Training Log Archive: Samantha

Warm up for the Long. Legs were feeling ok after yesterday, but my usual things were a bit sore - right glute and left hamstring. Ran through the warm-up controls with Hill, mostly discussing the rocks and how sometimes it's hard to tell which ones are mapped.

Team Trials Long.

Overall a good challenging race. I was worried that up and over wasn't the best way to 1, but I executed it well and was careful coming back down, but spiked the controls. Had trouble to 2, when I hit the trail later than I thought and was confused. I also missed the attack to 2 when coming from the top, and was one reentrant too far. 3 was fine along the hillside and then I went back over the hill to 4. I drifted too low and spent some time standing and looking around before climbing up.

After 4 I didn't make any more big mistakes. I was lower than I thought on 6, and I was higher than I meant to be on 9. On 11 I took the trail, which was a good choice for me, but I should have cut off the trail before the swamp and saved myself a few contours of climb. I think that left to 12 was better than right, looking at my splits vs. the men (who mostly went right). I was in 4th place in the men's standing at 14 :)

Very careful on controls 13-16 so as not to lost my head. Overly careful probably, but it felt nice to have a clean ending. The trail run seemed to take forever, but at the same time it was nice not to have to think too much!

Cool down with Alex and Hill.

Long Red - Splits

Event: Senior Team USA Trials
 

Warmup for the Team Trials Sprint with Hill. Ran through the controls and did some strides.

Team Trials Sprint. Cautious in the beginning and despite the long pause I took at 2 to choose the route to 3 I went the wrong way (up). After that no mistakes or even hesitations. I caught Hill coming into 4 and we were close for the rest of the race. She certainly helped me push the pace! Was nervous beforehand and nice to see that I had to speed and the head to run a solid race!

One down, two to go!

Cool down first with Hill, and then with Alex and Hill around the pond.

Sprint Red - Splits

Some more Macedonia training. Parts of this forest are not terrible friendly.

C • West side 2

Some Macedonia exploring with Greg, Cristina and Hill.

Some sprint training with Ross. Made one mistake that led to two more from 4-7, but then was back on track again. A long sprint, made longer by my mistakes, but super fun to run.