Training Log Archive: CleverSky

Ratlum Summer relay, Team Dibs w/Becky Carlyle. Largely, though not entirely recovered from my respiratory ailment, so my aerobic capacity was reduced, and in particular I made an effort not to push hard enough that I would start coughing. I ran the lead-off on course A-1. Dubious route to the first control, though it worked well enough. Bobbled #3 when I popped out on Derby Rd. in a different spot than I expected after unnecessarily thrashing through the green. Tiny time loss on #5 -- I was in the circle, but it took me a few moments to locate the pit. Overshot the last control by a few meters because my addled brain had decided the knoll was on the other side of the trail.

Third leg of the relay (B-1). No trouble finding any of the controls. On #5 I took the trail, though going up through the open may have been better. Leaving #6 I went left (downhill) to get past a nasty patch of laurel, but going to the right of it would definitely have been better. Climbed through the woods to get to #9, which may have been fine (versus going a bit further to take the trail. All else was fine. Thanks to stellar runs by Becky, Team Dibs finshed 2nd to Joe and Pafi.

Went for a very, very slow walk around the neighborhood (down Gilchrest and back up through the Woodlands), to try and get a little fresh air after having spent the better part of four days basically in bed. Took nearly an hour, and pretty much wiped me out.

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