Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: EMPO - Schenectady Museum Nature Preserve
 

Green course at EMPO local event, Schenectady Museum NP. First official test of EMPO's new SI equipment (which went well).

It's hard to set an adanced course here due to the extensive trail network, but I still managed to botch the first two controls. Not only that, but I was the last club member to course-set here (2005) and had been all over the map. D'oh!

Once I got over the 1-2 hump, though, I did fine and ended up 1st of the 3 women who went out. :-) I even managed to beat a few of the men, but took 1.6 times longer than Glen (when we both have good runs, I'm about 1.5xGlen's time), based on those two mistakes. However, I would have been second woman if an adventure racer hadn't made a 25 minute error on one of the controls. :-) She had very good split times on the other legs (she's also a young thing...).

FR205 measured 5.97 km that I covered on the 4.6 km course today. :-) Of course, about 4-500 m of that was my errors at # 1 and 2 (off the map again!). :P

Step aerobics at the Y. I used one less riser today to see how that way; almost too easy, though I still had problems on some of the routines requiring coordination. Maybe I'll just go back to two and back off the effort a little if I get winded.

Upper and middle abs at the end, minimal stretching, but enough, I guess.

FitLinxx machines at the Y. For next week I upped the weight on the leg press by 5 lbs (to 80). I've only been doing one set, at 12 reps, because usually there's someone right behind me waiting for the machines (they're in a row and you're supposed to work through the row). I'll up the weight when one set gets too easy.

Temp 44-50 and sunny (nice!). Rt 32 to Jefferson Hill Rd to Mashodack to Bachus to Rt 66. Then added the Malden Bridge "balloon" via Howes & Shaker Museum Rd, to get the distance I wanted. First 5 miles felt fine. :-)

To post office and back to mail some bills (and stretch out the legs I tortured earlier). I took this leisurely; I can usually get down and back in about 20 minutes if I'm pushing the pace.

Step Aerobics at the Y. "Beginner step" class which was still pretty intense (compared with my normal exercise class in which we do about 10 minutes of step, at most). I guess I'll have to rethink how many risers I use when I do the classes at the Y.

So what's with the forecast for snow on Thursday??? Isn't this mid-April?

One local downhill ski area will re-open on Thursday; they're predicted to get 5-8 inches of snow.

Warm up and cool down on the elliptical.

At the Y. I'm still not used to the stance needed to stay balanced on this machine, and keep getting sore shoulders (from hunching forward?).

FitLinxx machines at the Y. Some increased weight levels versus last week, but I didn't raise any of them for next week except for the leg press since 12 repeats at 70 lbs seemed easy.