Wednesday Jan 30 |
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| Event: 2008 Sierra Avalanche Ski-Orienteering Championships
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 | Easy run 1:09:00 [3] 13 km (5:18 / km) +20m 5:16 / km | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Renegade 3 |
| Danville, winter loop in nice company, chatting all the way. Felt little tiredness in the legs, probably due to low recent mileage. |
| Stretching 20:00 [3] | |
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| Swimming 25:00 [3] | |
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| Some 400 meters, easy. |
| Recovery (Steam room) 20:00 [3] | |
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Tuesday Jan 29 |
| Easy run (Treadmill) 20:00 [3] 3.2 km (6:15 / km) | |
| shoes: New Balance 871 |
| No motivation, but succeeded to have at least 20 min run, than dropped and went for strength and pool. |
| Strength 25:00 [3] | |
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| Upper body |
| Swimming 20:00 [3] | |
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| That was good, tried new goggles, no water leaks or condensate inside. |
| Recovery 15:00 [3] | |
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Monday Jan 28 |
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| GregBalter: What is your budget? - two stores - Reliable Racing and Gear West - both internet.
GregBalter: You need ~ 180 cm (175 is better), medium flex (not too hard) - Atomic is good for price, get new atomic boots too - they are very light
GregBalter: Poles need to reach your chin - ~ 157 sm +- 2 cm |
| Easy run (treadmill) 42:00 [3] 7 km (6:00 / km) | |
| shoes: New Balance 871 |
| Lazy warmup in crowded gym. Would be boring if not a nice companion. |
| Basketball 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Was tired after 2 weeks of minimum activity. Ran out of gas several times. |
| Stretching 10:00 [3] | |
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| Recovery 20:00 [3] | |
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| Was thinking about 30 min swim, but time was late skipped that for now. |
Saturday Jan 26 |
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| Have to stay in Houston over the weekend to support testing at HP. |
Thursday Jan 24 |
| Easy run 40:00 [3] 6 km (6:40 / km) | |
| shoes: New Balance 871 |
| Houston. Short easy run around hotel's neighborhood at night. Rainy and windy. |
Monday Jan 21 |
| Basketball 35:00 [3] | |
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| Strength 15:00 [3] | |
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| Recovery (Steam room) 20:00 [3] | |
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Saturday Jan 19 |
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| Event: Anza Borrego Desert O-Fest
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| Easy run 40:00 [3] 6.5 km (6:09 / km) | |
| shoes: New Balance 871 |
| From GYM to AT&T park and back, nice run, lazy. |
| Strength 40:00 [3] | |
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| Strength plus stretching yoga stile. |
| Recovery 20:00 [3] | |
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| Steam room, 2x10 |
Thursday Jan 17 |
| Easy run 40:00 [3] 6.5 km (6:09 / km) | |
| shoes: New Balance 871 |
| Houston: Mixed run, 2x1km to and from gym, 25 min on treadmill. |
| Strength 30:00 [3] | |
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| Upper body, plus some stretching. GYM was almost empty, except for several XXXL sized folks. |
| Recovery (Sauna) 15:00 [3] | |
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| Warm sauna - due to late night only one warmer was left. |
Monday Jan 14 |
| Easy run 30:00 [3] 4 km (7:30 / km) | |
| shoes: New Balance 871 |
| Houston: Mixed run, 2x1km to and from gym, 15 min on treadmill.
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| Strength 30:00 [3] | |
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| Upper body, plus some stretching. |
| Recovery 20:00 [3] | |
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| Steam room, 2x10min. Steam room stinks.
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Sunday Jan 13 |
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| Event: Tilden Park
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| Orienteering 1:36:20 [3] 6.4 km (15:03 / km) +600m 10:15 / km | |
| shoes: Inov 330 |
| Tilden park. Brutal physically race, not to be ran in current shape. Real distance was some 3km longer. Ran out of gas completely after #10, managed only to walk after that. |
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| C • Changed mind on Anza? 2 |
| Orienteering warm up/down 30:00 [3] 1.5 km (20:00 / km) +55m 16:54 / km | |
| shoes: New Balance 871 |
| Warmup on white distance, shadowing Gabija. |
Saturday Jan 12 |
| Easy run 52:00 [3] 9 km (5:47 / km) +20m 5:43 / km | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Renegade 3 |
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Thursday Jan 10 |
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| (rest day) |
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Wednesday Jan 9 |
| Easy run 1:08:20 [3] 13 km (5:15 / km) +20m 5:13 / km | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Renegade 3 |
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| Basketball 30:00 [3] | |
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| Strength 20:00 [3] | |
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| Stretching 10:00 [3] | |
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| Recovery (Steam room) 20:00 [3] | |
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| C • Steam room? 3 |
Tuesday Jan 8 |
| Basketball 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Lazy basketball, was good for relaxation after busy day. Not in mood for running. |
| Strength 25:00 [3] | |
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| Upper body strength mixed with stretching and yoga. |
| Recovery 15:00 [3] | |
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| Short session, no time tonight. |
Monday Jan 7 |
| Basketball 15:00 [3] | |
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| Short warm-up all treadmill were busy. |
| Easy run (Treadmill) 24:00 [3] 4.4 km (5:27 / km) | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Renegade 3 |
| No gas in legs at all. Took it easy, than faster. |
| Stretching 10:00 [3] | |
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| Strength 20:00 [3] | |
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| Upper body, wood chopper. |
| Recovery 20:00 [3] | |
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| Steam room, 2x10min |
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| C • 2x10? 3 |
| Swimming 5:00 [3] | |
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| Tried pool, need glasses - water is very irritating, to much chlorine. Did 4x25 meters relaxing. |
Saturday Jan 5 |
| Easy run 38:00 [3] 6.4 km (5:56 / km) +20m 5:51 / km | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Renegade 3 |
| Short ran from gym to at&t park and back. Rainy and windy. Legs dead after yesterday's basketball game. |
| Strength 30:00 [3] | |
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| Upper body and hamstrings.
Left knee doesn't feel good, some unpleasant soreness. Right ankle quite stable, doesn't bother much. |
| Stretching 20:00 [3] | |
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| Aka yoga. |
| Recovery 30:00 [3] | |
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| Steam room, 2x15min. |
Friday Jan 4 |
| Basketball 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| Wasn't in mood for running, so went for basketball. Played in gym with random folks. Quite intensive, anyway, legs are better than last week, no cramps.
Outside was crepe weather, gusty wind with heave rain. Saw several some 5 or so incidents on the 10km stretch. |
| Recovery (Steam room) 20:00 [3] | |
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| 2x10min in very very wet room. |
Thursday Jan 3 |
| Inline Skates 1:25:00 [3] | |
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| In the "Golden Skate" with girls, for some 1:30 quite intensive ride. At least some similarity to skiing. |
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| C • WRC8 3 |
Wednesday Jan 2 |
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| rhr:54 weight:83.4kg (injured) |
| mbp 130/85
ankle almost good, malavit plus electrophoresis did a magic. |
| Easy run 1:08:47 [3] 13 km (5:17 / km) +20m 5:15 / km | |
| weight:82.8kg shoes: Mizuno Wave Renegade 3 |
| Evening run with FM folks in Danville. Was late, almost all the way ran alone, passed couple slow runners. Felt out of shape, legs didn't move at all. |
| Stretching 15:00 [3] | |
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| Strength 25:00 [4] | |
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| Upper body and abdominals. Pain after last week efforts gone, muscles were fresh for big work. |
| Recovery 30:00 [3] | |
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| Steam room, 2x15min. kaifusha. |
Tuesday Jan 1 |
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| (rest day) |
| Happy new year.
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