Training Log Archive: TomN

6 x (400 R + 400 jog). Times were 98, 98, 96, 97, 96, 95.

In between the 4th and 5th interval I stopped to say hi to Jim Hage, who had just shown up at the track. He's a local legend, 6 years younger than me but always a much better runner. He remembered me, we had run together in the 80s with a mutual friend. At a race last year I went up to the podium to claim my award for 1st 60-69 and the guy seemed confused, shuffled papers, said, "You're not Jim Hage!" I said no, I'm not. "Well, where's Jim Hage?" (Answer: he didn't run, or I wouldn't have been there.)

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Quantico Classic, Day 2 Long Green. Much better performance today. Lost a little time here and there, but reasonable route choices and solid contact with the map. Second today in M60, but my 2-day combined is just dismal.

Day 2 - Long - Green - Splits

Quantico Classic, Day 1 Middle Distance, Green. Not a very satisfactory performance. Bad mistake on 4 (went to 5 first, thought it was 4, realized my mistake when things didn't look right) and even worse mistake on 6 (thought I was on a bearing straight to it, was actually a long way off, should have relocated immediately but I kept thinking it was right there).

Looking at the gps route, I see I was pretty far off the line all the way, until the last few controls. That was certainly not my plan, so something to think about.

Quantico Classic Relay. Lead-off runner on QOC's 9-point team, followed by Alex and Michael. I had a solid run, and fell into a pattern: navigated on my own towards the next control, then as I got close I could follow others into the control. That's the nice thing about running first leg. Alex and Michael ran well, but we were outclassed by NEOC (Jeff, Tim, Kristin -- what a powerhouse!).

Day 1 - Middle - Green - Splits

A repeat of last week's tempo run. It was a half-mile shorter, because I forgot to add the segment on Homewood Parkway. It was also slower. I just couldn't get my legs to move. First thing in the morning.