Training Log Archive: Ari-oIn the 31 days ending Oct 31, 2013:
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Thursday Oct 31, 2013 #
Bicycle 1:15:30 [1] 18.0 mi (4:12 / mi) +164m 4:05 / mi
Ride out to a meeting and back. Not a bad ride. Some bad pavement, but only one traffic nasty outside of Cambridge.
8 PM
Core (#DeckADay) 16:30 [2]
So the last #deckaday is over. This was pretty great. 6448 sit ups and 6448 push ups in the past month, 208 of each a day, in as fast as 13:29. Pretty sure I'm stronger for it, and I am going to continue to do more core (although maybe not to these exact specifications) as the days roll on. Definitely fun to do it with other people, too. @nov_project #deckaday
Wednesday Oct 30, 2013 #
6 AM
Run hills 27:00 [4] 1.5 mi (18:00 / mi) +525m 8:37 / mi
Quite a day on the stairs. 40 degrees, and I was wearing pretty much nothing for the theme. And I had sharpied NP all over my body and very short shorts. Since it was cold, I didn't bring a water bottle, and since it was cold, I didn't get too hot. Until about 7 sections in, when I lost the hat pretty quickly, and by half way I was sweating bullets. Did I mention it was 40? Went hard, felt good, finished in a sub-30 PR, and then took 10 minutes to cool down.
Core 13:39 [3]
Down on the field for a quick deck. Did it on my phone, which means no card flipping and a lot of 37 push ups and 36 sit ups. Okay then. Finished in just about a PR, but I think a couple seconds off. Oh, well.
6 PM
Orienteering 40:00 [2] ** 5.0 mi (8:00 / mi) +25m 7:53 / mi
Fun course set by Giovanni around Danehy. It took a little getting used to the park in the dark, but once I figured it out it was a bit easier. A couple of bobbles looking for controls, but nothing too bad. Good excuse to run around in the dark, even if I was violently hiccoughing the whole time.
Tuesday Oct 29, 2013 #
7 AM
Core (#deckaday) 20:30 [1]
Deck in the AM. Felt slow. Still faster than most of the first week.
6 PM
Run 27:43 [2] 3.7 mi (7:29 / mi)
Quick run around to Whole Foods. Nice running 7s along the river. Pissed at WF, with their "jacket broccoli" (ripoff) and tiny little packs of arugula. What do they need to ratchet up profits more? Definitely miss last fall which was 99¢ whole chickens all month long.
Monday Oct 28, 2013 #
7 AM
Run 11:00 [1] 1.2 mi (9:10 / mi)
Run to and from Magazine Beach
Core 16:30 [2]
#deckaday early means no core later.
6 PM
Run 31:00 [1] 3.6 mi (8:37 / mi)
Quick run around the river. Nice running weather, but windy!
Core 4:00 [1]
Pull ups and bench dips
Sunday Oct 27, 2013 #
7 PM
Run 40:38 [2] 5.6 mi (7:15 / mi)
Longfellow loop. Ran pretty hard (<6:30) along the river, then across the bridge, then through the Kendall Station where a train was pulling out (I was going to hop a train home for dinner if the timing was right—since it's free with the whole Longfellow busing thing but I just missed one). Feels good to motor along the river like that. Good times.
11 PM
Core 18:00 [1]
#deckaday as the Sox win.
Saturday Oct 26, 2013 #
Hiking 4:00:00 [1] 8.4 mi (28:34 / mi) +1230m 19:38 / mi
Late day hike up on the Franconia Ridge. With assorted shenanigans, we didn't get going until close to 3. Ran up Falling Waters, slowing as the snow covered the trail. It was cold, windy and powdery up top, and we almost got blown over a few times. Passed some goofers on Lafayette who probably had a long, dark trip down, and donned headlamps and microspikes for the OBP. Made it down around 7, and back for the end of the game.
11 AM
Core 18:30 [3]
Did a deck. Then ate two cinnamon buns.
