Training Log Archive: bbrooke

I checked out the Fowler / Goshawk Ridge loop. It's just west of the Springbrook loop, closer to Eldorado.

I might like this trail better doing it in the opposite direction -- it was really steep for quite a long time and I eventually had to walk about a quarter-mile or so at the top.

Also, I stopped a few times to take photos, check the map, and drink water, which added to my slow overall time.

This elevation profile doesn't seem especially accurate, since I started and ended in the same place.

An out-and-back jog on the High Plains trail. And -- who let the cows out?!? I had to stop repeatedly for cows on the trail. Some just kept their heads down munching grass; some would stare me down; some would look up and stare mid-chew with grass sticking out of their mouth (funny). None would consent to being petted. I would stop and wait for them to move, or walk a wide path around them, and that made this a long, slow jog.

I've mountain biked on this trail before (in the Spring, before "cow season"), but this was my first time jogging here. The trail is nice -- dirt singletrack, rocky in some places, mild hills. The nearby highway isn't visible but it's audible, so this probably won't be my new favorite trail -- but it's relatively close to my office.

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200m jog and lots of dynamic stretching stuff to warm up.

Deadlift -- warm-up and then 70-80-90% of one-rep max.

- 65# x 8 / 85# x 5
- 110# x 3 / 125# x 3 / 140# x 5

Floor press -- warm-up and then 70-80-90% of one-rep max.

- 35# x 10
- 60# x 3 / 65# x 3 / 70# x 3 (needed help on the last set...)

For time -- two rounds:

- deadlift x 5 @ 65% of one-rep max (100#).
- 16" box jumps x 40
- 35# kettlebell snatch x 15 per side (I used 20#)
- 200m run
- handstand push-ups x 10 (I just did a 30-second handstand).

13:00

Dynamic stretching, squats & lunge steps to warm up.

Two rounds: row 90 seconds / 10 seconds rest / squat position for 30 seconds / 10 seconds rest / squat position for 30 seconds.

Back squat at 70-80-90% of one-rep max:

70# x 3 / 80# x 3 / 90# x 5

Power clean with increasing weight:

55# x 3 / 65# x 3 / 75# x 3 / 85# x 3 / 85# x 3

High-hang squat clean with increasing weight:

65# x 3 / 75# x 3 / 80# x 3

Abmat situps -- 3 x 15.

Overheard at the gym: 'Ya know, there's nothing about public schools in the Constitution'. Sigh...

Event: RMOC Kelly Dahl
 

Wow, this sucked. I felt like my orienteering skills had regressed five years. Big errors at #4, 6, 10 & 14; smaller errors everywhere else. :-P

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