Training Log Archive: PG

WCOC local meet at Brookvale. Warm day, felt tired, but not too bad. Routes and comments.

After a short break did the Orange course. No energy or will power every time it went uphill.

Red - Splits

Orange - Splits

An outing with Fred in Savoy SF, mostly walking. Trashy forest, steep in places, good practice.

Before (a couple miles on the track), in between, and after (a couple miles on easy trails) the intervals.

6 x 400 (87.3, 88.9, 85.8, 88.2, 87.1, 84.5) with a slow 400 in between. Last one was harder effort - I thought we were doing eight, but Phil announced that #6 was his last, so there was no choice. Felt lousy to start, a little better as time went on. Windy and a bit cold.

Tax season is over! Hooray.
Managed to do really good training despite working plenty of hours. Mainly just made it a priority - scheduled time to run early each afternoon and worked earlier and later to make up. Also had lots of runs in the terrain (off trails). There was one day when I started trying that and it was such good fun despite the snow and slop that I just kept doing it. Much better training for O'. Also dropped about 7 pounds to get back to where I used to be.

Perimeter trail at Northfield Mountain, pretty good effort.

Willis Hill in Montague. All but the first few and last few minutes were in the woods, so I was soon soaking wet even though it hadn't rained since last night. Good effort, working on running technique (picking the feet up, maintaining momentum over deadfall, running a straighter line....).

On Poet's Seat ridge above Greenfield, all I had time for.