Training Log Archive: kissy

Bodyweight

Today was a recovery day. It was another crazy week at work...crazy but productive. I often feel unmotivated on Friday evenings, so this was all I could muster today.

arms

yoga flow

lower body: 20 mins
arms: 10 mins

Yoga Flow

Arms & Shoulders

Power Yoga

I had picked out this place, Fraser Nature Preserve, when I saw it on Google Maps as I was looking for a nearby restaurant. I thought it would be perfect for the New Trail badge. So that's what I did today, in the middle of the day, as I waited for some caulk to dry. I don't normally enjoy running during the hottest part of unbearably hot days, but that's just how the schedule worked out today.

This is a Nature Conservancy tract of land, but I have to say there was nothing spectacular about it. There's a 2.25 mile lollipop trail, which also has a connector trail to the Potomac Heritage Trail, which could be cool to do on another day. The loop trail was pretty packed down, which made me think it was well-used, but the plants on the side completely encroached into the trail, so I was running through branches for a lot of the time.

I saw a couple of deer, each by themselves, who didn't seem very concerned with me; a couple of woodpeckers, and heard some frogs croaking. Other than that, nothing special. So I was surprised when I got home to see that they had a 25-page manual on the care of this preserve, with a 3-level volunteer program. Wow!

Note: I just saw on Google maps that it is directly across the Potomac River from Blockhouse Point!

intervals and arms

cool down ride

I was going to run yesterday in the afternoon rain to get the "bad weather" badge, but the usually brief afternoon shower turned into a massive storm with 70mph wind gusts, rain falling at a rate of 2.5" per hour, and trees falling down in my neighborhood. So I went out this morning instead for the Trash Talk badge. I was confident I could find 5+ pieces of trash to pick up because it's trash day and the trash men always leave a trail of droppings behind them. So I got in a workout *and* felt virtuous.

Yoga Flow

Low impact ride

It was much too hot for a run with a "feels like" temperature of 102˚. I still wanted to get out, thought, so I went for a hike. I also wanted to look for a letterbox that was practically in my backyard. I had found my letterbox book and stamp while cleaning up my home office, and looked online to see if there were any near me, and there are tons! It was fun to experience the thrill of the hunt again.

A hard Peloton session after a frustrating day taking apart my refrigerator. In the end, I've decided that it's not worth fixing since it's 20 years old. But along the way, I discovered floor damage under the frig, probably from earlier water damage. So, I have to get that fixed before I can get a new frig. Luckily, there's a second frig in the basement, which i've never used before but will come in handy now. Sometimes I hate being a homeowner!

C • New fridge 2

Event: Rescheduled - BAOC: California Orienteering Festival
 

Power yoga