Training Log Archive: Sandy

Did some hill repeats on the mountain bike in the Wissahickon but was wussy and did them on one of the roads that goes down (and up). Amazingly there was someone else with the same idea and we passed each other in opposite directions several times. I then found a really nice trail home - an unusual one for the Wiss. as it was plenty steep and narrow and twisty and had some good drop offs, but it was almost all dirt with only a couple very small sections with any rock at all and those rocks were pretty small. So a lot more fun and less stressful than the other trails.

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3 miles along the drive - 11:06, 10:57, 10:20
walked down, ran the road part of the hill home.
Felt better as I went and probably could have done more but my knees are a bit achey.

Red course at French Creek. Very, very hot and humid. Very buggy as I worked epunch most of the day as well - two bee stings, two deer fly bites and a swollen ear from some sort of biting nuisance.

At the start I noticed I didn't have my watch on but since it was epunching I decided not to bother going back to my car to get it. Then about half way to the first control I realized I also didn't have my compass and decided what the heck, I'd do the course without it. It was pretty challenging but a lot of fun. It cost me probably 10 minutes or so, just in going slow to make sure I could keep track of where I was and in taking a few roundabout routes that had more obvious features. I did quite a bit of running on a contour which is not something I consciously think about doing very often. I may end up running on a contour but don't often use that as a navigational tool. And given the heat and humidity, today was probably a reasonable day to take it a bit easy.

hike down, fast walk for 2 miles along the drive (~26:30), jog back for 2 miles (~19:00), hike home. I had originally intended to walk for only about half an hour, so didn't change out of my cutoffs and cotton top. But once I got down there I kept deciding to do a little more - I was absolutely drenched with sweat by the time I finished.

Short hill loop - mostly walked, intentionally. Just too damn hot out and achy knees don't help. On the other hand, not much slower than when I run most of it....