Training Log Archive: RJM

with jckc

easy at first with JCKC, then went out on my own. taking things easy for the holidays

light weights, pushups, etc.

Chilly day, very clear. Just an easy jog that felt nice after a very lazy week

Market both ways. Feeling a bit stiff AM, but not too bad PM.

Felt progressively better over the day - stiff am but loosening up. Still sore behind right knee and in climbing and descending muscles. But what happened with my weight!? Must have ate too much after coming in saturday night.

Event: Shawnee Extreme 24-hr foot-only adventure race
 

Shawnee Extreme Rogaine - Navigator for Bonnie Hartmann (bee-stompers). Good teamwork, good division of labor, lots of fun. Decided to get high points with easy navigation early, which meant that some trick ones would happen just before or just after dark. The gamble worked - did half of those in light, other 2 in dark, but though slow, it worked. Navigation was good most of the time, a few parallel errors and a couple of map misorientations (rogaine map, so not only NS lines but E/W (and they were indistinguishable), but because of the slower pace i could recover quickly. About 3 hrs in i began to realize we could sweep the course, and adjusted accordingly.
Lots of thick briars on the ridges that were amazing in extent and thickness. Lots of deadfall and very slippery rocks in the hollows, and very steep hills in between. It was usually best to stay on trail as long as possible. Little water in the creeks, beautiful weather, clear and 70s
We walked offtrail, and uphill, but trotted most of the flats and downhills on trail. I had real problems keeping up the pace uphill, even walking, but Bonnie kept me encouraged and moving.
Covered 30.5Miles via GPS, 30k based on point to point(looks like 150lines or so on the map (20 feet/line).

I ate two powerbars in about 8 hrs, and after that mostly ate trail mix (maybe half a 10oz bag). Drank about 1 cambelback bladder and a water bottle every 3 hrs. Could have used something different (hard candies? slimjim) or a treat, but not much more.
At dark I changed shirts and that helped prevent chilling then, though it was quite warm considering the season.
I intended to wear two pairs of socks, but didn't. I should have. No blisters but my feet are very sore from debris that kept sneaking in (and multiple shoe emptying), and swam around a bit. Gaitors might have helped this (and also might have reduced ankle damage from greenbriar loops that gathered there).
Very sore behind right knee about 20 hr on, but tolerable.

The Innov8 trail shoes i ordered a month ago would have been perfect for this - i needed more grip, and a stiffer sole for the rocks. Shame they went backorder.
After seeing Waller's log i remembered that i also made a couple of 90degree errors because of the lack of distinction between NS and EW grid lines.

Rushed to school when I realized that i had an early meeting. pushed home too. A tough day at work.

Chilly AM. At school while walking left hip adductor (?) was sore....?

50s, clear, so it's shorts for one last time! Cascade to highbridge to gorge road. Tried using bb for a podcast, but though I thought i had a full 'science friday', i only had the first 15 minutes. Beautiful day

Karen and Ellen are gone at a band competition, so i stayed close to home for nat. It was nasty cold/wet today anyhow, so it didn't take much to make me stay inside

cold and wet, but I'm apparently not getting sick.

I think i'm getting a cold - sore throat, a bit down...

Rode to work with family for Ellen's college visitation day, ran home pm

Caren iS poll working, so I left early and tried new princetontek eos.light and got in a long am commuite in: cash machine, Delia, zoo, food bank. 1:06. Return market, felt slow.

First freezong ride in