Training Log Archive: runninghils

Quick run around town. Two more work days until Daylight Saving Time! Yay!! (I can't be the only one who counts down to this, right?) Was feeling good and not going to walk at all today, but had about 30 seconds to walk to get my digestive system to settle down. Then, all was good again. Woo! I have a 3-4 hour light AR coming up in 2 weeks with Katie, which should be fun. Then, April 20 is the corporate games 5K, so I need to start stepping it up. I think that since I can run continuously now, I should start adding in some speed workouts to teach my legs to turn over again. Maybe start with some 400s.

C • it's spring ahead 2

Went to the harbor to paddle today, but it was super windy! There was a high surf advisory, but I thought I could maybe paddle in the harbor, but it was too windy even for that!

Ran much of the way, but walked up the steep hills. I did that loop that I'd identified last weekend as a potential nice 6 miler into the mountains. It was all going well until I hit the end of the fire road, where I encountered a fence. Yep, I was on private property. I was lucky that there was a lady coming up to the fence who was relatively understanding. She explained that fire roads are still often private property and that they have video surveillance and police surveillance on their property. I assured her that I was not going to do this route again and was on my way. (I was lucky she was there, or I would have had to go all the way back for an unplanned 9 miler.) I also encountered some random dogs running on the street and made something of an attempt to find their homes, but I wasn't willing to grab the collar to look at the tag because you don't know how a random dog will react to that.

I'm so bummed that it looks like many of the "good loops" are on private property. I hear that the famous "two trees" hike actually gets police patrols sometimes.

Also, botanical garden trail parking lot to the road was 9:02. A 7 second improvement.

Took the Ojai Valley Trail from Ventura to the end in Ojai. It was a gentle climb for much of the way out, so the return was easier/faster. I think I could ride my road bike on it, but there are a few bumpy/rough sections. It was a cloudy day, so I missed a lot of the views, but it was still pretty once I got out of the industrial area. It rained for about 45 minutes on the way back, but it was light enough that I was only wet on the front side. I even passed 10 people and got passed by zero. Butt needs to get reacclimatized to the saddle. One more week to DST and more time to ride after work.

Intended to go for a run, but having only slept 4 hours Thursday night, I had no energy. It's a long day leaving Long Beach at 5 am in order to miss the traffic on the 405 to make it back to Ventura at 6:30 to get ready for work. I was so tired I went to bed at 8 pm and slept 11 hours. Seriously wondering how parents manage the sleep deprivation. I'm such a baby I felt like I was suffering all day at work Friday.