Training Log Archive: BigWillyStyle

Event: HBOC winter champs
 

Quincy Homebrew, Day 1. I took quite a nasty fall on the way to 14 and smashed my shin/calf up, nothing super serious but definitely some severe contus(ing?) on both the front/outside and back/inside muscles - I feel lucky to have come away with nothing worse than that plus assorted trivial scrapes and bruises. It was my own fault for being careless going down a steep scree slope. Tried to walk/jog it off but turned out not to be doable so had to abandon the course and limp back to the finish.

It happened to occur as I was just a few steps behind Jourdan, and being a true sporting gentleman he gamely checked to make sure I wasn't dead. I assured him I was indeed alive and encouraged him to continue his race, which he did.

Depending on how you look at it, either the unfortunate thing or the silver lining is that I was having a very good run to that point. I was feeling strong and navigating crisply for the most part (aside from a small mistake at 3 which was mainly due to a weird control placement), and had caught up to Jourdan after starting 4-5 minutes behind.

Results and Route Gadget. Really fun area and excellently unique O-terrain, if a bit more rocky underfoot than past Quincy venues.

C • Oh noes! 7

Last night (Friday) while climbing some concrete steps of a parking garage, I felt a pop and sharp searing pain in the arch of my left foot, which can't be good.

And it's nobody's fault I made the decisions I made
This is the life I chose or rather the life that chose me
If you can't respect that your whole perspective is wack
Maybe you'll love me when I fade to black

C • fade to black 4

An excellent training session. I ended up going a bit farther and faster than I had planned, because I felt quite springy and didn't want to stop, which hardly ever happens.

2014 Performance Summary:

Highlights
--Helping Cascade win Relay Champs
--NAOC relay/helping US win BK Cup
--First M21 A-meet win
--Improvements at Sprint Camp, Sprint the Golden Gate, Winter Series
--Plus the WCOCs were just a lot of fun!*

Lights
--Boggs Mountain

Lowlights
--Subpar performances at NAOCs (other than relay)
-- " at COCs (other than sprint, sort of)

*EDITED

C • Plus the WCOCs were just a ... 7

Hard to say whether the cars are more afraid of me or I'm more afraid of the cars, but one thing's for sure: the buses aren't afraid of anybody.

Time to quit screwing around and get back at it. 20 minute tempo at ~6:00/mile pace.

Oh my dear god

C • Yeah. 1