Training Log Archive: jtorranc

Biking out to Peggy and Nadim's place.

Exploring a section of Seneca Creek State Park on the shore of the Potomac and the adjacent McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area. All extremely thick except where corn or other crops were being grown (not sure how they square that with the purpose of a WMA) - useless for O so this was just a long, hot, very low intensity run.

Nadim and I headed upstream on Seneca Creek to the Schaeffer Farm area containing a significant network of mountainbike trails. The area as a whole is fairly big (around 4 square kms) though a significant amount of the northern half is cornfields and fenced-in pasture. Nadim scouted on his mountain bike; I ran, mostly sticking to the trails. There's O potential but I'm less positive than Nadim about the area - runnability was merely OK in most areas and there wasn't much other than contour features. It was also very steep over most of the area I saw. Beginner courses might be a bit of a problem due to the layout of the trail network (very little branching until you're a long way from the parking) and even more so due to the high level of mountain bike traffic - I had no problems but mixing in a lot more pedestrians could be more of a problem. Also, the parking lot wasn't huge - mountain bikers plus orienteers could easily exceed its capacity.

Cycling back home with grocery shopping on the way.

Had a noon appointment so took class with Carla (earlier than Deborah's class, slightly higher intensity as well).

The normal jogging, strides, silly walks and bounding, somewhat restrained by the continuing trouble with my left hamstring.

Commuting with no side trips - what will I think of next?

Left hamstring doesn't feel as though it's mending as I'd wish - feels fine after a night's rest but it doesn't take much moving around before I can tell it's not the same as the right one. Not sure what, if anything, to do - suppose I could try spending an entire day lying down but it seems a bit extreme. Perhaps I'd better try some stretching despite my normal inclination not to go pulling on a muscle I don't trust to take the load without complaint.

Commute plus going to see "The Music Man" at the Library of Congress.