Training Log Archive: Ari-o

Up to Merrimack with Alex for a trail run. Back still hurting, but gobbled Vitamin (800 mg) which seemed to stave it off. Out for a slow warm-up with Alex. Very muddy at the start, and then everything else that we ran looked pretty fine.

Trail race! This race is always fun, low key, with the best RD around, comedy-wise (and accent-wise). I went out in the scrum but avoided the mud pit at the start, in order to keep my feet dry-ish. Jumped across the river and was just off the back of the pack, so I burned matches to catch up, when it of course was breaking apart.

I ran well, 7s or so, until we got to the hills, and the hills yesterday (more than the back) didn't cooperate, so there was a bit of walking. I passed some people, and got passed by others, and wound up in no man's land for the run back.

The run back was a bit flatter, and din't have the eroded thing down from the powerlines, so it was quite nice. Once over the hills I had sightlines to see competitors ahead. First I saw someone about 100m ahead: 20 seconds on the watch. Then I saw him again 12 seconds ahead. Then I passed him, and he didn't hang on, so I went to catch the next rabbit. He was struggling, and I passed him easily. I saw people at the end of the field when I got on to it, but had no chance of reeling them in over the last half mile. 9th overall, relatively small race this year it seems, but I felt good, was L3 pretty much the whole way, and dialed in a 6:40 mile near the end, so that's all good.

Cool down with Alex. Then I won a bottle of win in the best raffle ever.