. As long as we've got light on the worst of the trail, I thought -- and so up Mt Norwottuck by the M&M trail we went. The air was a bit chill and we were both snuffling a bit as we gasped our way up the several hundred feet climb in less than a mile. Paused at the top then down the precipitous other side past the Horse Caves, bearing left when we intersected the skirting track so we came back around to the bottom of the M&M eventually. It did get a bit dark, but the moon was rising faster than the setting sun, and the trail was wide enought just to plunge on ahead. Gorgeous, dreamlike feeling fo running on and the leafy trail unfurling ahead of you among the trees . . .
Time: 43:46
Speed: 4.3 mph
Distance: 3.15 miles
Comment: it felt so good to be bounding up hills again, after too many rather flat runs. Or maybe it's the hills combined with the scrambling unpredictability of trail running. Anyhoo, sore but satisfied and ready for another week of officing.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Mountain run-a-hike - Sun. Dec. 3
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2 comments:
I have a question:
Are you using some sort of software to figure your distances and pace, or just going by the 'raw' info that comes out of your forerunner?
I finally tried mine out this morning and both the distances and times seem off. I'm wondering if it's because I ran a circular loop and may have lost GPS contact along the way.
-Shannon
I recall having some problems during the first couple of runs, but it seemed that the machine just took a while to get its bearings. I use the raw data, and while it gives a few hundredths of a mile different on repeats of any given course, I think it's pretty solid. I found it was next to useless on a 400 meter track though. By the time it figured which way I was going I was going the other way again.
The first time I used it it told me I'd run all 600+ miles (losing the signal during the run didn't help). But now it's really fine. What sort do you have, btw?
-Mori
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