Training Log Archive: Becks

Anyone got any good recommendations for somewhere relatively cheap to stay for four people in the White Mountains on the Weds and Thurs before the NEOC/CSU A meet?

C • Lodging 8

4 mins Z2, 22 mins Z3 with 10 x 10 (14) secs hills thrown in the middle. Caffeine drunk before exercise does strange things to me, felt light headed and had to push hard to get my HR into Z3 the whole way. Weird. Expected to feel tired from the weekend but was actually fine apart from weird caffeine reaction. Lovely day, warm but not crazy, and pretty dry.

Same session as last week but Lat Pull downs at 75lb instead of OH Disc rotations. Gym was packed, and had a minor argument with some pretty boy who wouldn't put all the benches he'd moved back, which eventually resulted in a girl getting hit on the head by a guy squatting. This guy was using cables and nodding in admiration at his own biceps. Eurgh.

Event: WCOC Pond Mountain
 

Hanging the easier close controls for the Meet today. I did half the loop round the lake and then Marie checked them while I checked hers. A couple of pretty vague features. By the time I finished I realised I was properly exhausted, and decided not to run a course, but to sit and enjoy the company and the sunshine. Lovely day. Huuuuuggggeeee thanks to the Pataki's who sneakily drove Anne-Louise and I all the way back to New Haven. I only realised when we hit Derby, as my CT geography is still so poor. Those guys are total legends.

Running into the lab for a couple of hours, then back before heading out to Pond Mountain.

Pretty crazy workout setting controls on Pond Mountain. Absolutely beautiful area, the green was by no means green and the forest floor was almost always clear. Intricate in places, vague in others, a real challenge. Spent the first 40 minutes or so carry 2 gallons of water to control 60, so that was a good replacement for skipping the gym on Friday! Then got into the orienteering and sped up a little. Time is total out there - a lot of time was spent wandering around the circle, checking every nearby feature to ensure we were correct. I haven't ever found hanging controls so difficult, this was really hard! By the end of the day my brain was as exhausted as my legs, and it was good to wolf down some pasta in the cute little town of Kent. We then camped at Housatonic Meadows, which was a beautiful riverside campground. I was in bed by 10, but woken up when I thought Anne-Louise coughing was a moose in my dream. It was pretty funny.

Tired today, and looking at the maps for the weekend at Marie's last night, I'm going to need to save my strength! So might totally rest, might run in the evening as it will hopefully be cooler with the hurricane on the way.

3 x 5 (2) threshold intervals on undulating trail. Great session this morning, feeling strong and light, fluid movement, no trace of the DOMS anymore. Still very hot - probably last day before we sneak in the edge of the hurricane. Really fun morning. 8 mins Z2 either side.

Still feeling the DOMS this morning but they eased off once I got moving. It always amazes me how light weights in a slightly different range of movement can cause so much pain! Another super hot morning, was sweating like crazy by the time I reached the gym.

Upper body weights set. Again, pretty easy weights.

One handed press 3 x 8 20lb
DB Row 3 x 8 20lb
One armed bench press 3 x 8 20lb
45 Degree power press 3 x 8 20lb (these were tough so I had to go down for the last two reps in the final set)
DB Lat raises 3 x 8 15lb
Cable Russian Twists 3 x 8 setting 3
Core press up 3 x 20 secs each side

That was harder than it used to be! Going to have to get strong again...

Brutal! 8.30am, 26 degrees, not a cloud in the sky! Ah well I thought, easy session planned for today, shouldn't be a struggle. The DOMS were there from yesterday, although the warm up seemed to mostly do the trick for those.

I have never run a tougher 4 x 400 (90) in my life! Times were slow, but HR was racing, over 187 before I hit 200m. Scorching heat, and every lap a battle. Times were:

1.27
1.25
1.24
1.25

Getting back to the flat afterwards was a major struggle, and feel pretty sick now. Glad that's done for the day!