Training Log Archive: Nadim

Rosaryville State Park, MD. After a long hiatus from running due to being ill, I felt good enough to go easy and long. After paying my entry at the park entrance gate, I drove up and then saw signs about much of the park being reserved today. There were some dog trackers having competitions or training. The dogs were to follow human scent. Fortunately for me, I talked with the organizers. The dogs out today were young and not skilled enough to track in the woods like the advanced ones. The organizers were okay with me cutting across a field they had just finished using and I was out of their way once in the woods.

I ran with my trail shoes and mostly followed a draft 10.8K blue course that I had setup on paper. I got to some other controls too. Early on, I learned that a lot of gullies were not yet on Jon Torrance's draft map. Gullies in this park are deep and will weigh-in on navigation decisions significantly. Some are over 5m deep. Vegetation, though field checked had not yet been finished getting drafted onto the map yet either so my planned course will probably need to be shortened. I had hoped that the many trails would make 10.8K achievable in 80 minutes--someone might still do that but for a local meet, it's probably better to be shorter. It was fun getting out. I didn't get very tired and had stopped or walked in places to validate control locations.

45 situps. My intentions to run were justified away. First, we went out for dinner and I was too full for a long time after that. While generating draft courses for the QOC Rosaryville meet, I got tired and figured that I could slack off today and do a longer run in Rosaryville in the morning.

Spinning late again. My respiratory system seems to be clearing up. I was able to average the cadence a bit above 65 rpm.

I went spinning late in the evening again and worked-up a sweat. My legs were tired. I needed to focus sometimes to kept the cadence just over 60.

With the evening icy outside, I wisely rode indoors. I was a bit on the slow side with a cadence around 60rpm. I knew this would be the case. On the escalator after work at Bethesda station, I could tell that I am still much weaker than normal; even though I'm loads better than last week (anti-biotics are helping). My walk home was dicey. I had to walk with deliberate balance on each step and kept my legs tense and poised to react. It was raining steadily and the bricks had plenty of frozen slick spots. Bethesda station is a slightly longer walk for me but less hilly than Medical Center station--Bethesda station was a much better choice. Sirens were wailing for what seemed like the whole time. Traffic was backed up both ways. I did several Fred Astaire imitations nearly going down a few times but catching balance on each slip with my umbrella. The umbrella had caked ice on it when I closed it at home.

Late in the evening, I went spinning. I kept the cadence just over 65. There was a little bit of associated hacking and I could tell that I had to work a little harder to do this abreviated workout than before. My legs were often rather sore during the worst of this sickness.

45 situps. I was tempted to run and even brought clothes to Cabin John Park but while Peggy ran and I chased Max around the big slide several times, I broke out into hacking fits. The breathing activity and cold windy air kept the mucous flowing in a bad way.