Sunday Mar 19 |
 | Orienteering race 1:16:15 [3]*** 7.8 km (9:47 / km) +400m 7:47 / km | |
| 27c |
| Blue at Sunol. I had a good race, running well most of the time. I think this was my fastest per minute kms ever in an advanced-O course. The navigation wasn't very difficult, and most of the time I was running near other people so I didn't make many big mistakes. I lost 2-3 min on 2 before I got used to reading the map, and made a slow route choice on the long leg, going down to the trail, costing me 1-2 min. Otherwise it was a pretty clean run, just hesitating a few times close to the control. |
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| After my run on Thursday I noticed some soreness on the outside of my right knee, which I think might be IT band syndrome. It was pretty sore walking around on Friday, but yesterday and today it was fine, and I barely noticed it on the course today. I think I'm going to try running slightly less than planned this week, avoiding uneven surfaces and hills, and see how it feels. |
Thursday Mar 16 |
| Running 1:43:23 [3]13.12 mi (7:53 / mi) +310m 4:34 / km | |
| shoes: Asics GEL-1100 |
| Menlo Park/Atherton/Redwood City. Raining hard for the second half. I wanted to simulate the big hill in the Big Sur marathon up to Hurricane Point as well as get in some close-to-marathon-pace running. Jefferson Road from Alameda to Occidental seemss pretty similar to Hurricane Point (170m of climb in 2.11 miles compared to 160m in 2.2 miles) so I ran to Jefferson Road, up, down (with a wrong turn) and back.
There - 35:17 (4.53 miles, 7:47/mile), up - 19:16 (9:07/mile), down - 14:15 (1.95 miles, 7:18/mile), back - 34:35 (7:38/mile). I'm a little surprised I didn't make up more time down the hill, and I was hoping to go faster on the way back, but I think considering the climb and conditions this was a pretty good pace. |
Wednesday Mar 15 |
| Running 50:31 [2]5.3 mi (9:31 / mi) +290m 5:04 / km | |
| shoes: new NB |
| Foothills with Peter. Ran Peter's route with him. |
Tuesday Mar 14 |
| Running warm up/down 7:57 [2]1.0 mi (7:56 / mi) +5m 4:52 / km | |
| shoes: Asics GEL-1100 |
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| Running tempo 34:00 [4]5.0 mi (6:48 / mi) +30m 4:09 / km | |
| shoes: Asics GEL-1100 |
| Sawyer Camp Trail. Still feeling sore in some unusual places from Sunday. I was able to accelerate throughout, from a 6:56 first mile to a 6:33 last mile. |