Training Log Archive: bbrooke

Event: RMOC Rocky Mountain State Games
 

Red course at Fox Run.

I navigated mostly OK (except for leaving #6 -- WTH?, and some other small errors, notably leaving the road too early to get to #20 -- which cost me 3rd place for F20+, according to the splits), with a preference for using trails as much as possible. But, I felt like I was moving SOOOO slowly. I will blame a combination of the heat, lingering leg-fatigue from Thursday's track workout, and still adjusting to altitude after being at sea level for two weeks. :-P

On my way home, I got a text from Dmitriy & Yelena inviting me to dinner. So I showered at the Castle Rock rec center (since I was in that area and had a change of clothes with me) and then met them for happy hour sushi in Aurora. Fun!

Comment: In retrospect, taking the trail to #1 was probably too conservative; I should have gone ~straight-line to the saddle east of the control.

C • #1 3

Red - Splits

Walked 0.78, easy run 0.84, walked the rest.

Prep work for tomorrow's Fox Run meet (OE2010 files, start cards, final email update, etc.). This was extra-super-tedious & annoying b/c we used the Rocky Mountain State Games registration system instead of RMOC's usual system. Lots of manual copy/paste of everything (SI numbers, course/class codes, vehicle info, etc.) -- ugh.

Extra-hot 98°F lunchtime workout (since I have dinner plans), at the LMS track. There was a summer day-camp going on at the adjacent playground and I soooooooo wanted to take a few runs at their slip-n-slide...!

- Ran one mile to warm up.

- 2 x 4 ins & outs with ~4 minutes of walking rest in between the two sets.

- Walked & ran one mile to cool down.

I met up with one of my friends at "yoga in the park" this evening.

I felt nauseous within the first few minutes. I think it was due to the combination of horrible sleep last night, too much caffeine and not enough real food today, the low sun in my eyes (always a headache trigger), the high heat (90s), and bug-spray fumes. Ugh.

Back to LoCO FIT training!

At Davidson Mesa --

* Ran about 0.5 to warm up.

* Four-mile progression run, "starting at half-marathon pace" -- 9:54, 9:25, 9:04, 8:31. (I was supposed to do five miles, but I'm going to blame this shortcut on being sleep deprived and being at sea level for the past two+ weeks...) It was hard to maintain my intended pace b/c my Garmin was giving erratic readings (I know I shouldn't rely on it so much...but I do).

* Walked back to the trailhead with the others to cool down.

Worked late to try to get caught up -- so this turned out to be another rest day.

Event: Donor Dash 5K
 

I was still asleep when all of this morning's potential running activities were happening...and then it rained a lot, so I just stayed inside.