Training Log Archive: Wyatt

Recovery
Rancho, Trails, Hills, late evening (after travel to CA & work)

Event: DVOA French Creek State Park East
 

Waffled on whether I'd even do this event, given Angelica wanted to run a 10 mile in the morning and not come. When I realized the 10 mile race had an 8am start, I realized I could make it to the 11am mass start of this, so I hauled myself out there.

I had little breakfast though - a few snacks at the 10 mile race while watching kids and dog (incl. getting the kids into a kids-fun-run) so was out of ernergy quickly - after about 1 hour.

I was also impressed that only about 25 controls (?) spread out on one French Creek map would be so challenging to get in 3 hours, so it was at 1 hour as I was running out of fuel, that I realized I wasn't going to get them all, and I revised plans to just aim back at that point. One bad turn (through a lot more green) led me to skip another long forest leg, and by the last 20 minutes, I had decided to just run it in on the road, ran than even take 10 more minutes and pick up another 2 controls.

Despite taking it easy, I had one fall on the rocks that broke the Garmin strap off my arm. It took 5 minutes for me to realize it was missing, run back and find it...

Good to be on a map and get practice navigating. Again, I need to work on pre-run and pre-race prep, even when I'm not being too serious, to make the best of the time I'm out there.

C • 10 Miler 2

Short warm up (running to registration, then toilet, then back, missing the mass start by ~3 minutes.) No cool down.

Event: Wissahickon Trail Classic
 

Before Wissahickon Trail Classic 10k. Didn't leave myself much time for a warmup, but could've been worse...

Wissahickon Trail Classic. ~25th, behind 1st woman.

Lost ~25 seconds at one poorly marked turn, letting Clem get back in sight (behind) me. Finished 4 minutes behind Greg Ahlswede, vs. only 2 minutes 2 (or 3?) years ago. I'd have been happy with 2 1/2, or even 3, but 4's slipping... It wasn't the best AM prep. I think I need to practice my AM prep...

Results

Cooldown loop w/Greg & Clem, checking out the poorly marked corner.

Felt really hard on the cooldown (I was dragging behind Greg & Clem), but HR wasn't even consistently level 2. :(

National Trails day @ Valley Forge Betzwood. AJ & Oriana mass started, I followed Oriana.
Good news - Oriana ran well, less than 50% back from AJ
Growing up: After AJ got out of sight in front of us (about halfway), I realized it was a pretty crowded day at park for AJ to be off on his own. But he was fine, knew where to go to find/meet us after.

Time is the jogging part of the shadowing.

Recovery Day (rest before 2 weekend races, esp. Sat.)
Trails @ VF Fatlands w/Angelica & Tom again

Easy day - Chesterbrook to Summerhill w/Tom & Angelica

Track intervals. 85, humid. Breeze was little relief.

7x400, 2x200
89, 88, 87, 86, 86, 88, 88
36, 37

Low max HR suggests I could've been pushing the 400's harder, but it was tough in the heat (and perhaps tough with heavy-from-the-weekend legs.) L-Hamstring twitchy anyway. Will tape before sleep.

Incredibly slow night run in the heat. 9pm, still about 85+humid. So glad the Trials wasn't this bad.

To Magnus's and back.