Training Log Archive: cmorse

Event: WCOC Ansonia Nature Center
 

A little stiff from yesterday, so elected the age appropriate green course rather than the longer red course on offer. Never ran very hard (perceived effort), walked a few hills when called for. Clean run except for a 60 sec bobble on 4 (came over ridge too far S and noted marsh below me) and a hesitation in the circle on 7. Looks like GPS didn't get a lock until a few minutes in around control #3, usually connects within seconds so I didn't even look at the start. It did do a software update when I arrived, so maybe that explains the slow start.

{edit} comparing my track with the map, it appears I overshot and wandered on #7, but I distinctly remember coming in to the rocky reentrant, stopping, and scanning up and down looking for a 1.5m boulder (or a boulder of about the same size as #6, 1.5m that I had just come from). Eventually noticed a glimpse of orange about 30' below me on a boulder that, from my perspective above it, was barely bigger than the surrounding rocks and was in no way 1.5m. Went down and punched. But did not wander beyond the stony ground in search of the flag. But then the pace graph infers that I did so faster than 5 minutes per mile pace, no chance I could even run that fast on a track. Must be a GPS overshoot glitch - weird though, the watch is usually pretty good with tracking... Maybe the software update reset it to smart recording and it assumed I was still trucking along before realizing I had stopped to look for the flag.

{edit again} - yup, watch back to factory defaults, smart recording and GPS only. Reset it back to every second recording and GPS+GLONASS.

GREEN - Splits

Signed up for Pineland Farms 50 miler in May. A reason to get out the door and train this winter I suppose... But mostly because there's a decent Strider contingent already signed up... more cowbell!!

Late to the party for TCRC run, so a solo jaunt aiming for 80 minutes. Not quite enough in the tank to pull it off. But apparently a 10 mile PR, at least according to Strava....

Rolled my old orange friend out of the garage after ignoring him since early spring. Easy spin around the lake to assess condition. Saddle a tad too high or my legs got shorter, chain & derailleurs need some serious lubricant love. Rest seemed pretty ok.

Up & down on the road with the ladies to warmup and get the photo...

One loop, so Emma can create a segment. About 1km, with 100' of climb. Segment is up AND down.

And 3 more for good measure. Interesting that the HR was higher on these, but it was the single solo one the I pushed the hardest on.

And just like that it's Monday again...