Training Log Archive: jtorranc

Warmup/cooldown.

Silly walks.

Event: QOC Lake Needwood
 

Cycled to the O meet mostly along Beach Dr and Rock Creek Park mixed used trail, with a shortcut through Kensington to cut off the big loop where Beach Dr almost kisses Rockville Pike. Then cycling home in the rain after the meet, but only from Forest Glen Metro, Mary having driven me there from Lake Needwood.

QOC Lake Needwood Blue - sadly I'm either not in shape overall or not in cycling shape to bike for 80 minutes plus a few to an O meet and then turn in a full bore physical effort. Lingering traces of illness not helping either. Messed up 1 a bit thinking either knoll or control would be more visible from below - should have just navigated to the reentrant and then gone straight up the middle of it until I hit the flag. Otherwise basically clean. This is certainly the time of year to run at Lake Needwood - almost all the thicker vegetation is noticeably less thick than mapped. Map could use an update for new rootstocks and removal of decayed ones but the course notes warned us about that up front so not a problem today.

Blue - Splits

Yoga class, a little slower-paced than usual by the instructor's choice. Hope it will do the sore torso muscles some good; at least doesn't currently feel as though it disagreed with them. They are generally improving so I'm hoping to stop ticking the sick box before next weekend's races.

Cycling to the National Gallery and back - saw a screening of recording of the Bolshoi Ballet dancing Shostakovich's The Bolt. Now 2 for 3 on Shostakovich ballets - The Bolt being much more memorable than The Bright Stream (aka The Limpid Stream).

Event: North American and US SkiO Championships
 

Warmup/cooldown.

Silly walks.

Run in Rock Creek Park, basic out and back to the park police station along the east side of the creek outbound, west returning. Felt okay barring some coughing and continuing soreness of muscles surrounding the ribs.

Warmup/cooldown.

Silly walks. This plus warmup/cooldown probably the sum total of exercise today, unless walking on errands and/or housework count. With luck, that's about the right amount. Still baffled at just how sore my upper back manages to be when it doesn't feel as though I've been doing anything to it - the coughing doesn't feel good but it's vastly less than it was for the first week and a bit of this.

Round trip for grocery shopping in Takoma Park. Still with the cough, mucus at back of throat, and sore muscles all around ribs, particularly the upper back, but nowhere near sick enough anymore to sleep the day away and I'm pretty sure I feel better the rest of the time with at least a little exercise sometime during the day. This wasn't specially intense cycling but it wasn't crawling either - hopefully that hits a sweet spot.