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Training Log Archive: greg

In the 7 days ending Feb 25, 2007:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Road/Track Running	4	1:53:09	12.49	(9:04)	20.1	(5:38)	60
Orienteering	2	1:50:01	9.79	(11:14)	15.75	(6:59)	290	10 /	32c	31%
Exercise machine	2	1:06:00
Strength	2	18:00
Trail Running	1	6:18	0.62	(10:08)	1.0	(6:18)
Total	6	5:13:28	22.9		36.85		350	10 /	32c	31%

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Sunday Feb 25, 2007 #

Road/Track Running warm up/down 7:05 [2] 1.07 km (6:37 / km) +30m 5:48 / km
shoes: Montrail Highlander

Warm-up in Joe Grant Park

Orienteering 41:02 [4] *** 4.28 km (9:35 / km) +100m 8:35 / km
spiked:10/10c shoes: Montrail Highlander

Re-ran brown course from April, 2003 which was my first O-event in US.

I've decided to test a new pair of shoes that I am planning to use for orienteering: Montrail Highlander. My frustration with Inov-8s that give me nasty heel blisters made me spend a couple of hours online searching for an alternative. I came across Highlander's review on some adventure racing website. After some thinking I ordered them on zappos.com.
Overall, I am very satisfied with the shoes. No blisters, not even slight hint of soreness on my heels. The shoes have a decent grip on steep hills. It was very wet today and I didn't have any problems running uphill on wet grass. On wet soil they were slipping though. The shoes have smaller cleats than Inov-8s do. So, probably Inov-8s are better traction-wise. I don't think there is much difference though.
Finally, a US company made a decent fell running shoe. We'll see how long it's going to last.

Trail Running warm up/down 6:18 [2] 1.0 km (6:18 / km)
shoes: Montrail Highlander

Warm-down

Saturday Feb 24, 2007 #

Road/Track Running warm up/down 7:44 [2] 1.23 km (6:17 / km)
shoes: Brooks Adrenaline ASR

Warmed up before the Sprint in Emerald Hills.

Orienteering race 23:16 [5] * 4.5 km (5:10 / km) +95m 4:41 / km
12c shoes: Brooks Adrenaline ASR

The orienteering was trivial. In spite of this I made a mistake on the way to the first control. It becomes a tradition. By the way, the start triangle was marked at a different point as the actual start was.

Orienteering race 45:43 [3] * 6.97 km (6:34 / km) +95m 6:08 / km
10c shoes: Brooks Adrenaline ASR

Western Massachusetts Rules Score-O (10 controls).
Tried to keep pace at T pace.

Friday Feb 23, 2007 #

Exercise machine (bicycle) 10:00 [1]

Warm-up on bicycle before physical therapy.
Followed by lots of stretching, jumping, and stuff.

Exercise machine (bicycle) 46:00 [2]

Set cross-country program.

Thursday Feb 22, 2007 #

Road/Track Running 43:07 [2] 7.4 km (5:50 / km)
shoes: Brooks Adrenaline ASR

Strength (abs) 10:00 [1]

Wednesday Feb 21, 2007 #

Exercise machine (bicycle) 10:00 [1]

Physical therapy.
Warm-up on stationary bicycle followed by lots of stretching, jumping, etc.

Note

Decided to skip the Intervals today to make sure the Achilles is completely recovered.

Monday Feb 19, 2007 #

Road/Track Running 31:06 [2] 5.4 km (5:46 / km) +15m 5:41 / km
shoes: Brooks Axiom 2

Easy run on a trail from home to Shoreline park.

Road/Track Running tempo 18:16 [3] 4.0 km (4:34 / km) +15m 4:29 / km
shoes: Brooks Axiom 2

Tempo run on the way back.

Road/Track Running warm up/down 5:51 [2] 1.0 km (5:51 / km)
shoes: Brooks Axiom 2

Warm down.

Strength (abs) 8:00 [1]

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