Training Archive: CristinaIn the 7 days ending 2008-03-23:
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Sunday Mar 23 | ||
| Strength/Core (DH Skiing) 1:30:00 [3] | |
| Skiing at Arizona Snowbowl. It was sunny and warm and the snow was nice. I can see why people always rave about spring skiing.
I spent a few hours with seabass on the easier slopes while I practiced my telemark turns. This was a fair role reversal from yesterday, except that there was no getting back at her for the ice-slamming. In fact, she didn't fall even once, despite my duplicitous lift selection. Seabass called it a day early and I headed up to the top for a few more runs. You can see the North rim of Grand Canyon from up there, but it's crazy because the actual canyon is not visible at all. If that was the first glimpse you had of it, you'd be in for a real surprise once you got there. It was really bright out and, despite the fact that I was wearing sunglasses the entire time, I seem to have sunburnt my eyes or something. They stung like hell for about 6 hours after I stopped skiing, to the point where I was even wearing sunglasses in the dark because the light of oncoming traffic made them hurt more. They only hurt a little now, and I'm hoping that they recover overnight. AZ is not the kind of place that's easy to go around if you can't stand sunlight. | ||
| C • Snow Blind! 3 | ||
Saturday Mar 22 | ||
| XC Skiing 1:15:00 [2] | |
| ahr:138 max:165 | ||
| Morning ski at Flagstaff Nordic Center with seabass. I'm not sure how many times snow has to get mushy and refreeze before you can no longer call it snow, but whatever it is the stuff today would qualify. Cold enough in the morning that it was pretty solid, but only an hour later (about 10am) sunny spots were already getting soft. It was nonetheless very nice to be out in the cold and on skis once more this year.
It would be nice to get in some skiing of the more vertical variety tomorrow, just so that I can remember what it's like to go down without being scared silly. I don't think I can convince seabass, even as a special birthday favor. | ||
| Skating (Ice) 45:00 | |
| Skated at the rink in Flagstaff in the afternoon. Got some instruction from Coach Trout, until she threw me to the ice with what she claims is a precision skating maneuvre. I think she is just hiding unknown mad phat hockey skills. | ||
Friday Mar 21 | ||
| Note | |
| weight:142lbs (rest day) | ||
| Not quite wtf-worthy, but still curious. I think it's progress. | ||
Thursday Mar 20 | ||
| Running (trail) 52:00 [2] 4.6 mi (11:17 / mi) +100m 6:35 / km | |
| ahr:167 max:185 weight:143lbs shoes: Asics B&Y | ||
| Midday run at Sabino Canyon, Bear Canyon Trail. Felt okay, but I had an awful time trying to sleep last night (again). Got to the first stream crossing and hadn't hit the pre-briefed turnaround time so turned around at the second one. Caught up to seabass right before getting back to the parking lot, which was surprisingly full. On a Thursday! That's pretty neat.
Three days in a row doesn't sound like an outlier. | ||
Wednesday Mar 19 | ||
| Running (road/dirt) 40:00 [2] 4.2 mi (9:31 / mi) | |
| ahr:165 max:178 weight:143lbs shoes: Kayano XII (pink) | ||
| Easy run, midday, bike path. Felt a little more draggy than usual. Need more water. Outlier again this morning. | ||
| C • outliers 8 | ||
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
| In to work.
Appropriately, dropping PJs tonight in Vegas... at least, that's the plan. | ||
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [3] | |
| Home, many hours earlier than expected - plane was broken. I think this sets a new record for me, with the canx coming before crew show time; half the crew hadn't made it in yet. | ||
Tuesday Mar 18 | ||
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
| weight:143lbs | ||
| In to work. I had a sort-of surprise check ride last night. I got us to the drop zone 14 seconds too late (which *can* mean you fail the ride), marring what would otherwise have been a fine (but not fantastic or great) performance. At least the drop scores were good.
This morning's weight value is almost certainly an outlier. | ||
| C • 14 sec 12 | ||
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
| Home. Check ride was okay. And that has nothing to do with the fact that the evaluator lives in Massachusetts and is a Sox fan. Nothing at all. | ||
| Strength/Core 10:00 [1] | |
| Stretches and strength at WOG. | ||
| Running intervals (road) 52:00 | |
| ahr:170 max:193 shoes: Gus | ||
| I managed to drag Elithe (from the relay team) to WOG tonight. Randy wasn't there for the usual new-person hazing, so she got off easy. Which means the chances of her returning are a little higher, I think...
A lot of people raced this past weekend (a local half marathon, mostly) so not a too many people were doing the hard workout, and apparently no one my speed. So I was alone, which is probably why this felt hard. It also felt a little tough because I was a bit too ambitious with the pace, I think. We did a reverse Viola loop for warmup and then strides by the path. Menu: ? 2x800 @ 10k pace w/400 R (3:31, 3:32) ? 1x1mi @ 5k pace w/400 R (6:53) ? 2x800 @ 5k pace w/400 R (3:31, 3:29) I did the first two 800s too fast, which meant I tried to do the mile faster (to at least be consistent with the stepdown intent of the workout). I succeeded, but then I couldn't do a second mile (a suggested variation) and had to push it for the last two 400s... and didn't manage to do them as fast as the mile, which means I was too fast on the first stuff. Or that I should have run with someone to help push the pace, preferably someone with different political views that piss me off. | ||
Monday Mar 17 | ||
| Running (trail/terrain) 50:00 [2] * 5.1 mi (9:47 / mi) +100m 5:45 / km | |
| ahr:171 max:183 weight:145lbs shoes: Asics B&Y | ||
| It's "cold" and rainy in Tucson today, but I managed to catch Saguaro East during a brief moment of sunshine. Broadway trailhead, felt pretty good. I managed some terrain running when it seemed prudent to do so in shorts. Only one case of poor judgement. It did start to rain at the end, but I needed some cooling off as I had worn a long sleeved shirt. (!!!)
It's now hailing at my house, so I think I managed the timing well. And I may just drive in to work tonight. | ||