Training Log Archive: DWildfogel

Theraband, weights, hips. About the same as I did two days ago, don't want to ramp up too quickly.

[Strength exercises]

The usual weekly accumulation of morning stretching and strength development exercises.

Lake Ranch Reservoir. Hadn't been here in a few weeks. Cool, overcast. Legs not very spry, but no trouble at all maintaining an easy pace.

516(545)1102(512)1614(459)2113
329 -- up to third bridge
223 -- back down
(448)(432)(600)(454)

Usual 4.0: 4130
Extra half-mile: 552
Loop backs: 25

[Easy distance w/hills]

Cool down.

Theraband, weights, hips. Light session, just to start getting back into it. Last did these six weeks ago, stopping because of a sore neck and because it was time to peak for the US Champs.

[Strength exercises]

Local terrain. Legs still feeling a little beat up from Monday's long hike in Yosemite, wasn't even sure I was going to run. But had an opportunity to run on my own, and figured I should at least do a little something in terrain, so went out there figuring to run easy. Warmest day of the year so far, high 70's. Got going pretty good, beyond threshold pace.

801 - Warmup, mostly on Skyline (3 x short loop)

3 loops of 1 x house followed by 2 x woods: 502, 451, 426

[Orienteering Forest running]

Cool down.

330: jog in front yard
130: walk, stretch
655: half mile on Skyline (short loop)

Drive home from Tenaya Lodge, leaving there at 10:30, getting to Los Gatos shortly after 2.

Miles and miles of what looks like great orienteering terrain on the W side of Hwy 41, a bit N of the junction with Hwy 145. Alas, none of it seems to be public land.

Yosemite. Hike up to the top of Vernal Fall via the Mist Trail and then to the top of Nevada Fall. 3 hours up (including breaks), 2:45 down (longer route). Spectacular day, lots of water in the falls.

Total elapsed time was almost 7 hours. Spent nearly an hour at the top of Nevada Falls. Wanted to go down via the John Muir trail, but we heard that the section leading down from where we were was closed. Hiked over there anyway, saw people coming back saying that it was indeed closed, so went back to the falls and then went down the way we came up, along the N side of the river, over the bridge, and then rather than going back down the Mist Trail, climbed up to the John Muir Trail (arriving at the other end of the closed section), which gave us some great views of Vernal Fall from above.

Lots of stone steps on these trails, so it was slow going for us. My right knee was rather irritated. Got pretty wet and chilled on the Mist Trail, but dried out quickly on this lovely day once we reached the top of Vernal Fall.

We had intended to go snoeshowing from Badger Pass to Dewey Pt, but it turned out that Badger Pass closed for the season yesterday, so we improvised and drove down to the valley instead. It was a great day for it, undoubtedly better than the snoeshoeing would have been, plus I hadn't been to those falls in several decades, so it was a treat.

Drove up to Tenaya Lodge, just S of Yosemite. Stopped at Pacheco Pass for a picnic lunch. Really nice to see everything so green!

This is really an easy drive, about 3.5 hours.

Jackson Road, near Tenaya Lodge. Stretching out the legs a bit after the drive.