Training Log Archive: jtorranc

Event: QOC Lake Accotink
 

Event: Susquehanna Stumble XVI - Adams Creek
 

Non-Metro parts of getting to Lake Accotink and back. Could have been shorter but I didn't make it to Columbia Heights in the morning quite in time to catch the first train so I continued riding to Foggy Bottom to intercept the blue line train I would have transferred to there.

Lake Accotink Advanced MTBO - hadn't entirely appreciated when I set MTBO courses here a couple of seasons ago just how much rougher/strewn with minor human-installed obstacles the trails are than the ones at Rosaryville. Fun trying to navigate a denser trail network at speed - course was less route choicy than what I did but probably calling for a bit more split second decision making in consequence, rather than pondering route choices on long legs. Was fairly clean, just under 2 minute lost says AP to one poor route choice (should have taken the time to turn the bike around and leave the control in the other direction from 7 to 8), one map problem and one silly riding past the finish and having to come back up the hill, and had plenty of power to the pedals, when called for, but I'm sure I was losing lots of time on the more technical sections of trail to more confident descenders and bunnyhoppers of small logs laying across the trails. Still, good enough for second place. I wonder what it would take to interest Jeff Dickey (1st, just over 5 minutes ahead) in the national team - my impression is he may be too successful in straight MTB racing, at least locally, to be tempted.

QOC Lake Accotink Red - second again, much closer behind Ken than I was behind Jeff Dickey in the MTBO, with a slightly less clean performance that a compass probably would have ameliorated. Will be satisfied with that, especially the fact that the hamstring tweaked in the 5K a week ago Saturday didn't complain, during or afterwards.

Red - Splits

Lake Needwood Cross Country 10K? No, morning was given over to A meet planning, with site visits to the start and finish areas at Fountainhead and Hemlock Overlook.

Return from downtown, stopping at the library to help with the book sale in progress, mostly the all hand on deck packing up and getting unsold books not being sold on to Better World Books back upstairs into our assigned storage room.

Cycling to the library in the morning to help set up for book sale then downtown to pick up rental car on the way to work.

Most of the days utilitarian cycling.

MBT time trial southbound.

Hamstring feeling mostly back to normal but I think I'll let running wait until orienteering on Sunday. If that goes off with no warning signs, let alone problems, I'll resume a more normal mix of running and cycling next week.

CCT time trial, a bit slow with legs apparently feeling the effects of doing it two days in a row on top of the shorter hard efforts on the way in to work for mornings in a row. Time to take a couple of easy days, which I conveniently need to do to fulfill other commitments tomorrow and Saturday anyway.

Non-intense parts of commute plus riding out to Bethesda for an A meet planning meeting.

MBT time trial southbound.

CCT time trial on the way to Bethesda.

Non-intense parts of commute.

MBT time trial southbound, with twice having to slow because of large trucks of earth movers crossing or threatening to cross the path.

Photo caption in an article on the Guardian's web site - "Fongafale Island, the capital island of Tuvalu, is about 150 meters (less than 500 miles) wide at its widest point....". Perfectly true, I don't doubt, but I nevertheless hope someone is in for some remedial lessons on SI versus Imperial units.

Most of the ride from rental car return to work.

MBT southbound into a slight headwind. Legs a bit lacking in pep - fatigue combined with a cold that blossomed overnight on Saturday.