Training Log Archive: cmorse

Ran Sampler with Kevin & Bruce. Although running easy on dirt road and out by beaver pond my heart rate was averaging around 160 (near race rate). After about 15 minutes of this I decided if my HR was going to be at race rate, I might as well start pushing and run a race pace...

Within a couple minutes my HR dropped down into the low 120's (easy run rate) even though I maintained the effort to the end.

Must be due to the inverse yield curve...

started out running normal 5km trail loop, but quickly tired of ice. Hopped off trail near upper part of hill and decided to make an exercise of trying to follow the park boundary which is marked sporadically with 3" white markers stating you are leaving (or entering if you're already taken your leave) the town property.

The park goes out a lot further beyond my normal outer loop trail and is mostly clean open hardwood with nice contour & rock features. I had considered mapping the original area of the park, but its small so would only be good for beginner & sprint meets. But the newly acquired lands expand the possibilities quite a bit - I'd liken it to WCOC's Osbornedale map with less crappy vegetation areas and fewer fields.

considering Bald Mtn, Stafford as a sprint venue - not much snow in woods - many areas rather crappy with logging regrowth but a number of very nice areas - unfortunately those are now laced with MTB trails. It seemed that every good spur, prominent reentrant and major rock feature had a trail to it - probably one mega serpentine trail. We'll run it a few more times before passing judgement on whether to map it or not.

Good singletrack trail run anyway....

C • Trails 3

cold rain, wanted to go 75min or so, but legs were like lead and even a forced 'easy' run kept pushing hr up - so there were lots of walking breaks for hr to come down - out SLR to Cervens to Hurlbut and back on SLR.

Not a great run, but I got out the door