Training Archive: CristinaIn the 7 days ending 2007-02-25:
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Sunday Feb 25 | ||
| Running (trail) 1:26:00 [3] 6.4 mi (13:26 / mi) +300m 7:17 / km | |
| ahr:177 max:189 slept:7.0 shoes: Asics Trail | ||
| Still in Tucson, so I headed to Pima Canyon for a run. I was supposed to go run Seven Falls with these two guys from my future squadron but the timing really didn't work out. And I ran there the last time I was here. Okay, those aren't the only reasons - I'm also an anti-social runner. I usually prefer the company of me, myself, and I when I run, and today was no exception. (Exceptions are generally people who understand what "easy" means, even if that particular run is not an easy one.)
Weather seems to be back to normal, with today being more like typical late February - almost 70 and blue skies. I went in the middle of the day and wore a hat but no sunblock, which was sort of silly. Didn't have water so I was sort of time-limited by that, too. Slow going on the way up, easy going on the way down. Fun! I discovered a bee in my bra on the run up. I don't know how the horny little bastard got in there, but he must have liked what he saw because he never did get around to stinging me. | ||
| C • Damn! 3 | ||
Saturday Feb 24 | ||
| Running warm up/down (trail) 10:30 [2] 1.1 mi (9:32 / mi) | |
| ahr:161 shoes: Asics Trail | ||
| Warm up on the trails in Greasewood. For the first minute I almost turned around - I thought my knees were hurting and I was huffing and puffing. But my knees weren't hurting at all, it was just my mind f'ing with me, trying to get me turn around. And the huffing and puffing stopped as soon as I stopped going uphill... | ||
| C • hey, huff-n-puff, thanks for t... 1 | ||
| Orienteering 33:00 [3] *** 3.1 km (10:39 / km) +80m 9:26 / km | |
| ahr:166 10c shoes: Asics Trail | ||
| Did something I've been wanting to do for a while: re-ran my first Arizona orienteering course, an orange at Greasewood park. First run on 5 May 2002. The course took me 62 minutes that day, and I remember being pissed that some other woman beat me (56 min). I woulda showed her today. ;-)
Nice day in Tucson (ha, like there's any other kind in February!), about 60 when I headed out in the late afternoon, following a long day of house hunting. I wore shorts (yes, I'm an idiot) but my Prickly Plant Proximity Sensor seemed to be working pretty well - only a handful of bloody scratches at the end, and never hit an actual cactus. Running went fairly well. Good concentration, and I'm doing better at looking ahead and anticipating what I should see as I move ahead. Stopped to tie my laces a few times and had to pause to make sure I was in the right place, which sort of interrupted flow. But otherwise it was good overall and, of course, fun. I feel better now. | ||
| C • See, you are already overcomin... 6 | ||
| Running (trail) 9:45 [2] 1.0 mi (9:45 / mi) | |
| ahr:166 shoes: Asics Trail | ||
Friday Feb 23 | ||
| Note | |
| weight:144lbs | ||
| Last year it was a February slump as I finished up my training in Little Rock. This year it is gearing up to be a March slump as I finish up my training here. The slump consisted of less running, bad eating habits (and an associated increase in the value of the C), and anti-social behavior. The difference (hopefully) is that last year finishing up meant going back to Texas. This year finishing up means moving on to Arizona.
I need to kick myself in the butt to prevent this from repeating. (Imagine that, learning from past mistakes. WWGWBD? Probably the same thing as last year.) I hadn't planned to run yesterday (long fly day, not that we actually ever got to the plane) but today I just was not feeling it. Not much of a walking fun machine at all. Hopefully the sunny Tucson weather this weekend will help me out. Oh, and I don't mind a bit of good cop/bad cop from the audience, either! | ||
| C • try some new things, like rock... 8 | ||
Wednesday Feb 21 | ||
| Running (trail) 48:30 [3] 4.75 mi (10:13 / mi) +200m 5:37 / km | |
| ahr:171 max:185 slept:6.0 weight:144lbs shoes: Asics Trail | ||
| This felt really good. I'm just a wee tiddly bit stressed and, even though I didn't feel like I had "time" for a run, I knew I would enjoy it. I guess a day off from running plus a sense of urgency make for some quick legs. Made it up the initial hill in just over 7 minutes (!!) when it usually takes at least 8. Felt like I was moving but not pushing to interval type paces.
Beautiful day (of course), not that I was able to enjoy much of the daylight hours outside. Upper 50s. Knee felt funny during the day but not when running. I think it's just that carrying my pubs bag and walking up stairs puts more stress on my knee than running... so it's not all good, but it's not bad, either. I could use another Cristina Luis right now. Any volunteers? No experience necessary, you just need to be able to imitate a walking fun machine. | ||
| C • double 4 | ||
Tuesday Feb 20 | ||
| Note | |
| weight:144lbs (rest day) | ||
| I wasn't actually planning not to run today, but I had continued right knee tweakiness, especially climbing stairs. I figured there was no harm in chilling out after the weekend.
Quick weekend recap: It was definitely an awesome weekend. Courses were fun and there was a lot to do over 3 days. My mom had a great time, with her best 'runs' on orange so far - and eventually a successful e-punch experience! The weather was great for running, if a bit chilly for standing around and socializing. As for the goals I set...based on my self-proclaimed mistake time, I had 13% error-time for day 1 and less than 5% for day 2. That's based on 'mistakes', including what I consider unecessary hesitation time. It doesn't include time lost to a potentially inferior route choice or running a bit more slowly to read the map better. That comes later. So, according to the criteria I set on Friday, Saturday was a disappointment and Sunday I met my goal. That matches how I actually felt about the courses, so I'd say so far so good on setting proper numbers. Next event may be sooner than I expected! A good 75% chance for NC. | ||
| C • NC 6 | ||
Monday Feb 19 | ||
| Orienteering 3:40:00 [2] *** | |
| ahr:135 max:170 22c slept:7.0 shoes: Integrators (orange) | ||
| GNC Extreme-O
This was a lot of fun. Went out as a team with Valerie and Mike Ball and I'm glad I did that instead of going alone. I was definitely in the mood for a fun adventure rather than a race. Ended up having to cut it a bit short so I could catch my flight - left them to fend for themselves after the culvert crawl and the canoeing, but apparently before a rope bridge. Or perhaps I should say that they got rid of their dead weight then. ;-) Made my flight with a whopping 4 minutes to spare (and still covered in culvert mud), so I'd call the day a success. | ||
| C • X-O 5 | ||