Training Log Archive: Charlie

Plan was to run the Art Sweeton loop with Hazel, but she was apparently feeling lethargic, so off by myself. Down on the so-called Buttonhole trail, some noise off on the right and there were three nice fuzzy bear cubs, looking like about 40-50 lbs each, and their mom keeping an eye on them. The cubs scrambled up trees. They move very fast. And I backed up a bit and found a different route, running past the small pond and up through the clearcut and up and down on some of the newer trails a few times.

Additional AOWN: A beaver has taken over my small pond (Ellen's pond). Water level is way up, it's kind of messy, and there is a lodge at the northern end of the pond. This explains why the water level is so high in the marsh. I need to build a bridge on one of the newer trails where it is too wet to cross now.

workout of the day was supposed to be rounds of 400M run and max pullups, however many you can do in 20 minutes. My 400M course I think is somewhere between 500 and 550, and I walk up and down the stairs to the pullup bar in between, but I make up for it by not making very many pullups. runs were 2:45; 2:48; 2:51; 2:49 and 2:46. Pullups 10-10-8-8-6. Hard, but not a real maximum effort, and not as tough as some of the other workouts that involve thrusters.