Training Log Archive: iansmith

Event: NavGames: Vampire Night-O
 

Whiteface with Ben and Peyton; above about 3000 feet, we encountered 20 cm of snow. We were carrying only one pair of kahtoola microspikes (two other pairs in the car), and Peyton's running shoes didn't have much traction. We each had a pole, which was helpful. Ben and I had enough traction to merrily plug along through the ankle deep snow. The snow slowed us down enough that we aborted our plan to hit Passaconaway. Ben had to be home by 7 pm for munchkin considerations, so we descended via a trail down the broad reentrant immediately south of Passaconaway, east of the moderate spur between Whiteface and Passaconaway. Whiteface had some good views on the ledges south of the summit, though the summit itself was immersed in trees. It was a beautiful day, with a temp of 5-10 C and clear skies. I will have to return to run this route some day, and I'd love to go down the spur southeast of Passaconaway.

Especially given how ginger our pace was, I felt surprisingly tired after this hike and went to bed promptly upon return at 8 pm after dropping Peyton off.

Instructing a cadre of scouts from Troop 1 in Harvard, MA how to execute a yellow course at NEOC's Nobscot Scout-O. The event has about 400 scouts in attendance; they are somewhat enthusiastic, but don't seem to interpret it as a sport. I wore my national team regalia, and my crew (excepting the leaders) ran each leg.

Hanging controls for the Scout-O races tomorrow. WYO.

Partial skyline before it got dark. Continued Blueprint for Armageddon.

Brooklyn Boulders with Ben; Joe is out of town, and Melanie was prepping for a retreat. I purchased climbing shoes and a harness because it was costing $10/session to rent them. My shoes feel like clogs right now - the sole is very stiff. I hope they break in with time.

I climbed about 10-15 pitches, but my forearms felt astonishingly weak. I made it through two full length 5.8s, made it through a 5.10b that had stymied me in the past (with two falls and a rest), an overhanging 5.9, and a couple other 5.9s. I finished up with a few laps of autobelaying 5.5s - 5.7s to work on my footwork and break in my new shoes.

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Corridor Street-O in an area of Cambridge I'm quite familiar with. I promptly got lost and left the corridor.

Warmup run to track workout; I arrived just as Terry, Patrick, and Kevin were starting strides. It was quite cold - about 6 C, and windy.

CSU Track workout; tonight itinerary was 800, 1000, 1200 with 2 minute recovery followed by 6x400 on a 2 minute cycle and a finishing 200 for "kicks." I wore 3/4 pants, a buff, and a long sleeve shirt, and I was still cold for much of the session. The headwind on the back straight was brutal.

800: 2:53 (ugh)
1000: 3:36
1200: 4:28
400s: 83, 81, 81, 79, 78, 76
200: 37