Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: RHINO night-O
 

Rick P's rejected analogies

C • The other day Newt Gingrich... 2

Pecan pie's in the oven--excuse me, make that a maple pecan pie.

C • maple pecan pie 6

Short Night-O course at Ratlum, nominally 2.0 km. Once I got my lights and figured out where north was I could figure out the trails to 1. Took trail around the long way to 2, but then decided to try to bash through the green to 3 (bad decision; made the same bad decision last time here. Stayed in the green again 3-4, rather than cutting through the fenced area. All much slower in the dark, of course :-) ). Otherwise no major problems though I would have left the trail sooner to 8 in daylight. Bashed my shin on the hill climb to 11; ran around the barn at 12 (control was on "outside corner" but actually slightly up a small hill from the corner and I was looking down, not up).

On the trail on my way to 4, someone was headed the other way saying "I should go to 3 before 13" (someone on the longer course, whose 3 was the same as mine, and whose 13 was my 4).

I was just going to add it was an uneventful drive home, but then remembered the meteor that both Glen and I saw as we left Winsted, headed west on Rt 44 in CT. Lucky, maybe?

Thanks to Charlie for the courses, and to both C & R for their gracious hospitality.

RHINO-short - Splits

Walked to the P.O. to mail a bill and some cards; bought some more 'forever' stamps (before the price goes up a penny each, big savings!). Not logging as I wasn't pushing it.

Also, heard a Christmas-y song on local NPR station, which sounded quite disturbing, as it was "Silver Bells" smashed with/sung over the instrumentals for "Every Breath You Take". Here's the explanation.

About 3-4" of wet snow on top of rain-soaked ground (I heard 1.5" or rain). Supposed to be in low 40s and sunny later--maybe it'll go away again.

No tools; lots of upper body which I modified when I could.

Warming up for intervals, but legs felt heavy so stopped after 1/2 mile. Switched to walking and upping the incline (and switched treadmills too as the one I was on had the 'stop' button stick when I hopped off to retrieve a renegade pad of paper and it wouldn't restart).

Walking/hiking, starting with 0.5 mi at 3.5% incline; 0.5 mi @ 5%; then quarter miles at 3, 8, 3, 5.

Didn't feel quite as energetic today, maybe because I woke early and couldn't get back to sleep. Good continuous motion workout, though.

Resistance bands.

Hill program level 2. 1.90 miles
MHR 140 but mostly was in the 115-125 range

Legs felt remarkably sprightly in class today despite the multiple races this weekend. And it's so warm out that I think I need to get a walk in today too--how could I waste mid 50s on Dec 5th?

MB CC and back. Since it was fairly late (as sunlight goes), I wore a white shirt and reflective armbands. Seemed to work; people saw me and sometimes even made room.

Event: WCOC Sessions Woods
 

Green course at Sessions, set by Bill Duncan. Nice course, though I had to distract myself on the uphill slog from 11-12 by looking around for features along the way. :-) [there's that reentrant; oh, there's that cliff face...] A little trouble finding the correct boulder group at 12.

EDIT: FR -- 5.866 km

"errors" on AP splits, besides on 12, mostly just reflect slow-on-hills.

AOWN: Flushed a couple of birds in the woods (didn't see what kind but heard a sound like pigeons or doves taking flight). On the drive home, 1 deer (had already crossed but I slowed anyway in case there were others), and 1 cat. :-)

Green - Splits