Training Log Archive: Tundra/Desert

Tried to catch the light rail (which is now on a new stupid schedule) at 7:30 am. The attempt failed, leaving me with no options but to jog the distance to the Guadalupe light rail line.

The usual: New Almaden to Los Gatos through Quicksilver, Azul, and St. Joe. Splits: Azul entrance (3.3) 43'47; Mt. El Sombroso viewpoint (9.1) 1:47'19; Kennedy trail junction (9.5) 1:51'23; St. Joe entrance (15.2) 2:36'18. I measured the climb off of a 1:24K USGS and it came to 3750' (net elevation gain 2510' from New Almaden to El Sombroso).
My 2:35 PR was in January. It was 79 F/26% –> 91 F/33% at the sea level today. The mountain felt dryer and cooler. I used about 80 ml of SPF 45 in the morning and still got a tan on the back. I ran out of water on the mtn (the Rincon and an unnamed Soda Spring Creek tributary were just about the only non-dry water features) and at the end for 20 minutes, but recovered quickly. I ran pretty aimlessly (HR 145 – 160) until the start (1960', 1:23) of the monster climb section at the W-most branch of the Rincon. Then, I pushed it into the 170s—and could never recover on the way down, it stayed around 165 although I slowed myself down as much as I could.
Met a total of 8 people before St. Joe: 4 mtn bikers, 3 hikers hear park entrances, and one pretty ranger lady.

"Near record high temperatures expected today". That's lower 90s F for the Bay.

91 F, 26%, gentle breeze. Felt awesome.

Doug showed up this time at De Anza track.

Stretching.

6×(400 + 200 easy + 200 + 400 easy). Good effort on the 400s, Doug had one 73 but also an 80. He was done a bit early, as soon as we had to fight through a crowd of TIT people. But we messed up the "rest" part completely and did too much walking; I had to go to the water fountain to drink twice as it was about 27 C and 35% humidity. 74.7 33.9 74.3 34.5 73.7 34.2 75.4 35.8 76.4 35.0 76.9 35.2.

ST = 630 (R = 39).
A long day at work, slacked off.

Warmup at De Anza. Syd showed up.

Stretching.

5×1000 with very slow 400 m recovery, a 400 jog at the end. 3'21 3'24 3'26 3'30 3'29. Syd was about 2 seconds per thing faster on average. The third one was the worst, and felt much better for the 4th and the 5th.

Groceries...

Ew! That's how the first run after the big one feels!

Treadmill. Afterwards, W = 161. . —?? after a week of beer and food?? them rogaines are really sumtin.