Training Log Archive: RJM

Oak grove. Warmer now (25-30F), and windy. 1" fresh over the icy packed trails, but fortunately this didn't present any troubles. However the snow and tracks were slow - wind-blown sticks and leaves, and warmer temps, i suppose. More people on the trails today, snowshoers as well. Covered all the trails at least once but in unusual combinations, and reversed usual direction on most (so i actually went down the steep narrow trail on the NE side, with no real problems). Had intended to ski hard and with technique, but the herky-jerky conditions for glide made that hard, so i just settled for skiing

chipping ice out of the driveway. exhausting work, and when I'm done it is hard to do fine finger movements for quite a while afterwards

TP in, with nasty unpredictable crust of variable depth and support on memorial. Discovered upon arrival at school that i wore one screwshoe and one not!. Return on crosby, gingerly since it was quite icy.

St v. In. Crosby back. Tough icy conditions exp on return

felt beat up again, presumably due to the commute. Perhaps running on such uneven and slick surfaces uses different muscles, but i was sore all over, including back and arms, as i have been for the last couple of weeks the day after a commute. I'll try resting today (not a hard decision considering the commute temp would be 6F.
(felt recovered by 10AM for the most part).

stv in, aqueduct back, 1" fresh, lots of underlaying ice.

Indian mound to szalays roundtrip. conditions about like yesterday but track rougher, slower.