Friday Oct 25, 2013 #
6 AM
Run hills 36:01 [2] 4.1 mi (8:47 / mi) +280m 7:15 / mi
Brr, hands got cold! Five hills today in 35 minutes, not too bad. Pushed the last one and @Strava gives me my third best time. Okay then.
Core (#DeckADay) 13:29 [3]
Fastest deck yet with a few others after the hills. I went in to push up deficit twice, but was able to claw back during the deck, and we finished very smartly. Definitely pushing it; there's no way I could have done 208 push ups and 208 sit ups this fast a month ago.
Thursday Oct 24, 2013 #
7 PM
Run 45:00 [2] 5.6 mi (8:02 / mi)
Decided to detour through Kenmore before the game. Perfect October weather for a run, and for baseball.
Core 18:30 [2]
#deckaday
Wednesday Oct 23, 2013 #
6 AM
Run hills 40:00 [2] 1.8 mi (22:13 / mi) +525m 11:39 / mi
Two halves of the stadium today for NP. Quad felt good on the uphills and I took it easy downhill. Began to feel a little stiff at the end but certainly not throbbing in pain. Much better.
Core 15:53 [2]
Headed to the field after the project to run through a set of deck. Pretty fast time, although it was interrupted for the group photo portion of the program.
6 PM
Orienteering 30:00 [2] ** 3.9 mi (7:42 / mi)
19c
Went off to the Esplanade for the course that I set. Huzzah! Actually, it was pretty cool because I've never set a course before. So here's what you do when you are organizing a thing:
* Tarry to the point that you're running late and will arrive just by the skin of your teeth.
* Run to the Hubway rack.
* Realize you forgot your key.
* Run home, and get it and run back.
* Spin that bad boy as fast as you can to Boston
* Run across the Fiedler Bridge.
So, yeah, I was only 6 minutes late, having inadvertently sprinted two miles. And Alex and Giovanni were there, so it wasn't like I was the latest.
Anyhow, everyone got there, and we ran. I set the course and had forgotten a head lamp as well as where I had put most of the controls. But from 4 to 5 I inadvertently set a triple-route-choice, and was so proud when people ducked across different bridges running for the control. Obviously I spent an hour coming up with that control alone.
Then at 11 I had some November Project-esque "spice" built in—the control description read "pick a machine, 10 reps." I did pull-ups. I can do five at a time. So that was a couple of minutes (Strava says 1:44, and it's probably a bit on the long side, but Strava run is pretty braindead). Then it was back, hitting every little jetty I could find. Well, I made it, so that's a thing.
Then I put on other clothes, ran up to the AMC, went to a talk there, then off to watch the Sox via Radio Shack. What else had I forgotten? Well, a credit card or money. But after paying with Paypal (?) at an already-closed Rad Shack with a boarded up front door (!) I got the teevee set up for the game. And by teevee I mean antenna–digital-to-analog box–old VCR–projector getup all together. And the Sox won.
(In other words, this is the longest night-o-training log post ever.)
* Tarry to the point that you're running late and will arrive just by the skin of your teeth.
* Run to the Hubway rack.
* Realize you forgot your key.
* Run home, and get it and run back.
* Spin that bad boy as fast as you can to Boston
* Run across the Fiedler Bridge.
So, yeah, I was only 6 minutes late, having inadvertently sprinted two miles. And Alex and Giovanni were there, so it wasn't like I was the latest.
Anyhow, everyone got there, and we ran. I set the course and had forgotten a head lamp as well as where I had put most of the controls. But from 4 to 5 I inadvertently set a triple-route-choice, and was so proud when people ducked across different bridges running for the control. Obviously I spent an hour coming up with that control alone.
Then at 11 I had some November Project-esque "spice" built in—the control description read "pick a machine, 10 reps." I did pull-ups. I can do five at a time. So that was a couple of minutes (Strava says 1:44, and it's probably a bit on the long side, but Strava run is pretty braindead). Then it was back, hitting every little jetty I could find. Well, I made it, so that's a thing.
