Training Log Archive: DWildfogel

Quads and hamstrings pretty sore, but the worst is my inner thighs. Don't think I should be doing long, hard runs on pavement.

C • adductors 2

Event: Los Gatos Street Scramble
 

Los Gatos Street Scramble (put on by Vlad's Get Lost). Chilly, rain threatening, but didn't start until after the event. Finished 2nd overall (of 13 teams) to Pierre Del Forge in the 90-min Foot division. Actually beat half of the teams in the 3-hour Foot division; there wasn't much competition. Had 310 points, losing 10 for 1 min overtime. Pierre had 400; no one else was close to me. Ran hard, probably too hard given that it was almost all pavement. Felt good for the first 50 minutes, still OK at 70, but the climb on stairs out of Oak Meadow Park to the corner of University and Blossom Hill kind of finished me off, and the last 20 mins was a struggle, especially with the duress of trying to avoid too much penalty. Very good route planning and route choices, no navigational errors. Answered control point questions via text messaging for the first time; after a while, was able to do that on the run.

Warm up was just a little jogging around the start area; no cool down (was not feeling too well for a while after finishing).

Note: distance of 9.5 mi is the actual distance run (according to my iPhone), not the usual straight-line-distance-between-controls.

The usual weekly accumulation of morning stretching.

Norma's combo pilates class. First time in the new studio. Seemed like she could've pushed us a little harder, though my neck was getting sore.

Front of house. Warmer than I expected (around 50 degrees). Legs still rather sore, just loosening up. Don't want to overdo it, given that I'm planning to run the 90-minute Los Gatos Street Scramble on Saturday. And I hope that THAT run (on pavement) won't be over-doing it.

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Upper body only, as my legs are pretty tired from yesterday. Theraband, weights: full sets.

Los Gatos Resolution Run. Sunny, cold (40 degrees). Run in short sleeves. Really bad night's sleep, but it didn't affect the run at all. The temperature was actually perfect for me. Heel still feels good, making it easy to warm up. Started out with Philip. 1.5 laps on track, pace was a little faster than I planned (wanted 810, it was 758 pace after half lap), so eased off a tad. Tried to not overdo it early, given the big hill coming up. Caught back up to Philip after the one mile mark (819). Kept running all the way up to the top (345 ft elevation gain), was able to catch my breath on the way down. Kept trying to ptck up the next person on the run back along the creek, but with a half mile to go felt like I just needed to maintain the pace. Never felt as good as in the Palo Alto Baylands run a few weeks ago, but it was a decent run. Finished 5th in M60-69; would've been first in M65 if they'd had 5 year categories.

600m ------------------------- 305 ---------- 1.5 laps on track
Beginning of dirt trail --- 556 (251) -- by Forbes Mill
One mile mark ----------- 819 (223)
LG Trail 1 mile post ---- 1247 (427)
LG Trail 1/2 mi post ---- 1712 (425) - slightly uphill
LG Trail 0 mile post ---- 2225 (513) - huge uphill
Top of dam ---------------- 2300 (35) --- turnaround
LG Trail 1/2 mi post --- 2655 (355)
LG Trail 1 mile post --- 3048 (353)
LG Trail 1.5 mi post --- 3446 (358)
Beginning of dirt trail -- 3712 (225)
Finish ----------------------- 4124 (412) - after 300m on track

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C • nice pictures 5

Warm up: 10 mins, .7 mi
Cool down: 7:50, .5 mi

Still quite jet lagged.