Training Log Archive: Charlie

Regular session with Eric. More tender in the back than usual, so more stretching, balance and core than anything else.

From home, down Wright Rd to 179 and over to W Simsbury. Up Firetown and over to Barndoor Hills and back to the center of W Simsbury, where Zack picked me up.

2 dog loops, one with R&S, the second with just R, as Sassy had had enough of that foolishness,

Course A from last weekend. This is about as fast as I can go at my current level of fitness. Certainly no trouble running right to the flags, so no time lost in navigation.

At Stanclift, with Rhonda

2 dog loops with Rhonda and Sassy.

In the gym doing most of the exercises I usually do with Eric.

A little setback, as I suffered a rather nasty spasm under my L scapula doing pushups. Stopped right away, but the harm was already done and I have been rolling it as much as possible.

A nice visit from Matthew for some wedding prep, cleaning out the barn, a shopping trip to Home Depot.

First outing of the year at Stanclift. Very windy, so didn't want to stay out too long. Nice otherwise. Two kingfishers, some turtles on a rock, vultures overhead.

Spent several hours with Zack spreading woodchips on the trails. Or not exactly chips, more like mostly shredded branches and leaves. We got a couple of big dump truck loads from the guys who are clearing along the powerlines in the neighborhood. At first I despaired of what I would do with them, because carrying them around by bucket or in the back of the Polaris didn't seem to make much of a dent, and then they needed some raking to even them out and that was not at all ok with my back. Then we thought up the idea of using our old manure spreader, which has been gently waiting since about 2000 for us to pay it any attention. Remarkably, we were able to get it to work, after applying a lot of grease and motor oil to some well rusted mechanisms. When I had used it years ago, I only had one tractor and so it was pretty laborious to fill it, then hook back up, take a load out and then unhook to fill it again, etc. Pretty sure I only used it for horse manure back then, and I had a pretty ready supply of it for several years. Anyway, only one part that I saw that is in serious danger of failure, and with two tractors (one to power the spreader and one to fill the bin) we made short work of the two piles, spreading it nice and evenly (and quickly) on the trails. I will try to acquire a new pulley for it, which seems to be working for now, but is seriously rusted out. Now we have used up all our free chips and have to see if we can get a bunch more. About 4 more loads like the two we had seems about right.

Sprint B. Just an estimate, as the Garmin did a trick it did a few weeks ago. It had a lot of trouble syncing, then after re-booting it and dealing with some more failed syncs it finally announced it had completed the sync, but when I tried to pick up the track, it had re-loaded a run from a few weeks ago and called it today.

I wasn't feeling all that spunky, and stopped twice anyway, once to tie on a control that had fallen and once to drag a branch out of the trail.

regular session with Eric. Going better every time. More lat pulldowns and rowing this time.

I think my best time of this fledgling season, and not too hard for me.
2:08.8
2:06.7
2:04.9
2:03.8

C • Excellent! 2

Zack talked me into spreading some wood chips on the trail. We have a rather substantial pile of them courtesy of the guys clearing the power lines along the road. This turned out not to be a good idea, as using a shovel to even them out caused some significant back distress, may take a few days to calm down.

Just trying it out at Stanclift with Rhonda. I am not a regular or particularly skilled swimmer, but I think I may do more of it this year. Very favorable. This is the most lubricated my shoulders have felt since before three shoulder surgeries in the last 8 years or so, and the lingering injury before the first one that bugged me since my 20s. All thanks to my regular workouts with Eric, I'm sure.

Event: RMOC Rocky Mountain Orienteering Festival
 

Got home early from RI, so went out for a little exercise, same ride I have done lately, down past Ski Sundown, up along the reservoir, a little extra including a killer hill and met Zack at Stanclift Cove for a quick dip.

All day in RI. A little walking around, a little stretching in the hotel room, but not much physical activity.