Training Log Archive: Ørret

As part of my "training" for the Tucson half-marathon I needed to test my stamina for running a long distance by myself. Again, I tried the 8 minutes on and one minute walkding pattern which worked very well. The only bummer was that my blood sugar was dropping right from the start so I had to load up on almost all of my cliff shot blocks on the first lap. After walking for about half a lap to get over the low I ran the next three miles without any difficulty. At about mile 8 my knees started to hurt and I had to increase my walking time until finally I just had to walk it on home. Hopefully I didn't do too much damage.

Rode to Reid Park for my run and then back.

Around Randolph and then to Brueggers.

On my commuting bike to Reid Park and back. My right shifting thumb still hurts!

Cristina thought that having me walk for 30 seconds after every 5 minutes of walking would help me run for a longer period of time. It seemed to work but I'm not sure that it was the best ratio because I went on strike after about 40 minutes but then recouped some energy and ran for a bit more.

Whew. Altitude really does make a difference. We went hiking on the crest trail in the Sandia mtns today. I was gulping for air like a little fish, supposedly because of the elevation. It was a beautiful trail right on the well, crest of the mtn.