Training Log Archive: zerfas

ran easy. Ran 4 X 100 m. Did not add the time in for these. Very warm easily mid 70's with sun.

Planned to run with VHTRC on their annual memorial run. On this run you visit the different memorials. I ended being the only one to show up so I ran to most of them all alone. Some places in the run there was a lot of climb and drop. Visited the Io Jima, Air Force and Arlington Cemetary. Planned to run only 10 just ended up being more mileage to reach these memorials. Very ideal temps started in low 50 and mid 60's before I finished.

More kicking in the water with only a few laps of freestyle to warm up. Plan to meet with a personal trainer in lieu of going to PT for my back. Plan to try this for a few sessions and if this does not work go to PT. The swimming stretches my back out just it only feels good for about 1/2 day.

Cleaned up the backyard leaves and brought them to the edge of the property. Prepared the house for the winter kind of funny to do when it was well into the 70's and sunny all afternoon. Took a catnap.

ran easy. Perfect running weather with overcast and low 60's.

Swam a couple of laps for warm up the rest was just kicking using all four strokes. The swimming helped me stretch.

Used the scale for luggage to weigh myself. Spent most of today just eating so probably back to my regular weight. Massage this evening. The results of the Stone Cat Ale marathon are posted and I finished 23th out of 133.

leaf raking. One large tree is lost all of its leaves so raked all of the leaves to the edge of the property for pick up by the county.

Ran the brown course at the NEOC meet held at Breakheart reservation. OK until control number 4 lost at least 25 mins disappointing when I got to it since I was within about 20 m of it and did not get it. My brother ran with me also. Running the marathon played a part in the slow time since some of the uphill I would normally run OK was very tough. Last couple of controls lots of thicker woods to deal with. On a couple of other controls lost about 2 mins each.

Went with my brother again just this time he did all of the navigating on the white course. Really felt the uphill on the trails, but fine runnig downhill so I managed to catch up to him again.