Training Log Archive: Charlie

Wright Road to Case St to 219 back up devil's elbow. Hot and difficult. Panting like Hazel.

Event: WCOC Bethel Schools meet
 

First sprint at Bethel Schools. Lost about 30 seconds at the start getting oriented, and about 30 seconds of dumb route choice on #5. Otherwise not bad, just slow. Very hot.

2nd Sprint. Heat and exertion apparently got to me, as several significant errors, on #2, #3 and #7. Also quite slow. Kind of fun that I got passed twice by a couple of guys running together who were going quite fast. They passed me between 4 and 5, and then at #7, and went stroking by #8, barely slowing down. Finished about a minute or so behind me.

Sprint 1 - Splits

Sprint 2 - Splits

Out and back from Pleasant Valley to Sandisfield. A very pleasant morning, but started raining as soon as I got on the road and rained the whole time. 1:23 up the hill and :58 back. Idea was to keep it mellow, but had a fair amount of neck and upper back pain early, and a rousing headache in the last 10 miles. Longest ride of the season, and led to a nap in front of the US Open later.

Pleasant Valley loop with Zack. He was rather enthusiastic for the first few miles, but got bored and we slowed down and cut it short. Too bad. Great day for a ride.

Green course from the snow meet at Sessions last December. Would have been easier with streamers! Visibility not great, footing tricky because of thigh high ferns over most of the course. Missed the first couple, and very slow otherwise. Cut off after #8 and went directly to #12 and in. Logged area in the center that has been progressing from rough open to green is pretty darn green now. Most prominent species is chestnut saplings. Ended up going around it, mostly, whereas going through was a reasonable route last winter.

C • vegetation 5

Excursion down in Pleasant Valley with Rhonda. Pretty flat, felt good.

Very nice activity for recovery from rogaining! Felt really quite good, riding on the flats (mostly) down in Pleasant Valley and Riverton.