Friday Sep 30 |
 | trail running 44:49 [4] | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 |
| Frost trail from Mill River parking -- left turn away from Puffer's (8:18, Juggler Meadow (23:52), back to Puffers (38:14), last bit in 6:35. Working progressively harder, couldn't remember what I (or Phil) had run it in before, so that was motivation (see, if you don't know what the goal is, you have to go faster just in case the goal is faster than you imagined).
Perfect day, 60, low humidity. |
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| C • 1 |
Thursday Sep 29 |
| track 16:35 [5]4.4 km (3:46 / km) | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 |
| Usual Thursday evening group, though not many tonight, very windy after a front went through.
400 - 90.7, 400 - 88.9, 600 - 2:15.3, 800 - 3:05.9, 800 - 3:05.6, 600 - 2:17.8, 400 - 84.9, 400 - 85.4
Felt like each one would be my last, but when the next one started I was still there. The value of a group. |
| track 12:45 [2] | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 |
| Before and after |
Wednesday Sep 28 |
| trail running 46:02 [3] | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 |
| On Poet's Seat Ridge in Greenfield, a regular route in winter, but first time there for a couple of months. Felt better as time went on. |
Tuesday Sep 27 |
| trail running 45:38 [3] | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 |
| Up to the power line (17:29), Muck/Middle Mt/power line loop (14:11), and back(13:58). Felt sluggish but not terrible. Got to start doing some training. |
Sunday Sep 25 |
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| Event: WCOC Trout Brook Valley C meet
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| orienteering 1:02:15 [3]6.2 km (10:02 / km) | |
| shoes: Integrators |
| Trout Brook Valley. Missed one control as bad as I've done in years (7-8 minutes?), plus a few other small bobbles. Yikes. Only smart move was recognizing that the advertised length (7.1) was probabaly long, and therefore I shouldn't be thinking, well, my time was still pretty decent. 50 minutes would have been decent.
I posted the map and some comments. |
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Red - Splits |
Thursday Sep 22 |
| track 18:16 [4]4.8 km (3:48 / km) | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 |
| At the track. Didn't feel great, didn't feel like going, didn't feel like running when I got there, felt lousy doing a short warm-up, thought I might quit after the first quarter or two, ended up doing the whole program. You never know. Sure helped to have company.
400 - 92.2, 400 - 89.6, 800 - 3:04.2, 1600 - 6:15.4, 800 - 3:02.1, 400 - 86.9, 400 - 85.7. |
| track 12:36 [2]1.5 mi (8:23 / mi) | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 |
| Before and after. |
Tuesday Sep 20 |
| trail running 36:05 [3] | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 |
| At Beaver Brook Farm, site of the 2002 Relay Champs, after a very hilly round of golf with Mike Fritz in St. Johnsbury. |
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| C • 1 |
Sunday Sep 18 |
| trail running 2:12:37 [3]23 km (5:46 / km) | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 |
| Pisgah Trail Race. Didn't have good legs, perhaps because I haven't done much training this summer.... :-)
Ten minutes slower than last year, though it was cooler than last year. Not so warm today, about 70, but still pretty high humidity, was sweating a lot. But mainly just going slowly. May this will get me out the door for a little more training.
Actually, I was thinking recently about goals for the fall, and the best I could come up with was to see if I could at least do a mile under 6 minutes. So I think I will put a little effort into that. |
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| C • 6 minute mile 3 |
Thursday Sep 15 |
| track 17:44 [5]3.0 mi (5:54 / mi) | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 |
| Thursday evening group at the track, not so hot but very humid. Supposed to be 3 x (400, 400, 800) plus a final 400, but I cut the last 800 in half. Last 400 was pretty much all out.
91.2, 88.2, 3:02.6, 88.7, 86.9, 3:02.2, 88.2, 87.2, 88.4, 80.5. |
| track 12:50 [2] | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 |
| Before and after. |
Sunday Sep 11 |
| orienteering 3:50:50 [3]18.8 km (12:17 / km) +580m 10:38 / km | |
| shoes: Integrators |
| Mega course at Pawtuckaway. Really enjoyed it, despite not orienteering particularly well, and getting really tired at some point in the second hour. Walked a lot thereafter.
Company with Erik Osborn up though about 45, then I fell behind as I didn't see the root stock control on the map until Erik reminded me. Caught back up to him at 68, lost him for good after 72 (the Slot). For the rest of the way I was pretty much on my own, despite seeing others, mostly faster ones, for brief periods.
Mihai passed me at 85 (I didn't see the control and circled around once), passed me again at 100, again at 123, then I was with him up to 128. No flag there, looked around a bit, not wanting to miss it and end up with only 202 controls, found a punch on the cround and hung it up as visibly as I could (Mihai had since returned, wondering if I'd found something). That was the last I saw of him.
Hans Fransson went by about 154. Mike Waddington, Mark Adams, and Wil Smith cruised by at 159-160, Segei Z at 169, and that was about it.
Perhaps I would have hung in better with some company, but I had a fine time. Nevertheless, I was glad I didn't have to do a second loop. |
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THE MEGA - Splits |
Saturday Sep 10 |
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| Event: 2005 Sprint Series Finals
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Thursday Sep 8 |
| track 14:50 [5]4 km (3:42 / km) | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 |
| 400 - 89.6, 400 - 89.3, 800 - 3:00.6, 400 - 88.6, 400 - 87.5, 800 - 3:01.5, 400 - 87.3, 400 - 86.0, skipped the last 800, enough was enough. But legs were ok. |
| track 10:30 [2] | |
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| Before and after |
Wednesday Sep 7 |
| trail running 48:57 [3] | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 |
| Sugar-Gunn loop on Mt. Toby. Low 80s, but just felt hot and a bit of a struggle. New pair of shoes -- as usual the uppers on the last pair wore out before the soles. |
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| C • shoes 6 |
Monday Sep 5 |
| trail running 31:55 [3] | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail |
| Same as yesterday. |
Sunday Sep 4 |
| trail running 31:59 [3] | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail |
| To the power line (17:24) and back (14:35). Relaxed pace, nice day, had to do a little something besides walk around the golf course. |
Thursday Sep 1 |
| track 17:32 [4]4.6 km (3:49 / km) | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail |
| 3 x (400, 400, 600), plus a faster 400 at the end, 1 minute rest after 400s, 90 seconds after 600s.
94, 92, 2:18, 92, 92, 2:20, 91, 90, 2:19, 84.
Lower back sore, but eased up as I got warmed up. |
| track 12:35 [2] | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail |
| Before and after. |