Training Log Archive: ebone

Ran the long-O at St. Edward and Big Finn Hill. It was my first real run in many, many days. I wore running shoes, and my achilles didn't bother me, despite me running pretty hard, especially from control 1 to control 5, when I was trying to catch Martin and Bill and hadn't assimilated all the water I had drunk yet. I eased off a bit after about control 7, since I was comfortably in the lead after Martin and Bill's bad route choice (cul-de-sac, probably 5-10 minutes lost). Some of my race was intensity 3 and some was intensity 4, but I'm logging it as intensity 4, because it was tough after doing so little for the last couple of weeks.

Set out controls for training courses at Hamlin Park. I was tired from the orienteering, and my left achilles started hurting again after I jammed it a few times when I wasn't being careful. D'oh! At least it didn't hurt in the evening afterward.

3 (long) - Splits

Set out controls at Meadowbrook for the Seattle Waldorf School game day.

Picked up the course at Meadowbrook, running moderately hard. I felt sort of sluggish and out of shape.

Ran around a little while designing courses for training tomorrow and for class on Tuesday. I was really hungry, sleepy, and generally low on energy.

Rode the Bonelli to Bikesmith and back to see about getting a new cassette hub. It would cost about $50, and it would still be a POS, so I decided to wait for a second hand wheel from Stephen's Killer V. Riding with a slipping freewheel is quite a trick.

Set up controls for O' class, ran around to check on the students and pick up a few markers, then took down the rest of the markers at the end. My left achilles feels pretty good today.

Rode from Stephen's to 40th Ave Park and Ride (6:13 for 1.14 mi.), then most of the way home from Montlake (14:19 for 2.21 mi.); I caught the 44 for a few blocks. I bent my leg too much and twinged my left achilles badly once. It was really hot today.

Skated to Deer Harbor Marina from my family's land on Orcas (11:00) and back (12:17). I wiped out on the way down the steep hill leaving Spring Point. I just got a few minor scuffs. Coming back, my left achilles hurt a little. Will it ever get better? :-(