Training Archive: RosstopherIn the 7 days ending 2008-05-31:
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Saturday May 31 | ||
| track 45:00 [3] 1.5 mi (29:59 / mi) | |
| 6x 400. with Sam and Jeff.
legs felt a little tired, but was excited about speed work. 2-3 mins rest between. last one probably means I wasn't working hard enough on the first ones. or possibly that my legs take a little bit of time to loosen up. 70 70 70 69 69 67 | ||
| C • And only a level 3! 4 | ||
Friday May 30 | ||
| road run 45:32 [3] 6.0 mi (7:35 / mi) | |
| run home from work today. I felt great running, but I think that I wasn't pushing very much at all. I could feel that I didn't have a very quick turnover. But that's okay, I felt great, and was feeling quite happy with my day. The week seemed very long, and now, as I type this, I can feel my throat beginning to get sore so I think I'll be getting a cold or some similar bug.
Today Sam got me a charcoal grill, so I can start acting like it's summer. This year will be the first time in a decade that I will be in the US for the 4th of July, and not at JWOC. I'm more than a little sad about this point, and I can't help but feel like a) I've deserted the team, and b) I've grown up. Neither of which is true, but still sad. Stupid job. | ||
| C • Fireworks 3 | ||
| C • put your sunday splits up 4 | ||
Thursday May 29 | ||
| road run 59:00 [3] | |
| Hill workout- Summit Ave
did hills from Joslin tonight. wanted to do more than last time, but only managed to convince myself enough to do 6. ran to and from the hill. from the lamp post at the bottom to the mailbox near the top. running very hard, near 100 percent effort, if not all-out. had between 4:30-5:00 of rest jogging on the flat and then back down. faster than last time. 2:03 2:08 2:07 2:09 2:11 2:09 | ||
Wednesday May 28 | ||
| road run 43:27 [3] 6.0 mi (7:14 / mi) | |
| Running to work. Feeling ambitious, I set out to run to and from work today. felt a bit slow as I left home, but was feeling really great soon after. Very nice. I should wake up early more often and get a run in, in the morning.
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| C • haha.... ha...ha 2 | ||
| road run 45:31 [3] 6.0 mi (7:35 / mi) | |
| run home from work. a bit slower, felt much more tired. I had a bit of a cramp and stopped to get a few groceries so my backpack was a bit heavier. seems that the waking up earlier catches up with me by the end of the day.
Talked to my boss today, good news is that she is okay with me going away this summer. Bad news is that she doesn't want me to take off very much time. So my current plan is to get a flight out on the evening of the 9th, to arrive on the 10th. Probably to Prague to simplify the O-ringen leg of things, but haven't really set down with stuff yet. | ||
Tuesday May 27 | ||
| orienteering 17:29 [3] 3.5 km (5:00 / km) | |
| CSU park-O. Set by Lori.
Fresh pond. crazy thunder storms preceded the Sprint- which left me feeling a bit soggy. Sam's iPod ( that I was wearing) seems to have been a casualty of that the monsoon, as a side-note. I had the last start, and so I had heard that number 2 was in a funny spot, so I didn't lose too much time there. I did have to hop an extra fence on the way to 4 that wasn't on the map. everything else was just a matter of trying to run hard and not slip in the mud. Helped Lori pick up some of the flags afterwards. splits: 1)1:10 2)0:45 3)2:05 4)2:10 5)2:02 6)0:33 7)1:12 8)0:51 9)0:57 10)1:03 11)1:02 12)1:49 13)0:53 F)0:52 | ||
Monday May 26 | ||
| orienteering 1:32:25 [3] | |
| Team Trials- Long
Gorgeous day. Clint Morse convinced me, before the start, to wear shorts on the course which was a great idea. the woods weren't exactly open, but there was no reason to wear pants, and shorts make me feel quick. I was a bit hesitant on the first control, not seeing the indistinct trail on the way down the hillside, and thus being unsure about how far down the slope to go, and in which direction. I think I let this unnerve me too much, and started pelting down the hillside towards 2 with little regard to exactly where I was going. kept checking my compass and realizing that I wasn't on the right bearing, but never stopped to fix my bearing either. just got down to the bottom on the hill, and worked my way over to the control. Saw Ian Smith for the next couple of controls, in the loop, and then went pelting across the hillside towards 6 without a really great plan which had the potential to be a real disaster. I ended up over shooting 6 by a little bit, and I think learned my lesson about needing to stay in better control. was solid on 7-8-9-10, I think I chose well for me on my route over the top of the hill to 11. certainly talking to others, contouring around was a mistake. Erin Schirm had a pretty stellar split on this one. I saw Clem headed to 14 as I came in to 11, and that helped me keep pushing. I was reading the terrain very well on 12-16, 17 and 18 were okay, and then I stayed low through the campus to 19 which I thought was good, but again there were some pretty fast splits by other runners. I think I was getting tired at this point, and was off a bit on 20 ( hit a red control first) and slowish on 21. was very glad that the finish came up so quickly after that. ended up 2nd on the day behind Eric, just a little ahead of Erin. But a good enough race to get me a spot on the WOC team. really thrilled about that. have been smiling ever since I finished. many thanks to all those who put lot's of time into DVOA meet to make it such a success. apart from all the people that normally get acknowledged a big shout out to the start and finish crews who I found to be super encouraging and friendly. It was very nice to have happy helpful people at the beginning and end! | ||
| C • outcome 11 | ||
Blue Long - Splits | ||
Sunday May 25 | ||
| orienteering 40:39 [3] | |
| Team Trials- Middle
gorgeous day. I was careful on the first control, seeing that it was potentially a tough area, so I was cautious. This paid off, and I found the first control quite well. I was wobbly on my compass on the way to 2, and feeling very rushed for the whole first loop. I had a quite big error on 6, that was a result of me drifting quite far right on my line, hitting a pond much lower down the hillside, and then being quite bad about actually relocating. I panicked instead of relocating, which is especially embarrassing because the road was so close, and it would have been so easy to do. I did eventually figure out the terrain, but a lot of that was luck. Not great. But I resisted the temptation to run really hard and stupid on the next couple of controls. I was a bit sloppy on 9, which involved running past the control, and then looping down to the reentrant to the south of the flag to find myself. Then again on 12 ( maybe too tired from running up the hill to think properly) hit the wrong reentrant and had to correct. too many mistakes. though only really mad about the one at control 6. guess I ended up 14th on the day, don't know if I could have run Wil's time even with a cleaner run. I think 34-35 was possible just on leg speed though. so room for improvement. | ||
Blue Middle - Splits | ||