Saturday Jul 31 |
 | O - competition (Prologue 1000 Days) 27:44 [5] 2.7 km (10:16 / km) | |
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| Mass start on Gates of AMT Hell map. Clean, no mistakes. Good run for first day at altitude. |
| O - competition (Chase) 55:27 [5] 6.96 km (7:58 / km) | |
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| Running with others whole way. Felt like it was in slow motion with the drag of altitude and hills at the finish. |
Thursday Jul 29 |
| Track workout 15:00 [3] 2.0 mi (7:30 / mi) | |
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| Short workout, but increasing intensity.
3 x 400 @ 1:43,1:32,1:28
Plus warm up/cool down |
| Bicycling 35:00 [3] | |
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| 6.5 miles. Loop around ski trail in Pines, then down to track and back for run. |
Wednesday Jul 28 |
| Road Running (Chester PO / CCW) 44:00 [3] 5.0 mi (8:47 / mi) | |
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Tuesday Jul 27 |
| Weight Training 15:00 [3] | |
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| Easy wgts: pullups, press, squat, lunge
Wall wgts 4 x 50 |
Monday Jul 26 |
| Bicycling (Chester Lovers Ln) 1:18:00 [3] +300m | |
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| 15 miles. Up Baileys Mill and then up over top of Lovers Lane. Long, continuous climb. |
Sunday Jul 25 |
| Road Running (Race for Cure) 22:36 [5] 5 km (4:31 / km) | |
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| Manchester, VT. Pretty flat course out and back. Splits 11:24/11:12. Felt good, but not too fast. |
| Road Running (Warm up/cool down) 35:00 [2] 3.0 mi (11:40 / mi) | |
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Thursday Jul 22 |
| Track workout (Chester Track) 25:00 [4] 3.0 mi (8:20 / mi) | |
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| Hot and humid. Sloow from heat and soreness from Sunday.
2 x 400 @ 1:39
2 x 800 @ 3:35
2 x 400 @ 1:37
Plus one mile warm up/cool down. |
| Bicycling (To/from track) 29:00 [3] | |
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| 6 miles. Trying to get the cadence higher. |
Wednesday Jul 21 |
| Trail Running (Quabbin, MA) 42:00 [3] 4.1 mi (10:14 / mi) | |
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| Stopped on way home and ran some trails in state forest land next to Quabbin Reservoir, MA. |
| Bicycling (Quabbin) 26:40 [3] | |
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| 5.2 miles. Rode some of the same trails and up a long hill to a loop back on the highway to the car. |
Tuesday Jul 20 |
| Trail Running (Bowers Springs, MA) 39:50 [3] 4.6 mi (8:39 / mi) | |
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| Nice run with Kenny down in MA. Working on hills and pace in general. Enough of this foundation stuff -- time to find a little speed. |
Sunday Jul 18 |
| Trail Race (NE Adventure Race 1) 6:54:00 [4] 40.0 mi (10:21 / mi) | |
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| Paddle, run and mtn bike bike around Mt Snow, VT. With Tracey Olafsen and Brad Whitmore.
Used kayak paddles to good effect on canoeing section. Were 8th out of the water of 40 teams. Running was a long yellow course along the Catamount Trail. Picked up two places on the run. Mtn biked up over shoulder of Mt Snow and around the ski and bike trails of area. My slow biking and a flat on one of the bikes dropped us back the 8th. Were 7th coed team of 25.
Felt good, no blisters; need hill workouts.
Thanks to Erin and Steve for team support! |
Thursday Jul 15 |
| Road Running (GrnMtnTpk/Cum ccw) 41:00 [2] 4.0 mi (10:14 / mi) | |
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| Wet from days of rain. With Ruthie. |
| Bicycling (Pleasant VRd/GMTpk) 47:57 [3] | |
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| 10 miles cw. Much nicer direction; big hill at start and then a long downhill. Water on asphalt and dirt road muddy; kept speed down. 23.02 to turn, 24.54 around back. |
Wednesday Jul 14 |
| Road Running (Chester PO ccw) 44:15 [3] 5.0 mi (8:51 / mi) | |
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Sunday Jul 11 |
| Road Running (Bermuda) 50:00 [2] 5.5 mi (9:05 / mi) | |
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| Been snorkling every day for a couple of hours. Not too much effort, though. |
Saturday Jul 10 |
| Road Running (Bermuda) 49:00 [2] 5.0 mi (9:47 / mi) | |
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| Also doing a lot of biking, but they have engines so I guess it doesn't count as much of an additional workout. |
Friday Jul 9 |
| Road Running (Bermuda) 48:00 [2] 5.0 mi (9:36 / mi) | |
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| Recovery workout from last weekend's hiking. Warm and humid, but suffering through it. |
Tuesday Jul 6 |
| Bicycling (Mt Snow VT) 1:40:00 [3] | |
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| 12 miles. Around the Crosstown trails near the base of the ski area. Rolling single track with lots of roots, rocks and mud. |
Sunday Jul 4 |
| Trail Running (AT) 10:30:00 [2] 28.2 mi (22:20 / mi) +1200m 12:16 / km | |
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| Up at first light and hiking at 5AM. Hiked the uphills and ran where trail conditions permitted. Art and crew were taking 2 days to do this, but I wanted to come out today. Beautiful rolling section of trail, traversing ridgetop meadows and dropping into hardwood and pine forests. Wildflowers were in full bloom; with species and colors changing as elevation dropped.
Once the food was gone and water down to a liter or so, the pack was 7#; really nice for running (eat your heart out, Tooks).
Out of food by the time I got to W Hartford, planned takeout spot. General store open so I had a greasy bacon cheeseburger and bag of doritos. Felt so good after that I decided to keep on going. Ended up another 8 mlies or so over the river in NH. |
Saturday Jul 3 |
| Backpacking (AT Killington east) 7:15:00 [2] 15.5 mi (28:03 / mi) +1500m 13:24 / km | |
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| With Art Portmore and 2 friends hiking from Rte 4 E to CT River. Weather perfect, great views. Very light camelback (is it still backpacking when it only weighs 12 lbs?) and moving along pretty good. Rolled up in a tarp to bivy overnight. Had to hike an extra mile or so when we found our planned campsite area was occupied by a party grouop; came up a jeep trail along with generator and electric guitars. |
Friday Jul 2 |
| Road Running (Chester via Church Ln) 1:07:00 [3] 7.0 mi (9:34 / mi) | |
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| Bridge on Church Ln is out, so time includes fording across Williams River. |