Training Log Archive: Bash

TNT comes to Palgrave again! After starting my parallel TNT last Tuesday, I made the mistake of skipping the TNT hill training on Thursday - and boy, did I hear about it. So today was speed interval day once again. I decided to move to shorter intervals so that I could do more of them, and hopefully keep up a faster pace. Speed *really* isn't my thing, so if the intervals get too long, I cheat and ease off, which is missing the point. So I'll have to work my way up to what the GHO Canada GHO team is doing.

Today was 6 intervals of 2 min. with 90 s off in between. I'm wondering if I should do speedwork on the road (more traction), or at least on a flatter trail. On a snowy day in the hilly Oak Ridges Moraine, parts of my speed workout were more like a strength workout.

The rest of my trail run. ThunderDog accompanied me on the part before dark, then I dropped her off at the house. I tried to keep my shoulders back and use my arms properly. For some reason, I had a recurrence of the stupid hip pain that, before today, had only ever happened at the 2005 Raid The Hammer. I don't think it was caused by improving my posture. Apparently, hip tightness in long runs can result from the opposite arm moving too far across the body - but I don't think I do that.

This was the first good field test of my new Princeton Tec Apex headlamp. I can see why Bent has been raving about it.
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