Training Log Archive: ndobbs

Ran up Anto's Nose from the near (to Peekskill) carpark. It's a combo of these two runs from November, except I didn't lose the trail right from the start this time.

Almost warm out. Met two people from IBM up there.

I'm really liking my Adizero XT shoes. They fit. They grip rock. They fit. They're not clunky. And yeah, they fit.

BOC have reduced the entry fees for the IOC.

I haven't seen any response to my question about the map - this is the sample provided:


The contours are 2.5m, Lidar generated. And I guess the form-lines are not form-lines, since the website says they are 1.25m.

I think the lack of mapping is a hell of a lot more serious than the pricing.

C • Hmmm... 2

Signed up for the NC races in March, mostly because I need to race in order to train. Maybe I'll even go.

At Westmoreland this morning, a branch got in my shoes and was poking at my foot, so I stopped to get it out from under me. I presumed it came in the side, but the holes in the side were further forward, strange. Loosened the laces and stuck my finger in, the wood didn't dislodge. Looked at the sole, Oh, something had gone through. Took off my shoe, my foot was intact, there was a hole in my sock, and the bit of branch was sticking through the insole (and still stuck in the sole too). A close shave... time to retire the Orocs.

Went to see the oscar-nominated animated shorts, which were mediocre, and the shorts, which were very good - and two were Irish and one was Norwegian.

Training Blue Mtn Sunday if anyone is interested.

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Yellow, then the "sprint" backwards at Westmoreland. Not going very fast, except towards the end I decided to fartlek the uphills. Need to learn to run again.

Made it up the blue 5.8 I got stuck on a few times before. Arms wrecked after. Then struggled most of the way up a 5.8/9 which wasn't as hard as I made it up. Then a 5.7 and an easy 5.8+. Started with a bit of traverse.

Got up this morning, put on running tights, went back to bed for an hour, skipped running.
At climbing, I tried the treadmill but it was a bit ghetto - on heavier steps the treadmill would stick, not good, so I did 5 minutes warmup on the step machine thing.

acj is right, this is cool!

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Rockhouse, Harriman.
Balter-training from Christmas I didn't get to do. Good course.

Started faster. By 9 I was starting to get stupid and slow. Ran past 13 20m before realising, otherwise was mostly clean, if hesitant. Oh, I also took an unintended route to 6, meant to go left of the hill.

It was cold out there (-7, and then wind), but after a couple of controls the buff migrated from head to wrist.

Went from the start/finish towards 7, where I came upon chenritzo. Shadowed her around the second half of the course. Cold but good. Brrrrrrrr.

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