Training Log Archive: Ari-o

And of course today is the day when Suunto decides to not sync.

End of month check in, and news, and new goals.

√ 200 miles (218)
√ 5000m D+ (5999)
√ Bounding (just once, though)
- Not getting injured surfing, other than a thigh bruise
√ Not a lot of yoga, more stretching, but blew through 1000 push up / sit ups this week
√ No 20 mile run, will blame the first May in SD history where every day topped 70˚
- Did not run to the InNOut

Some news: I have a repatriation plan. Flying back to Boston on Monday the 8th, bought a seat in F, wearing a mask, etc, etc. Heading up to Maine probably Sunday the 14th, when my family leaves, then isolating there until they come up the next weekend (which would be 13 days since my flight). Then Maine for the foreseeable future. Office closed until Sept at the earliest, good enough Internet there now to work from home (DSL better than advertised!).

So with that noted, goals for June:

* 200 miles of running. Will be some on trails. With shade.
* 10km D+. Maine is easier than here for D+, with mountains. (There are mountains here, but no shade, and the nearby trails are busy.)
* Bounding: lots, and easier, because the camp road is good for bounding.
* 1500 push ups and sit ups. This is very attainable if I keep my mind to it.
* Run to InNOut before I leave California
* Keep up with the last runner standing, meaning a 20 miler by EOM.
* Ride a metric century, prepare for a century in July.
* Mark out and start building a camp running trail.

Some more details …

* Plans for trails in Maine (I'm not supposed to leave Maine, but NH trails might be enticing, and I'm not going to catch crona out in the woods) are to go where they ain't, when they ain't. So Tumbledown on a weekend afternoon? Nosireebob. Tumbledown on a weekday morning before work? Sure, why not.
* Believe it or not my longest ever day on a bike was about 70 miles back in 2017. On an mtb biking down to the 3 Floyds Brewery from Chicago and back (the next year I did a slightly shorter ride on a 1970s Schwinn Varsity). But I'll have my road bike in Maine and lots of time, so no reason why 100 miles can't happen. I've mapped out some nice routes up there, probably starting with a 65 mile ride with really not much climbing on almost entirely back (non-state) roads.
* More hours! I'm getting in miles right now, but with only roads to run on, feel like it's hard to ramp up much/any more to avoid injury. Would love to mix in trails, bikes and rollerskiing while still running 40-50 miles each week.
* Got the idea to build some trails around camp, creating a loop and connecting over to some ski trails at the nearby school. Because having a 5 mile trail run out the door would be pretty darned nice.

Suunto app is failing today, their support is nonexistent and their UI is terrible.

But, I finally figured out how to export the .fit file (through the phone app, there seems to be no easy way to get into the watch through a desktop, so who knows if it doesn't download to the phone what I do) and now I'm sure it will sync with AP tomorrow.

Actually, they show up in the data import dialogue, but Suunto just hasn't pushed them yet!

Anyway, needed 16 miles for my contest, and still no marine layer, but at least some clouds. First 6 miles cloudy, and then I went and ran on the beach, which was good for my quad bruise. It was cool and breezy, the surf was quite high, and I ran all the way down the beach. That felt good, so I went back to the other end. Then it was just about the right distance home. Got real warm in the sun off the beach, my last mile was not fast.

HRM seemed to work pretty well, at least!

Then, burritos and farmers markets!

I got a chile relleno burrito, and then a chile relleno a la carte, and the guy offered to make it a chile relleno quersadilla, which was amazing, and also I ate a lot of food.

Probably 90% of my calorie intake today was Belinda's, and I am okay with that.

Ride wasn't bad, surprisingly not crowded on the bike path.

Downside of AP: If I forget to stop my watch, it doesn't autostop well. But I do get to see my heart rate during zero-movement time. And the wrist HRM seemed to work well here, although standing round waiting for my burrito at 44 bpm seems low.

Bike to La Jolla to get a book. Thought they were still closing at 4, so we pushed up the hill (single speed strong!) and flew down the other side and then they were open plenty long. But a good workout. Came back the flat way.

Around the Bay. Cool, cloudy, leg feeling much better. More silly HRM.

Test run. Iced my leg for a bit and ran. Could definitely feel it, but it was more uncomfortable than anything else. Went for about a 5k around the neighborhood.

A weird thing happened: around 3 o'clock the clouds rolled in and it was cool and not sunny and great running weather. So now I am hoping I am healed up because this is the San Diego I've been waiting for! (It sounds like we'll have a couple of weeks of May Gray/June Gloom for the rest of my time here.) Hoping I'm fully mended for some miles this weekend. Maybe even inland enough to go find some trails.

And the Great Covid Run Streak of 2020 is over!

I went out for a run and after a block my leg quickly reminded me that it had gotten bruised when a surfboard was whacked into it by a wave yesterday (and it was my most successful day, I almost stood up on said surfboard) and there was no sense in pushing through it, so a zero bar in the log for the first time in (shuffles papers) 68 days during which I've run 533 miles (7.8/day).

Also, I'm sitting on 777.5 miles for the year. Here are the dates I've passed 777.5 miles in recent years:

2014: 9/12
2015: 9/8
2016: 8/20
2017: 7/27
2018: 7/23
2019: 8/14

So being ~2 months ahead isn't too bad.

Let's see how things feel tomorrow. Maybe with some vitamin I.

C • Surfboard 2

I went bounding!

It was hot and sunny, but I had meetings before the marine layer vacated. Not too crowded in the park. Legs felt tired, though. Ran a mile or so to warm up, then did some easy bounding warmup on the park trails (which are pretty nice, actually, but completely exposed so hot and dusty) and then five times up a portion of the grassy hill, hard. This felt good to push. The first time up a passerby said "that looks hard." I could only nod in agreement.

Need to remember to wear the HRM … maybe it will start working.

Weekly progress …

Miles (200): on pace for 236
Vert (5000): on pace for 6400
Push ups/sit ups (1000): On pace for 1200. Was doing ~80/day but slacked off this weekend.
Bounding: Ugh, so there has been no marine layer, so the park is full of people. Maybe this week? Or I need to wake up earlier.
20 mile run: May happen this week, but again, if it's 75 and sunny it's hard to figure out how to do this without getting real dehydrated (there aren't trees here). The 15 went okay on the coolest day of the month, I guess.
InNOut: gotta do that!

May repatriate to the East Coast around June 5. Figuring out logistics of that.

Short run on some new roads. Surfing is tiring.