Training Log Archive: hkleaf

Scheduled rest day.

75F, sunny - After staying up to watch the 10 mila coverage, my body was too tired to go orienteering this morning. So I slept in a bit and went for a late afternoon ride along the Little Miami Scenic Trail (from the Avoca Park trailhead) instead. Another nice day out. Quite a few folks on the trail, also saw several people fishing by the river. I rode past Ward's Corner (Camp Friedlander) and almost to Loveland, but turned back just before I-275 at the 45mi (to Yellow Spring?) marker.

After the bike ride, did a short little run to loosen up the legs. I ran down a trail that led out to the Little Miami River and ended, then down along the shore, up thru the flood plain terrain, and back to the car on trail.

Event: ICO Story-Middle Fork
 

Event: West Point A-Meet
 

Low 50s and rising, partly cloudy - 1/2 Pig Training group run. Checked out the start and finish area while running the first 4.5mi or so of the course. Nice day.

60s, sunny - After breakfast, went over to Burnet to re-run the Pig sprint. Tried out some different routes this time. Will have to compare splits to see if any of them were faster. As the leafs are now out, visibility and runnability in the forest aren't as great anymore. Overall didn't have too much problem, other than legs not able to run fast that is. Slighty overran #3 but quickly corrected.

***Something's messed up with my splits. I wonder if I accidentally hit stop (on a fall) enroute to #12 because I don't think I was running THAT fast.

Upper 60s, sunny - Sprint at French Park. Getting hotter and running on tired legs. Again, things look a little different with the leafs out. A ton more mistake this time around, which was disappointing.

Had a bit of trouble starting off, not able to find the patch of white forest as quickly. Then messed up #2 pretty bad. I turned into the woods 15m too soon, thinking a game trail was the one mapped. Fought with a bunch of green and banged my head a few times on low hanging branches before bailing out back to the vehicle track. I did better at #4 this time, though still drifted further left than expected. At least I spotted the rootstock at the trail junction. One trail appears more prominent than the other, but the map doesn't show that. #7 looks a bit funny - thought the reentrant looked more like a depression, but I could've been at the wrong place. Then I screwed up #8 - followed the indistinct trail to the ditch, but I was a bit high. Perhaps the vegetation obscured my view, I just couldn't find the ditch junction. Went down to the fench/ditch crossing and back up, still no luck. Fighting thru the green to #9 wasn't a smart idea either. Think my head wasn't quite into it.

Low 70s, partly cloudy, warm and sticky - Got some lunch after the sprints, then headed over to Middle Creek to have a look around. Had all the intentions to do an orienteering exercise, by picking out various features on the map and running to them, but my enthusiasm was quickly zapped by the ickiness of the conditions. The woods looked nice enough. I was just surprised to be running into spider webs everywhere. It was very uncomfortable to run with the strands hanging all over my arms, legs, and face. So after a while, I decided to stick with trails mostly and just check out the different areas of the map. This wasn't much of an improvement either, as the horse trails are quite soft and muddy. Finally called it quits after an hour. Didn't get to check out the N and SW parts of the map. Perhaps next time.

*note - the map printed out real purplish. I wonder what I need to do in order to get the colors right?

Various stretching throughout the day.

Lots of upper body workout doing yard work in the early evening. I'm drained.

Level 10, Hills, 550c.

A bit of everything.

Daily routine of ankles and core.

Level 10, Random, 745c.
Track workout cancelled due to storm/tornado watch.

Hills, 678c.
45' @ Level 7, 15' @ Level 8, and 30' @ Level 10 as my legs warmed up to the effort. Still lacking in power to generate an adequate HR.

75F, sunny - 1/2 Pig training run from Ault Park. Another gorgeous day before the storm hits. Bob tried something different with the route today, taking the trail down to Red Bank, then up Erie and back into the park through the trail again. Tough little run for those who aren't used to trails, but fun for me. Hamstrings still a bit sore, but legs continuing to get better by the day.

After the run, we had a cookout at the park together with the marathon group, who ran a different longer route.

gmap route

Back to the daily routine.

Before bed.