Training Log Archive: Nadim

Event: US Sprint/Middle/Long Championships
 

Moses Lake, WA. After a long day of traveling from Baltimore to Las Vegas, getting on a plane that was late, getting to Spokane, WA, driving to Ritzville at 2am local time and finding that our hotel room was inaccessible, then driving to Moses Lake for a hotel twice as expensive, we got a short sleep and to the meet site. I had just enough time to get to the start without forgetting anything but some eye glassse that I wanted to give a second try.

U.S. Middle Distance Championships, Moses Lake, WA. I ran a safe race and felt slow/tired doing it. The rolling/sage and grass covered sand dune terrain was prettly well mapped if you stayed out of the green. I used the slow and sandy roads initially to get used to the map. I was happy to get off of them for the more runnable rough open. I went straight a lot but avoided all the green as the course notes recommended. The green was usefull for navigation. I perhaps lost 1-2 minutes total. Some of it was pulling up short and not seeing a control that was behind a bush ahead. At #15, I read the map incorrectly expecting a control to be on the wrong side of a short ridge. It was a bit hot out but with low humidity, it felt much better than running at home at this time of year. I finished 7th amongst the M45+ runners though not all of them were eligible for the US Championships. The courses were fun and I was happy to have been relatively error free in a technical area.

Red Middle - Splits

From Northfield Rd. Bethesda, MD, to Montgomery Ave. via the Air Rights Building with Max in his trail-a-bike for the first time to school, then to C St. SE, Washington, D.C. Since I'd come back from travel for work, I had to tote my laptop. I'd earlier left Max's trailer at school. In Bethesda I was amused passing the Apple store and seeing the long lines for people picking up pre-orders or buying. Winds were mixed; both the headwinds and the tailwinds were strong and equally distributed. Most noteable was the 87 F temperature and high humidity-like Florida.

From C St . SW, Washington, D.C. through the basement of my building at work to Independence Ave. SW, to Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD. I was running late at work and needed to meet a vendor at home. Traffic was slow at first and there were strong headwinds. In Georgetown with more traffic a cyclist passed me and I wiseley tucked in behind him. He was too strong for me to pull for him up the hill and still into the wind. I left the trail-a-bike to pickup later with the trailer.

Williamsburg, FL (near Orlando). I attended a conference this week and didn't get much opportunity to workout. I finally got out for this run from my hotel in a semi-urban touristed area for Universal Studios. It was almost all on concrete walkways in a hot sun and humid air. My right arch had been hurting while walking outside for the run and for the first minute but was fine after that.