Training Log Archive: z-man

CSU Day 2 Red - Long. The plan was to survive. Started out good, legs felt quite fresh and orienteered well till #6 which i missed by 1.5 min. Then on the way to #9 began feeling weak and after #10 I was close to experiencing yesterday's disaster again. So I walked to #11 and then half jogged half walked till about # 20. Then recalled that I may get my scalp taken again if I continued to walk despite my promises to never let that happen again, so I started jogging faster despite feeling really crappy. To my relive, Peter was on the other course, and even more surprising, I barely beat Greg! What a day.

Sunday Red (raw) - Splits

Sunday Red - Splits

Event: CSU Pine Hill A-meet
 

CSU Semi - Middle Blue. The plan was simply not push and just not do anything stupid out there, so I was having an ok race, having only a 20 sec mistake on # 4, up until # 9 where I got confused by the trail network and totally forgot about contours. Spent some time running back and forth until it hit on me to look at the highway below, only then I figured that I ran near the bag twice already. This was really embracing mistake and I got kicked out of the final 10 as well.

CSU Middle Final - Blue. Didn't really have any plans for this one, perhaps only not to be caught by Emily I think. Started out really good by nailing the first bag, then messed up # 3 a bit on a rough bearing. Started feeling really sluggish on the way to #7 and then totally hit the wall at # 13. The heat and sickness took the toll on me and after spending some time on the ground I simply walked the rest of the way. Got my scalp taken by Peter, what else is there to say :)

I really liked the format of this event, I would imaging that announcements also kept those who stayed entertained while I was out in the woods.

Saturday Blue Semi - Splits

Saturday Blue Final - Splits

More of the same as yesterday. Switching antibiotics :(

A few very light core exercises with free weights.

Jogged on a treadmill, still too sick to run outside.

WP Blue - Middle. I've been sick since last Mon. and was really hesitant to do any kind of running, but the weather was just too nice, so after all, I decided to just go out and jog the course. I stuck to the plan and enjoyed the woods, walked all the uphills and tried to memorize the map for as much as I could. Too bad i messed up #2, otherwise I would've even had a decent time after all. I found the course to be interesting, though #6 was questionable to say the least, and really enjoyed woods around #8 and #9. I am hoping to get rid of whatever the virus I have before Boston, so that I could at least do more of actual running.

C • Harriman 2

Middle: Blue - Splits

I talked goats into going to Ansonia park where Greg is setting courses in May. We ran the red course while Greg was out putting the streamers for us. This is my second most favored place after Surbrige to orienteer, I really like this place. The course has really challenging legs with many possible macro and micro route choices. I caught up to Greg in a few places and we finished the last four controls together. Butt was hurting pretty much all the time, so I wasn't really pushing it and just enjoyed the navigational part.

C • fantastic 2

Easy run with K in Mills Res. after rain. This is really sweet and small park, despite some rocky sections, there are non rocky parts with very nice terrain. We did a few uphill all terrain surges and K did a few more on her own while I bailed out to the car.

Easy run to MB and back. Legs felt heavy and my quads still hurt, but my butt didn't really feel that bad! I am hoping that it will continue to feel that way and improve.

Note: I clearly remember how I felt the week after last year's PIG. I felt 100%, after struggling with sore knees almost entire winter. Then something happened at the Billigoat, but that's another story. So I am hoping that something similar happens this year as well and that the pain in my butt goes away.

C • Go Butt... 2

C • Happy Birthday! 8

PIG Sunday Long - RED. Legs felt tired from the relays and the pain in the butt served as a reminder to take it easy. Started slow, but after third bag found myself running faster. Kept an ok pace, wobbled # 6 by losing maybe a minute on the route choice and then some on #13, walked up the hill at the wrong angle and not really feeling any legs under. Was happy to be done and sit down on the ground. Great run by Carl who beat me by a minute and other juniors who weren't that much behind.

In a couple of days will probably know how my butt feels, as of this writing everything below waist is just very sore.

Sunday Long Red - Splits

Anchored the DVOA 4pts relay team. As usual, my teammates did a superb job on the first three legs, with Wyatt having a really solid run, so that all I had to do is to hang on to the lead. Despite knowing that Eric and Magnus where battling with each other not that far back, I kept running at a measured pace and never looked back. Not sure if I would've had enough legs under me if either of them caught up with me, but luckily it never got to that point and I was told that I still had 2 min on them with two bags to go. Thanks to Cascade and Canada teams for keeping it close and to OCIN for making this year's relay so well organized and fun.

C • congrats! 4

Saturday Red_4pt - Splits

Event: OCIN 25th Anniversary / Flying Pig XIII / Relay Champs