Training Log Archive: DWildfogel

Los Gatos Creek Trail. Run with Norma and Louise north to Vasona Dam and back, covering the usual 4.82 in (a slow) 4820. Louise and I continue south to the 1 mile mark on the trail, picking up the pace, but my shins start feeling bad, then my knees, so slow a bit and stop at the end of the dirt by the Mill (about 0.07 mi short of the finish - didn't want to have to run up the cement ramp to the overpass). Pretty surprised to have those aches come on, and so strongly, at the end.

Start --------- 4830 (at the overpass behind Calif Cafe)
-----------------(113)
2.0-----104 - 4717
--------(454) - (509)
2.5-----558 - 4208
--------(455) - (504)
3.0----1053 - 3704
--------(455) - (505)
3.5---1548 - 3159
------- (453) - (501)
4.0 - 2042 - 2657
--------(217) - (209)
dam - 2259 - 2448
-------- (54) - (55)
turnaround 2353

Continuing south:

-------- (355) - (257) 6504 -- finish at end of dirt by Mill
1.5 --- 5225 - 6207
-------- (456) - (446)
1.0 ------- 5721

The usual weekly accumulation of morning stretching.

JCC. For the first time (in this new incarnation of playing basketball), I was on fire. I mean, it felt like that relative to how I usually do: I kept making shots I don't usually make. Can't explain it, but I guess I'm now a streak shooter :-) Did some driving to the hoop, too.

C • Streak Shooter 3

Pretty intense workout. Started with 3-3-10 (pullups-chinups-bardips); surprised I've reached 10 already. Can a triple double be far behind??

4 weight machine exercise interleaved with core exercises on a roller, and then two exercises with dumbells. 3 sets of all 6 upper body exercises.

Decent pace walk on Skyline. The cool air felt good after a few intense hours working on the computer.

Lake Ranch Reservoir. Chilly, sunny, some mud. Pretty sluggish (climbing muscles still very tired), try to just relax and get the miles in.

---------------455(531)1026(501)1527(453)2020
3957(443)3514(552)2922(423)2459(439)

Cool down

Almost all the exercise, about 2/3 of the sets, 80% of the reps.

Finally finished getting my routes for the Team Trials A-meet into RouteGadget. See my log entries for that weekend for the links.

Event: BAOC: Joe Grant
 

Joe Grant South (remote start, across from Twin Gates). Sunny, a bit chilly. Hills are green, ground is soft; great running except for the muddy sides of the deep reentrants. Start at 9:52.

Green 4.9 km/ 190m climb (plus an additional 250m descent). Did very well for 6 controls and then the wheels started falling off, and really fell off on the last part of the leg to #9.

Took long routes around reentrants to #1 and #4, costing me maybe 2 mins total. Had the fastest splits on #3, #5 and #6, and was close on #2. So, after 6, I was less than a minute from 1st, :34 behind Kent (the eventual winner by 6 mins) and more than 3 mins ahead of 4th.

Troubled by inaccuracies in the map, lost 2+ mins on #7 and 2.5 mins on #8. (To be fair, others found those bags without trouble, though at least one good orienteer never found #7.)

Did a fairly decent job on the first 95% of the long leg to #9, but then was faced with a monster reentrant I couldn't cross. Drifted further S than I realized trying to find a spot to cross, and after clawing my way out via a treacherous mud wall, I was exhausted - and two spurs over from the flag. I could actually see it, but thick, unmapped fight kept me from getting there. Had to climb way up, all the way to #10 before getting over to #9. At least 10 mins lost.

After punching #10, had to untie each shoe and adjust my socks: the wet grass had soaked my feet, the socks had slid down and were causing a big blister on the bottom of my left heel. (This took 2:37.) I was less than fully enthusiastic the rest of the way, which still required one more monster reentrant crossing plus dealing with two poorly mapped areas, around #12 and #13 (the bag at the latter was placed too far downhill and hidden in some bushes). But I finished.

Splits

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C • Green 3