Training Log Archive: BecksIn the 7 days ending Apr 26, 2015:
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Sunday Apr 26, 2015 #
9 AM
Orienteering 1:01:47 5.72 km (10:48 / km) +241m 8:55 / km
ahr:156 max:183 shoes: Integrators 5000
Hanging streamers for the training. Wasn't very fluid at all, but the map was excellent.
10 AM
Orienteering 32:37 3.02 km (10:47 / km) +162m 8:31 / km
ahr:156 max:180 shoes: Integrators 5000
Shadowed Izzy round the control pick. She was awesome.
11 AM
Orienteering 49:46 5.53 km (9:00 / km) +41m 8:41 / km
ahr:177 max:190 shoes: Integrators 5000
Was quite slow at first but then I caught Izzy and was inspired. Ran quite hard for the last half and really enjoyed it. A silly mistake on a short leg but otherwise orienteering really well.
Saturday Apr 25, 2015 #
12 PM
Orienteering 2:29:44 12.35 km (12:07 / km) +279m 10:53 / km
ahr:144 max:181 shoes: Integrators 5000
I accompanied Alex for 2 hours of her three hour mega exercise, shadowing her on the first pick, orienteering my own for the crux bit (made an enormo mistake as I switched from coach mode to orienteer mode, as always), then we swapped places for the line, and then I abandoned ship and walked back. Lovely day to be out in the woods. Highlight was our AOWN moment, when I saw a tree struck my lightning with two huge branches split off, and noticed the hole left behind was full of animal food and droppings. Then looked around the base, and the entire base was surrounded by a metre or so of a thick carpet of droppings the whole way round the base! Then Alex told me to look up and there was a black/dark brown critter with it's head stuck in a hole up the top of the tree, trying to hide from us. We think it was a porcupine. It was awesome.
Friday Apr 24, 2015 #
7 PM
Orienteering 43:25 5.23 km (8:18 / km) +194m 7:00 / km
ahr:158 max:179 shoes: X Talon 212s
Drove to Boston at the end of my shittiest of shitty weeks and immediately went orienteering with Alex. We made it out just before dark and 40 minutes later I had forgotten how bad my week was.
Wednesday Apr 22, 2015 #
Note
I had a dreadful day yesterday, finding out that the grant we thought was a winner was indeed rated excellent, but excellent isn't enough to get funding these days. So I get to sit around for at least another 6 months scanning the literature and hoping no one else figures out my awesome technique that I've spent the last 18 months developing before I can use it to do an actual experiment. Instead of training I blew off the late afternoon, helped Natalie sell her car, then went for a walk with her at West Rock, ate at Mikro, and then stuffed ourselves with ice cream. Then I felt better. I'll miss her.
Today I was super productive in the lab and caught up on everything I threw out yesterday, and then decided to carry it forward to the evening and do stupid stuff like my visa application. Just finished. I don't have to drive to work tomorrow so I should actually manage some training.
Today I was super productive in the lab and caught up on everything I threw out yesterday, and then decided to carry it forward to the evening and do stupid stuff like my visa application. Just finished. I don't have to drive to work tomorrow so I should actually manage some training.
Monday Apr 20, 2015 #
5 PM
Running 44:22 7.76 km (5:43 / km) +70m 5:28 / km
ahr:158 max:179 shoes: Shiny red Sauconys
Just an easy pace run in the rain. Nothing special.
Strength 59:17 0.8 km (1:14:06 / km)
ahr:134 max:174
Warm up at the packed Yale gym then
4 sets of:
5 pull ups (broken!)
200m strides
2 x 8 jumps and hops
Tried 4 x 10 OH press, managed #45 10, 10, 6, 7
40 strict sit ups
4 x 5 front squat #45
4 x 5 deadlifts #45
Front squats felt amazing, the rest felt a bit awkward.
4 sets of:
5 pull ups (broken!)
200m strides
2 x 8 jumps and hops
Tried 4 x 10 OH press, managed #45 10, 10, 6, 7
40 strict sit ups
4 x 5 front squat #45
4 x 5 deadlifts #45
Front squats felt amazing, the rest felt a bit awkward.