Training Log Archive: Charlie

Event: BAOC: Pacheco State Park A-meet
 

Maze-O! This was fun. Also fun to watch, especially if two or more are participating at the same time.

Middle Distance Brown at Pacheco Pass A meet. Course was actually quite easy, but that didn't stop the mistakes. Lost quite a bit of time on the hillside above #3. It was hard to see where the bottom was between the two hillsides. Control was only one line up, whereas I had read it as about 4 lines up, so I was above it a bit, and climbing up and down. Very surprised to find it so low, just along the path along the bottom. Then ok to 4 and 5, where I saw Sharon. She went around on a flat route, while I climbed up and over. I got to the right place, but didn't see the small boulder in the scrubby bushes there. I was stopping to look around and then Sharon came steaming by, headed for a lower boulder 50 M away. Didn't look right, but I wasn't so confident by then and went with her. Bad idea. Of course it was right next to where I had been standing, just shielded by a bush. The rest of the course pretty straightforward. My conditioning and general injury status leaving me gradually losing ground to Sharon on the "running", catching up a bit near the controls. About 11 minutes of errors between the two controls.

Map.

But a nice day, a nice place to be. The "walk" to the start was longer than my course, jogged it with Dennis, which was enough of a workout for me right there.

For such a short course, I was awfully tired at the end. Half-napped in the car for a while, then slept hard that night - unusual for me.

Middle Brown - Splits

The usual.

On the path behind Kathy's house, with Rhonda.

A delicious and enjoyable dinner with Dennis and Louise. Traffic wasn't too bad in this direction, and I was glad to. E driving up the remarkable Gist St while it was still light. So beautiful coming up the mountain.

RLSFB, with Rhonda and guest planker, the young Zoe, who has her own protocol.

Long travel day to CA. Kathy is doing well, starting to grow back a little fuzz on her dome, spirits are good and she seems spunky.

Dinner at the very fine Cafe Claudio in Sebastopol, and then back to our little pied-a-terre at Full House Farm in Sebastopol, a friendlier place to sleep than in the midst of our wild and noisy grandchildren.

A set of planking before bed - on my own, as Rhonda had passed her exercise window. 1:15 of each type, extending to 1:30 for the back ones to finish off.

Dog loop with R&S. Sparkling fall day. Late night last night, arriving home about 10:45 from NY. Raakel was alert and comfortable, but she had quite a lot of things taken out, and she has a difficult road ahead. Trying times.

C • Thoughts 6

The usual, RLSFB, with guest planker, Jen the crossfit coach. She's pretty game, but this was hard for her, not coming to it with the last few weeks of planking Rhonda and I have been doing.

2 dog loops. My best run in six weeks or so as far as my low back is concerned. So that is progress, although the legs felt heavy. Perhaps all those planks are jollying up my back.

dog loop, with R&S. Nice it's light a little earlier.

RLSFB, the usual.

Headed to Brooklyn tomorrow. Charles Jr's wife Raakel is having surgery tomorrow morning for a nasty sounding tumor on her ovary.

A little trot around Five Ponds with Rhonda, on our way to the excellent Truelove Farms to pick up chickens, bacon and eggs and get a tour of the farm. What a great place!

The usual: R, L, S, F, B.