Training Log Archive: silkychrome

recovery hike w Erl n T at Chubb. lots of off-leash work for T and she did great.

Turkey-O at Raging Rivers. 3hr score-o. cleared it! 1 legit route choice mistake (didn't plan to go to 7 until too late) and a couple nav errors (7, 11) but nothing major. a lot of veg to fight thru! fun running solo and reminded me how much i enjoy navigating.

EZ spin on the Katy w Erl to stretch out legs.

Kirkwood/Webster 3-Mile Turkey Run! always trying for sub-20 on Thanksgiving but no pressure. had a great first mile, then got a side stitch in mile 2 that made breathing difficult. got that to go away but too much time lost to sneak in under 20. fun run tho. 5400 registrants!!

then the 6-mile run as a shake-out w Erl. super tight L hammy. walked thru a beer stop and water stop. but good energy!

morning run w Erl n T.

into work. dressed perfect. nice morning!

back home, rolled in just as the rain was starting.

Greeny w Erl. a fun day! finally found the overlook...amaz0rs.

Event: Possum Trot XVII
 

a mix of Katy and Bangert singletrack and unofficial trails w Erl.

morning run w Erl n T. super nice out. 2 swims and 2 back dances for T, she was pretty tired at the end.

heavy pack in

ride in to work. stopped by a flat and a failed inflator and no pump.

couple mile run w my bike before Erl was able to rescue me :)

early AM run w Erl. T looked sleepy so we left her to nap.

Lewis trail out to the overlook w Erl n T to see the supermoon rise. and back after the clouds cleared.

then we drove past The Mound and noticed some headlamps and decided to check it out. super cool astronomer telescope demo at the base of The Mound and on top we met Kevin who had a spotting scope showing the moon craters! so cool to open this area up at night for the event. lots of families enjoying the moon.

lap around Queeny w Erl, T, and Andrei! first we let T zing around the dog park for a bit so we could keep up. then 2 swims for her on a frosty AM.

CW8 course "work"

early AM run w T and Erl. i slept 11 hours last night. trying to decompress.

ride into work. to all of the Veterans on AP...THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!

AM run w T. she started out a bit slow but then got a chance to swim (40F air temp...nuts) and was super happy after that.

unfortunately i am not super happy. so disappointed w election results. not that Clinton was amazing but i was proud to vote for her. i greatly dislike Trump and have zero confidence he will make a difference for the people who voted for him, while hurting those who voted against him. state races in MO not great either. sorry, world.

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recovery hike w Erl n T at Chubb. so nice out!

Red Dog 100 in Jefferson City.

cold at the start. knee warmers, shorts, SS base layer, armwarmers, SS jersey, vest, wisp jacket, buff, LF gloves bike gloves. rolled out in the crowd, close to the back, but i was cold and needed time to warm up. moved into 3rd girl by CP1 (mile 37) 4min down on 2nd, and 8min down on 1st.

continued riding kinda hard and caught 2nd (Dr. Kate) about mile 50. we traded places a LOT. rode together a bit and she is doing CW8 w a 4PF team of first-timers! awesome. i couldn't figure out who was stronger at what...she was climbing better but had higher gearing so i was hoping that was wearing her legs out. but on the flats she would move ahead too. so i guess i was keeping up on the downs? no idea.

i almost missed CP2 (mile 79) because it came up sooner than i thought and not actually at Hamm's Prairie Store. pulled a u-ie in the road and swapped bottles, Dr. Kate was there too. she was away first. i didn't know if she was trying to attack or not, i really did not have any higher gear available to respond if she did/was, but fortunately my tempo speed was enough to hang in.

then about mile 81, Don B and his buddy John rolled up on SS, and we chatted a bit and i gave them the rundown on the battle. all 4 of us glommed together for a bit and then i had an edge on a super-steep uphill out of a low-water crossing. i "attacked" w this advantage and tried to stay ahead. we had a lot of short steep hills leading into Tebbetts (mile 91) which i think helped my cause.

after dropping into the MO River flats i was alone and just tried to drill it for the remaining 17 miles home. checked over my shoulder a lot, couldn't see anyone but didn't ever get a good long look back. in the last 3 miles i did see a lone rider back but couldn't tell if it was Dr. Kate or not. also my ears started itching like allergies and i was a bit stressed. finally made it to the finish line in 2nd girl, 9min behind 1st and 5min ahead of 3rd.

after the race i had a full-blown hives outbreak. i didn't eat anything new or not prepared by me. the only thing i can think of was i ate a homemade turkey sandwich at noon and the meat may have been contaminated?? like the factory didn't clean the machine enough?? kinda scary if that is my tolerance level. anyway i had drugs with me so took a cetirizine (generic Zyrtec) and laid in the W bathroom for an hour. hives and swollen everywhere but after about 45min it started to go down. then i got to re-join the party for tacos and music!

super proud of this effort. i did not give up on myself and gave an even, hard effort for the whole course. enjoyed the back-and-forth w Dr. Kate and it seemed like she was having a great ride too. legs hurt!

C • Congratulations! 5

C • Mystery hives 1

OT100 pacing!...supposed to be but Dwayne was in rough shape coming into the mile 65 aid station (Hazel Creek) so he called it and we all chatted in the smelly van for a while.

into work late after sleeping thru post-World Series alarm (congrats Cubs!).

ride back home.

EZ run w Erl and T before teaching AR101.

into work.

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because all the cool kids in STL are run commuting now.

but srsly this was an awesome run. descended each mile, not really on purpose until mi 6. then i knew i had to go for 7 and 8. yaaaas.

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