Fort Williams

Winter singletrack: Graves Hill

Riverside skate w/ Astro; first of the season

Afternoon Run

Cold and windy night

Ran this route last week for the first time, with a group, casual style, had a great time and learned the sections I hadn’t done before. I was inspired to give it a shot solo with no stops to see what I could do for a time with my current fitness. Chilly but sunny, low wind, a bit of wetness from rain yesterday, but overall a great day for a long run. Started out relaxed, picked it up once it was in Portland. I didn’t look at my watch until a few miles left then locked in to go sub-4. No route finding issues, good lines, shot the gaps between cars on a few crossings. Didn’t walk at all. Legs felt good pretty much the entire time. Probably could have gone faster earlier on but had 2 liters of water in a backpack and unknown leg condition so started conservative. Made one blunder which was stopping to take off my shoe on the railroad tracks section because I was getting a blister and it felt like the sockliner was folded. However, it wasn’t and my fingers were too cold to relace so I was swearing moving in slow motion fumbling to make a knot. Didn’t even fix it and got a blister still. That was the only real issue and poor decision. Overall easier than expected. Went with a carbon-plated road shoe to take advantage of all the pavement, I was fine with the trade off of slipping on the few muddy sections. I think it was the right call. Had 1.5 PBJ, leftover pumpkin bread and corn bread, and 2 spring cana. Didn’t finish my 2L of water (had 1.5) but still peed four times—not dehydrated at least and I feel fine after which is preferred to getting too drained. Happy with my time given no planning went into this at all and I had fun and finished strong, but there’s a lot of time to gain on this route. Looking forward to giving it another shot next season.

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Fort Williams

Winter singletrack: Graves Hill

Riverside skate w/ Astro; first of the season

Afternoon Run

Cold and windy night

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