You can just casually drop something like this… “Hey, take Friday and Monday off we’re going out to Western Mass and you’re going to follow me while I ride across the state for 2 days.” And that doesn’t end the relationship. I suppose this is one of the advantages of having a long-term relationship. It’s best to take a day off after because you’re going to be useless anyhow.įor this ride, I took 4 days off to ride around 250 miles in 2 days. I’ve found that no matter how good shape you’re in, a multi-day event will mess with your thinking ability. Many of those races I’ve run are just blurry memories of a fast weekend spent somewhere doing something hard. Like, for instance, not thinking about how the temperature drops below freezing in the mountains at night.Īnd, most regretfully, you don’t really get a chance to let it sink in. You can make mistakes that you could have avoided by being just a bit more prepared. If you jet off after the event you don’t have time to wallow in your misery.īut the disadvantages of this cramming in events, especially big events, are manifold. Just show up doesn’t fit many peoples’ brains but I enjoy the adventure of it. You can get much more adventure in the day by not being prepared and not knowing the course, etc. If you show up just in time for the event it doesn’t give you time to think too much about it. There are advantages to not buffering time around an event. I think it also fits that egoistic self-image I have had of being the indestructible man that can pop in and out of events that other people can’t even fathom.Įven my acts of humility are ego-centric! That vagueness allows work activity to crowd around the events and I find myself running a marathon in the morning and jumping on a plane in the afternoon. As a result, most of the people I’ve worked with know vaguely that I train all the time, but seldom have the gift of knowing exactly what or when I’m doing an event. I’ve been more than willing to talk about it in depth when asked, or in this purpose-built forum for that outlet, but I have always taken pains not to be THAT GUY in the office. I realized early on that this is my obsession, and the rest of the world may or may not give a shit. I have always tried to not be that guy who talks too much about this stuff at work. Partly because my life has always been busy, or I have convinced myself that it was, and I had to rush to get to events and then rush back. This is one of those things that you learn from doing long or hard or ultra-type events. 1.Here is a slightly more scripted version of my 2 day ride across Massachusetts. Track Draw lets you trace a fluid track and get an immediate elevation profile to determine the vertical gain a hike or climb involves.View 24K and 100K topo maps in 2-D or 3-D renderings.Accepts free BaseCamp™ download to plan and manage trips, routes, tracks, and waypoints and transfer them between your computer and the GPS.2.2-inch 65k color, sunlight readable display.HotFix® satellite prediction for quick acquisition and good signal lock, even through heavy cover, deep canyons, and tall buildings.High-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver.It's an affordable unit you can use hiking, paddling, driving or geocaching. The eTrex 20 keeps those good qualities and adds more. Reliability and ease of use made the first generation eTrex® GPS units a hit with outdoor users of every kind.
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