Training Log Archive: jtorranc

To Metro and then from Springfield south to the Quantico Marine Corps Base for QOC's last race of the year. Managed to prevail on Nadim's generosity for a lift back to the DC area, preventing a heavy day of training becoming truly epic. Also forestalling any danger of falling asleep joining the Onksts at the Roundhouse Theater in Silver Spring for the 100th performance of "A Broadway Christmas Carol" - though I think the show would have managed to keep me conscious regardless - great hammy fun.

Blue course at Chopawamsic Creek - vintage 1983 map that has aged gracefully. Felt somewhat slowed by the long ride out to the meet site. No errors worth mentioning other than getting suckered by some new trails into running down the wrong spur to the west of 8. Figured it out when I reached the field at the bottom, checked my compass and decided the field was on the map rather than being one of the areas deforested since the map was made warned of in the course notes. A considerable body of opinion holds that the first control was mishung - didn't cause me any noticeable trouble from my direction of approach through a deadfall-strewn saddle though the gully it was in didn't, to my eye, match the direction of the mapped gully. I had dismissed it from consideration until I noticed a FUMA student was punching in it.

Another in a string of meets with lovely weather, cool but sunny.

Had a bit of a ride home after Nadim dropped me off south of College Park, not quite in Hyattsville.

Blue - Splits

Warmup, cooldown and rest between repetitions.

4x1100m repetitions in 3:55, 4:02, 4:09 and 4:10 with two minutes rest between each one. Still raining lightly but at least I could see what I was about to step on well in the morning daylight.

Jessica Marchant was teaching in Deborah's place - nice to have a change of movement style.

Downtown to see another set of Godard works - two video collaborations with Anne-Marie Mieville and one feature from the '60s.

Commute to work.

Commute home in the (not very hard) rain with grocery shopping. Took it very easy for safety reasons.

Rainy ride home. At least it wasn't cold too.

Stayed inside and dry rather than trying to do an interval workout on wet grass. Did some not especially vigorous but overdue vacuuming and a few sets of crunches, bicycles, etc.

The usual A's, B's, bum kicks, 10x100m strides and bounding.

Half a commute since I walked from work to the AFI to see "Out of the Past" and then went directly home.

Feeling the weekend's efforts. Decided cycling would be plenty for today. Plans for Tuesday evening also dictate a relatively restful day devoid of impact forces. I expect I'll be recovered enough for a quality running workout by Wednesday evening.