Training Log Archive: ebuckley

Easy jog round the hood. Another cold drizzle day. What sort of October is this, anyway? Almost makes me glad I've been working 60 hours a week.

Warmed up with an old Yellow course plus a few extra minutes at Jefferson Barracks (1:10).

Bubba XC#2. None of the fast guys were here (except Andy Koziatek who can beat me any day, on any surface, over any distance) so I just did a tempo run. Nice course. Something like 2.3 miles, but that's just a guess. 2nd overall, 1st M40.

Followed with a Green and Orange course. Since running through the southern rough open with no leg protection on the warmup was just about the least fun thing I've done this year, I jettisoned those controls from the Green loop. The map has not magically become any better since the meet 2 years ago, but knowing the problems made it tolerable. I think I may have been a little hard on the venue. If it was mapped REALLY well, it might be pretty interesting. But, that's the rub. Why would we put that much effort into a small area when we have similar terrian, only better, already mapped just a couple miles away in Cliff Cave?

The C race was just about over when I finished, so I stuck around to watch the first few laps of the B race. Rudy is riding B this year, which is pretty stout. He was hanging in OK when he got to where I was watching. Of course, I had picked the spot where I expected everybody to wreck because that's what's fun about Cyclocross - people go down, but they don't get hurt. Well the guy in front of him does an awkward remount at the bottom of the berm and he's flying down because he remounted at the top. He goes wide to miss him and the front wheel washes out. So far, just standard stuff, but just before he hits the ground his position changes a bit and it turns into really nasty face plant. In fact, his head bends back so far and so fast I'm thinking that not only is his race over, but this might be the sort of thing that has permanent consequences. He lies there for a few seconds and I feel my whole body go cold thinking, "He's broke his neck." Then, he hops up and gets back on the bike. Damn, dude, you scared the crap out of me.

C • I had no clue you were ther... 2

C • lower third of B race vs. u... 14

On the way home, I dropped the WRX at the shop because I think the steering pump is dying. Jogged home. Turns it into a longer day than I needed, but I've got plenty of time to recover for the marathon.

Lewis and Clark trails. Last long run before NYC.

It's been almost a year since I ran these trails, but if you're going to wait a year to run the best trails in the state, today would be the day to run it. Bright, cool, and the leaves as good as they're going to get this year (which isn't that great with all the rain, but it will do).

Yaya and I went to 6 Flags to "Thrill the World". As world record attempts go, this one had a bit less drama than, say, running 100m in 9.58 seconds. Furthermore, the lame website (which is currently down, so I won't even bother to link it), isn't clear on whether this is a world record for simultaneous dancing, or just simultaneous dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller (a narrow category to be sure). And, since it's down, there's no inidication of whether the record was broken. Did manage to get that over 23,000 people participated from 16 countries. I have no idea if that's a lot for this sort of thing. Seems like you get that many dancing to the same song at concerts all the time, but this was an actual choreographed and rehearsed dance.

But none of that matters to a 6-year-old who really, really, likes dancing to Michael Jackson videos. So, maybe we're world record holders, maybe we ain't, but we had a good time.

C • We Missed You 2

Event: US Individual Champs 2009
 

Easy jog round the hood.

4x800@2:55 400R. Morning intervals.

Family class with Yaya.

Over to TKD and back. Slightly longer route.

Evening class.

Not a whole lot of rest as I put in 16 hours at work. Really nice afternoon and fortunately I was able to take a couple hours to spend at a park with Kate and Yaya.