Then I put on other clothes, ran up to the AMC, went to a talk there, then off to watch the Sox via Radio Shack. What else had I forgotten? Well, a credit card or money. But after paying with Paypal (?) at an already-closed Rad Shack with a boarded up front door (!) I got the teevee set up for the game. And by teevee I mean antenna–digital-to-analog box–old VCR–projector getup all together. And the Sox won.
(In other words, this is the longest night-o-training log post ever.)
Core 1:44 [3]
10 pullups, two sets of 5, in the middle of O? Spice.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2013 #
Note
(injured)
L Quad feeling much better today, and fine after the run. We'll see how it holds up at November Project tomorrow.
9 PM
Run 34:33 [1] 3.7 mi (9:20 / mi) +11m 9:15 / mi
Long, busy day and I was at Alewife. I wanted to run. Luckily, I had planned ahead and brought along running stuff. Stripped in the Bertucci's bathroom, changed in to running clothes, and ran home with a pack. Not too shabby.
10 PM
Core (#DeckADay) 18:18 [2]
More deck.
Monday Oct 21, 2013 #
8 PM
Core (#DeckADay) 18:05 [2]
Less pain in the quad, going faster. Still no running.
Sunday Oct 20, 2013 #
Core 21:05 [1]
Lah dee dah deck.
Saturday Oct 19, 2013 #
Event: UNO Boulder Dash
Core 27:30 [1]
Very slow core. Tired and hurt. Ugh.
10 AM
Run warm up/down 13:20 [1] 1.4 mi (9:31 / mi) +32m 8:54 / mi
Quick warm up before the race. Quad felt okay until I tried to do a little speed. Uh oh.
Orienteering 3:38:00 [1] ***** 10.0 mi (21:48 / mi) +214m 20:26 / mi
22c
The less said the better. I was doing okay until after 11, when two things happened:
1. I could not find 12. I spent a lot of time wandering around, first on my own, then with some cadets, to little avail. Was well west of where I should have been.
2. Around that point I wasn't able to run. My quad basically said no any time I tried to go any faster than a walk. So I walked the rest of the course.
Some things I learned:
* Thumbpass = awesome.
* When you spike a control based on reading features and then taking a bearing, it feels great.
* Just don't spend half an hour on the next control.
* Vague, flat areas with lots of green really aren't that fun to orienteer in.
Not sure if I'll go up tomorrow. Definitely depends on how my leg feels. No need to really put myself in a bad place with another day of stumbling around the woods.
1. I could not find 12. I spent a lot of time wandering around, first on my own, then with some cadets, to little avail. Was well west of where I should have been.
2. Around that point I wasn't able to run. My quad basically said no any time I tried to go any faster than a walk. So I walked the rest of the course.
Some things I learned:
* Thumbpass = awesome.
* When you spike a control based on reading features and then taking a bearing, it feels great.
* Just don't spend half an hour on the next control.
* Vague, flat areas with lots of green really aren't that fun to orienteer in.
Not sure if I'll go up tomorrow. Definitely depends on how my leg feels. No need to really put myself in a bad place with another day of stumbling around the woods.
Friday Oct 18, 2013 #
Core (#DeckADay) 20:00 [1]
Quad still hurts some, letting it rest some.
Thursday Oct 17, 2013 #
6 PM
Run 32:00 [2] 3.8 mi (8:25 / mi)
(injured)
Sneaking in a quick run in between things. Leg still hurts, I think I'll take it easy tomorrow.
10 PM
Core 22:00 [1]
Another deck. It's too warm for this.
