Lantern Hill...and more foot issues

Last Sunday I ran repeats over at Lantern Hill.  Surprisingly busy with four difference groups heading up in the pre-dawn to get to the top for sunrise.  Once the sun came up I pulled out the GoPro and shot footage for the short video below.  A quick little tour of Lantern Hill as it were.

Went for a family hike over in Tillinghast later in the day and the bottom of my right foot began to ache midway.  By the next day it really hurt.  Hooray a new injury!  Anyway now it's Friday and the foot finally seems to be getting better so long as I'm wearing shoes.  It's when I'm barefoot that the pain is worse.  

Not sure what this latest injury is but it's a little dispiriting to keep get sidelined by nagging things as we roll through the last third of the year.  I spent my time this year collecting elevation with the goal of 300k vertical feet of gain. I was on track up until September and now that goal is slipping away.  Not a major thing overall but it does stink that I'm stuck at home instead of out on the trails.  Hopefully November/December will be more fruitful.

Anyway, guess I paid a heavy price for this latest video so make sure to watch it and subscribe!

Round 2 of 4000 Footers Complete - Mt. Carrigain and Vose Spur

 Finished up my second round of the 4000 Footers last Saturday on Mt. Carrigain.  After hammock camping in the birch woods two miles from the summit on Friday night, I woke up early and hiked up in the dark to finish Round 2. 

Then I went around the backside and bushwhacked up Vose Spur as part of the New England Hundred Highest.  There's a fairly well defined herd path so it's not a true bushwhack but it was certainly still a lot of work.  

Pretty happy with this video which gets a little silly at times - all in remembrance of a great pair of crocs that are gone forever.

Whiteface and Passaconaway - Wrapping Up Round 2

Went up the the Whites this past weekend and wrapped up my second round of the 4000 footers.  I had two left - Whiteface and Carrigain.  First up was Whiteface which I did along with Passaconaway.  I had wanted to get up there at least once this fall for the foliage but it came and went so fast this year due to drought conditions that most of the higher leaves were already gone.  Still beautiful especially since the yellow birch leaves were popping.  Here's the video of my first hike.

Run For the Pumpkins Trail Race - October 3, 2020

Oh no, I didn't run this race.  Besides my general lack of enthusiasm for shorter races, I smashed my big left toe on a log a couple weeks ago.  It turned many wonderful colors.  I was afraid it was broken but the X-ray came back negative and the diagnosis was not to run for 4 weeks.  Well it hasn't quite been two weeks yet but the toe does feel much better.  I'm planning a trip to the Whites this weekend which shall test it.

Anywho, I'm enjoying putting content up on YouTube and I was in need of something to film so I thought I've take a stab at recording another trail race.  Wasn't sure if the toe was going to be an issue but I didn't notice it at all.  I was definitely out of practice with regards to filming races.  I forgot about how once the race starts you have to just improvise and do your best.  A bunch of footage I thought I shot near the beginning actually didn't record which was a bummer but otherwise I'm fairly happy with the clips I got.  

For this video I experimented with slow motion and some zooming effects.  Probably over did it at times.  In terms of subjects I mostly focused on recording the usual suspects and then added some frantic music from last week's band practice.  Not too bad - if anyone still reads this blog please give it a view and considering subscribing to my channel.  I would certainly appreciate it!