Training Log Archive: Quicksilver

@Chabot

Event: 2019 NAV-X Challenge #1 - Wildcat Canyon - 2 or 4 Hour Map Trek
 

2-hour Nav-X at Wildcat Canyon/Tilden. There was a 2-sided map with one side being a 1:10,000 scale map of Tilden and the other a 1:15,000 map of Wildcat Canyon. I decided to go for Tilden and managed to clear it all, but I didn't have time to get an extra 30 pointer on the other side, which cost me 1st place. I was being extremely careful, however, since the drizzle, combined with sometimes knee-deep mud, created the ideal recipe for an injury. I felt really slow at the beginning, but after I got separated from the lead pack I formed a rhythm that I kept for the rest of the race. I made one mistake in terms of strategy, but other than that, most of the course was clean. Almost all of the controls were on/by trails, muddy trails mind you, so the navigation was relatively easy. I definitely felt some of my hill training pay off, but I really gotta work on my speed on flat/slight uphill grades.

Figure 8 loop. Right toe is starting to hurt a little bit; not sure why though.

@Lake Chabot.

Aptly dubbed "Figure 8" loop around my neighborhood (Not an Ellie Goulding reference btw). Back to regular running even though it was raining. Felt really nice even on the hills.

Rainin'

Treadmill running since it was raining. It feels so weird and so boring compared to normal running, but it's also kinda nice because there are no hills...