Training Log Archive: RJM

Memorial-tp in with 5x2min pushes, 1 min recovery. 2 deer seen
back crosby 3x2 with 1.

long way in but didn't dawdle (35min). Return on North. Lovely day

light yard work - i actually rested some today!

back in after returning van - towpath to big bend, home. Akron marathon was earlier today, but most signs of it are gone.

commute in, took dept van home to prep for open house tomorrow

Crosby in and back with some little pushes

no deer

Memorial-Howard -route 8 on way in (39min), tp with 3on 1 off on return. Felt pretty good, thought the trip in would take lots longer than that, had too much work on my mind to stretch that out as planned to 50 min.

pushed 3 minutes, recovery 1 min

Despite my best intentions this weekend, no time to workout. Spent both days painting the house and other such things. I'm not going to log it because it wasn't as physical as some other days, and because I'm feeling like those logged work days may have lulled me into thinking I was working out enough earlier this summer. Neither day was quite a proper rest day though, so i'm a bit screwed - i need a proper rest day, but also need to up my effort. In the end, the weekend probably was a rest, but it just didn't feel that way.

market in, crosby back. not pushing

tp both ways. intervals on return. Felt decent

5x2min pushes, 1 min recovery

TP for return

North Chagrin score course. Barely got there before starts were finished, didn't prep well. 85 and humid. Navigation better than last time, but once again I pooped out at about an hour and really couldn't manage anything but a dogtrot. Circled an incorrect location for one control, which cost time, as did the 'chimney' control, which other people saw fine, but I was standing on the ruins and never saw chimney or control - that took perhaps 8 minutes total for those two.

It is obvious that the peculiar (and mostly unplanned) change in training I've done this summer does not prepare me for O. Dropping to 2 days or so of running a week, and not doing 1-2 long weekend workouts is what I think I wound up doing. Commuting to school (bike or foot) became almost my only reliable workouts, and they are monotonous in amount (20-30 min each way) and except for some intervals, intensity. I think the problems are: First, I'm not doing any O training (having only one car and waiting for the house to sell ensured that). Second, I have not defended my long weekend workouts. Spending weekends on the new house has been nice in some ways, but it seems clear to me that doing some sustained effort for over 1.2 hours is an important element for me to do O events that last 1-2 hr. Third, increasing effort on research has been satisfying, but leaves even less time for workouts (including the early morning writing on weekends which makes it hard to find time to workout). There is a definite tradeoff here - i'm happy with research productivity for the first time in a while, but it's come at this cost.
I don't feel like I'm in terrible shape for a 5k, but that's not the goal. I don't know if I can find time for the right training, but if I don't, I'll have to become satisfied with my current level of performance. This may also tell me what I need to do if instead I want to go to the next level - I had always assumed that my physical shape was my asset, and navigation was a holding me back. But though I still have serious navigational weaknesses, being in better shape than normal would probably also help, and may be more achievable given my constraints on training. First, I need to get into good enough shape that I don't have to resort to a dogtrot after an hour in the heat. Then I probably need to do enough training for a 10k or half marathon (will my knees take that?) to have the horses I will need to do more than maintain training pace in o races. I need to find a way to balance all these better than I have.

hot and humid and rainy until late afternoon, so snuck out for a very easy run (which felt hard in these conditions).

rainy, busy, took the day off

tp in (5 deer), north back. Needed vest for first time this year.

market in, market out - short on time today.

with 4x ~tempo on TP

memorial to mustill (7:12) am
Mustill to memorial (7:00) PM
2x2min push up memorial hill. for all I thought my time would be faster, but I think i wasn't concentrating or or trying hard enough.

To dentist (15 min), then exchange to work (35 min), home (20)

2 hr digging holes and excavating old tree stump. Now have 10 holes filled with peatmoss, ready for blueberries. prorated effort time

towpath in, hall allotment/crosby back. felt ok

TP in, crosby back

Digging blueberry holes in clay, cutting down tree, misc hard labor in the yard. About 4 hr total