Training Archive: CristinaIn the 7 days ending 2008-05-04:
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Sunday May 4 | ||
| Running (road) 1:00:00 [2] 6.5 mi (9:13 / mi) | |
| ahr:175 max:186 shoes: Gus | ||
| Got up a little earlier today and ran basically two of the loops that I did the other day with the perimeter road. It rained last night but didn't stick around long enough to make the run cool. It was cloudy though, and that helped. I think a little bit of rain just makes the burning stuff smokier. Today the haze and smoke was worse - or at least I felt it more than I did the past few days. I guess the farmers stop burning when the rains really start, which means if it's not one thing for visibility, it's another. At least this time of year.
Later that morning three of us took the bus to Tegucigalpa. The bus drops you off at a mall, which isn't really what we were interested in. So we stopped by the Intercontinental, stole a map, and then tried to figure out what to see. Turns out there's not that much to see in Tegus, which became apparent when the boy at the hotel and the eventual taxi driver/guide we hired said as much independently. Didn't matter much since we just had the one day, so we got a little tour of the main points in the city as well as a look at the giant Jesus on the hill and the adjacent national park. It was good to get out and see it, though next time (if there is a next time) I think I'll take their advice and head out to one of the smaller towns to see what the rest of Honduras is like. | ||
| C • Wendover! 2 | ||
Saturday May 3 | ||
| Running (road) 30:00 [2] 3.4 mi (8:49 / mi) | |
| ahr:169 max:184 shoes: Gus | ||
| We flew early in the morning to get more stuff to El Salvador. We took a bunch of stuff over for a disaster relief exercise - a solar-powered water purification/power station thing and a massive amount of MREs.
Waited until sunset and then went for a quick run around the populated areas of the base. Not too many places to go to at night, but at least it was fairly pleasant. I mean, it was hot and muggy, but at least I wasn't being burnt to a crisp. | ||
| Strength/Core (weights) 12:00 [2] | |
| ahr:147 max:180 | ||
| Ended the run at the gym, which is not air conditioned. Again, better than being fried by the sun. Did some upper body work, making some attempt to at least appear to care about my PFT score. Took it pretty easy since it's been a really long time. Still found it difficult to lift my arms in the shower. | ||
Friday May 2 | ||
| Running (road) 45:00 [2] 4.8 mi (9:23 / mi) | |
| ahr:164 max:189 shoes: Gus | ||
| Got up at a reasonable hour (7am) in an attempt to avoid the heat and went for an exploratory run. If I avoided any heat, I{m really afraid of what it would be like to run in the middle of the day. I don{t think it was actually that hot, but the humidity in combination with the smoky haze made it much less pleasant than a Tucson run in the heat. Certainly not the worst I{ve run in, but not exactly fun.
One of the local military types had suggested running along the east perimeter road, so I went looking for that. It's a dirt road that runs along the wall of the base, and it was completely deserted. We're not allowed to run along the western perimeter road, or maybe we are during certain hours when it's guarded and only if you have a buddy - that's not really clear. I guess there have been some scary incidents over there. Needless to say, that made me a little nervous running along the road and not seeing anyone except for one Honduran guard crouched in the shade of the wall. Eventually I got back to buildings and realized I'd done what was probably a pretty common run, but I should just do it earlier. So far so good here. After landing yesterday I went into town with Leah, who was the only other person from the crews who wanted to go off base. The rest preferred to stay in the hooches and drink, even though Leah's crew was only here for a night. Unfortunately, May Day isn't the best day for eating out, apparently, but we did find a place that was open, tasty, and cheap. Today we flew some cargo to El Salvador. It was a long and frustrating day with only a little bit of flying (El Salvador isn't very far...) and I anticipate more of the same in the next week. | ||
Thursday May 1 | ||
| Note | |
| Flew from DM to Soto Cano, Honduras. Long day. And this keyboard is a little funny.
Been depressingly busy the past couple of days and hardly slept, so no workouts. Major suckage. | ||
Monday Apr 28 | ||
| Running (road/dirt) 38:00 [2] 4.1 mi (9:16 / mi) | |
| shoes: Gus | ||
| Taking advantage of the jet lag, early morning run around the golf course. Nice out, upper 60s, awesome looking moon just before sunrise. Legs felt like they needed to be stretched from yesterday, but otherwise okay.
And now back to work. I'm so happy I could cry. | ||
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
| Ride in. | ||
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
| Home. | ||
| Strength/Core (softball) 20:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Paul | ||
| Actually made it to a softball game. I didn't feel too wanted, I guess it's because I'm a girl, experience shmicksperience. Figured it was time to see if I could contribute and to shake some rust off. Or, in this case, mold. I dug my glove out of the trunk of the car and it actually had mold on it. It might have had mold *in* it, too, but I couldn't see inside, so I just stuck my hand in and hoped it wouldn't feel too mushy.
Not exactly a superstar, but they probably won't keep the games a secret from me - went 3-for-3, some nice line drives. And we won. Nice. | ||