Training Log Archive: matzah ball

warmup, drills, strides on y track

parks to garden, then some alley hills on way back

Energy levels having gone up paradoxically by giving up chocolate products, I've realized that there must be a mental aspect to this as well as a physiological one. My theory for the physical is that stimulants in chocolate were disrupting nervous system pathways for recovery and rest. And guess what, the nervous system is tied into something called the brain.

As a corollary to the physical aspect of eating chocolate and feeling a definite buzz or rush of well-being, I noticed I was planning my day around the chocolate event i.e. 'workout, chocolate, then another workout' or 'easy workout/recovery, chocolate, then workout first thing the next day fueled by residual chocolate buzz' or even more simply 'why do I feel so @#$% tired, I can't live like this, ok, here goes choco down the hatch'! I would realize this is exactly how a junkie feels, but would justify it as some sort of medication for the aged or possibly depressed.

So the chocolate was blocking nervous system mechanisms of proper recovery, but also thought patterns conducive to independence, strength and humility. I was trying to force particular workouts to happen, and thinking too much about the next step without paying attention to the one I was taking that instant. Instead of letting things come to me, and recognizing them as they came along. I was not listening, not listening to my body, not listening, not stilling myself, in a contemplative sense, to my mind or the spirit beyond the mind. So now I realize the physiological stresses and travails of that process had a mirror-image counterpart in my mental make-up.

C • Chocolate 2

20E, 2T w/ 2R, 20 E on gravel track. 7:15, 7:09. Those times tell me I am rounding into good shape, not great but ok.

turn on water, mostly greenway paths. bike legs are coming back.

pharmacy, library - gravel track and street. Gateway Cup at Francis today.

8 x 300 w 2.5R, went well, more challenging of all systems than 200, but not as much work as 400's. and kicked some of the pallet-dragging out of my legs. 1:10, 1:08, 1:05, 1:08, 1:07, 1:07, 1:07, 1:02

watching diamond league distance events

marker for dragging 200#+ treated yellow pine pallets around site

Event: 2018 Rocky Mountain Orienteering Festival
 

One week without chocolate products. I was thinking maybe stimulants were disrupting my nervous system and ability to recover. I think my hunch is paying off, in terms of less fatigue, being able to train better.

wilmore park in light rain, filled need to be by some trees however humble

warmup outside, then back to gym for progression intervals that started over 8 min pace and worked down to 7 min pace...though the couple of tight turns, the tangents and dodging traffic need to be factored in. thank goodness the direction was reversed from yesterday.
the first interval was the longest, and here are the lap times as an example. so it was something like 15 min, 2min walk, 8 min, 2 min walk, 6 min.

(first interval) start w 5 min at 47s, then 46, 45, 43, 45, 44, 43, 42, 42, 42, 40, 40, 41, 41, 39, 40.

excellent training, breaks pace into small chunks for easy monitoring, and works on strength endurance, which is key for me.

jog on track and ellipt to warmup

30 seconds of 8mph @ 4% which daniels says is equivalent to 6 min pace. that didn't seem enough for the short sprints i wanted to do so went w 10mph @ 4% (4:55 effort). did 6 x 25 sec w/ 1.5R jog in between

most of the usual weights and associated drills