Training Log Archive: Ari-o

Vert update.

October was a setback for vert. This was mostly because I decided to PR the half, which meant a week of tapering and a week of recovery. So instead of 12k I wound up with more like 9k. Which means I need (as of Nov 5) something like 408m/day (23222m to go). Which is a lot, although I've averaged more than that so far this month (small sample size).

But! Plans are in my favor:

* I'll throw down at least one vertical mile at ye olde stadium this month, hopefully.
* I'm not injured! IT band didn't help vert last year.
* No family trip to NYC this year for Thanksgiving means I can find some local trails to run or maybe go north and find some less-local ski trails to ski.
* Maybe some cold weather will get Wachusett to lay down some snow for early morning Aims-style skiing.
* Also planning a mileage run trip to BZN for the end of the month.

If I can get 12000m this month I think I can swing this with December upcoming (usually a good month!).

C • 408m 5

Off to Blue Hills for some trails with Gabriel. Magically got a perfect parking spot in the tiny lot. Mostly dry except the wet places which were … wet. Took him around yellow, up over the hill to the tower, then down and around and back on Skyline, and up a bit on the other side of the road. Legs started out a bit tired but ended up decent.

Quite the day. Out Route 2 at 45 because it was raining so hard. It had stopped when I showed up at Littleton, just in time for a downpour on the downhill. Slow and slippery, character-building skiing. Definitely Type 2 fun.

Went straight to go long with Frank, a couple of juniors lagging with a broken pole tip. Rain had let up and it was a halfway okay day, not too cold. Quite slow, since we could barely kick and the rain increased rolling resistance, but otherwise pretty okay skiing, if wet. Next time I want to check out the route up Picnic and down Hill, which looks like it's been repaved.

Finished just as I heard my friend's train rolling in for a ride up to NH for the evening.

Dumb: waking up at 4 to run the "WOahMAN."

Dumber: eating dinner at 11 pm and doing it on 4 hours sleep.

Dumber yet: biking over in the pouring rain, forgetting a watch, going home to get said watch because if it's not on Strava it didn't happen.

Felt pretty awful for the NP_Tri today. Not fully digested dinner, not nearly enough sleep; bad combination. Late so started on my own, in a downpour. Didn't take water bottle.

I needed water. It stopped raining and I guzzled water by the stop halfway through the stadium. My legs are pretty shot from this week, so I didn't exactly power around the stadium. Then more water, and some slow-ish hills and slow burpies.

No PR. Can't PR everything.

Worth mentioning: 3 PRs in 10 days: Half, 5k, Stadium.

C • Dude 2

Riding bikes! Met a fellow Mac grad at a Mac grad event a few weeks and we got to talking about bikes and skis. She races bikes but stooped to my level for a morning ride, out through the hills and dales. Still dark at 6:30, as I should know better (had lights, didn't take them off until well after 7). Warm morning, and we mostly beat the rain until the last bit in to Arlington. Then I got to ride the Arlington bus/bike lane, which was pretty darned nice.

PR day at NP and I was ready. Early alarm, got in the first row (what is a nice way to say to people "please self-seed"?) and was off.

First four sections in <2. That wasn't going to be held.

There were no section markers to 8, so I really only had the midpoint to pace off of. I was at 19 in about 11. I thought my PR was in the 22 range but couldn't remember. Either that or 23:22 was a number I was remembering, maybe that was the 22. In any case, my legs were maybe still a little tired from Sunday and Monday. HR was 155 (compared to my PR last year when it was 163) so I was going hard but not all-out redlined, which was probably the legs.

Stopped my watch. 23:05 and change. Good, and maybe a PR.

Got home (after all the clothes). Looked up PR from last year. 23:06. So, less than a second.

November may be fun.

Fit in a run before class.

Run to NP. Fire alarm malfunctioned at 5:30. That was fun.

At least the Sportsball is over, so no more late nights.

High knees and such.

Running back and forth, and doing burpies. Goal was 300 in 35 minutes, which wasn't going to happen, but I wanted to get past 200. Got in 210. That's a lot. I might feel it tomorrow. Wet, but not too cold.

210 burpies

Run home, which was very slow and started with half a mile of walking.

JP Licks had a two-for-one deal because Red Sox. My sister was running home(ish, to the Orange Line) and it was perfect distance to run to Assembly with her, 4.5 for her, 3 for me. Then we got two large ice creams for $6 (Jeremy came and helped) and had no trouble polishing them off.

Got to see new Orange Line cars, too! (But not ride them, yet.)