Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: Hudson Highlander XVIII
 

Event: EMPO --Thacher State Park
 

To the start of the Hudson Lowlander.

Had a hurried warm up jog because I was most of the way across the parking lot near Kanawauke Circle when I realized I didn't have an epunch which I must have dropped near the car or in the parking lot. Retraced my steps to car but didn't see it; looked around in the car. Getting farther behind now; figured I could borrow one from HVO and ask them to please look for mine.

At start, borrowed epunch didn't want to clear or check but did beep at controls. I did the entire Lowlander course with Donna Fluegel. We were both given the time on her epunch as mine had an extra 80 minutes on it.

Lowlander, nominally 13.5 km and 485 meters of climb (thankfully). My watch has at least 17 km on it and didn't start until after I punched #1 (which corresponded with #11 on the Hudson Highlander course). Lowlander used the third and fourth sections of the Highlander, on the Harriman Rockhouse and Sebago maps.

Temperature was in the low 40s, partly sunny with the occasional light snow shower. :-)

I survived, though my knees and ankles weren't happy about the second half. It was fun doing it with Donna because otherwise I would have been entirely on my own except for Highlander folks catching up and passing. We saw our first HH runner at #15 (our fifth control and first water stop), Isak, who eventually finished 2nd. Jordan, who won, must have passed us between 13 and 14 while we were battling more laurel than we should have.

The last loop on Sebago had much more road and trail running options and we tried to jog where we could. I was SO happy to finish.

Added 0.2 km to the distance and 35m to climb (start to #1); time for split was 4:42; total time per download was 4:47:39

LL - Splits

Weights with a focus on upper body including shoulders and triceps.

I sat up during the relaxation period after triceps to stretch them because if I don't I know they'll be sore later; and one was still a bit sore from last weekend.

Two miles walking (30:36), then 5.5 laps jogging (5:03, ~0.38 mi); then 0.2 mi cool down (3:24). Jogging probably wasn't that much faster than walking...

Right hip and outer part of right calf sore at times. I wonder if that's a remnant of my fence tripping over the weekend (about which I cannot even remember if I fell any of the 3 tripping episodes...).

Maps from the weekend. What I find bizarre is that my track from Saturday doesn't show me going near Sunday's #10 though I was at the control; on Sunday it doesn't show me going right by Saturday's #11 (220) that I had trouble with, though I was close enough to read the number.

Saturday --

From Track jpg files

Sunday --

From Track jpg files

Upper body is sore. Didn't do down dogs for as long as the others.

I strained triceps on one arm when I stumbled over old fencing in the Harris Center woods on Sunday (which may be the same bit I tripped over on Saturday. I was very tempted then to go back out with some flagging tape...).

Elliptical. 11 minutes on the "weight loss" program then 10 on the hill interval program, 1.03 distance units.

Then, because right foot wasn't happy on the elliptical, did a half mile on the track plus 0.2 mi cool down. A mish-mash of a workout...

We enjoyed the Bundschuhs' hospitality last night at their cabin near the Harris Center where a bunch of meet workers stayed Sat. night. Then we headed up to Hanover so Glen could do some field checking for next year's NAOC middle. Since I want to run that race next year I took myself away and visited the St Gaudens Nat'l Historic Site a half hour or so south in Cornish, NH. Augustus Saint-Gaudens was well known for cameos, bas reliefs, and full sculptures, having started an apprenticeship at age 9. He was carving cameos at at 13, and outdoing his teacher. He designed the images for the early 20th century dollar coins (double eagle) and various medals. And he was well known in his time for several sculptures including the Shaw memorial, in memory of the young leader of the Mass. regiment featured in the movie Glory, the first sculpture to feature serious depictions of African Americans.

Most intriguiging to me was a plaster version of The Puritan* whose original bronze stands near the Springfield Library in Massachusetts. Though not modeled on the man himself the statue is supposed to represent one of the city's founders, Deacon Samuel Chapin. Chapin had 16 children who among them had numerous descendants, including me and my siblings and descendants. :-) We probably number in the many thousands. Finding the documentation of his connection/line to my mom's grandmother was the start of my parents' many years of enjoyment in researching their genealogy.

*The Pilgrim statue in Philadelphia is a smaller version of the Puritan sculpture.