Training Log Archive: AliC

Aug report:

106.52 mi of running, orienteering (no stroller jogging this whole month?) so makes the >100 mi goal.

But, only 25h of training, wanted 30h. Was mostly getting high-quality stuff in, not padded with hours of Pilates or aerobics. Still, that stuff is good for me and injury prevention, so should do some more of it.

Went to WOC, performed as well as I could have hoped with not really having either enough technical or physical training. I started the year hoping to best previous WOC results, but after the three weeks on crutches, I knew that would be out of the question and it really wasn't clear what might be a goal to shoot for until the weeks immediately before WOC. Set a goal of top-45 in the long and made it. Wanted to do much better in the relay, but just didn't have the physical oomph or the confidence in my map reading to stay with the packs.

Organized an event at Deschutes Daze. It's a lot of work, especially when you're also partly minding a toddler on a 3 night camping trip. But it's really nice to give back to the community, when I know I have mostly benefitted from others putting on events for me. It was very rewarding to hear people come back and having enjoyed the courses yesterday.

Sept goals:
The >30h and >100 mi goals montly goals stand. Performance-wise, I will try to win US Champs in the Long and Sprint and really fight for the highest place at SART (fun that it's just men-women combined). There's a fun 5k at Reed that's hillier than the last 5k I did. I'll try for a sub 19 and see how it goes.

Training-wise, want to be doing at least three running and one rollerskiing or biking workout during the week and one Pilates or aerobics. It'll be hard now that school is back in session.

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Apparently Big Basin is *way* hilly. So a last-ditch attempt to get some last hill strength in the legs.

5 x up the trail + road end-of-canyon hill
5 x up the road-only end-of-canyon hill

And then scampered to shower and bike back to first office hours of the semester!

Snuck out of tent at early o'clock without waking up Littles. Setting up Finish, Start and first control. Beautiful morning!

After person-ing the remote assembly and download point for my Upper Dutchman courses of Deschutes Daze, booked it down the hill to S and T to start the 4h drive back to Portland. So grateful to those who volunteered for control pickup and enabled me to leave ~2pm instead of 4pm. That made a huge difference for having a normal evening last night as opposed to a toddler-meltdown too late evening!

Everyone seemed to enjoy the courses and delight in the terrain! A ~2mi hike to the start is a lot, but the only real way to get people up there. Luckily we had a super-gorgeous day for it!!

Warmup joggeroo.

Yeehaw!! Dogbone at Lava Butte.

This was *so* much fun. There were a whole lot of us about the same speed and there was lots of seeing people, trading the lead, taking slightly different combos. Just. So. Awesome! Really upped the speed I was running through the woods.

Event: Deschutes Daze 2019
 

Control pickup for Lower Dutchman. (Didn't race b/c vetted, plus had a lot of control setting out to do.)

Setting out the 3 gal of water and 4 highest controls for Upper Dutchman, while Marty and Theo did the two controls on the slope below.

Run back to the car.

Setting out the pumice-zone controls, then #2 (forgot flag for #1, whoops) and then went to check out the ridge controls which Theo and Marty were placing.

Hiking down from the ridge with Theo and Marty.

2 x 10 min tempo at Oaks Bottom

Did 1 min x 12 with alternating 30s off and 1 min off. Was hard! Thought about high turnover to speed myself up.