Training Log Archive: kensr

Actually felt good today, so decided to push it on a green course. Hard and fast thru 5, drifted too far L going over the top of the hill on the Big Island, searched and relocated off the small pond 200 m NE of the control. 8 min.

Head to head with another runner from 3 on, got ahead going to 5 and he caught up as I was messing with 6. Then fast to 7 and 8, lost the trail going down to 9 and again got in major search mode, another 8 min. My companion was ahead going down the hill, but I saw him again as I emerged on the road going to 10 and he was headed back in to find 9. Then a quick finish to the pavilion.

Felt fine for the first hour, then dragging a little at the end.

Green - Splits

Event: CNYO "The Odyssey" 6-hour ROGAINE
 

Event: UNO Camping Weekend
 

Wolf Lake State Forest near Watertown, NY. Rolling forest with lots of lakes and almost no trails. Lots of rock and detail didn't make the 1:16 map. Had a plan for 24 km, but didn't account for extra trips to satelite controls you only discovered when you arrived at a mapped control (like 590 m at 280 degrees). Very time consuming detours off route.

Ended up at the far end of the map with an hour left for a 6 km trail run back. Except the trail is very lightly used and maintained and hard to follow. Lost the tread path a number of times and blazes were okay, but not enough. Slow going. Then with 400 m left it disappeared into a marsh. Struck out bushwacking into thick undergrowth and missed the finish. Heard voices (thanks Rick Warner) and backtracked to the parked cars. Way overtime!

An interesting drive across the Adirondacks: saw 10 flocks of turkeys (up to maybe 20 birds each), 2 herds of deer and almost nailed a possum on the way home.

A fun training day and long rigorous run. Good workout except for the last frustrating hour. Hope the 23 km Pisgah race next week doesn't take a long.

C • way overtime 6

Posted a new map at the trail head. Checked the condition of the Big Tree lop, which needs marking.

Rolling, stretches, dynamic warmup.

Cool morning and great for first 2 miles, running hard. Then down into Chester and the sun and it was already hot. Kept pushing, but it was a struggle. Improved time over the past 2 years so that was good.

Stretching and rolling

Goblet squats, Bulgarian squats, reverse lunges, leg lifts, single leg hamstring lifts, pushups, side planks, chops, skaters, squat jumps; 2 sets of 20 each.
Plank on ball 2 x 1 min.

Uninspired effort, sore from wrestling the tree tops yesterday. But good to get moving. Maybe something more later if it doesn't heat up too quickly.

Saw Crazy Rich Asians last night. Great film!

Probably best not to do this in the early afternoon when temp is in the 80's. But okay until the last one, and then I was done.
6.03, 5.38, 4.58, 4.47, 4.38, 5.24

Finished the siding and touchup paint. Then decapitated the balsams shading the gardern and the solar panel on the barn. Done.
Now back to real training if the temps moderate some.