Training Log Archive: kgeisen

My fitbit is on crack if it thinks my AHR was more for this walk than for the bike ride. That seems unlikely.

Legs felt pretty bleak this morning, so I bailed on a planned Chubb ride. That was going to be challenging enough without dead legs, and I didn't have any desire to trail behind a fast group on stuff I'm scared to ride. Probably not a good recipe for trying technical spots. Instead slept in a did a very relaxed ride on trails 1, 2 CCW, 8, 5 down, and 2x up the doubletrack hill.

Ran back down trail 1 to get a picture of the scary new bridge-let over the drainage. Scary to me, not to anyone normal.

Event: Pere Marquette Endurance Trail Run
 

If there's one trend in my PMETR reports, it's the lack of training in the lead-up. Consistent as always, I ran a total of 31.7 miles in the past 3 months, less than 10 of that on trails. On the other hand, I spent a decent amount of time on my feet thanks to walking, AR trekking legs, and O meets, so it's not quite as bleak as it looks. I've also logged a lot (for me) of bike miles, and bike time has usually translated into better than deserved running performance for me. Zero stress about the race this year.

I was placed in wave 17, which is probably too far up, and remedied that by missing my wave start and ending up in 20. Stomach wasn't too happy pre-race, so that was a concern, but I found an immodium in my car and things went fine.

I think I walked earlier on uphills and started running later than in the past, and for the first few miles my legs on the flats felt pretty anemic, but strava tells me I set personal PRs on the first two hills. Lost some time on downhills, but without much trail running this year I don't have that trail comfort level.

I'd been thinking my old PR was 1:35 and thought I'd beaten it, so I was slightly deflated to look back and realize it was 1:30, but it's hard to complain about getting my third best time with possibly my worst training. Of course it makes me wonder what I could do if I ever really did train well, but mentally this was a much better situation for me. No worries, just running.

Wore PI tights, thin l/s base layer top, s/s top over that, fleece hat, and cheapie knit gloves. Took off first glove a mile in and the other one maybe halfway, otherwise nailed it clothing wise.

Race report

C • No worries, just running 2

Even with very minimal amount, I'm definitely seeing greater flexibility.

Mostly leg stretch, hip openers. No inversions, which was a good thing post-Christmas party. Jeff said Jacob told him he wanted to do more yoga with me.

W/U, 16x 1 min hard, 1 min easy, CD

With Jacob again, mostly because he was putting off going to bed, but it was nice to outlast him in downward dog. :)

I need to develop some consistency so I can get past the first set of workouts again.

Started easy, bumped up the pace every minute until 6 a.m. and then every 30 sec to get out of there sooner. Running faster actually felt pretty good. I need to run more often so I can do that.