Training Log Archive: DWildfogel

Believe I've figured out what was causing the weird stuff (raw behind the lips and inside my cheeks; numb tongue; swelling in my throat) going on in my mouth while in Wyoming. It reoccurred Thurs night. Thought about what might have been common to the days prior to the two incidents, and one candidate was that I'd eaten a lot of ARUGULA both times. I love arugula and have been eating it for 25 years, but I googled "reaction to arugula" and, sure enough, the symptoms described are exactly the ones I have. Some people can die within 10 mins from the swelling in the throat. Yeesh. Gonna have to be real careful.

C • Good to find these things out. 2

Los Gatos Creek Trail, with Ricky Liversidge on the way out, alone on the way back (Ricky was running 12 miles). Ran to the end of the bridge over the creek, just past the San Tomas Expwy under crossing. (First time I've run beyond the Campbell ponds.) Started off in fog, finished in sunshine, but mostly pleasant temperatures the whole way. Thought I'd drop off the pace more after turning around and having to go it alone, but held pretty steady at 9:20 pace. Right calf started cramping a bit with a mile to go, so eased off a bit. ACHILLES hurt quite a bit; guess the (relatively) fast pace of Wed's run irritated it.

Started from the overpass behind California Cafe

Start --------
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2.0-----100 - 8534 --- finished here
--------(437) - (449)
2.5-----537 - 8045
--------(434) - (441)
3.0----1011 - 7604
--------(442) - (439)
3.5---1453 - 7125
------ (912) --- |
4.5 - 2405 - (1401)
-------(437) ---- |
5.0 - 2841 - 5724
-------(435) ---- |
5.5 - 3317 - (932)
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6.0 - 3759 - 4757
-------(453) - (459)
----------- 4252 ---- End of bridge

About 3 minutes faster than the 8 mile run I did on the Creek Trail with Ricky and Philip on July 28.

Minimal warm up and cool down.

The usual accumulation of morning stretching. Missed a few exercises while in Yosemite and also Thurs morning when we had guests here.

Many exercises on the reformer, for both legs and arms, which we hadn't done when I went to the class a month ago. Then lunges on a mat (as opposed to a BOSU), which I found very tiring. Good workout.

Casual walk in Big Basin with Rachel, Louise and our German visitors, the Menhes.

Only upper body exercises: theraband and weights.

Skyline, to Black and back. Warm. Rachel goes out fast (for me) and I stick with her. Strong in the second half (Rachel slows the last 0.3 due to stitch); figured that having gone out that fast and still feeling good, might as well push the rest of the way. Definitely was not "easy" distance. Haven't done this run that fast since late Oct, 2009 (54:32 as part of a 6.66 mi run; did 53:04 on 5-25-08 - and today I went out faster than either of those runs).

Louise ran to Gist with us to test out her neck, which seemed to be OK.

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----------------130(1104)1234(426)1700(631)2332(604)2936
5518(107)5411(1012)4359(334)4024(506)3518(542)
++++++++++++++++ | --------- (841) ------- |

Warm up: .15 mi in 3 mins (waiting for Louise)
Cool down: .35 mi in 5 mins

Front of house, 3.5 laps: 609, 543, 526, 225.

Lovely morning. Got out much too late (before breakfast) and was very hungry. As usual after not running for a few days, legs weren't sore but felt very wobbly, like I hadn't run in years. Last half mile felt OK.

ACHILLES hurt a lot while at Yosemite even though I wasn't running. Guess that shows how much the icing I usually do (but couldn't do there) helps.

Cool down

Drove from Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Valley. Lunch at the Awanhee. Walked around a bit. Long drive home.

Half Den at Half Dome:

Hike from Tuolumne Meadows to Budd Lake. 1hr 40 mins up, 1 hr 20 back; lunch and hang out at the lake for an hour and a half. Very lovely. Given the elevation gain (8200' to 10,000'), I expected it to be steeper, but it was very manageable. With Louise, Rachel and the Mehnes (Felix, Frank, Betty and Bert).

Here's Budd Lake, with Cathedral Peak in the background.