Training Log Archive: Tyrannosaurus

WIOL #5 at Shoreview Park. Last year at this park, I messed up the first control really badly. This year, I did well on the first control, which I thought would be indicative of a good race! I was wrong. I made lots of mistakes and I am not too pleased with how I raced. I'm pleasantly surprised that I still managed to win Varsity girls, but I was over five minutes behind the first Varsity guy.

After orienteering, I jetted over to my soccer game but had missed most of the first half. We played poorly against Bellevue Ravens, a team we should have beaten, but they beat us 2-0. Unfortunately we won't have a second game against them this season.

Planking.

Five minutes of planking while I waited for my sister to finish getting ready for our family run. 2:00 center, 0:45 right, 0:45 center, 0:45 left, 0:45 center with no rest between.

Nice run with my sister and dad on the Marshall Hill trail loop. I thought a bit about orienteering-- what color the vegetation would be on a map, how I would cut through the mini switchbacks... I'm ready to start running again more. Hopefully I can make it to the distance teams' runs after school starting next week.

Another bit of core work today. Five minutes of plank again (this time with 1:00 intervals all throughout) and then crunches. Core work always feels really great for some reason!

My first road ride with my mom and our neighbor! We went on May Valley and turned around at the start of the downhill. It was longer than I've gone before for a road ride, so I might be sore tomorrow... The weather was cold and clear, but I stayed pretty warm except for my toes.

I'm not quite sure how to and whether to place downhill skiing on my training log. I don't have a stopwatch that I can use to time just the time that I'm actually skiing, so I have to go with the whole time (excluding lunch of course), but that includes countless chair rides. 5 hours does not mean 5 hours of straight up skiing.

Regardless, it was a fun day up at Crystal with the Holtes. No new powder like there was on Sunday, but the snow was still good. There were some rocks exposed in certain places (Front Side, Powder Bull, Lower E) but they weren't too difficult to avoid. I've forgotten how much I love skiing!

Roller skiing with my dad again, but my sister went also. We went on the Green River trail, which was nice because it's so flat!

Went roller skiing with my dad around through Honey Creek. Getting used to the new roller skis was difficult, and I stumbled several times and fell once, but I'll get used to them soon.