Training Log Archive: Work4justice

Bigger plans for today, but a bestie from High School is in town, so heading over to GP to see her. Haven't seen her for 10 years!

Thought I could get ILRA blue/yellow, but had to stick with blue...the yellow bridge is under repair and no other way around.

Grapevines, lunges, butt kicks.

Little slower, checking into some different territory, but Ten Mile is awful, so won't head that way again. Guess I will have to rely on TA1 to keep me entertained on road runs. :) Nice interview Hil! Glad the toenail hung on... :)

Had a massage the other day...lost count of the knots she had to work out...still a little sore, but by the time I got on my bike today felt good.

Working from home today. :) So, I took a long lunch to bike the long way to pick up the kid from vacation bible school.

C • working from home 2

Errands on the way home.

My running buddy (my pooch!) seemed awfully wiped...so decided to break it up with some pace counting. Realized I haven't documented any, so, no time like the present. Need to convert to meters and how it applies to various sized maps. I see a spreadsheet coming.

C • track 5

Had to pull from Garmin:
Split 1: 200 count off, .2mi distance, 2:55 time
Split 2: 100 count off, .09mi distance, 1:29 time
Split 3: 50 count off, .05 distance, :45 time

#1: 200 count off, .26mi, 2:13
#2: 100 count off, .13, 1:09
#3: 50 count off, .06, :37.6

Had to get away from the dogs in yards to pace count post run.

200 count off

100 count

Grape vines and butt kicks

SCAR Race report (http://erca.org/scar-south-coast-adventure-race/) AP log map: http://ar.attackpoint.org/sessiondata.jsp?sessioni...

OutdoorsMama invited JustMe and I to team up with her to do a race in her backyard, woo! My first "international" race. :) This is a first go around for the Conservation Authority and the Race Directors -- brothers Pula of Kinetic Konnection (RobbieP on AP). Huge turnout. 250 racers, 104 teams. We placed 1st female an hour-ish over 2nd female, and got 3rd or 4th 17 min behind 1st place--who were 2 of the Kinetic Konnection teammates. Not bad! Definitely a great race for beginners.

The course pretty much a bike (30ish), O (few miles), paddle (few miles) and then bike (15ish) setup. The maps were a topo, and then a park map. Realizing I am so spoiled with our SMOC maps! Ran off to CP1 to get our bikes, and we were off! Got to CP2, passing several teams, and one team mentioned that CP1 wasn't punched, but didn't think it mattered. I offered unsolicited advice to go get it, but they said they would keep going and think about what to do.

The bike was very smooth--Heidi had those maps! Also, I learned how to pace line! I loved being the pull. Felt so great to contribute that way! Along the way there was an obstacle that earned 20 minutes on our time, a quick ropes which Heidi did. And, we made our way to the O course. It was different, but fun. There weren't flags in this race, just a TON of volunteers punching people through, that went faster than I had expected. A couple of the volunteers didn't have bug spray, so as a mom I felt compelled to spray them down as I learned their situation. I know, but jeez they were being eaten alive! One part of the O was a 1k trek through some pretty nasty woods. Stinging nettles, razorgrass and some other stuff I have never seen before. Shudder. I mostly held bearings in this O...Jen and Heidi had maps.

Got out of the woods onto the boat and beelined on to the bikes. Then, headed back. Got into the finish (there was a finish line balloon, and people and such things!) and JustMe had an amazing crash! Her story for sure, but let's just say her helmet is retired! At the expo, there was a bike repair, food, music, pretty amazing. We even got a finishers medal.

The awards ceremony happened a tad late, but I enjoyed chilling and talking to the RDs and the Kinetic Konnection dudes. The prizing was being announced and you can imagine my excitement when they started giving away Brooks Cascadias, oh boy! We were announced hopped up to the front, got our bags, and they had mall gift cards and tea...oh..how...about...that.

So much fun. I ate and drank WAAAY better than before. More ecaps and used gatorade for the first time. Felt great until the end. Can't wait for the next race!

C • AWESOME! 6

Bumped around with Michelle, Cris and Mr. Wonderful. At the end, Mr. Dubs and I had fun powering in his canoe. Good stuff!

Been struggling with soreness over the last couple of weeks. Opted for a hike instead of a run. Trying massage and may start to see a chiropractor--and keeping up with yoga. Happened when I started to add mileage.

Couple of drills and some stretching.