Training Log Archive: jtorranc

Block vetting for the US Champs classic model event and for Keg's day - 5 to six hours of occasional jogging, mostly walking, and a fair bit of standing looking at things. A fair number of small map corrections to do in Keg's terrain than that can be put to bed. The model event map still needs some work.

Out of order here - cycling to Cleveland Park on my way to catch my ride to the vetting. Comedy of errors as I got there, prepped my bike for locking, phoned Nadim to tell him I'd meet him at Dave's rather than his place and then entered the Metro without actually locking my bike, forcing us to drive through rather than around DC on the way south to secure it. Good thing bike thieves apparently sleep in on Sunday mornings.

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Four Seasons 5K at 8:10am and Lake Accotink QOC event in the afternoon.

All my cycling - to the 5K then to the library and home then the round trip between the Franconia-Springfield Metro and Lake Accotink.

Sprint Four the Cure 5K - strange race without numbers and therefore without official results, just a clock at the finish so you could check your time. Second, just over 30 seconds out of first and the sole male prize, a round trip on American Airlines (no limitations mentioned but I tend to assume it would have been only for destinations in the US, possibly only the continental US). Still, must admit, that's a heck of a prize and I'll no doubt take a stab at it or its equivalent next year, unless my 5K form deteriorates. Course not, to my knowledge, certified and overwhelmingly on the gravel C&O Canal towpath with some sharp turns and stairs involved in the two bridge crossings so perhaps I shouldn't put much stock in the time but I certainly hope I can reverse the current trend and manage something closer to my PR the next time I step onto a certified flat course.

QOC Lake Accotink - the point maximising all controls in ascending numerical order route for Sid Sachs' score-o. A lovely day in the woods, some confusion trying to ignore the new and/or shifting trails in parts of the map, one of which led Sid to believe someone had filled in the pit he intended to use as a control location when it was just 15 to 20 meters upslope of where he ended up putting the control, presumably by placing it in about the right spot relative to the nearest trail - Peggy and I arrived at the pit just about simultaneously to share a moment of befuddlement and resignation to searching the vicinity before spotting the flag.

Control pickup - left to run to the far western part of the map with about 20 minutes to go before course closed and picked up all the controls on the way back east. Moved pretty slowly to very slowly, mostly walking once I had enough controls to make running feel awkward.

Cycling to work by way of the aquatic center. Home with food shopping at both TPSS locations - t'would be nice if they would harmonise their prices but only, of course, if they always did so by adjusting the higher price downwards.

Flutterkicking.

Pool running with jazz accompaniment once more, livelier this time than last. Hopefully everything will now feel good tomorrow morning during the 5K and tomorrow afternoon at Lake Accotink - indications now are positive.

Cycling to work - below 20 degrees Celsius today. I may have to start carrying tights and my cycling jacket around with me again very soon. Home by way of volunteer party at PCRM.

Abdominal exercises in front of The Colbert Report.

Mostly one-legged squats but also 3 sets of the eccentric hamstring exercise for each leg.

Cycling to work. Pleasantly cool - low 20s. Straight home in the evening.

Warmup/cooldown.

Silly walks, 9x100m strides and jogging rests between those and the hills logged separately.

5 times up the hill, somewhat more than equal rest between each time.

Cycling to work. Feels like my calves have turned the corner - soreness definitely much diminished since yesterday morning. No diversions on the way home though I did pause for chinups.

Spent most of the evening working in OCAD but took a break for abdominal exercises.

Another break from OCAD work to do several sets of one-legged squats. Plan is to do these one or two more times and then start doing them with something beyond body weight.

Cycling to work and home by way of the aquatic center.

Flutterkicking.