Wednesday Oct 16, 2013 #
12 AM
Trail Run 1:12:00 [1] 4.6 mi (15:39 / mi) +14m 15:30 / mi
Ran down the GRT in the dark. Took it slow up top on the rocks but once I hit the last 5k on trails I was able to reel off the miles at 5-6 mph, which felt great. Hit the car by 1:10, and then motored back to Boston in 2:15. Yeah being fast!
6 PM
Orienteering 52:24 [2] **** 5.8 mi (9:02 / mi) +20m 8:56 / mi
30c
Giacomo's O. Fun! He had a 50 (!) control map set up, running pretty much anywhere owned by Harvard this side of the Arboretum (or at least the medical campus). I decided to run for a while and see where I made it. Started over on the Boston campus, then came back across the river to come and play in the Yard, which is pretty fun and orienteery.
Now, I made it extra hard on myself by forgetting a headlamp (to my credit, I came straight from an event after work and didn't have time to get home) so it was more of a memory O between streetlights, where I couldn't see the map. I'll give myself an extra technical star for that. Extra fun.
Now, I made it extra hard on myself by forgetting a headlamp (to my credit, I came straight from an event after work and didn't have time to get home) so it was more of a memory O between streetlights, where I couldn't see the map. I'll give myself an extra technical star for that. Extra fun.
10 PM
Core (#deckaday) 25:00 [1]
Really tired by this point, so my deck was slow slow slow.
Tuesday Oct 15, 2013 #
6 PM
Trail Run 1:17:00 [3] 4.6 mi (16:44 / mi) +680m 11:28 / mi
Left Boston, drove in no traffic to NH, hit the GRT running. Made the first couple of miles before it was pitch black, and good time beyond there. Got to Galefest as the festivities were kicking off, and so many people there! Felt really good going up the trail, too. Hopefully I can continue to dominate NH this weekend.
11 PM
Core (#DeckADay) 16:15 [3]
Wooo did my deck in 16:15 today. Thought 16 might be in the cards (haha) but a few sit ups a the end slowed me down. Pretty sweet to do a deck at Galehead Hut at 11:30 before running down. Pretty sweet to run up to a hut for a party on a weeknight and basically not miss any work. As for missing sleep, though. …
Monday Oct 14, 2013 #
6 PM
Run 28:45 [1] 3.6 mi (7:59 / mi) +10m 7:55 / mi
Short run. Felt okay but we were moving slower than we thought. Would have liked to go towards the Longfellow but it was late and hungry out.
9 PM
Core (#deckaday) 19:45 [2]
Deck!
Sunday Oct 13, 2013 #
Core (#DeckADay) 22:45 [1]
Oh boy, very hungover and doing core. It helped, but it was neither fun nor fast.
3 PM
Trail Run 1:58:08 [2] 8.6 mi (13:44 / mi) +458m 11:47 / mi
On my way back from upstate NY I decided I wanted to go revisit Sages Ravine, one of my favorite spots on the AT. And it was well worth the trip! Climbed the Undermountain Trail with a lot of goofers, then turned off on to the Paradize Lane Trail (saw two trail runners) and then the AT. Stopped at Sages for pictures and happy place times.
Then got to the MA/CT border sign (the ravine is in the Commonwealth but the sign is past the ravine) and saw that it was 4.2 miles to the trail I was planning to run down. But it was great, runnable trail and who cares if it's 1:30 from dark and I don't have a light. Once the trail because a little slower and less runnable I decided to backtrack to a road I saw based on what the iPhone told us (iPhones, is there anything they can't do?). Basically, this unmarked woods road, formerly the AT, led down to 41, and I turned a 14 miler (which I had not planned on) in to an 8 miler (which I had). I was prepared to go through the woods, but the road pretty easily led down.
Too bad that the woods out here seemed to be private property (some weird thing called the Options Institute) because it was some sick O terrain. Pretty much all white, point features, lots of elevation, random trails, interesting terrain. Reminded me a lot of the side of the ridge at the Billygoat this week. Well, good thing that was pretty much the last time I ran an O race with this weekend coming up (okay, not true, but I am going to get lost in the woods this weekend. It will be great!).
