Training Log Archive: iansmith

Stand back, I'm going to try Science.

After starting my laundry, I set out on an easy run. This vaguely maps to the long run for the week, though the distance is actually what my shortest runs were in Spring 2010. I finished up with some stretching, and contemplated a 2000 control goal before June 2012. Weight after the run was 191.2 lbs.

I watched the relay with Brendan and Minda, a Lithuanian physics grad student at MIT. We were struck by the number of errors in the women's relay that changed the ordering among the leaders. Thierry was unassailable in the men's relay, but Minda kept cheering for people who were not the Lithuanian team to mess up. The end of the third leg had an exciting set of events where Estonia, Russia, and Italy made errors at the difficult third to last control. Lithuania passed Estonia (to Minda's glee), but Russia and Italy were too far ahead. It turned out that Italy had missed the tenth control, so Lithuania very respectably finished in 6th.

While I had planned to go for a run last this evening, an incident changed my plans. After work, I biked to Union Square to have dinner with Fran and Tommy, two of Jess' old friends who were in town. I returned to work to pick up my laptop and go on a run around Fresh Pond, but as I descended the ramp into the parking lot, my front tire hit a construction wire obliquely and I crashed at about 15-20 kph. I stayed with my bike when I skidded across the parking lot to a stop. Surprisingly, there was little damage - I scraped up my left palm and forearm somewhat, the left leg of my jeans was shredded, I had a small cut on the left knee, and one of the brackets on my front brake was deformed, rendering the brake nonfunctional. I was a bit shaken up, so I decided to scrub my run.

C • Dude... 2

Easy run around Fresh Pond. I wore my Lunarlite speedy shoes to give my feet a rest from breaking in the new Asics and to avoid using a single pair of running shoes for any length. I listened to The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.

Apart from the typical work commute, I biked to the Museum of Science and rode on the Esplanade to Harvard Square with Jess and her friend Jeff. Jeff and Jess wanted to go on a leisurely bike ride, so the entire expedition was slow. While it was longer than 20 minutes, logging its entirety would exaggerate its training value. Dinner at Casablanca in Harvard Square followed, in an unintended use of time.

I set out on an evening run on the usual short route. I have run more today and yesterday than I planned, but an easy thirty minute run is a nice atomic unit. I will back off for the rest of the week. I am still feeling sick - I have had bad coughing fits for the past two days.

I wore a new pair of shoes I acquired yesterday, the Asics GT-2150. I estimated that a 30 minute run would be short enough to avoid discomfort while breaking them in, but the inner edge of my arches nearly blistered. I listened to 170 bpm techno during the run, which incidentally escalated my pace. Since I'm building up essentially from scratch, I will try to work on good running form and a higher cadence than my more typical 160 bpm.

As always, I did the usual stretches after my run - calf stretch, quad stretch, and hamstrings. I irregularly add an adductors stretch.

Morning run along a shortened version of the usual 30-minute loop. I traveled to Richmond for a wedding on Friday, and returned Saturday. The stress of travel didn't help my stamina, and my cold symptoms have appeared again. Breathing was labored during the run, but I was so frustrated by my infirmity that I decided to go out anyway.

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