Training Log Archive: bbrooke

Event: Run the Ridge 5K / 10K
 

Neighborhood walk.

Dell Gulch meet follow-up: membership updates & payment info to Doug; data entry for annual waivers; entered volunteer list; uploaded Michael Rounds' photos to RMOC's Facebook page; uploaded overall results; uploaded splits to AP; sent splits to JP for RouteGadget; sent out email update.

Event: RMOC Dell Gulch Wild Goat
 

"Wild Goat" course at Jim Baker's new Dell Gulch map in Buffalo Creek.

I had very little time to pack up all the registration stuff, get ready (sunscreen / watch / shoes / etc.), and walk over to the start, and I was VERY flustered because I thought I was going to miss the mass start (and I definitely would have, but they started at 10:08 instead of 10:00).

I opted to just latch on and follow the pack as long as possible (specifically, Neal & Sverre), rather than navigating on my own like I normally try to do. That lasted to #1, and then I was mostly doing my own thing, with fewer and fewer people around me as I went along.

I was feeling the hills, for sure, but I tried to push myself to stay ahead of others. I thought I might have a chance of beating Maiya, but no such luck. I knew I wouldn't have a chance of beating Bridge. :-)

After slowly fighting through a fairly miserable deadfall area on Loop 1 (#4 to #5) and Loop 2 (#2 to #4), I decided to go around that stuff for the rest of Loop 2 and Loop 3.

Loop 2: Bad route choice to #2 (I think I was trying to avoid the up-down? and take advantage of the trail? probably could have just followed the reentrant down). Wandered a bit looking for #4 (I was near it and didn't see it...).

Loop 3: Spotted the wrong knoll next to the trail, veered too far left, and went down the wrong reentrant to #1. Skirted too wide around the green slash on my way to #3.

Not too hot, very fun.

*EDIT: In retrospect, after looking at the skip analysis and reading a comment from Dmitriy, I realize I made the dumbest possible skip choice on Loop #2. It would have been much better to skip #2 (take the trail all the way to #3, and then I would've had a very short distance to go through the green slash to #4), or skip #4 (take the trail west from #3, and then follow the powerline north). Seriously kicking myself. Apparently I had tunnel vision. :-\

C • Linear skips 2

Goat 3 Loops - Splits

Neighborhood walk.

More prep work for Dell Gulch meet -- membership updates & email confirmations; checked for new waivers; created OE2010 files for courses, classes & entries: created & printed start cards; lots of emails.

- Ran 0.75 to warm up.

- Aquarius hill repeats x 10.

- Ran 0.75 to cool down.

Prep work for Dell Gulch meet -- RMOC email updates, website updates, and individual email follow-ups. Also, assembled 40 finisher prizes.

No workout today -- had dinner at a friend's house. While she's injured, she has a plan to cook and review all 108 recipes in Shalane Flanagan's cookbook -- blog. We had salad w/ apple cider & maple vinaigrette, pasta primavera with tempeh "sausage", homemade hibiscus tea, and (my favorite) an amazing almond torte with whipped cream and blueberries. Yum...

We had severe weather in the forecast again for this afternoon, but during this workout it was just blustery with light sprinkles -- no head-cracking hail stones today. :-P

- Ran one mile to warm up.

- Assignment: five mile tempo run at half-marathon to 10K pace -- 9:03, 8:45, 8:41, 8:36, 8:28.

- Walked back around to the trailhead to cool down.

I was about to walk over to the rec center for a yoga class, but then this stuff started falling out of the sky... Luckily my car was in my garage; neighbors' cars had windshields smashed and zillions of dings.