Training Archive: CristinaIn the 7 days ending 2007-12-02:
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Sunday Dec 2 | ||
| Hiking 3:18:00 | |
| shoes: Asics Trail Attack III | ||
| Seabass and I hiked up to Mt Wasson today, the highest peak in the Tucson Mountains. I know, it sounds so treacherous - going to the top of a mountain in December, with the winter weather warnings barely expired and no special mountaineering equipment to our name. Who knows what kind of wintry assault awaits those foolish enough to make the ascent, especially with all those nasty storms all over the country. Luckily, this is Tucson, and Mt Wasson is only 4687', so it was actually quite gorgeous.
Lots of other people on the trail today, including Margrit from the O club. Crazy! We made our way up at a nice pace, ate lunch on top and then scuttled back down. Trip up took us ~1:45 and the way down ~1:35... but we basically didn't stop on the way down, unlike the way up. I think this would make a good running trail, especially the bottom half. I'll have to come back with less stuff on my back and give it a try. Proof that we aren't crazy and that it really was nice:  | ||
| C • Awesome view! 17 | ||
| C • Wasson Peak Death Run 3 | ||
Friday Nov 30 | ||
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
| Ride in. It only took about 5 minutes before I dropped an F-bomb on somebody today at work. It's going to be a long day. | ||
| Running (road) 32:00 [2] * 3.37 mi (9:29 / mi) | |
| shoes: Kayano XII (pink) | ||
| Apparently we are too delicate to have PT outside if it's raining, and apparently no one sees the need to tell the person who is supposed to be in charge of unit fitness that that is the case. Or ask her opinion.
I ran to the gym (with a map in hand! yay!), jumped in with a guy who was taking his fitness test and ran around the indoor track with him, then ran back. Not surprisingly, running outside in the drizzle was way more comfortable than in the stuffy gym. | ||
| C • are they wimps? 5 | ||
| Cycling (road) 32:00 [2] | |
| Ride home took a little longer today because I tried to go home through my normal gate, only to find that they had closed it (at least) 3 min early. I had to turn back around and go out a different gate, which was really okay because it's not like I really wanted to get home or that it was dark and rainy and my windbreaker is not at all waterproof or anything. It was just more awesomeness, ending such a really awesome day. Awesome.
At least the rain was warm. Snow level is supposed to be low enough tonight for some snow in the mountains. I might need to go up there to roll around in it a bit. | ||
Thursday Nov 29 | ||
| Note | |
| Seabass, after taking a spill on her way to work last night, thought, "oh good, I get to go to the ED instead of work!" I think there might be something wrong with the job satisfaction level in this house.
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| C • Ah, but was she wearing glo... 6 | ||
| Running (road) 1:03:00 | |
| ahr:176 max:196 | ||
| Another sign of winter - it rained most of the day! Just a drizzle, for the most part. But enough that I didn't want to ride to WOG, because riding in the rain, especially in the dark, isn't as much fun as running in the rain. So I ran there, instead, which was just fine. Not much of a structured workout tonight, I guess people are chilling because of the marathon on Sunday or because they were "too tired" from Tuesday's workout. Bah! Wimps. Or maybe, as Randy accused, I'm not running fast enough on the Tuesday workouts. I'm trying!
All we did tonight was run on the bike path around the golf course. I opted for some 30s pickups with some others, but discovered that some people's version of pickups are much faster for much longer than my version. They started fast and ended fast rather than accelerating (or "picking up") and were in the 5:30-6 range, which is... fast. As in, faster than I run for anything except the finish chute (if I have the legs left for it...). Good leg turnover, and hey, I'm supposed to running faster, so this should get my legs used to the idea. I'm so so so glad the week is almost over. Tomorrow will be another long day at work, but at least not a ridiculously early one. I don't care how much character these 0500 show times build... I have enough character already. | ||
Wednesday Nov 28 | ||
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
| Ride in. My hands were warm and toasty in my gloves.
Tried to move quickly because I was running a few minutes late. Turns out I was actually supposed to be in an hour earlier, so a few minutes wasn't really a big deal. My bad. | ||
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
| Home. | ||
Tuesday Nov 27 | ||
| Cycling (road) 25:00 [2] | |
| Ride in. It was cold this morning. The whole time I was thinking, "I wish I had gloves on." Then I got to the gate and the gate guard said, "Hey, where are your gloves? You should be wearing gloves!" Yeah, thanks. | ||
| C • Can you ride without your h... 9 | ||
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
| Ride home. Much warmer. | ||
| Running intervals (dirt) 56:00 | |
| ahr:179 max:196 shoes: Kayano XII (pink) | ||
| Well, I guess it's "winter". That means that I'm still wearing shorts and a t-shirt for running, but I feel a lot better once I stop standing around and start running. WOG tonight:
- Warmup around pond and stadium (~10 min) - 4x strides - 4x200 w/ 200 recovery (46, 49, 47, 48) - whistle drill for ~20 min - cool down lap + around pond and stadium again For the whistle drill we ran fast when Randy blew the whistle and then slower when he blew it again. Looks like we had 11 fast bursts, and they ranged between :30 and 3 min. I ran then at 7min/mi pace, +/- 15 seconds. This was fun because you didn't have to think about anything except running hard. It wasn't like normal intervals where you're waiting to finish a certain distance or time, and it always seems to hurt more the closer you get to finishing. It was nice to see that what felt pretty hard to do for 1 min was entirely doable for 3 min, and in fact felt pretty good. That's encouraging. My abs are getting sore from yesterday. And now I'm all creaky from running. Feels good. | ||
Monday Nov 26 | ||
| Running (track) 10:00 [1] 1.08 mi (9:15 / mi) | |
| shoes: Kayano XII (pink) | ||
| At the indoor track in the morning, helping someone do a practice fitness test. He had knee problems and couldn't finish the run, which is why this is so short...
Supposed to be a warm but cloudy (!) day today, hopefully I'll get in a run later. | ||
| Running (trail) 31:00 [2] 3.44 mi (9:00 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics Trail Attack III | ||
| Got stuck at work later than I expected, so I only had time for a quick run at Lincoln Park. Sunset was pretty sweet, so it was nice to catch it. And I managed to run for 30+ minutes without doing any repeat loops. I guess there's more trail there than I realized. We do have some sort of O map of this park, mostly just trails, I wonder if it's worth my time to run with it - I guess it certainly wouldn't be a waste of time as long as I'm running with a map in my hand.
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| Strength/Core 40:00 [2] | |
| Yikes, that was a shock to my abs. | ||
| Note | |
| Paris, je t'aime (1)
Lots of 1's lately. I think I need to start watching whatever the kids are watching these days, just so I can hand out some 0's. | ||
| C • Not a guarantee 4 | ||