Training Log Archive: DWildfogel

Los Gatos (8:30am) - Dammit Run. Finish 2nd in M65 (of 9), 100th of 246 men, 131 of 429 overall. Cool and overcast. Hadn't planned to run hard, but the first (flat) mile felt very easy (even though split was faster than last year), so really pushed up the hills. Then, having invested that energy, ran past more people on the downhills. Over the last half mile, pushed to catch a few more. Couldn't have gone much faster; reasonably pleased with the result. HOWEVER: very sore later; I really shouldn't push that hard on these hilly races.

_____________________________ 2013 ______ 2012 ___
One lap on track: --------------------- 203 ------------- 213
Start of dirt trail by Mill: ------------- 328 531 ------- 330 543
1.5 mile post: -------------------------- 245 817 ------- 250 833
Meet's 1 mile mark** ---------------------- 1022
1.0 mile post: ------------------------- 427 1243 ------ 430 1303
0.5 mile post: ------------------------- 428 1711 ------ 437 1740
Meet's 2 mile mark** --------------------- 1922(?) --------- 2008
Zero mile post: ----------------------- 500 2211 ------ 540 2320
Top of dam: ----------------------------- 29 2241 ------- 32 2353
Entrance to Jones Trail: ----------- 110 2351 ------ 113 2506
Kiosk near top of hill: --------------- 250 2641 ------ 317 2823
Top --------------------------------------- 57 2738 -- approx 100
Meet's 3 mile mark** --------------------- 2907 ------------- 3059
Gate at Jones Rd: ------------------- 648 3426 ------- 834 3657
Meet's 4 mile mark** --------------------- 3621 ------------- 3914
Main St entrance to Creek Trail - 412 3838*
End of dirt trail by Mill: -------------- 51 3938 ------- 552 4249
Finish: ---------------------------------- 357 4334 ------- 426 4714

*Approximate because I took split at bottom of that hill
**These are clearly not in the right places

Warm up, mostly on infield of the track. Felt loose and pretty good.

Cool down, on grass infield. First, a very slow 5 min jog immediately after finishing, then after some walking and talking, a slightly faster 7 min jog.

The usual weekly accumulation of morning stretching.

Upper body (theraband, weights) only, 2 sets instead of 3.

Front of house. Sunny, cool (62), nice running weather. Still dragging a bit (now taking antibiotics for my infection), so my run wasn't intended to be much more than an extended warmup.

615, 547, 535, 524

Kept the pace even on the last lap, too. Each lap was faster than the corresponding lap on Tuesday. Could've easily run two more, but with the very hilly Dammit Run on Saturday, want to give my legs a chance to get some life back in them.

Cool down

Nearly the whole shebang, though I had to cut short the squeeze-the-rubber-ball-between-your-knees exercise because it was aggravating some soreness.

Front of house. With the extra day off, hoping for a good run today, but still feeling weak and now my hamstrings feel tight. So, stick to the relatively flat front-of-house loops, hoping for 4 miles but figuring maybe 3. Soon as I started, even 3 seemed like it was going to be a struggle. On the 5th lap, started feeling a little better, so went for a 6th. Could've done a 7th (and completed 4 miles) but given how lousy I've been feeling, figured best not to overdo it, so stopped there.

622, 556, 541, 532, 511, 504

Cool down

Feeling generally weak and tired, plus seem sore, especially knees, so take a rest day.

100% of upper body exercises, about 70% of the rest.

Note: this morning, did 83 pushups.

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