Training Log Archive: DWildfogel

Los Gatos Creek Trail. With Ricky and Phillip. We all want to run easily, and it indeed felt easy. Ricky thought it was too fast, so we slowed a bit. They went on when I turned around by the group picnic area by Vasona. When I hit the 3.5 mi marker, picked up the pace for a final half mile, still running fairly easily, so happy it was 8:05 pace. Quite clear that I could run a mile in under 7:30, and maybe even under 7:00.

Tried out the new trail shoes, thinking I may wear them for the WMOC Qualifier, especially if the ground is wet (as the forecast suggests it will be). A bit risky wearing something I've never raced in, but the shoes felt quite good.

Start as usual at the beginning of the boardwalk behind California Cafe.

2.0 -- 104
------(441)
2.5 - 505
------(448)
3.0 1033 --- 2622
------(446) -- (405)
3.5 1520 --- 2217
------(335) (322)
turn 1855

Continuation of the run: eased off (as planned) for the next half mile (5:40), then recovery jog for the final half mile (6:41). Left hip and glut started aching.

Note: the last few days, both gluts have been really sore - could hardly sit on them at some points.

Ha! More like a NON-rest day, running all over creation doing errands to get ready for trip. Slept even worse last night, maybe 3 hours at first, maybe an hour towards morning.

Weekly accumulation of morning stretching. Had some shorter sessions the last few days.

Full sets of hip, core and theraband. No weights.

Haven't been sleeping well; starting to wear out from the stress of getting ready for the trip.

Front of house: 611, 546, 545, 535, 525. Hot: 80 degrees. Wrapped hamstring, but still felt a little twinge on first lap. So, decided to do 5 laps instead of 7 and to keep the pace moderate. Didn't feel that good, but certainly could have done two more laps at just over 5 mins each.

Exactly a year ago (just prior to WMOC 2011), did the same run (in the same weather!) in 29:38.

C • Ready to go 4

Warm up: .15 mi, 2:15
Cool down: .35 mi, 5:00

Casual walk on Skyline to Four Winds and back with Louise and Jeff. Coming up the last hill by Frosty's, feel a twinge (again) in my left hamstring. Not a good time for body parts to be wearing out!

Louise wanted to jog a little, so since it was such a lovely day, I agreed to go along. We headed N on Skyline, but within half a mile both realized that we were too sore from the weekend's activities to jog. So, we walked the rest of the way.

My left hamstring "grabbed" a few times when I tried to jog. Definitely don't want that!!

Full sets of all the exercises.

J.Grant North - HOT; annoying tall grass - Training course made from 2008 A-meet Long controls, put together by Dan Greene: 3.8km/210m, though I cut from 7 to 10, so my course was 3.0/175. Did reasonably well to near #4, but realized I had gone past #4; rather than going back, tried to go to #5 from there, but went too far down big spur, wound up much too low, finally relocated and had a long, hot climb back to #6, after which I pretty much had had it. Did run to #7, but after that walked the rest of the way (and even that was a struggle). Don't know how useful this was in terms of preparation for WMOC, but it was the best available option.

Dan, Tapio, Francois and Marie-Josee were also out there. Later in the day in Los Gatos it was 98 degrees, after having been 105 yesterday.

Warm p: mostly jog up big hill.