Training Log Archive: Ari-o

Allow me to sub-Attackpoint … missed the Highlander. Saw that it was this weekend today having already made plans (and … frankly … 26.2km through blueberry bushes might not be great for my legs/lungs right now). But how did I miss it? No one sent me an email, and given that I've run the last two (or maybe three) that would seem like a good way to gin up support. Not everyone is in the AP forums all the time.

Oh, well. Maybe next year/the year after/the year after.

C • Hype 2

Feeling even better today! Decided to just do a half-ish, out to Arlington Center via Fresh Pond, a fast mile down, and then a few joggles home. Not a bad day at all.

Around the river. Feeling better today, so decided to try a run. And it felt pretty decent. Still some snot rockets and sneezes, but a lot lot better than the past two days. Not fast, but at least this cold seems to be a quick hitter. Thanks goodness.

Slept 11h last night.

Definitely a cold. A couple of drinks probably didn't help, but not the culprit.

A bummer it had to come right when my training was feeling really good. Hopefully a quick hitter.

Training update …

75% of the way through the year (month-wise) I am at

298 hours
75km of vert

So the 400/100 goal is about on target.

Of course … last year my last three months were 116/36 (focused on vert, especially after the half). This year will probably be a bit tamer, vert-wise. I've cleared 100h every fourth quarter since 2015, when I was injured and there was no snow. Even with a taper for NYC, I should be able to get there. Might be a lot of rolling in November. Will sort of depend on job stuff, too.

Went to the track for morning track.

Well, I woke up, and it was raining, and I felt terrible, which might be partially a cold and partially having had three drinks last night with a friend in town. With dinner. But that is apparently a lot. I should have slept in, but, alas, I had said on the FB I was going to go run track.

No one else (I knew) showed up. I did a long, slow warmup, and some drills, and strides, and felt maybe ready to run laps. Plan was 4x1600.

First lap around was fine. Sub 90, so sub-6 mile.

Then things got progressively worse. After a 6:13 mile (not terrible) my head felt like it was about to explode. Couldn't get the HR out of L2. Legs felt okay, at least, but the wheels had otherwise come off.

I took a slow 400, ran 1200 more, felt worse, and called it a day.

If I magically feel better by 5 p.m. I may consider going to CSU track. Otherwise I might try again tomorrow in lieu or stairs, or skip track this week.

Felt so good this past weekend, a shame that it comes to this. Might go for Octsober, because it might be attributable to the drinks, but might also be a cold, who knows. Ugh.

Jogaroo. Feel pretty darned good even after a heavy weekend. 5 weeks to NYC and really nothing to complain about. Two more weeks of volume then taper, taper, taper!

186 miles of running in September (45/week) ain't bad.

My dad and sister were running a few miles, and I convinced them to pick me up on the other side of the lake after a couple of thresholds where they would be able to have flat-ish running (and I could do thresholds flat-ish, too). Warmed up with 4.5 easy miles up over the hill and down, and then another 2.5 in between and at the end. Legs feel pretty damn good after 20 miles a couple days ago. Almost like training works.

Two tempo runs along Lovejoy! These were quite good. The first one 30s slower than the second, because maybe I wasn't pushing hard enough? Rolling hills, though, and nicely 2.5 miles right to the middle of the dam bridge.

First one in 17:05 = 6:50s
Second one in 16:29 = 6:36s

Not hurting was the light tailwind (in places), shade, and cool temperatures. But feels pretty darned good, especially on not completely fresh legs! And then a ride up the hill which was definitely preferable than the slog up, even though it would have had a tailwind and been cool probably would have involved some walkage.

I only slept about 10 hours, but my legs felt pretty good. Warm in the morning, and going on a "fat hike" (phrasing of a former huts coworker) with the family. Up a nice mountain with lots of color. Lots of stopping, lots of hurry up and go and stop, but it was steep enough in between to still get a workout. I was going to do a bit of trail running but it was threatening rain and did just when we got in the car, so, good call.

Strava says it was harder than my usual effort … maybe because it got janky wrist HR. Guessing on moving time, uphill was 1200ft/mi, which is decent.