Sunday Mar 31 |
 | Trail/Road Run 51:22 [3] 7.0 mi (7:20 / mi) | |
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| Mill River loop. Tried to keep up a good pace on tired legs. Had done a one hour Mt Tom family hike in the AM. |
Saturday Mar 30 |
| Orienteering 1:21:14 [4] 6.96 mi (11:40 / mi) | |
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| WCOC meet at Pond Mountain. Red course: 6.96 k, 230 m. (I record O-distances as miles in my training log.) Ideal day, about 60 deg. I ran slowly with careful mapreading and made no big mistakes. (If only I could run faster and do that ...) |
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Friday Mar 29 |
| Orienteering 47:23 [2] 3.0 mi (15:47 / mi) | |
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| Snuck out at lunch to Norwottuck, and did some controls from the 98 Billygoat. Trying to get the feel of the woods again. |
Thursday Mar 28 |
| Trail Run 1:10:20 [4] 8.2 mi (8:34 / mi) | |
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| Frost loop from Peter's house. I push the uphills; he pushes the downhills. AHR: 146; MHR: 158. |
Wednesday Mar 27 |
| machines 28:00 [2] | |
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| bike, 10 min; steper, 18 min. No time to run. |
Tuesday Mar 26 |
| Track (intervals) 11:56 [5] 2.0 mi (5:57 / mi) | |
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| 4x800x400, with Peter and Sydney. Splits (ahr,mhr): 258.6 (138,150); 2:58.4 (151,155); 2:59.5 (155,159); 3:00.1 (157,160). Incomplete recovery: rest quarters in around 2:06. |
| Track 26:00 [1] 3.0 mi (8:39 / mi) | |
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| Before, after, in between. |
Sunday Mar 24 |
| Road Run (race) 1:33:16 [5] 13.1 mi (7:06 / mi) | |
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| Westfield Half-Marathon. Blustery, 40's. Steady effort; slowed a little the last three miles. 80 seconds ahead of Peter; a minute behind Jim Plaza who passed me at 8 miles. AHR 153; MHR 159. |
| Road Run 12:00 [1] 1.5 mi (7:59 / mi) | |
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| warm-up, cool-down for race. |
Friday Mar 22 |
| Road Run 47:42 [3] 5.8 mi (8:14 / mi) | |
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| Loop down Trapp Hill to Barrows and up Luce hill to Trapp hill. Bitter cold (12 deg), so I layered up and felt like the Michelin man. |
Thursday Mar 21 |
| skiing (Alpine) 2:15:00 [1] | |
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| Perfect, when out of the clouds. |
Wednesday Mar 20 |
| Road Run 24:22 [2] 3.0 mi (8:07 / mi) | |
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| Up Luce Hill Road to end. Snow to deep to continue on the trail. Windy and snowing (again), so turned around and cut it short. |
| skiing (Alpine) 1:15:00 [1] | |
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| Afternoon ski with snow falling, and some pretty deep powder by the end. |
Tuesday Mar 19 |
| skiing (Alpine) 2:00:00 [1] | |
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| Great conditions. |
| Road Run 37:13 [3] 4.7 mi (7:54 / mi) | |
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| Trapp Hill Rd. again. Pushed a bit. Felt loose after skiing. |
Monday Mar 18 |
| skiing (Alpine) 2:00:00 [1] | |
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| Steady snow through the afternoon. |
Sunday Mar 17 |
| skiing (Alpine) 1:15:00 [1] | |
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| Stowe, Vt for six days. I'll estimate the time spent actually skiing downhill. A bit icy today. |
| Road Run 39:31 [2] 4.7 mi (8:23 / mi) | |
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| Staying on top of Trapp Hill. Ran down to the bottom of Trapp Hill Rd,. then back up the often steep, two mile hill. Easy pace. |
Saturday Mar 16 |
| Trail/Road Run 2:05:07 [3] 14.0 mi (8:55 / mi) | |
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| My annual run over the summit of Mt. Tom from my house. Took it easy on the M&M. AHR 137. MHR 152. |
Thursday Mar 14 |
| Road Run (tempo) 33:12 [4] 5.0 mi (6:39 / mi) | |
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| Old CTC 5 mile race course. Hard effort. Goal was 34, but legs felt good. AHR 153; MHR 160. |
| Road Run 8:00 [2] 1.0 mi (7:59 / mi) | |
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| warm-up. |
Wednesday Mar 13 |
| Trail/Road Run 50:04 [3] 6.5 mi (7:41 / mi) | |
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| Puffers pond from U Mass. (Took road around construction.) Steady, pretty easy pace. AHR: 138. MHR: 148. |
Tuesday Mar 12 |
| Track (intervals) 19:49 [5] 2.87 mi (6:53 / mi) | |
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| 8 x 400 x 200. Felt pretty zippy in spite of the short rest intervals. Could (should?) have done more. Average Split: 86 secs. Finished with 81.9.
MHR: 163. |
| Track 19:00 [1] 2.5 mi (7:35 / mi) | |
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| Warm-up; cool-down. |
Sunday Mar 10 |
| Trail Run 2:10:52 [3] 13.0 mi (10:03 / mi) | |
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| SMAC fun run from John Berard's. Peter took us for a tour of Conway State Forest. I struggled to keep up on the hills, but hung in OK. About 2000 feet of climb. |
Saturday Mar 9 |
| Orienteering 1:20:00 [1] | |
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| Scrambling around the Northeast quadrant of the Mt Tom map with my O-dogs. Mapreading exercise. |
Friday Mar 8 |
| Trail/Road Run 49:27 [2] 6.3 mi (7:51 / mi) | |
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| Around Puffers from U Mass. Very tired. |
Thursday Mar 7 |
| Trail Run 57:52 [3] 7.0 mi (8:15 / mi) | |
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| Mt Toby trails with Peter. Moderate pace, some good climb. Nice to be off the roads. AHR: 137. MHR: 152. |
Wednesday Mar 6 |
| Track (intervals) 12:18 [5] 2.0 mi (6:08 / mi) | |
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| two miles, with rest in between. 6:09; 6:09. HR between 159-161 after first quarter. |
| Track 23:00 [2] 3.0 mi (7:40 / mi) | |
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| warm-up; cool-down. |
Tuesday Mar 5 |
| Road Run 33:05 [2] 4.1 mi (8:04 / mi) | |
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| Just testing my sore feet. |
Monday Mar 4 |
| machines 36:00 [3] | |
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| spin: 18 min.; step: 18 min. |
Sunday Mar 3 |
| Road Run 2:32:00 [4] 18.6 mi (8:10 / mi) | |
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| Stu's 30k as a training run. Planned to run under 2:20 but the heat (60 deg, muggy), and some wicked blisters did me in over the last 10k. Discouraging. |
Saturday Mar 2 |
| Road Run 32:55 [2] 4.25 mi (7:45 / mi) | |
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| Around Smith fields. |