Training Log Archive: ebuckley

Warmup.

The Badger Day 1 Red at Devils Lake (BGR 1:10). Very rocky terrain. Good run considering how unfamiliar I am with this type of terrain. Took safe routes to avoid big booms. Had several small mistakes for about 5 minutes total error. Second on Red to Mark Voit by 2 seconds. ST=601.

Red 1 - Splits

Easy jog round West Baraboo to loosen up after the 6-hour car ride.

Head cold coming on. Doctor thinks it's viral so I'll just have to fight it off myself.

Over to Forest Park for 2 laps of the He Man Big Ring Loop (modestly manly splits of 6:46 and 6:38 with 4 minutes recovery).

It turns out that the loop is absurdly dangerous in the evenings during softball season. I just about got run over 3 or 4 times. I guess I'll have to move this workout to the mornings.

Easy jog round the hood. Legs are still dead from last weekend.

Warmup. Not as good as I would have liked - I started jogging to the start and was almost there when I realized I had forgot to tape my shoelaces. By the time I got back to the car and taped them I didn't have time to run back so Nadim drove me up there.

Pig Day 3 at Templeton Creek (OCIN 1:10). Fairly easy navigation with lots of viable trail routes. Woods weren't as thick as the previous 2 days. Also, the earlier start meant the heat wasn't so bad. All added up to a day for running fast. Was pretty clean until #13 when I dropped 3 minutes on a boom. Still managed best M40 time to pass Dan on combined time. Tom Carr got by both of us to take best time on Red by about a minute.

All in all a fun meet, Friday's "Juniper Groves" notwithstanding. ST=588.

Red Day 2 - Splits