Training Log Archive: Nadim

DVOA's Long O' Championships. I missed bad on #6, #7, and #16. It was a physical course w/over 400m of climb. I added to that w/mistakes. What was worse was the heat and humidity (about 95F). I started at noon. The last water control had no water. I did a lot of walking. See the Split List.

Blue - Splits

From Sweetgum Parking w/PGRC. Parts of the Perimeter and Azaelea Trails.

Putting out & picking-up controls Great Falls Park, MD. I was setting-up for a Memory-O Summer Short Series excercise and got there late (partly due to computer problems and a thunderstorm). It was raining when I started setting things out. I ran w/my backpack on filled w/tangled controls and maps. We finally started at 7pm with it getting darkish. About 20 people came.

Bowie to New Carrollton - I felt a little tired and weaker on the hills. 2:00 for TL's.

New Carrollton to Bowie - a little tired and it was hot. 1:20 for TL's.

In Great Falls, MD. Streamering for the Summer Short Series Memory-O on Saturday. Temp. was near 100F outside but under the tall trees it wasn't bad.

Bowie to New Carrollton. Much drier air but still warm. 1:30 for TL's.

Long Way Home Again - From New Carrollton, Ardwick Ardmore to Lotsford Vista Rd. to Woodmore Rd. to Mitchellville Rd. to Queens Bridge Rd. to Rte. 214, to Patuxent River Rd. to Governor's Bridge Rd, to Laurel-Bowie Rd (Rte. 197), to Old Chapel Rd. to High Bridge Rd. to Fletchertown Rd. to Quetzal Rd. to Quill Point Dr. It was hot again but I felt good again. The speed wasn't bad for carrying weight and the 8:30 of TL's. This time I went farther and the sun set while I was still on the other side of the Patuxent and I rode back in the dusk--lucky I had my lights. Some tailwinds on Woodmore Rd. helped but I felt them coming back on 197. I really felt that needed a workout like this since I haven't been doing them as much as in the past.

At Eleanor Roosevelt HS in Greenbelt with PGRC. I got there very late and only had time to do this before everyone left for dinner.

Bowie to New Carrollton. Hot out. Had a headwind and 3:10 for TL's. Climbing hills in bigger gears.

Long Way Home - From New Carrollton, Ardwick Ardmore to MLK to Ardwick Ardmore Rd. to Lotsford Vista Rd. to Woodmore Rd. to Mitchellville Rd. to Laurel-Bowie Rd (Rte. 197), to Old Chapel Rd. to High Bridge Rd. to Fletchertown Rd. to Quetzal Rd. to Quill Point Dr. It was hot but I felt good. I would have gone farther but the sun was setting. Some tailwinds on Woodmore Rd. helped. 4:30 for TL's.