Training Log Archive: Wyatt

A R-IT flare, started ~1.5 weeks ago showing someone the IT stretch @ track, and then getting much worse on Fri-through-today, inspired me to do several of my old personalized injury prevention strength things, including DT, stretches (mostly active), clock squats (50e), up on toes balance, ankle rotations, hip flexor and hamstring drops, wall angels..

Event: DVOA Hay Creek - CANCELED
 

aWeighted 148 After the 25km race, at home - after having drank ~2lbs of water, and eating food too. Apparently that race took a lot out of me, as I was back up to 153 a bit later...

Dirty German Endurance Festive 25k Trail Run

Started out thinking I'd go at this like a hard training run/race for Jukola. And floating around in my mind were things like Alan Young's 1/2 marathon time, from which I extrapolated a sub-90-minute trail 21.1km was possible, and the corresponding idea that 4-minutes/km, or just a touch over, might be possible. So I might as well try that, and see how long it lasts, maybe.

And then, 1 minute in, I'm in 4th, and 2 minutes in, I'm in 2nd, tucked in behind 1st. 8 minutes in, the guy in 3rd began gaining on me, so I decided I'd hold him off, and it wasn't that bad. Meanwhile, the guy in 1st was stumbling over same bad footing, so I decided, what the heck, let's just take the lead and see how long this lasts. Went through the 3km, and 4km in 1st place, let 2nd & 3rd pass on a hard uphill, got a side stitch after the water stop (at which I had Gu and a sip of Mt. Dew while waiting for them to actually get the water ready... grrr....).

Vadim passed me a bit later, and things just kept get worse.

A lot worse:



Muscles I've never felt before were angry with me as I mentally struggled to push, while watching the per/km times fall apart... Esp. after about 15km, where the first >5min/km split was up a modest hill, but then the 2nd >5min/km split was down the same hill!

My heart rate clearly tells the tale of some irrational exuberance while I breifly enjoyed the lead:


I wonder, if I'd actually run at 165-170bpm, if I'd have been able to hold that almost the whole way - e.g. how damaging was my crazy surge?

Event: 3000m Time Trial
 

Event: Ottawa O-Fest 2012