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Saturday Mar 2, 2013 #
9 AM
Orienteering 40:10 3.7 km (10:52 / km) +79m 9:49 / km
ahr:159 max:175 shoes: Integrators 5000
Phew. Have been oscillating all week about whether I made the right decision cancelling the training. The nice lady at Ansonia had asked me to go and fill in the paperwork in person as the new date isn't too dar away, so I thought I may aswell try and do a course while I was out there. Picked the Green from the A meet a few years ago, thinking if coach could do it in 31 mins in normal conditions, I should manage today in 40.
No chance! The snow had re-crusted and was very heavy and slow today. Almost clear on the occasional south facing slope, but mostly still 4-5 inches and extremely slow going. I gave up halfway and just slogged back. It was pretty miserable. No one has been out on the trails so they were difficult to see too.
Yes, definitely the right decision. Ansonia and Osbornedale now booked for March 23rd, cmorse working on Gay City for the 24th. I think this is a much better plan.
No chance! The snow had re-crusted and was very heavy and slow today. Almost clear on the occasional south facing slope, but mostly still 4-5 inches and extremely slow going. I gave up halfway and just slogged back. It was pretty miserable. No one has been out on the trails so they were difficult to see too.
Yes, definitely the right decision. Ansonia and Osbornedale now booked for March 23rd, cmorse working on Gay City for the 24th. I think this is a much better plan.
Friday Mar 1, 2013 #
7 AM
Running 40:06 7.53 km (5:20 / km) +90m 5:02 / km
ahr:165 max:188 shoes: Pink cohesions
Run to work with a repeat of the 6 x 200m intervals along the way. It's almost clear enough to do this properly, but not quite. Legs were a bit tired from the cross fit and snow running, but it was fun to move a bit faster for a short while.
Thursday Feb 28, 2013 #
5 PM
Running 41:30 4.84 km (8:34 / km) +65m 8:02 / km
ahr:161 max:176 shoes: Pink cohesions
Ridiculously rubbish day at work. Spent it all fixing the centrifuge, then doing various test runs to check it was functioning, it passed all these (including the dummy run of my exact experiment conditions with water instead of sample) with flying colours, then died and wouldn't take my samples, wasting another whole day of work. Grrr. Two days in a row. Bah. So got out just as dark was falling to de-stress. Slogged the flat trail at West Rock at the start which was a bit miserable, then the trail back was more fun, not quite as packed. There is still either 4 inches of wet slippy snow or a river/marsh everywhere. I am glad I cancelled this weekend, don't want 15 wet and freezing beginners on my hands.
Wednesday Feb 27, 2013 #
7 AM
Running 40:08 6.79 km (5:55 / km) +132m 5:23 / km
ahr:163 max:178 shoes: Pink cohesions
Into work. The snow is melting rapidly, and the rain reminded me of home. I got much further than I have been doing, although crossing roads is still a pain. Started off very stiff from a day of marking exams yesterday, but by the end was feeling alright.
7 PM
Cross Fit 42:11 0.4 km (1:45:27 / km) +5m 1:39:15 / km
ahr:145 max:190
Fun Cross Fit today! Small class of excellent people and a mainly aerobic workout named after Scott. 30 seconds all out on the airdyne, then you started the main workout by doing as many wall balls as you got calories in those 30 seconds. So 21 for me, then 400m run, 300m row, 200 singles with 50 squat thrusts (this was a sub for 200 double unders) then 100 cals on the Airdyne. Got the tricky skips and thrusts out of the way first, then quads were burning so ran it out. Figured I might aswell get the rowing done then too, and finished with the Airdyne. Put on a sprint for the last 20 cals and got the second best time of the day, 17.00. It was fun!
Tuesday Feb 26, 2013 #
Note
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/video/2013/feb/26/...
Local news anchor mistakes double Olympic champion for guy who hasn't really run before. After he runs a 61 minute half.
Local news anchor mistakes double Olympic champion for guy who hasn't really run before. After he runs a 61 minute half.
Note
Drained and winter is back but... I just finished exam grading, which means aside from a couple of hours of pizza party, my teaching is over. My evenings will return!
Monday Feb 25, 2013 #
9 AM
Running 40:08 6.07 km (6:37 / km) +126m 5:59 / km
ahr:163 max:178 shoes: Pink cohesions
Spring is in the air! The pavements have finally been cleared between New Haven and Hamden, and even the woods aren't too difficult anymore. The birds were singing and the sun was shining and for the first time in a week or so, I was happy to be out. Lovely and warm too. Yey!
5 PM
Cross Fit 1:17:02 1.05 km (1:13:39 / km) +2m 1:12:57 / km
ahr:132 max:186
Wow, the end of this sucked. Ten mins with 5 pull ups on even mins and 20m farmer carry on odd. Then ten mins with 5 KBS and 5 Wall balls every min. Then after a short rest, 15 mins continuous of 5 cleans, 10 burpees, 15 cals on the airdyne. It hurt but in a good way, not the tired tweaky way of last week.