Training Log Archive: DWildfogel

Los Gatos Creek Trail. After slow start going towards Lexington and then back to Vasona (with Norma and Louise), pick up the pace on my own, running the last 2.5 miles at just over 8:30 pace, while still feeling pretty relaxed.

Start and finish behind California Cafe, as usual. South to 1.5 mi mark in 4:14, then back in 4:11 (8:25). Continuing:

S/F ---------- 5156
--------(102) - (58) - equal fastest boardwalk split
2.0-----927 - 5058
--------(447) - (414)
2.5----1414 - 4643
--------(442) - (413)
3.0----1856 - 4230
--------(452) - (419)
3.5----2348 - 3811
------- (433) - (417)
4.0 -- 2821 - 3354
--------(202) - (154)
dam - 3023 - 3159
-------- (49) - (47)
turnaround 3112

Usual 4.82 "dam run" in 4331, 2nd best (by :10) behind 4/13/13's 4128.

Cool down

The usual weekly accumulation of morning stretching.

Haven't done these in quite a while (sore back, A-meets); time to start easing back into it. Theraband, hips, pilates mat, about 2/3 of the sets and 80% of the reps.

Lake Ranch Reservoir. Sunny, chilly (low 50's). Felt pretty sluggish before hand and in the beginning, but Louise maintain a good pace. Then started feeling pretty good. Overall, very easy, never near oxygen debt and a reasonably fast time.

---------------448(518)1006(441)1447(435)1922
3724(416)3308(514)2754(404)2350(428)

Cool down

Bedwell Bayfront Park. Very windy. Walked around checking out the map in anticipation of setting courses for the July 14 event. The grass is tall and thorny right now; it's not going to be fun going off trail until they mow it. The map is accurate in terms of having these in the right places, but I'm going to have to write extensive notes regarding interpreting the rock and vegetation features.

C • Bayfront 5

Skyline to Black and back. Quite warm, and lots of annoying thorns get in my shoes from running on the margins. The run was very slow and easy; could've picked up considerably on the way back, but waited for Louise, even looping back once for :26.

Without the loop back:

++++++++++++++++++ | ------ (1215) -------- |
---------------132(1126)1257(454)1752(717)2508(641)3149
6115(122)5953(1205)4748(358)4350(545)3805(615)
++++++++++++++++++ | ------ (943) --------- |

Don't know that I will ever be able to run in those fairly new Kayano 19's again.

Cool down