Training Log Archive: jtorranc

QOC Chase - first, five minutes ahead of Randy with Dan Quinn, Andy Strat, Ted Good and visiting and late starting Finn, Jari Hannuksela, following, then a big gap. Was in the thick of things on the way to the second control of the first loop until we hit a trail which most others with me chose to simply cross. I turned north on it and followed it as it curved towards the control, leaving it as it curved away again. Probably cut the distance to run on compass through fairly runnable but often light green woods in half. Got ahead and didn't see much of anyone thereafter other than Andy as I left 5 on tht loop and Randy and Ted coming in from the A loop as I headed out on the B loop.

Dan ran the long and had a race free of major troubles though it is somewhat mysterious why the B loop took her quite as long as it did compared to the A loop.

ASFS 5K

ASFS 5K - I won by about 20 seconds, leading comfortably just about all the way - a first for a road race with a field larger than two. Climb is a guess but it was a fairly hilly course out and back along the Custis Trail. Ted Poulos came third so I may be able to find some recent race results of his on flatter courses and get a better sense of how this result compares to my other 5K times more than a year ago on dead flat courses.

C • 5K race 2

A more successful attempt to dispose of Carrie's abandoned clothing plus a trip to the library and an expedition to Takoma Park to stock up on food and get something for the picnic at the Chase on Sunday.

Commute in. Home with an attempt to donate some clothes a former roommate abandoned to Goodwill en route but their truck was not where it had been online described as being.

Work commute in. Home by way of PCRM volunteer night.

Usual abdominal, back and glute exercises for the first time in a while.

Cycling in. A surprisingly swollen right ankle (banged on bed yesterday morning and not well pleased at periods of kneeling in the canoe) had almost magically returned to normal appearance after a night's sleep. Good thing or I might have nixed the 5K plan.

Home by way of grocery shopping in Takoma Park then off to buy new trail running shoes and tickets for the Kirov Ballet next Tuesday and to drop into the library. Had hoped to go for a swim but have mislaid my goggles and it's just as well since I might not have managed to get to a running store before the weekend if I hadn't done it on Wednesday.

Cycling to work, taking it fairly easy. May have to push a bit more but downhill to make it to the evening plans.

It's official - I run the long in Denmark and I'm the reserve for the middle (not likely to matter as long as Hammer keeps his bodily abuse within manageable limits).

Also, I may alter my plan not to run until the Chase. I'm looking at a 5K on Saturday morning since it's been a long time since I got an objective measure of my running fitness.

C • Congrats! 3

Cycling from work to Fletcher's Boathouse on the C&O Canal.

Dan and I paddled a canoe around for about an hour and a quarter as part of a low key group lesson under the auspices of the Sierra Club. She seemed comfortable enough in the bow that it appeared to make sense to give her her first exposure to the frustrations of learning to steer. Which had the usual comical aspects, diminishing as time went on to a still marked tendency to overcorrect one way then the other - we'll have to try again sometime.

Home again and tired. Plan is not to run at all until the Chase this weekend - I think I overdid things a bit last year in my enthusiasm after making my first WOC team, leading to nagging left hamstring trouble. This year, I'm going to give myself at least a bit of rest from running (I'll still cycle and maybe go for a swim though) after an intense spring O season.

C • Nice job! 4