Training Log Archive: Mona

dizziness is back in high gear

Flambeau River - w/ John

very fun, some portions with white water, nothing too scary but we still managed to get hung up on some rocks near some rapids :) However, the boundary waters trip helped as we got our steering under control :) Did not dump! but came close...

hayward, wi - with John, Mike and his friends

very cool trail (ojibwe?), similar to John Muir

men falls y

the usual, felt very tired during squats. left knee hurt a bit.

Event: SMAC 10-HOUR ADVENTURE RACE
 

Devils lake park - trails + road w/John

We started off from the nordic pine camground on DL, going east, which is more than one mile steady crazy uphill... I thought I'd be spilling my guts there.. Then we ended up at the trail head for east bluff, and I thought I should take John there cause it's pretty. Well, soon enough we were running up this trail (or at least 50%). what a killer! never thought that trail was so hard :) Still pretty views :) Then we were going for a while and I didn't have a watch or anything, so i asked him how far we went, he sais "oh, almost 3 miles", I was so tired: "really? cause that seemed a bit long". yeah, it was 5 really long miles! of which who knows how much uphill. But we got our reward of running same hill on DL downhill! So fun!

BD Y

Got a bit late, and was planning to go for a quick run afterwards, but had fun weeding in the yard instead. 'Life is beautiful' - great movie.

Up north

very relaxed jog/walk, big smile on my face the whole time :)

Up north

YES! I can run again! Today was a bit cooler (74F) and plenty shade... or whatever it is I felt a lot better than yesterday. First i was a bit bummed cause Greg backed out of the MTB, but I was so uplifted from Lifest, that nothing could really upset me. So decided a run was 'needed".

First 2 miles pace: 10:22 min/mile
Last 2: 9:06

Took a 2 min stretch break in the middle :) Ok, now I really plan to NOT run tomorrow, so i don't go from one exterem into other..

Up north

Kinda hot. Still incredibly slow. I'm finally feeling the soreness from 1st run few days ago and from the body pump (thighs, bottom, just could not stretch my legs out). It felt like i was carying a bag of potatoes, or more like 2 bags of potatoes.

BD - Y

Wow that was TOUGH! It's so hard to get back into it. Everything hurts and it's been only an hour since. And I got this crazy 5k little race (Bastille days Fest) at 9pm tonight too!

Bastille days 5k - w/Ram

i know i was slow but still happy to do it. i'll see how I'm doing in couple weeks..

Up north -

Went very nice and slow so I don't scare my legs off after 5 weeks break. perfect weather for running, for anything (except sailing maybe). I can;t belive how tired i got going at 11min miles. In any case, I'm glad i went out.

Boundary Waters - did not quite count the hours we paddled.

I can't wait to start some running and strength training again. But gotta use my newly aquired sailing skills too...