Training Archive: RosstopherIn the 7 days ending 2008-06-07:
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Saturday Jun 7 | ||
| Trail run 42:44 [3]6.3 mi (6:47 / mi) | |
| Trail Race at northfield Mt. lots of people running, which helps me run fast. I wasn't sure what time to aim for, but at mile 2 I was at 13:00 , so I decided 40 minutes would be good. then it was really steep, and I was running slower, and I decided maybe I'd try for 42:00 instead. I don't actually change how I run, just thinking about times helps the time pass. I was only passed by one guy ( I think, can't remember anyone else) an older guy ( maybe 50-60 years old) who destroyed me on the hills. I was jostling with another younger guy for most of the race, and decided to make a move on him on mile 5 going down a steep section... that just riled him up and he zipped past me and finished like 30 seconds ahead of me! my back muscles started to cramp as I was pushing on the down hill... I had lot's of energy left for a sprint at the end yet was very very very tired. Trail runs are quite fun. | ||
| orienteering 1:00:00 [3] | |
| orienteering after the trail race at Northfield. did the permanent orange course, but legs were quite unhappy with things. I guess I look on this as being a cool down from the trail race, with a map in hand.
had a hard time seeing the control posts.... we are spoiled with the large orange and white bags :) | ||
Friday Jun 6 | ||
| Note | |
| headed to western Mass for the trail race. | ||
Thursday Jun 5 | ||
| Note | |
| CSU planning meeting at Brendan's. our summer training is going to be really fun. I'm already looking forward to our planned night-o and hopefully a course on Thompson Island! | ||
Wednesday Jun 4 | ||
| Note | |
| Rest Day! whoo hoo. I was going to go running with a friend from work, but Jared doesn't leave work until like 7:30 so I would have had to wait around, and it was raining, and I was wicked tired and hungry already. So I bailed on him. nice not to do any running, though still tired just from work. | ||
Tuesday Jun 3 | ||
| track 11:08 [3]2.0 mi (5:34 / mi) | |
| Ran a 3k on the track with Alex and Sam. Alex is a super motivating person to be around, very upbeat. it was nice to go into a track workout with such a glowing beacon of can-do-it-iveness.
I was thinking about what time I wanted to run. I really wanted to run a 10 minute 2 mile, because I still haven't ever achieved that mark. so I thought I'd go out and see if I could run 75 second splits. :) nope. I came through the first 400 in 80, so then I decided to try to stay with 80s, but wavered there too. I was pretty close to 84s for most of the run. I'm a bit disappointed with my 11:08. I feel faster than that. Legs felt tired, and it really was quite windy, but I think a 10:30 for a 3200 should be my level now. I will have to repeat this run under more favorable conditions to improve morale. splits approx: 80 83 84 84 (5:31) 84 86 84 83(11:08) (10:30 at the 3k mark) | ||
| C • can-do-it-iveness? 1 | ||
Monday Jun 2 | ||
| road run 43:08 [3]6.0 mi (7:11 / mi) | |
| running home. felt quite good. nice to be moving but I hate all the stoplights on Longwood and Beacon. I keep threatening to run home by a different route, it would be worth extra distance just to avoid stopping every 45 seconds. | ||
Sunday Jun 1 | ||
| orienteering 52:04 [3] | |
| Red course at Nobscott. Fun, legs felt tired. I think it's getting to be time for a rest day.
sloppy on the way to the first, got pushed around off my line by the light green. cut through the field on the way to 4, because I thought that a wall was a trail, and then managed to overshoot the boulder. Messed up 6 the most, cut through the woods and came out on a different trail than I expected and was too far left.... took a while to work my way up the hill to the control once I relocated. 7 was misplaced/moved, I was confident that I was in the right spot, combed the reentrant a few times to see if the flag had fallen, considered checking other nearby reentrants to see if I could find the misplaced flag... then decided to just head to the next one. found the flag on the way out. 8 seemed a bit farther down the marsh than I expected. I really can't remember 10, 11, or 12 ( as I post this Tuesday night) which probably says something about how the brain recalls information or about how long I can stay really focused on my orienteering. If I had a map I'd remember probably. don't think there were any mistakes in this section. then 13, and the finish. I'll post splits sometime soon, when I have more time/ light. | ||
Red - Splits | ||