Training Log Archive: PG

Fun run from Phil's, partly with him, partly with 3 other guys, partly by myself. Pace was just a little quicker than I wanted, so after 50 minutes I went a different way on my own. Legs were feeling a bit battered toward the end. Need to do more longer runs.

10K race at Forest Park in Springfield. Didn't feel good when I was warming up, but I've learned that is an unreliable indicator. And then for the first couple of miles I didn't think I was doing so well, but part of that was due to forgetting exactly where the mile markers were and therefore miscalculating my pace, and partly due to Seth (one of the guys I judge may pace off of) starting off faster than usual, which I didn't find out until afterwards. Phil, however, was his usual bit ahead, and like last time I slowly caught and passed him around 3 miles, which we passed in 20:41. Not so bad, that's the slower part of the course. So I pushed it on the 4th mile, felt like i was losing it on the 5th but hung on, ditto on the 6th, and surprised myself by being 34 seconds faster than 4 weeks ago, new single age record again. Conditions were perfect, and unreal for mid-January -- bare pavement, sunny, temps in the 40s, shorts and t-shirt weather. And the fact that the vaue of the G has returned to its long-term baseline certainly doesn't hurt.

Nice seeing George/Lyn and Charlie/Rhonda there too!

Splits: 20:41, 6:33, 6:47, 6:32, 1:24.

C • vaue of the G 22

Warm-up.

Very easy cool-down with the Walkers and Phil, managed to find a bit of ice/mud/water and therefore was on the receiving end of some heckling for my route choice.

To work for a while until the power went off, then caught in a traffic jam coming home (no movement on I-91 for 30 minutes), then to Litchfield to deal with some things at my mother's. A run just didn't make it.

On Mt. Toby, race course to the top (70:23), back via the S curves. Lots of bare ground after the heavy rains yesterday, also a lot of running/standing water, and still some ice which was really slippery. Got a little tired towards the end, but an ok outing.

With Phil in the January Hills. Unexpectedly good conditions -- 4 inches of new snow over ice, but the snow started as rain so the first bit of snow fell on wet ice and bonded. Hardly slippery at all, though I did win the falls competition 1-0. Relaxed pace, legs felt fine, sunny and beautiful.

C • what terrain! 6