Then got to the MA/CT border sign (the ravine is in the Commonwealth but the sign is past the ravine) and saw that it was 4.2 miles to the trail I was planning to run down. But it was great, runnable trail and who cares if it's 1:30 from dark and I don't have a light. Once the trail because a little slower and less runnable I decided to backtrack to a road I saw based on what the iPhone told us (iPhones, is there anything they can't do?). Basically, this unmarked woods road, formerly the AT, led down to 41, and I turned a 14 miler (which I had not planned on) in to an 8 miler (which I had). I was prepared to go through the woods, but the road pretty easily led down.
Too bad that the woods out here seemed to be private property (some weird thing called the Options Institute) because it was some sick O terrain. Pretty much all white, point features, lots of elevation, random trails, interesting terrain. Reminded me a lot of the side of the ridge at the Billygoat this week. Well, good thing that was pretty much the last time I ran an O race with this weekend coming up (okay, not true, but I am going to get lost in the woods this weekend. It will be great!).
Saturday Oct 12, 2013 #
9 AM
Core 19:49 [1]
Another day, another deck.
1 PM
Hiking 20:00 [1] 0.8 mi (25:01 / mi) +290m 11:46 / mi
Hike up Stissing Mountain in NY. With other people, so we stopped a lot. But it was steep and when we moved we at least moved decently. Would be fun to run.
Friday Oct 11, 2013 #
6 AM
Bicycle 12:00 [2] 2.6 mi (4:37 / mi) +79m 4:13 / mi
Running late, bike to NP and a haul up the hill
Run hills 34:12 [3] 4.0 mi (8:33 / mi) +280m 7:01 / mi
Fun times on the hills, doing the normal 5 "flights." Went pretty hard on the first four and not-quite-all-out on the last one. Clocked in about 20 seconds faster on the last one with almost-full recovery. Then found out I'd lost my bike key on the hill. Great.
Core 17:00 [2]
Found my key, did a surprisingly quick set of core. 55˚ out means little sweating going on, which is great.
Bicycle 14:00 [1] 2.6 mi (5:23 / mi)
And ride bikes home.
Thursday Oct 10, 2013 #
7 AM
Core (#DeckADay) 21:04 [3]
Shoulder hurt a little, mostly during sit ups. Powered through.
5 PM
Run 45:48 [1] 5.3 mi (8:38 / mi) +10m 8:35 / mi
Went out to Newton to buy ski stuff. CT2 poles for $116? I can haz. Wax, too. Luckily I am going to be reimbursed for a lot of it. Or I am out a lots of muneez.
Run 5:00 [2] 0.7 mi (7:08 / mi)
Running hard to catch the bus!
Run 8:00 [1] 1.0 mi (8:00 / mi)
And the run home from the bus.
Wednesday Oct 9, 2013 #
Core (#deckaday) 19:36 [2]
Another day, another deck. Third day in the 19-minute range in a row. Less sore when I do the push ups, but still weak when I hit a string of them (85 in a row with only five sit ups intermixed). Three weeks to work on that.
Tuesday Oct 8, 2013 #
7 AM
Core (Deckaday) 19:49 [2]
AM deck. Not too shabby to do two in a row under 20:00.
6 PM
Run 25:19 [2] 3.4 mi (7:27 / mi)
Quick run around to Trader Joes. Leg feels better, but noticeable. Might skip NP stairs tomorrow to keep it in check for now. Pretty high impact. Nice when an easy run is low 7s.
Core 2:00 [3]
20 pull ups on the pullup bar on the esplanade. I should do more of these, fo sho.
Monday Oct 7, 2013 #
Note
(injured) (rest day)
Leg cut feeling a little better; we'll see if a run in the thunderstorms later is in store. However, with high dew points and having not taken a day off in a while, it seems like a great day for 20 minutes of core and a day off, so I think I'll do that. Sleeping is good, too. As is catching up on life a little bit.
