Sunday Aug 10 |
 | cycling warm up/down 1:15:00 [2] | |
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| To/from Fells, also includes some time biking to/from MIT in the morning to go to mass. |
| Orienteering 1:05:00  *** 7.0 mi (9:16 / mi) | |
| shoes: Nike Terra Ridge 07 |
| Went out to the Fells at noon to do a long workout. Started with the first part of the line-o I set a month ago, then did a trail-run on the other side of the road, then finished the line-o. |
| stretching warm up/down 3:00 [0] | |
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| Note | |
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| I anxiously await the US champs day 2 results. Ross and Boris had 4 or 5 minutes to make up; William will surely have pulled out another amazing run; Kenny and Mikkel top ten?
On the ladies' side, Kat is just 4 minutes back on 2nd place and 6 on 1st. Can she catch the leaders? And Peter looks to be in a nail-biter for the M-60 title.
Go CSU!!! |
Saturday Aug 9 |
| soccer (grass) 45:00  | |
| shoes: Nike Terra Ridge 07 |
| Soccer practice at Harvard with the WTR. Nobody (i.e. 5 people) showed up, but that was actually a good thing, since the hardcore people (I will consider myself semi-hardcore) were not diluted enough for the "practice" to degenerate into a scrimmage, which is what usually happens. So instead, we actually ran some half-decent drills, which makes for a much better workout. |
| strength 7:00 [5] | |
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| Core/upper, a slightly harder workout than I've typically been doing recently. |
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| Stopped by the Marathon Sports clearance sale. Picked up 2 pairs of Mizuno VI's, which I guess were the two pairs I neglected to buy at last year's clearance sale. Probably they just can't sell them in any other format. Also picked up some Nike trail runners, plus some apparel (wind jacket, top, shorts), all for $175. The dude standing next to me in the checkout line was some Kenyan guy who apparently held the marathon world record 20 years ago. |
Friday Aug 8 |
| strength 5:00 [5] | |
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| Core, not a super workout; feeling kind of lazy before bed. |
Thursday Aug 7 |
| cycling warm up/down 1:15:00 [2] | |
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| To/from Alex's place. From was a bit longer, as I neglected to turn off at Western Ave. and ended up going around on Soldier's Field Rd. |
| running 1:02:56 [2] *** 7.34 mi (8:34 / mi) | |
| 9c shoes: Mizuno WR VI 07 |
| Alex designed a street-o in Newton, through some pretty posh areas, which was cool. The map has changed a little in places, but that wasn't such a big deal. Food afterwards was great. Thanks Alex!
route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2153173 |
Wednesday Aug 6 |
| strength 5:00 [5] | |
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| Kind of a half-hearted effort, but I did some strength stuff this morning when I woke up. Decided to take another day off running; tomorrow will probably be longish.
Nabokov is really cutting into my productivity in lab.
I have USA uniforms for various people who "live in the Boston area". Like Gerald. And Kris Beecroft. Sweet. |
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| C • uniforms got to you how? 4 |
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| C • longish 2 |
Tuesday Aug 5 |
| Note | |
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| I put some of the maps from the weekend up online, including my routes for the no-rocks and night-o courses (scroll down to the "2008" section). I probably should do some more serious thinking about my performance over the weekend, but just a couple of quick thoughts on the weekend as a whole:
1. Probably not enough time for discussion afterwards. Also, a lot of people weren't running the same stuff, which made discussion a little difficult.
2. While we had the courses all planned "beforehand" (i.e., before the first course was run), I don't think there was enough emphasis on having a "purpose" for each training. I think we need to have some kind of focus for every training session, and we're definitely lacking that in general (not just this weekend).
3. Eating together is always awesome. |
| running (road) 26:53 [2] 2.92 mi (9:12 / mi) | |
| slept:9.0 shoes: Mizuno WR VI 07 |
| Evening run from Lyman to Eliot and back, via JFK. Legs are still tired from the weekend, so this was slow and easy, trying to loosen up a bit. Hamstrings in particular felt kind of heavy. Some short sections at a higher speed, some buttkicks and knee raises to get a bit more motion in during the run. |
| stretching warm up/down 5:00 [0] | |
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| Dang, I did 18+ miles of orienteering over the weekend. As the crow flies. |
Monday Aug 4 |
| Other (volleyball) 15:00 [2] | |
| (rest day) |
| Played volleyball with the lab. Was actually about an hour, but of course most of that is standing around waiting for the ball to come to you.
Muscles feel good'n'sore from the weekend. |