Training Log Archive: wetware

Event: Salomon Snowshoe Raid 3 hour Adventure Run
 

Snowshoe raid, woohoo. Our plan of buying cool gear, not training, and trying to look good while sick didnt really work out this year. Maybe I'm just not giving it a chance :)

Great course set up by bob miller and bash from ap, was even better than last years. Given our state, we ran a decent race, with only one real foul up near CP12 which we entirely missed. that would have been a good extra 90 points i think and we ran around there for 10 min searching. On the good side, we abandoned it after 10 min, instead of losing too much time. That was a good race choice considering we pulled into the finish seconds before the cutoff.

We ran really well down the homestretch. had a good kick out of the woods and along the road all the way to the crossing. we had a killer sprint back in passing another pair who was fighting us for position, then almost passing another. Was good to end on a high note.

All in all, a very fun day. Prob more so for me cause I wasnt sick as a dog like ericrox . Oh well, at least his water didnt freeze this time.

Easy run on slightly sore shins. 30 min at 6.5mph, 21 min on bike L13 Hills then crunches. fast transitions, mid effort. feeling good afterwards.

L13 Bike followed by 7mph run for 10 mins. Little short on time today, but was an optional day. Dont want to push for an injury, but still need to ramp up for out race on saturday.

C • I get it. 3

30 min E run on the mill, with 6 stride sets at the end. rest on crunches and L13 Hills on stationary. Had the lead legs today. hate that feeling. also low energy, but not tanking.

Snowshoe day in freezing rain. Good session for learning how our new snowshoes performed. Learned some good techniques for ascending, descending and traversing slopes. Snow was wetish and heavy on the shoes though, which sort of sucked. On the bright side, the shoes allow a very near to normal gait, which is a huge plus.

Quick little bike/run in the gym in the AM. frankj saw me, so i had to pretend like i was on my way to working out. then he called my bluff so i had to actually go workout. jerk.

L13 hills 27min, 10min 7mph tmill, stretches. ran out of time, had to go to meeting.

C • I wondered 1

NR 3.5 Threshold day. 10 Min E, 20 Min T pace, 10 min E. practiced nav thumbing too. not too bad.

20 min on L13 Hills stationary for transition work, stretches and core workout.