Training Log Archive: Ari-o

Stayed at OH, kept nice and warm by some others, and then headed out to pick up Lincoln and Jess. Ate a brownie, cookie and pastry for pre-race breakfast. Healthy!

Randolph Ramble! Relatively dry trail (i.e. not pouring or snow-covered) and a nice cool day to start. So, short-sleeve shirt, gloves, hat. (Hat came off pretty quick.)

Run out, hi Kathy!, and then up the hill and hello marathon legs. Went L3 but just couldn't push the legs. Probably should have taken eurosticks. This is always a fun race, and a good end of the trail running season. So, up up up, then running in a bit of a pack across the ridge and then down. Took the downs at the head of a group until I jammed my foot into a rock, which hurt a lot and got me off balance for a few minutes but seems to be no more than a bruise.

Then rockhopped the streams and sprinted the last downhill trying to catch someone and didn't.

Jess was something like 14 minutes ahead of me which is insane, although at least she isn't six days off a marathon.

Lincoln took a friend for a fly, so we took a spin on some mountain bike trails. Nice day.