Training Log Archive: bishop22

Couldn't fit in a run at lunch, so I made it out to Webster Park around 4:45 for an easy run while Nate was finishing up his first-ever XC ski practice, which was a lot like an easy XC running practice, since there is no real snow on the horizon here.

I started out running with a Webster Park map, but darkness fell a lot more quickly than I expected - ran mostly trails with some terrain sections.

Highlight of the run: spotted a 'possum actually playing possum on the very southeast corner of the map. Unless it was actually dead, which I doubt. I didn't get too close to check because, umm, it was private property right on the other side of the large rodent.

Lowlight of the run: leaving the possum, I headed due west, parallel to the park boundary and encountered a nasty maze of downed trees. Too bad - this probably used to be wonderful terrain before the wreckage. No wonder I've never seen a control placed anywhere in the SE corner of the map.

Wasn't able to get a run in today. Very busy - up at 6 so Chris and I could get the XC yearbooks ready in time for the banquet at 1 (with only a break to take Nate to his hockey game). Since the banquet was scheduled during the Bills game (poor planning by Coach K), I had to watch it via TiVo delay, and was too beat to run afterwards.

Event: BATONA 500
 

Ran some of the recent Blue course at Mendon Ponds Park while watching the ROC trail run. Was accosted (pleasantly at least) by a bow hunter in a tree stand which ROC and the county say is in park property, but he claims is private property. We'll have to get that cleared up.

The orienteering was intermixed with...

C • Property line 1

Mostly easy running during the trail run. Got to do some rare cheering during a running race (well, not so rare after a season of coaching XC, I guess). I also ran a couple of strecthes with Patty.

It seems really strange that I can run easy for 2 hours without a problem, but I can't run hard for 6 minutes.

All my spare time today was spent working on a yearbook for the XC banquet.

Finally back to GTA after missing all of XC season. And a great time to come back, with Erik fresh off his 9:41 ironman - not bad for his 2nd triathlon of the year. So, the crew (Erik, Frank, Lawrence, JV) went easy, mostly staying within my slightly over 8 min pace limit.

I did manage 7:43 pace for the last 1.6, but that was aided by some nasty "lady" driver yelling & cursing (something about sidewalks?). I'd hate to wake up next to her every morning.

Vinnie made a cameo appearance following his marathon, where he got passed by Lance at about 17.

Easy run from SIR thru Corn Hill - Ford St - Mt Hope - Linden - Clinton - Court and back via festival site / ped bridge over 490. Couldn't save the route on gmap ("Error on page").

I guess 8:30 is the new 7:45 easy pace, any faster and I start getting short on breath.

OK, now that XC season is over, I was back on a familiar course with some measured sections. And the verdict is that my heart palpatations must be causing inefficiencies. It was much too difficult to get under 8 min pace. There is no way that I am THAT out of shape.

Ran up the river to the UR ped bridge and back the other side. Splits:
5:22 - to path
9:00 - to start of mile
8:08 - mile (this was not easy)
3:20 - across river to trail sign
8:27 - just under a mile
9:02 - used to be a mile before construction elongated things.
6:14 - back to Y

Only bright spot was that I was able to get back from X2 to the Y in 2:35.