6 PM
Run 7:00 [1] 0.9 mi (7:47 / mi)
Run to Mag Beach for the Deck.
Core (DeckADay) 19:07 [2]
Pretty quick deck; it goes easier when you're with someone. And faster too. #RecruitMoreNeighbors #Deckaday #WaitAttackpointIsntTwitter
Sunday Oct 6, 2013 #
12 PM
Core 20:00 [2]
Deck on the dock in 20 minutes. 55˚, fresh breeze, cloudy skies. Pretty perfect.
2 PM
Trail Run 58:21 [1] 6.4 mi (9:07 / mi) +165m 8:26 / mi
Went for a short run up the road to the woods trails. Stepped funny on a branch and kicked it in to my other calf and put a nice gash in the back. Whoo boy. Had a much slower run back but kept some speed up as a distraction. This became a "oh boy walking isn't that much fun" gash as I went along on the rest of my run, and then drive home. Not really the best of times. Hopefully it's just a cut that needs a couple of days to heal.
Saturday Oct 5, 2013 #
12 PM
Bicycle 2:51:28 [2] 39.2 mi (4:22 / mi) +1102m 4:01 / mi
So this is what happened: Acadia is closed thanks to the government shutdown. Which means the newly-paved, 20-mile-long park loop road is … also closed. But enforcement is non-existent inasmuch as the park rangers aren't getting paid and don't seem to care. Having ascertained this, I made quick work of getting to Acadia.
We had a lazy morning and didn't start riding bikes until after noon. We parked miles away at the high school and rode a sketchy-shouldered road to the park, and found that everyone else just parked by the side of the road. Good to know. The first order of business was biking up Cadillac! After a 4 mile, 1100 foot climb (going hard, but not nearly all-out, and coming 130/600 on the Strava machine), we spent some time on the top before wheeeeee down the hill at nearly 30 mph, average. Lincoln passed a motorcycle which somehow snuck in to the park.
Then we went on along the park road. We intermixed sprints and stupid things, like lying down in the middle of the road, or taking iPhone pictures. Perfect pavement, no traffic. Three gates to go around. A few other people out enjoying the day, everyone with a huge smile on their face. We saw zero rangers, and apparently those who did got a friendly wave. Then we took some fun carriage roads, which are totally doable on a road bike (but, if I had a cross bike …).So, thank you John Boehner for being an intransigent nincompoop and closing Acadia for us.
And if it's closed next spring like it was this spring, I am totally going back up for a weekend.
We had a lazy morning and didn't start riding bikes until after noon. We parked miles away at the high school and rode a sketchy-shouldered road to the park, and found that everyone else just parked by the side of the road. Good to know. The first order of business was biking up Cadillac! After a 4 mile, 1100 foot climb (going hard, but not nearly all-out, and coming 130/600 on the Strava machine), we spent some time on the top before wheeeeee down the hill at nearly 30 mph, average. Lincoln passed a motorcycle which somehow snuck in to the park.
Then we went on along the park road. We intermixed sprints and stupid things, like lying down in the middle of the road, or taking iPhone pictures. Perfect pavement, no traffic. Three gates to go around. A few other people out enjoying the day, everyone with a huge smile on their face. We saw zero rangers, and apparently those who did got a friendly wave. Then we took some fun carriage roads, which are totally doable on a road bike (but, if I had a cross bike …).So, thank you John Boehner for being an intransigent nincompoop and closing Acadia for us.
And if it's closed next spring like it was this spring, I am totally going back up for a weekend.
5 PM
Rollerski 41:30 [2] 7.0 mi (5:56 / mi) +141m 5:35 / mi
And after riding bikes, ROLLERSKI! I wish we'd parked closer and I'd felt duckier, because I didn't have time to ski the whole park loop. But 7 miles out and back on rolling hills above the ocean with two lanes of perfect pavement and zero traffic? Well, I will not complain. Next spring if the weather and the government allow, you better believe I'm skiing the whole thing. And maybe finishing up Cadillac? That would be brutal. And awesome.
