Training Log Archive: Nadim

Warm-up for Day 2 of the West Point A-Meet. From the bus to the start then down the road and back.

Day 2 of the West Point A-Meet on the Long Mountain map. I took some aspirin before starting to keep inflamation on my achilles down. The day was foggy and cooler so I felt better running. I had trouble once in the circle on early controls. Unlike others, I was lucky enough to look over at the right time for #7 which was misplaced. From #7, Erin Olafsen helped push me into the finish and got there first when I overran #13 and had to come back. I couldn't catch her on the sprint in. My achilles is aggrivated from this and the other running this week. I hope to bicycle more this week.

Red Y2 - Splits

On the Round Pond Map for the West Point A-Meet, I jogged from the bus drop-off to the start area.

Day 1 of the West Point A-Meet. I started fine on the easy controls but made a mental error on #3. Wanting to make up for it at #4, I didn't read the map enough to see the trail option. I wanted to contour but to avoid rocks and slow steep slopes, I climbed, then dropped to 75m below the control. Correcting this fatigued me which lead to other errors. My achilles started to hurt even walking on the climb. By #8, I was partly recovering the fatigue but didn't like the mapping at #9 that didn't show enough cliff features. I missed and wandered up and down with others. Really tired and w/nothing to eat I bonked into a fatigue induced error at #10 too. The warm air took it out of me also. I was practically walking to the next two but ran in from the Go control. After finishing, my achilles and the callus on my feet hurt.

Red Y - Splits

30 pushups and 45 situps after flying to BWI and driving to NJ for the W. Point meet.

Starting just west of Antioch St. on the Indian Creek/Overland Park Trail in Kansas to Indian Valley Park and the Rte 69(?) underpass, a loop around the park and back toward Antioch St. Some splits: 3:41, 6:49, 3:29.

30 pushups, 45 situps.

Warm-up w/Gene, Mike and Fritz in Wyondotte County Park off Rte. 24, west of Kansas City, KS.

Mike Eglinski set a Park O' course in Wyodotte County Park on a training map that he made. The course was mostly on open grass on a very windy but comfortable day. The first 3 controls of the mass start (4 of us) were the same but then each of us did 3 loops in different orders before returning near the start for another control and the finish (no controls were physically hung, just drawn on the map). I started shaky despite the open ground. Partly I think it was getting used to the map and features. All in all it was fun. I felt so slow on stuff that I felt I should be cruising through.

From the parking area off Nall Rd. in Kansas City, KS, I went downstream on the Indian Creek Trail all the way to Worrell Rd. in Kansas City, MO. The map showed the distance to the state line but I estimated from there. It was a beautiful day to be out and the trail was rather nice, especially along the old mill area. I picked up the pace coming back upstream (negative split) and actually felt stronger than going out. I guess my just legs aren't used to running much yet. My achilles held-up okay though other parts are still sore.

After getting to Kansas City, KS and putting in a sleepy day at work, I went to start at Russell Rd. and Indian Creek Rd. which are near Nall Rd. I ran down the Indian Creek Trail to Roe Park, did the loop there, then came back on the trail and Indian Creek Rd. I felt rather sluggish and heavy, especially climbing a steep section of the trail. I was sore in places from the Billygoat. My weight was 173.5 in the morning.