Training Log Archive: hamlet

whoa why did my HR shoot up that high? is it cuz of the heat or something? like I was running easy and most of it was downhill so...

dying but also glad I did them, chose a hill and ran up it 10x hard, break was walking down it.

why is it that every time after a workout I'm like "oh I should have done more" even though I'm dying at the end of the workout and, like today, I felt done at the 6th interval, but I pushed myself to 10. Like, I know that I'm doing the workouts hard enough, but an hour after it feels like I didn't. Weird stuff.
Also like eating? It's so hard to get myself to eat, like I have to force myself to eat stuff all the time because I never want to eat anything, and then at night when I go to bed I'm absolutely starving and I can't fall asleep because my stomach is growling to I get a quick dry bowl of cereal usually to calm my stomach down and that helps. It's just weird, I've always had the complete opposite issue.

C • Regulating 2

Mostly ropes, tiny bit of bouldering + nearly face plated onto a volume, like it was an inch from my face so that's fun.

Warm up on a 5.9 (lead), fell at 4th clip on purpose to practice falling, ended up hitting Lucka as she flew up from catching the fall (she knew I was gonna fall, so she was ready, she's just like 70 pounds lighter or something so yeah), got a bit freaked out about that cuz I was scared I hurt her and also falling half the climb and then crashing into your belayer is just kinda scary in general. Climbed back up and finished the climb.

5.11b (lead), very overhanging but with mostly easy holds, just sat on almost every clip because I'm weak, but it was technically really easy, every hold was a gorgeous jug. Wanted to climb this for a while but was nervous about trying it, glad I finally did because tbh the overhang (it was practiclly a roof) wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be.

5.11b (lead) on the short flat wall, sat twice because the clips were terrifying and for the middle two clips I held on to the holds from the neighboring 5.10b to clip with because honestly those were not holds I'd be able to clip from, especially since the wall was flat/almost a slab and the clips were kinda far, I was not about to take a whipper there. Other than the clipping it was pretty easy, just had to trust the holds.

5.11d (top rope) on the short flat wall again, I sat in 3 spots, twice because I slipped and fell because I trusted something I shouldn't have, once because it was just a really hard move that was very balance-y and it took me a bit to realize I need to flip my knee to the other side to stand up properly.

some bouldering, trying the V3 that's definitely at least a V4/5 (I still haven't seen a single person complete it), and then checking out some of the new climbs where one was like a run on volumes and catching a hold to the side, but my foot missed the second out of 3 volumes and just barely missed the third volume with my face. (there were other climbers there like 10x better than me that I could hear say "ooooooh" when I fell cuz like it was a close call)

then on the way home a big branch broke off and fell on the street in front of my car so ig I escaped death twice today, fun

11 sets of 10s EMOM hangboarding (first 6 were on the second easiest hold! moving up, let's gooo), then some shoulder, ankle, and core exercises

Event: QOC Upper Marlboro
 

First time using a new epunch! let's see how long I can keep this one safe from Oliver.

I'm pretty happy with this run. I was 100% clean, save for two route choices that might not have been the best, but they worked. For the first 8 controls I really tried to run consistently, and I did. I really ran the first half of the course, but then from 8 to 9 I decided to just walk it. I ran a bit towards the end, too, but I was pretty slow on 9, and kinda slow going to 10 and 11. Also my pants started falling apart so I was chafing really bad, I fixed it temporarily going to 12 and because I was sweaty and sticky, it stuck like that until the end. But yeah, ouch.

course comments in my splits
Second again, let's gooo! I'm happy about that. Really wish I ran more in the second half though, but I guess I just need to work on my endurance. I was worried about overdoing it and then crashing on the last few controls and not having any kick left and getting dehydrated. But I still beat Lucka by 18 seconds, so I'm not complaining :)

Overall the course felt not necessarily easy navigationally, but on the easier side. Definitely felt like a long course, with the longer legs and more emphasis on running and route choices than quick, precise navigation. Given that longs are the bane of my existence, I'm glad I didn't stick to green and pushed myself to try. Definitely felt like it was a good run and I got a good result from it.

Slightly rolled my kind-of-sprained ankle attacking #6, but I kept running and being more careful with it and then it was fine. Icing it now and will put a heat pack on later to get the blood circulating.

Red - Splits

high gravity day but I climbed this super super fun 10d

hot n humid and with Oliver, so I was a bit concerned about him towards the end, but he did good, I'm proud of him. Definitely won't be taking him on many long runs in the heat.

some drills (teching kids how to do them) and walking around

1min on 1 min off fartlek, after 5 I had to tie oliver back up and give him water cuz it was too hot and humid for him, so I was about 10 seconds over the minute of rest, so I took 5 seconds off the sprint and the rest afterwards to make up for it. Ankle felt fine, I was on pavement so it wasn't that bad. But I defiinitely felt it when I was tryin to climb a rope. I'll see how it feels on climbing tomorrow and on orienteering on Sunday. I really hope it'll be okay. Like, it doesn't hurt enough for me to not be able to run and do stuff, but in certain angles it hurts enough that I'm a bit concerned about if I should be resting it more. I probably just pulled a muscle a bit so I'll just try to take it a bit easy on the ankle, stick to pavement for a lil bit, and hopefully it'll feel fine by next week.

C • nice work! 2

lots of bench and a little bit of shoulders

ended up taking a rest day because my ankle hurts and I was so extremely tired and overwhelmed and everything so that's fun

8x 40m sprints on the track on every minute

really probably didn't need to log it but why not

walking for the rest of the time and flipping my watch around, accidentally cracked the screen so whoops.... I gotta get glue to glue down the screen on my backup watch and it should be fine

takin it easy

I sprained my ankle when falling off of the beginning of a 12b becasue it was a running start and I missed and hit the edge of the wall and mat and rolled it and now it hurts so that's super fun... I want to give it enough rest for it to heal, but I don't wanna stop running and training?

C • Rest 1

incline bench, bent over DB rows, deadlifts, and pain