Training Log Archive: Sandy

Decided to do six miles on Forbidden Drive and was pleased I managed to keep moving the whole time. The pace is a little misleading as the first five weren't too bad, but last mile was quite a bit slower than the others.

walking/jogging down to Forbidden Drive and back home. I was totally beat on the way home and it was a tough crawl up the hill. Jogged the whole hill yesterday; today could barely walk it!

A nice trail run on some of the steep and rocky trails in the Wissahickon. Felt pretty good although probably wasn't moving terribly fast. The up and downs are both hard work - the level sections felt so easy by comparison. Wore my O shoes which worked great on the packed snow in the shady parts and the mud and slush in the sunny parts.

Normal run down in the Wissahickon. The trails were pretty snow covered so getting down and back up was dicey. The main trail was icy and muddy in sections, okay in others. I, on the other hand, was mostly dragging - just felt slow and heavy and tired. Over 10:30 a mile. Not sure what's up.

3 miles down on Forbidden Drive at about 10:15 pace, plus the jog down and walk back. Felt really crummy; not sure if it's lingering effects from Texas, two days doing nothing or one too many beers last night (probably the last!).

It's easy to rack up lots of time when I do a red course! Rest day today - more because I'm so busy catching up at work than because I'm sore. My knee held up remarkably well actually.

Day 2 of the NTOA Interscholastic event. A much better day with only one real error (2 minutes), one bad route choice (another minute or two), and 2 or 3 sloppy executions but fast recoveries. A lot of fun orienteering and a nice weekend. It was over 80 degrees on Sunday afternoon which was a nice, albeit short, hiatus from Philly weather. (It was snowing when I got home!)

Event: Interscholastic Championships and Texas Shootout
 

Day 1 red course at the NTOA Interscholastic event. Not sure what posessed me to sign up for red, but I did, and I'm glad I did. My time is horrible but mostly because I was careless and made lots of 2-4 minute errors, probably 25 mins total. Nothing huge, never to the point of being confused about where I was after stopping, but lots of not reading my way all the way into the control. The vegetation wasn't great, but the mapping was accurate and it was easy to avoid the really bad stuff. Having done the model event, I knew which greens were okay to go through and which to stay out of. Despite everything, I enjoyed myself.

Just something to do while waiting for the pizza dough to rise. Was watching a movie that Dennis needed to watch for school.

Along the creek on Forbidden Drive. Felt a little peppier than on the weekend.

Tried out some new trails on the sides of the valley - found a very nice loop through the meadows. My legs were pretty tired out and I had to walk for a bit in a couple of places but I managed to keep my running pace (anyone else's jog) on all the uphills. Probably walked 5-6 minutes total on some flat sections and one downhill where I was afraid I'd turn an ankle since I was tired.

I wore my contacts which I usually only wear to orienteer. I've been having a lot of trouble with my eyes tearing so badly that I can't even see the trail (let alone read a map). The contacts made a difference; I guess they keep the wind and cold off the eyeball. It sounds bizarre, but if it works, it works!

10 mins to jog down, 5 miles along Forbidden Dr. at about 10 min/mi pace, 20 minutes walking home the long way through the woods. Felt very slow and sluggish and legs hurt by the end of the five miles. Kept thinking about cutting it short, but stuck with the original plan to do 5. We'll see how sore my knees are tomorrow!

3 miles on Forbidden Drive (29 minutes) andslow jog down and back home. The Drive was great today - most of the snow and ice is gone, but the ground is very wet so springy and soft. Enjoyed the running but it was hard work. Too little training lately and too much going out to eat (work related).

Normal 3 miles down on the gravel path by the creek at a little under 10 minute pace plus the 10 minute jog down and 15 minute walk home. Felt pretty good, took it easy and calf felt fine. (Resting it was probably key - it hurt pretty badly Friday and Saturday, but much improved Sunday and just a twinge yesterday.) About half the width of the main wide trail is snow free; the steep trails to get down and home though are another story!

Jogged down, did not quite 3 miles on Forbidden Drive at about 10:15 pace, walked home slowly. My calf started hurting at around 2 1/2 miles and I had to stop. Not sure if it was because I wore my O shoes (all the trails are packed snow so I wanted the spikes) or something else. Will see what tomorrow brings...

At least 1.6km in about 40 mins. (meant to do 64 lengths of the 25m pool - lost count so not sure exactly how many but made sure I did at least 64 and forgot to notice the exact times when I started and finished). Heater not working properly so water was cold! Last few laps my arms had goose bumps.