Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: EMPO - Vischer Ferry Preserve
 

Lilacs are blooming and smell so nice! Dogwood also in bloom. Azalea and rhododendron are getting there....

No sign of forsythia blooms, though. Surprising, because they didn't get trimmed last fall (or so I thought). They're supposed to be pruned after blooming (i.e., in the spring).

Started on one machine, two down from another woman. Her humming and singing to her music forced me to move farther away after 3 minutes (even after I requested she be more quiet).

1st mi, 15:56
0.5 mi, 8:00
0.2 mi, 3:48 (cool down)

I tested my ribs last night by lying down on my back on the floor...squawked in pain and said "not ready yet."

Since I didn't have any new podcasts on my iPod nano, I opted for the machines. Didn't push it on the elliptical trying the hill intervals since I haven't done that in months, and just the steady movement was fine for my knee. Feet got tingly at 20 minutes, though, so I switched to a different machine.

1 mi on the display; pedaled at incline of 6 and resistance of 15.

25:30 for first 1.55mi, then 0.2 mi cool down. Listened to CNN when I ran out of new podcasts.

Skipped out at the end of class again (modified the abs section and skipped stretching, so I need to remember to stretch my quads). Rib area getting better but I was still conservative with arm movements.

Trying to link to a pic of the shirt but haven't been successful. Later.

Event: Billygoat 2016
 

To the start of the 2016 Billygoat/Pygmy Goat.

Temp around 55 or so, and scattered showers/drizzle but no downpours.

Good to see all the regulars there, including others going out despite injuries. :-)

Nice day for a long stroll in the woods. I started off conservatively because I didn't want to use up my energy too early, and was confident 3.5 hours was plenty of time to complete the 7 km Pygmy. (If I'd been healthy I might have considered the full 'goat once I heard it was around 11.5 km.) Townsend was a good place for this because there's plenty of detail but the hills aren't too horrendous (as evidenced by the mapping with 2.5m contours). The Pygmy was an abbreviated version of the BG visiting about 2/3rds of the BG controls. Temps stayed reasonable and there were only a few showers or drizzle so conditions held up.

There were several long trail runs near the end that I trotted most of the way rather than walked, spurred on by feeling competitive with Judy K and Nadia P, and Nancy K who I later learned had sprained her ankle on the course. I managed to finish a few seconds ahead of Nadia but couldn't catch Judy.

We were even allowed to skip a control, a la Billygoat rules; I skipped #2 (first 8 were same as BG), and 2 and 8 were the ones skipped by most on the Pygmy course (though #1 had potential too but I was halfway to it before I noticed that).

Pia Webb won the Pygmy with a time of about 61 minutes. The BG course turned out to be on the short side with a winning time of 77 minutes by Swedish exchange student Isak Prellner (followed by some in the 80-82 minute range). I got a shirt! ;-) (BG shirts were teal and the Pygmy shirts were light blue...BG-lite, so a lighter colored shirt. Third BG-lite, and first time shirts were awarded in the shorter version.) Nice design by Alex, too.

Thanks, Alex and Ed, for all your work setting and taking down, and the post-race pizza was an inspired choice!!!

C • Glad you enjoyed it! 5

Pygmy Goat - Splits