Training Log Archive: Charlie

Alexei came by to stay at the house last night, and invited me up to Mt Tom for some training with him and Carl Underwood. He had extra blue course maps from last week. Roger had come with Carl to give him a ride. Alexei took off first to streamer the course (with special biodegradable streamers). Carl and Roger and I chatted for a while. And then we were off. I went first, never saw Carl go by, which I assume didn't take long. I was doing this partly to test two things before I go to Europe next week. (1) how do I do with one contact? It wasn't raining today, but I don't want to repeat the experience of the Billygoat or the TT middle. It was ok. Not as sharp as glasses, and I think I am overall slower, but at least I could see. (2) How are the new o-shoes? They were great. Much lighter and less padded, snugger fit. Comfortable. Adequate traction. Didn't self destruct when they encountered rocks.

The course: fine to 1, up along the road both for the handrail and to keep from slogging over the big hill. Ok to 2. Fairly bad boom at 3, much further up the hill, until I recognized the cliff I was going by. Ok to 4, 5, 6 and 7. A little hesitation near 8. Then wandering up and down looking for the streamer at 9, before giving up when I was too high. Must have gone right by it a few times. Then I couldn't find the dot knoll at 10, either and gave up a bit too high and too far W. I wasn't sure what a dot knoll might look like there. There were certainly a lot of candidates. Across to 11 and spiked it, no question, but couldn't find the streamer there, either. 12 was fine, but running out of gas (and time) so I picked up 20 and headed in. Carl and Alexei already back. A nice time. Not sure why my heart rate was so slow. Seemed like I was working, although I obviously wasn't making much progress. OK. I looked at the track. Looks like nonsense. Something is not right.

My route.

I picked Zack up at the airport from his trip to see his friend Ted. Got home and changed and we went for a ride. He left from home, I left from PV, and we took a loop together from there, packing up again in PV and driving back together. Nice young man got me a jersey for father's day.

zack's route, which included the ride down to PV that I didn't do.

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Event: Ratlum Mountain
 

Around one of the courses with Rhonda and Sassy, stopping to open a few gates and to clip some raspberries that were stretching out looking for some o-flesh to ravage.

Easy jog out with Sassy to pick up a few of the farther away controls and close the gates. A very successful event. Connecticut is awash with felis concolor these days, but alas not a single swampfox sighting. I was looking out for one, and kept thinking one would show up. I thought hanging pizza slices from the controls would draw one in, but not this time.

Rhonda and I were a bit ambivalent about going, because pretty sore after two days of squats, but we got out the door. Complicated workout today.
5 rounds of 5 dumbbell burpees, 5 DB hang cleans, 6 lunges, then 3 rounds of 6 ring rows, 6 box jumps, 4 man makers. Man makers? I guess. pretty hard. I used 25 lb dumbbells, 24" box. First time I used the 24" box, which was pretty good, and it wasn't very hard.

putting out the rest of the controls. This has been a banner year for the mountain laurel farmers.

Sprint B-1 of the relay sprints, with a couple of not so great routes, but otherwise ok.

Difficult workout, but not as strenuous as some. 5 rounds of run 400 then 15 overhead squats. I was only using a 33lb bar, but I have so little back and shoulder flexibility that it was most awkward and difficult.

Got back in time for the 430 class in town. Rhonda and I went together. Glad it didn't involve triceps, as mine are quite tender right now. Workout was alternating sets of back squats and farmer's walk. BS sets 18x85, 18 x 85, 15 x 85, 10 x 95, 7x105. Generally the limiting factor was the stress on my wrists and shoulders more than the actual squatting. Farmer's walk about 100 yards or so, working up to 50 lb dumbbells on the last set. Excellent.

putting out controls with Sassy. Got caught in a flash thunderstorm and pretty soaked.

I did the workout Rhonda did yesterday, in the hotel gym. Ran 800 m on the treadmill, 50 pushups, full stop chest on mat, run 400. 21 thrusters, started with 25 lb dumbbells, but switched to 20s. Run 800, 21 thrusters, run 400, 50 pushups. Sets of 4 by the end. Left arm particularly is trembling.

a short workout before leaving for Boston this morning. A few weeks off rowing, and it is starting all over again. Not fast, but tiring on my legs, hands and wind.

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