Training Log Archive: Becks

Happy to make it in for lower body day. Backed off some of the weights, little stabilising muscles are tired.

Oh wow! Today was a very different challenge, and I was not up to it. Becky of ten years ago would have loved this course - so much route choice, so many options, and the potential for real time loss on the wrong one. But Becky of today was not physically up to that kind of challenge. I hared off to the first two not thinking (the morning had not gone to plan - up at 5.30 to get to a Zipcar only to find that the one I'd reserved likely had a hole in the exhaust and a flashing "get a mechanic now" light, so then had to cycle across town to pick up the one car left at the New Haven Hospital. Was lucky there were any at all) about orienteering at all, and messed up. Just unconfident around one, nothing made sense on the way to two - went back to where I'd been and still couldn't get the orientation my compass was telling me to fit. So stopped at number 2, threw the map on the floor, deep breaths, and started again.

Then it was okay. Gradually got more tired and was pretty much done by the time I got to 9. Picked the right routes for me till then, didn't always execute them perfectly. Then couldn't find the right route for 10, still don't really know which the best was, and when the blueberry started, it was a struggle!

Still, impressed my body held up over two courses of that length. I know I'm never going to be racing fit again, but I feel like if I build a longer run into my weeks I can at least be slow and strong, which will do.

Having said that, I am now home and I very much doubt any of the serious tidying up that needs to be done today is going to get done.

C • well done! 1

Sunday - Red - Splits

Event: 2016 US Two-Day Classic Championships and Sprint Relay
 

I loved the woods and the course today. Thinking more about the course with others later there were plenty of small time losses but it didn't matter. Just great being out.

Saturday - Red WRE - Splits

Total body day without the cardio finisher - got plenty of that coming this weekend.

Start of the cycling warm up, because the bumps in the road kept stopping and starting my watch!

The actual session, around East Rock. I can only cycle hard enough with essentially no cars around, I did one section on Orange and was scared. Legs tired!

Arm day. I can see arm muscles I never had before!

C • Arms! 1