Training Log Archive: Lori

Trailcross at Shadow Cliffs (sort of) with Presto! These are always super fun and this one did not disappoint :-). The only issue was with a bit of Presto drama. At the beginning, Sam, Presto, and I were all running pretty much together and everything was fine, but Sam is a bit faster than I am, and he started pulling ahead. Presto clearly decided that running a bit faster would be more fun, so off he went. This would have been fine except that I was only pretty confident that Presto was with Sam, not 100% confident, so I started coming into all the controls backwards to try to catch Sam on the way out. Unfortunately, this kind of backfired because apparently Sam and I do not have similar ideas on the correct exit to controls :-). Alls well that ends well, though. I finally saw Sam and Presto at leaving control 9 while I was leaving 8 (which was on the top of a hill), so I was able to swoop in and intersect them between 9 and 10, get Presto on a leash, and continue back towards 9. Still a super fun day, and we even got some fill-your-own donuts afterward! Yum!

Normal stretching.

Running with Sam and Presto after lab! I'm starting to feel more like my normal self. This was still a bit more difficult than it should have been, but I was able to chat the entire time, which means I had both enough air and enough voice :-), so I think I'm finally starting to throw this cold. Presto was quite pleased with the run, although seemed unexcited by the family of stationary deer.

Normal stretching. Feeling a bit exhausted.

Running with Presto after lab! I'm definitely feeling better than the weekend, but still getting way more fatigued than usual plus all the usual cold symptoms. I was also doing a brand new protocol at work today, and that's always a bit stressful and exhausting, so I was quite tired starting out, but it was really nice to get a chance to be outside while the sun was still up (go daylight savings time!).

Normal abs.

Normal stretching.

Warming up after working a much calmer start shift. Definitely still sick. I basically warmed up until I started wheezing, and confirmed that I appear to be missing the top gear or two today.

Red Sprint at Mill College! Well, I can't say this was really a "sprint" for me but it was lots of fun. I lost a bit of time to constant checking of out-of-bounds areas, which didn't seem intuitive to me, and then quite a bit of time when I didn't see the control behind a bush at number 8, but mainly I just couldn't run very quickly or breath very well. It was a super fun course, though, so it was good to get a chance to run it!

Normal stretching.

Red Sprint - Splits