Training Log Archive: Ari-o

I wasn't going to go to NP but then it was a day where we were remembering someone who passed away this weekend so (long story short) I brought my hockey skates and slowly did some sections. I ran down some fast, but went up slow, full extension, getting my legs stretched out.

Fresh Pond O. Fun little course, and a little woods bashing. Mostly orienteered well, but not well enough to beat Ethan. 2 I stayed high which I think should be faster but I must have spent some time looking for the control. I think I should have gone high to 3, so that accounted for some error. Mostly a clean run the rest of the way; almost caught the guy in front of me near the end. Then pizza!

Sprint - Splits

Inters between track and a bit of warm up cool down.

Interesting day at the track. It went from 55 and humid to 65 and humid around 5, so it was quite warm. We were doing 800-1000-1200-600-600-400-400-200-200-200. I started out with an 800 and felt terrible. Somehow brought it in just under 3:00, but I lost the other guys to run with and my legs felt heavy and slow. Ran the 1000 in 3:47 but felt a little better for the 1200 in 4:28. We really hit the jackpot as it started to mix out the humid air right at the end of the workout. It may have been that, or maybe something else, but the shorter runs felt better. 600s at 2:11 each, 400s at 1:22 and 1:19, and feeling the 200s at 36-35-34. Still lots of sweat; let's home it's not this warm for any of my upcoming races!

Run to Market Basket. Legs felt heavy and tired. Copped out and hubway home with the groceries.

Liking this long-road-long-trail weekend thing. Went out with some NPers to check out some of the trails at Wachusett for the NP Summit in June. (I've never actually been to Wachusett!) The trails are hard. New England rocks and roots, some sections reminiscent of Sisters. So, good pre-sisters training, too.

We had a sketched out map and a phone, and got a bit lost until we found a map box that had maps in it. Then I folded the map and thumbed our way along. Got to the finish of the loop, took the wrong trail down (not my fault; I acquiesced to something someone else was insisting) and then back up a trail we had missed the first time. Then we came running down some dirt roads, a respite from the rocky rooty trails.

Sisters should be fun. Not running 19 miles the day before!

C • wachusett 6

Also:

WHY THE EFF IS THERE A NO ROLLERSKIING RULE ON WACHUSETT? My tax dollars go to pave a nice road and I'm not allowed to use it? It would be an excellent hill climb! Phooey on the DCR.

(Or, we should write our state reps and get something done about it.)

C • Rollerskiing 3

It got hot today. We started running early at 8 a.m. and thanks goodness it was cloudy because otherwise it was warm. In the 60s, so we were able to clip along nicely, but not as nice as last weekend. But this is mostly about pounding pavement, so I guess I did okay? Started with a liter of an ice cube, finished with a few ounces of water. Didn't pee much, so refilled for part 2.

Then a group run with the Janji people. It was warmer. Out to JP and back, 7 miles, which was more than enough. Lots of stoplights on the way out, lots of water, ate a goo, and survived. Legs feel okay! Body feels okay, but doesn't want to run a marathon in the 70s. One nasty hill on the side of Mission Hill which was evil. No get-up-and-go to try to run the last mile fast. Too hot.

And now it's 80 and sunny, and I'm home, this is excellent.

Warm run, tired from a long day and long week. Legs felt better as the run progressed.

Totally turned off the alarm for NP this morning. Probably the right decision.

Dam run to River Street. Not quite 7 miles. Really nice evening, got out a bit late but ran easy and still clocked some 7:15 miles. If my L1* is 7:15, I'm doing okay.

* Need to get my HRM to sync!