Training Log Archive: AliC

The uphill bit of a super-gorgeous hike up Camel's Hump with Dan- the tied 3rd tallest mountain in VT. Views from the top were amazing- could see Lake Champlain to the West, the Whites way to the East, Sugarbush to the South and other mountains in all directions (= 3 different states!).

Again a good ankle workout, and at least aerobic work on the way up.

The uphill bit of a little morning hike with Dan (before US vs. England game) up the Long Trail from App Gap. Wet out and pretty intense trail!

Run up the Long Trail from App Gap. Intense uphill because steep, really intense on way down because of foot placement choices. Think it was really good training, both for ankles at legs + motor!!

My ankles were actually sore afterwards, actually. Oh, and also there were bits almost like a Scandinavian marsh. There was some marshy grass at the top of one of the Mad River lifts that the trail stopped by. Not really accessible enough to train on though...

To and from ankle physio.

A quick ankle physio- did most everything except all the ladder exercises. Hopefully I'll fit in some other jumpy plyo things over the weekend to make up for it.

Atkins Resevoir 7 mi loop with Sanjay. Nice run! Trail portion is really fun, pace was good. He's headed to Greece/Italy for next week, will have to check in with other running buddies...

Orchard Hills with Glenn, Sanjay and Sergio. Really, really happy with how they went, I was more or less with the guys, even pulled ahead of Sergio on the last one. Times:
4.08
4.16
4.19

Last December I did these in 4.09, 4.11, 4.12, so I'm not super far off, although wasn't exactly consistent. Encouraged!

12 backwards to almost 6 on the training course Ross set at Norttowok.

12-11-10 were all messy, 12 because the trails are inaccurate heading into it, 11 because I misread up vs. down of contours and 10 also because of an extra trail, although I hit it fine in the end, was just super hesitant.

9-8-7 all went better, and I decided to head on and go to 6 before turning in, but then got stung by two bees (or other variety of stingy buzzy thing) and decided to head in.

I'm obviously still in british-mode though- first thought was that I hit a patch of stinging nettles!! =) I looked around for them, but then bee #2 stung me, and I came to my senses and got outa there! Must have been near a nest because it was raining, so not like there were many things about.

Running back from the bee sting, a long way though, I felt like also getting a bit of a run in, because I hadn't been orienteering particularly fast.

Gentle warm up over to the track right after dept. morning coffee and then tired jog back to house to grab a quick shower before women astronomer's lunch. Was slightly late, but still happy to have snuck the run in!

I didn't give myself a real goal, not being sure at all what speed I could run. After a few laps, it looked like under 19 might be possible, but I slowed down the last mile, couldn't quite hold it.

Quite a bit off the PR of 17.40, but nice to know where I'm at (which really isn't too too terrible) and have a baseline to start improving from again!

Over to ankle physio and back.

Ankle physio. Finally back to doing *all* of my pre-mono exercises. Woo! And mixed in a bit for the left ankle too, as it's been a bit floppy recently.

I was actually way psyched not to crunch my ankle at all over the weekend, particularly after having a crunch last Wed (makes it more sensitive, usually). Hopefully this physio stuff is working.

Plan for week:
Today- only physio, mostly day off
Tues- 5k time trial
Wed- O training
Thurs- Orchard hill intervals + ankle physio
Fri- Noon running run?