Training Log Archive: cmorse

Event: WCOC Sessions Woods Meet
 

First time on a real course/map this year. Perfect weather for a Western Mass Rules Score-O. CCW route. Got pulled L enroute to 31. Enroute to 35 was going well, then things got vaguish and I was uncertain of location, thought I might have drifted R so corrected L, found stone walls, made sense of them and came back. Should have just persevered a little farther. #33 looks like I was off but I'm calling it a spike. Came over hill, clue was distinct tree so I focused on a significant pine in the distance and ran hard towards it, as I got closer I noticed the even more distinct deciduous tree to the R and corrected my trajectory. E-punch pulled off my finger and into the stream crossing back from #37 and to jump into river and chase it downstream with the current - luckily I had a shred of orange flagging tape on it or it would have disappeared for good.. Was feeling strong on trails, less so on steeper off-trail stuff, so elected 46>47>43 which was quite a bit more distance but seemed like a good choice at the time - in retrospect 46>43>47 might have been better, but perhaps not by much. A good time in the woods. Hayden did pretty well on an orangish Get 9 in 80 minutes. Earl also seemed to do pretty well today to. Psyched for the Relay Champs next weekend though we'll be in the 3-point category so no real shot at the podium spot - not that we'd have a shot in any other category either but in the 3-point category we're each running up a little bit, whereas on 6-point we'd each be on our nominal regular course except for Earl. Still going to be pretty fun...

Gorgeous morning for running, but too damn tired. Stayed in bed an extra 45min instead. Maybe later, maybe not. Busy day on tap...

Event: Boston Park Series: Danehy Park
 

Steady out to turnaround, then 3x1000m pickups @ 4min pace, 500m recovery. 3:56, 4:01, 3:58. Another half a minute off the route PR.

And nice to see the sun up and bright as I finished up.

Shorts weather was nice while it lasted. 28F this AM, icy roads and 1.5" of the white crap every where else. No motivation today, 5 & done...

Easy 5k, then 3x500m pickups w/ 500m rest. 60 again this morning, but breezy with misty rain today.

Wow, 60F before dawn. Shorts & t-shirt for sure. Started out easy, gradually increasing the pace to near max effort at the end. Backed off slightly the last couple hundred meters. First time under 50 minutes, and by more than a minute, too. GPS measured long today, but the first split came early, so presume it was an error while locking initially. Rest of splits seemed fairly accurately spaced.

after dinner jaunt out to lake & back