Training Log Archive: iansmith

Run to the Tufts track, an 800 on the track, and back.

C • cold 1

Event: The Attackpoint 1600m Time Trial Challenge
 

JFK - Gerry's Landing river loop, late at night. I passed some presumably intoxicated individuals in Harvard Square who bellowed at me "who runs at this hour?" with some colorful metaphors thrown in.

I have been negligent with my training of late; I plan to get back into a regular regimen before my first A-meet (Ran-it Granite or West Point). I have felt an increasing desire or restlessness to run; sometimes if I'm traveling somewhere, I'll break into a moderate jog for a few hundred meters. It felt especially good to stretch today.

Stretching and cool down.

I have a concerto performance on March 8 for which I need my embouchure to be in prime physical condition. To better motivate and track my practice, I'm going to log my horn practice with the conversion that 1 minute = 1 hour (a la Peter Gagarin).

CSU Street-O, orchestrated by Ross Smith. The course consisted of a street-O of about 8 km total length (I've already cleared my routes from google pedometer, unfortunately), and a smaller Harvard-O with much building navigation. Running the course were Pia, Lori, Ruth, Brendan, Ross, Presto, and the family of Michael Commons.

I felt pretty good, and about 6 km through the street-O, I was about 5 minutes behind Ross and 2-3 minutes behind Brendan. I started to get tired near the end of the street-O, and during the Harvard-O, my left foot started hurting. I fell on some ice coming out of control one, though without any lasting effects apart from the initial shock, and I retired after control four. My left foot has been bothering me since the last CSU training; I suspect it is a symptom of inadequate training and then excessive strain when I run the CSU events. I'll RICE it this week and try some short, low intensity sessions of perhaps 25-30 minute length to see if my foot improves. Last Saturday, it hurt to stand on my left foot exclusively, but before the Street-O today, it felt ok. I will be careful to avoid injury before the competition season starts.

CSU Street-O, designed by Ross Smith. A pleasant run; I kept my breathing at about 3/3. I also arrived late, so I didn't see any other CSU members. Lori courteously left the map for me in her mailbox. I had a good run; I was focused on the map throughout, and planning ahead well. I made a few errors (about 2 minutes total). There was a significant snowfall from that day on the ground, making running interesting. I vaulted not a small number of piles of snow, and slipped on not a small number of ice patches.

To and from the CSU street-O, with perhaps 10 minutes of stretching.