Training Log Archive: arcticQn

New Trails!!!! I found a trail map online for these woods that we've run by on previous road runs. The trails were well kept and went up to this nice fire tower that overlooked concord and the surrounding towns.
It was evening and I raced the sun back down to the car.

Event: Billygoat Run
 

"The Ultimate Rest Day"
Was thinking of going to the Billygoat, but am certainly glad I didn't! The blisters I already had on my feet would no doubt have given me tons of trouble and pain and after "sleeping" for only a few hours on the plane flight back from LA, it wouldn't have been pretty.

Instead, after arriving in Concord around 7:45am, we went directly to bed, slept for about 5.5hrs, woke up, made and ate pancakes, went back to bed, slept for another 2.5-3 hrs, woke up and decided to go to the movies (Sin City-interesting...) came back home, went to bed and fell right back asleep, no problem!
I guess we needed it.

Big Blue Off-Road Triathlon, California

A great race. I know I didn't push it as hard as I could have becuase the bike and run coming out of the TA's felt fine. (I should have been hurting). I didn't wear my HR monitor but I don't think my HR was ever all that high.

So I ended up 1st in my age category and 3rd overall in the females and 50th overall out of a field of 86. 19 of which were females.

Swim:(1.2k w/ wind whipped water) 19:14
The swim was horrendous. The wind out there was blowing hard and I think I swallowed half of the lake. Thankfully it wasn't in the ocean! The water was cold, too, 55F. Enough to give you an icecream headache. Thanks to Michelle for letting me borrow her wetsuit!

Bike: (18mi w/ tons of climb!) 1.53:20
Then a quick TA to the bike. Course desc. was 2 loops of ~9 mi with total 1000m climb. Hm, more like 16mi with 5000m climb! Technical, too! Lots of ruts and steep drainages that if you were to fall off the trail, you'd be screwed!

Run: (6mi relatively flat) 39:35
Finally, to the run...Another quick TA, I felt pretty good, considering all the climb, but wary of what the run course might consist of! Ended up not being very tough at all, though, fairly flat with patches of sand, a few river crossings and some sidehilling (which, without socks in my shoes, gave me some wicked blisters!). I felt like I could have moved faster, but there weren't any runners ahead to me to chase. If only I knew there was the second place chick only a few mintues ahead of me!!

Night run in Boston. Got a new pair of shoes(Saucony's race flat) for the triathlon and thought I'd test 'em out. Kristoffer, Chris and I went out around 11:30pm after a big dinner of burritos. Oof, not a good idea. It was a quick run, thankfully, otherwise I probably would have lost my dinner. The shoes ended up not working out. Too small. Oh, well, worth a try I guess.

Swimming and some drills. 3x200m steady state. It's weird though, by the last one I'm feeling good and smooth in the water and feel like I could do a bunch more. But the first one is the toughest!