Training Log Archive: jtorranc

Normal commute - thankfully the thunderstorms held off.

To atone for my wussiness last Friday, I busied myself with household chores until the thunderstorm hit, then went out and did my workout - strides, silly walks, bounding and leaping. Wet grass/mud forming and poor visibility through the rain made the strides extra-relevant to terrain running. Though next time I think I'll arrange things so I'm not doing these facing the oncoming headlights on the same side of the street I was running along - there's such a thing as excessively good practice for being unable to see precisely what you're about to step on.

Event: The Beer Chase
 

The Chase - just barely first over Eddie. Made a boneheaded mistake on the second control of the first loop, caught up again easily enough running along the string of people between me and Ted and Eddie up front, then put a bit of separation between Eddie and I at the end of the two control fork on that loop where both of us initially thought we ought to be looking for the control in a pit rather than in the southern gully. Eddie made that back in the second loop fork by taking the slightly harder but shorter and less climb option in the fork where I didn't even notice it was the fork until I punched the control on the other option. Had to outdrink him and then stay ahead through the final beginner loop and was worried heading uphill to the map exchange just behind him since I was feeling the heat and effort up to that point and certainly sounded to myself as though I was huffing and puffing more than Eddie.

Played a full round of disc golf with various orienteers not including Eddie (whose disc skills allegedly (he being the alleger) might cause some confusion as to which side of the Iron Curtain he was raised on - in my experience, Eastern Europeans tend to be good with maps and lamentable with frisbees) after the picnic following the race. A lovely day but one to give one pause for thought - I've signed up to go to Japan where all the races may well be that hot and humid?

C • Heat 1

The "Beverage of Your Choice" Chase - Splits

Showed up more than minimally early for dance class for the first time in ages.

Class with Helen again. On the floor the first half. Nice to start a Saturday again with what used to be my traditional mood picker-upper to begin a weekend. Now to rest for the all-important Chase.

Saw "Kung Fu Hustle" in the evening, between efforts to win a game of phone tag with Nadim and thereby establish precisely when I ought to show up on his and Peggy's doorstep in the morning to ride up to McKeldin. Great fun - managed the amazing feat of making "Shaolin Soccer" seem plausible by comparison.

Totally wimped out on running to work once I heard the rain outside so this was running at either end of the Metro ride. I ought to be able to steel myself to run home, despite the forecast of periods of rain all day.

Run home through Rock Creek Park including the loop uphill on the Pinehurst Branch Trail for a bit of extra distance. Much less muddy than I'd feared.

Easy running associated with I interval workout.

4x1100m on grass. Pleasantly cool at about 6:30am and the best I've ever felt during a rare early morning hard workout. Though it still took me twenty minutes after waking to drag myself outside.

Very abbreviated workout due to fragile feeling in left hamstring - fine since all I wanted to do was stretch my legs anyway.