Training Log Archive: jtorranc

Another search for wavyleaf basketgrass and unfortunately I found a lot of it on the slopes along the east side of Rock Creek, south of the Lake Frank dam. A fair bit of it actually along the edges of the paved, mixed-use trail, which makes me very surprised that apparently it hadn't already been reported - you'd think at least one person who knows wavyleaf to look at it would be in the habit of walking or riding along that path regularly (not that plants are more than a green blur most of the time when riding). Not confident there's any point in trying to remove it when it's as well-established as it has become but I'll report it up the chain of command and see what they think.

Riding home from Union Station, stopping at Trader Joe's on the way to resupply the household with steel cut oats.

Warmup/cooldown.

SIlly walks and six uphill sprints.

Cycling to Union Station to pick up rental car.

Commute plus other utilitarian cycling.

Normal intensity parts of cycling to work, to PCRM then home.

CCT time trial on the way to PCRM. At least felt better than the last two but will be alarmed if these don't get substantially faster over the next month or so - I shouldn't slow down by more than a minute on something this short in just one year.

Commute plus dropping in on aquatic center on the way home.

Not quite a sustained 4 effort. Listened to two of David Levine's podcasts - Otakon sounds rather fun - lots of Tsui Hark films, among others. I didn't realise the otaku concept stretched to kung fu film fandom - maybe in Japan it doesn't but more things get lumped in with the core interest in manga and anime over here to reach critical mass for holding conventions.

Edit: actually, it seems the term in Japanese also applies to any obsessive interest, with manga and anime only being the most common combination (maybe far the most common). That's what I get for relying on manga to learn the meaning of Japanese slang.

Commute.

Commute.

Jog in Rock Creek Park starting at 8pm, still pretty oppressive. Welcome to summer in DC (though this was nothing to what we expect on Wednesday).