Training Log Archive: Wyatt

Fractured warmup...

Brandywyne SP O' event - Bob & Vadim set a good Blue course, but a somewhat rugged park not helped by the dark overcast, light rain, and aging map (greening in places) led to a pretty miserable result.

Lost about 5 minutes on # 1 getting confused out of the start by trails that have moved (old gone, new ones appeared) and a parallel error - which I knew was possible but guess wrong for the first search. And with errors counted down only to a resolution of 30 seconds, I think I made almost 15 minutes of mistakes - very poor focus today - it wasn't just the conditions.

Physically I think I did bad too, but I'm not sure if the really low HR was due to using an old HR monitor strap, or if I really wasn't pushing. The wet rocks and sticks were rather treacherous, and the maps was flaky in places, and I wasn't aggressive through those areas, as perhaps I shouldn't be, but there were some parts where speed was possible so I'm hoping the HR monitor was busted. Or maybe I was just wimpy. My R hip flexor was sore when trying to go fast on the trails, but even after about 4 minutes trail running (from 61-65 minutes) my HR was supposedly only 144 and it definitely felt harder than that.

Fortunately, most others did bad too, so my ranking wasn't hosed, but I sure missed an opportunity to do relatively well by simply doing 'okay' in tough conditions.

Event: McGuire AFB Mud Run
 

Waited until Sat. afternoon, as there was stuff going on, and it was raining a bit, and I just wanted to go back home where Angelica & Vadim were just resting, so didn't do the 40 minutes planned :(

about a 10 minute warmup and 15 cooldown, with 1 minute on, 1 minute off intervals in the middle - the CN workout. Was getting pretty tired of the 1 minute on's by the end and it was much harder to maintain 'Sprint O'' pace as I was aiming toward. 26 hard 1 minute segments, I think. Also went looking for my lost HR monitor strap around the Conestoga track - which I later found under AJ's bed...

With Angelica & Tom exploring the newly paved section of the Great Valley trail - which was all of 100m long, so then we looped around Westlakes and Daylesford Blvd, finding, at least, a new trail segment inside the Daylesford Blvd loop.

AM run, to, then later from, Valley Forge Elementary (the kids school) doing the field work for an ISSOM map of it that I finished in the evening, for use by AJ's class. Maybe I should post a clip...

PM intervals, 10x400
81, 80, 77, 79, 80, 76, 75, 77, 77, 72

PM intervals

Loop around VF Park w/Angelica, then cut over to Lorimer pond as Angelica headed home.

With Angelica and Tom around a bit of VF Park