Notes
Nice cool morning. There was equiptment all over the Telephone trail, replacing poles. I decided to do a short run up Telephone to Robert Frost, to stash my bottle, then back to do the race course summit. From the top, down Robert Frost, I hung a left at the upper link trail and returned to the road. Saw an amazing big owl that stared down at me. Took the long Robert Frost trail around to Roaring Mtn. but missed the summit trail. Saw a cool old log cabin with river stone built chimney, only 2 walls of the cabin stand. Back up to Upper Link, I missed the trail for an extra .25 miles. Tough climb back up to the top of Toby via Robert Frost, down the road for some reason I decided I should climb the mountain again. I missed the Roaring Mtn. component and hadn't had a sustained climb, so up I went. Bushwhacked around the construction equiptment and people. Great climb and great descent, fast and strong. Lots of nice rolling sections to this course and downhills where I could open up and think of Northfield. Feeling some rhythm to my training now, 3,250' climbing total today, 4000+ on Saturday, and the usual 800 on Thursday will put me above 8000 for the week!