11 PM
Core 23:00 [2]
And … after this whole day I hadn't done deckaday. Oh, no! 11:20 start, finished before midnight. Boom.
Friday Oct 4, 2013 #
6 AM
Core 8:00 [1]
Did AKQ of the deck while waiting for my sister and her first NP
Run hills 30:48 [2] 3.3 mi (9:20 / mi) +233m 7:39 / mi
Did 4 hills in 30 minutes. First three with my sister were slower, then pounded the last one out.
7 PM
Core 13:00 [1]
Rest of the deck.
Thursday Oct 3, 2013 #
7 AM
Core (Deck) 22:00 [1]
Morning deck. Shorter days + later start = funner mornings.
5 PM
Bicycle 58:45 [1] 12.4 mi (4:44 / mi) +10m 4:44 / mi
Fast splits is liquidating their ski inventory, so time to go spend dolla bills. Got a ski bag for half off, some hats for half off, and then the guy gave me 65% off wax! Rode multigrade -1 to -5 which is the magic wax for every condition ever. Very exciting.
Biked out Western through rush hour traffic. Guy on a fixie would pass me going in to every intersection and then I'd pass him in between (especially on the bike path) before he would catch up as I slowed down for the dangerdeath and he'd jump in front, buzz through traffic, and then get passed on the next straightaway.
Dude, if you are going to go fast, at least do it where it matters, not where you piss off drivers.
/rant
ION I got my bike crash settlement. Enough dollars that it makes me seriously wonder whether it was worth it. That's called "learning the wrong lesson." Of course, a year in the rear view mirror I don't remember the pain and bleeding. Good times.
Biked out Western through rush hour traffic. Guy on a fixie would pass me going in to every intersection and then I'd pass him in between (especially on the bike path) before he would catch up as I slowed down for the dangerdeath and he'd jump in front, buzz through traffic, and then get passed on the next straightaway.
Dude, if you are going to go fast, at least do it where it matters, not where you piss off drivers.
/rant
ION I got my bike crash settlement. Enough dollars that it makes me seriously wonder whether it was worth it. That's called "learning the wrong lesson." Of course, a year in the rear view mirror I don't remember the pain and bleeding. Good times.
Wednesday Oct 2, 2013 #
6 AM
Run hills (Stadium) 48:00 [3] 2.0 mi (24:00 / mi) +710m 11:25 / mi
Started in the middle of the pack, so fast ups and slow, recovery downs. Found Tom S and a friend of his about 10 sections in, wound up running the rest with them. We were getting cut off at 7:25 (about 50 minutes in) and we started just seeing how far we could get. With two minutes left we had 47 sections down, and I saw the light at the end of the tunnel and started sprinting towards 50. Felt pretty good going up the last section as someone across the stadium counted down from 10; finished right at zero. And it's still less climb than a trip up the Ammy.
5 PM
Core 24:00 [1]
Deckaday
6 PM
Run 4:00 [1] 0.5 mi (8:00 / mi)
Ran down Pearl Street to the O house to start StreetO
Orienteering (Street-O) 31:00 [2] 4.0 mi (7:45 / mi)
Guessing at time and distance based on other logs. Didn't bring a phone/device. Good run, although I bobbled 5 after taking the bike trail to nowhere to get to 4. Ran by my house, through a new park, and was glad to have a light down at Magazine Beach. Then food! Legs felt tired from stairs, core from core.
Orienteering 5:00 [1] 0.5 mi (10:00 / mi)
Slow run home.
Tuesday Oct 1, 2013 #
Run 25:00 [1] 3.0 mi (8:20 / mi)
Quick run around towards Trader Joes, with some core intermixed.
Core (Deckaday) 25:00 [1]
Split deck, first of 31!