Training Log Archive: bbrooke

Event: Golden Hell Week
 

"Golden Hell Week" Day 1

Based on my late-afternoon start and the limited daylight, I chose: Apex.

My calves are feeling incredibly sore from the Saturday & Sunday races, so I walked up and ran (slowly) down. Finished just at dusk.

I think I'll have to do the remaining hikes at dawn -- there's not enough daylight to do them after work, and I'll get fired if I get caught sneaking out at 3pm every day this week...

Event: Beware the Bear Trail Races
 

"Beware the Bear" trail race at Bear Creek Lake Park.

I woke up thinking there wasn't any way I could do the 5K + 14.25K double today (after yesterday's 10K)...so I just did the 14.25K.

PERFECT weather again this year -- sunny and 60°F. John & Amy were also there (running & volunteering).

I started off in "I'll just be happy to finish" mode, but then I managed to pass some people, including on the uphills.

I ended up fifth out of 13 in my age group. I was ~four minutes behind the third-place woman, and there's no way I could have closed that gap today (I couldn't even catch the fourth-place woman who was only ~20 seconds ahead of me...). I was 40 seconds faster than last year -- but I had also done the 5K last year.

Delicious (free) breakfast burritos from Santiago's afterwards.

I stopped for groceries on the way home, and then resisted the urge to immediately take a hot bath and spend the rest of the day on the couch. Chores completed: meal prep for the week (chopped & roasted veggies, chopped & roasted potatoes, and made another batch of sweet potato breakfast cookies); cleaned kitchen; vacuumed downstairs; and cleared out dead plants from patio containers. NOW it's time to retire to the couch...

C • You Rock! 2

- Posted RMOC pics from OUSA Nationals (this was a time-consuming pain, b/c I had them disorganized all over the place -- work laptop, personal laptop, phone, email, Flickr, etc... ).

- Set up course / meal options and event details page for Score-O & annual meeting.

- Gathered photos for "member news" and posted to Flickr.

- Summarized RMOC member results from OUSA Nationals.

- Drafted RMOC email update with HTML & embedded images.

- Email follow-ups.

- Two membership renewals & confirmation emails.

Event: VetFest 5K & 10K
 

VetFest 10K in Castle Rock.

This was my least favorite kind of course: out and back along a creek (Plum Creek Trail), with all the uphill on the return trip. (But it was a very mild grade.)

On the other hand, this was my most favorite kind of event: small enough that I can manage to be third female finisher overall. ;-)

I hadn't planned to push the pace much today (since I'm supposedly doing a 19K tomorrow), but I realized I was third at the turnaround point, right after I had passed another woman. So I just had to open up a gap and hold her off for the last ~three miles.

The results show that the second place woman was only 17 seconds ahead of me -- but she seemed much farther ahead than that, and I couldn't ever catch her.

Amazingly nice weather -- could have worn shorts & a tank top.

12 / 27 overall
3 / 8 female
1 / 3 F40-49

Neighborhood walk.

Runners Roost group run.

Started off kinda fast (for me) and was able to maintain it for 5K.

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Walk & slow run to cool down.

And then apple pie & beer at the store for "dinner".

Easy recovery run around my neighborhood. I don't really feel sore or like I need to recover...but I'm exhausted from several days in a row with very little sleep, and I just wanted to do something easy. :-P