Note
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.