Training Log Archive: GlenT

Event: DVOA Norristown State Hospital
 

Sprint 1 at Norristown State Hospital. Legs still pretty tired from racing on Sunday. Had a brain lapse on the way to 8 and lost map contact and maybe 30 seconds figuring things out. Small bobbles on 9 and 10 (attacked 10 from the field rather than from the trail, which would’ve been better). Fun courses by Tom O with route choices on most of the legs. Lots of fast running on pavement or short grass. Sunny, 80ish with lower humidity.

Sprint 2 at NSH. Cleaner run than the first sprint. Misread the circle placement on #2 and headed to the inside corner of the building rather than the outside corner. Also had to wait for a bus to pass on this leg.

Sprint 1 - Splits

Sprint 2 - Splits

Final field check of a few things at Green Lane. I wish big trees would stop blowing down.

C • green 2

Mostly on the Perkiomen Valley Trail which is either gravel or paved. One small loop off into the woods on a trail which occasionally exceeded my capabilities (I haven’t figured out uphill with roots and/or rocks yet). Got to practice riding in soft mud.

Quadzilla Trail Race at Trexler Preserve. Nominally 15k but it was a bit long this year (as we had been warned). The course has been different each of the three times I’ve done it, although they manage to retain some key features: stream crossings and monster hills. This year’s course had more of both than in previous years including two diagonal crossings of the Jordan Creek and two hills I had never climbed before (and several more which I had been up). And to make it extra badass, when the race started at 7:30am in was already in the upper 70s with a mid-70s dew point with the sun out to drive it into the mid-80s while we raced.

Coming into the first aid station at about 3.5 miles I felt pretty crappy so I spent a couple of minutes there consuming water, Gatorade and watermelon then continued, walking anything uphill. Much of the next stretch was in the woods and there was some breeze, so I started feeling better. Lots of walking for the rest of the race but there were some downhills where I could move at a decent clip. One of my calfs started to cramp on the final descent to the finish but I was able to continue running. Finished 3rd in M60+, about 17 minutes back of two younger guys. 130th overall out of 400 registered - I’ll need to see the results to see how many actually ran and finished. Edit: 354 finishers, 10 M60+, 3 guys older than me (67, 67, and 70).

Event: Ottawa O-Fest
 

Peace Valley Park in Bucks County. On the paved path around the lake at a pretty low intensity. Upper 80s and humid. Watch was stopped for about 17 min and 4 km - posted data adjusted.

Little Lehigh Parkway, exploring more of the trails in the woods. Upper 80s and stupid humid but hadn’t actually run since Sunday and wanted to be sure I remembered how. OK in the woods and shade except for the copious sweating part.