Training Log Archive: maprunner

A most excellent Friday night. Got our taxes done, followed by dinner and shopping at IKEA.

"Party on dudes!"

C • 80's quotes 4

Crappy day at work, dealing with one annoying co-worker (who influences the whole company). Good thing I had a facial scheduled for this evening.

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

Rowing back and forth in the basement. A little boring and repetitive.

"Wax on, wax off"

My trainer and his wife had a new baby last week, so he is taking this week off. Which meant I had to train myself. I didn't push as hard as he would, and I stuck to free weights and things I knew how to do.

"Listen to me now, and believe me later. I am here to pump you up!"

C • Trainers 2

Acting my age and dancing to the "80's Cardio" station on Pandora.

"Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will."

picking up some markers from the intro course at Rockcrusher

Mike and I went to Rockcrusher to pick up the last of the markers. Very warm and very windy.

I decided to run the last three legs that I skipped yesterday, just to see what my time would have been. I figured it was decent test: I would have fresher legs, but I would have to stop at each marker, wrap it up, and pull the stand out of the ground. and then run to the next control with the whole thing in my hand. I also picked an intro course marker, on my way to my 7.

Such a warm day, I needed to get some more outdoor exercise. But the wind was insane, so I only went out for a short time, and stuck to the flat, wooded areas near home.

Local OK event at Rockcrusher. 18 and sunny. I worked at registration with Blair, then went out on the Long. Mike set the courses, and he specifically made it easy to cut the course short, if one was so inclined.

I went out with the plan to do the whole thing. I had trouble getting my head in the game at the start (waiting for Fritz to start ahead of me; running past Sandy and the boys on the way to 1).

Got to 1, then looked at the leg to 2: whoa! Unusual for us to have such a route choice leg at a local event (well done Mike!). I never saw the option of going south to the road. My plan was to go mostly straight but minimize climb. I didn't pay attention to where I was going after I crossed the field, and went too far south, which led to extra climb. Doh! I saw Erin and Lindsey on the way to 2, and i was trying to act cool and run through the woods, while they stuck to the trails. Of course, they beat me to the control.
I tried to look cool leaving the control, and just embarrassed myself by doing a 180 for a few steps. Must stop doing this at local events; I rarely notice other people at national events, so I don't think about them when I enter/leave a control.

Went straight to 3, and had to deal with some nasty fight at the edge of the field. I should have gone a bit south, and taken the trail along the edge of the field instead.

4 to 5 was a long trail run, no other way to do it. But for once, I was able to consider the beach option, for part of the run. Usually, the lake shore is either too muddy or the wind is bitter cold, so I had never taken this option before. It was, fun a change in pace.

After 5, it seemed like along slog up the hill. It was a warm sunny day, which sapped a lot of energy. I passed Reta on the hill (sitting down to let her HR slow down). I looked at the rest of the course and tried to decide what I should do. Overall, I was tired and not having tons of fun. And the option of stopping, getting a drink and hanging out with folks at the finish was too hard to resist. So I took the short cut option.