Training Archive: PGIn the 7 days ending 2006-12-23:
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Saturday Dec 23 | ||
| road running race 21:23 [4]3.1 mi (6:53 / mi) vdot: 45.9 | |
| weight:138lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 12/06 | ||
| 5K race in Forest Park in Spring, one of a number of times over the years I've run a race that I wasn't prepared for just to see how bad my conditioning was. Almost a minute slower than last year at this time. Just confirms that work needs to be done. Martula got me by a couple of seconds, Clint was maybe 30 secods ahead, George and Lyn about a minute behind. Also just a few seconds ahead of Roland Cormier (age 66 now), good runner, occasional orienteer many years ago. The primary reason for doing these races is for the training, but there's a nice social component too.
Mid 40s, drizzle, decent running conditions, no distractions from nature. Well, there were potential distractions, we went right by the duck pond, but if yu're focused you don't notice anything. | ||
| road running 34:42 [3] | |
| Warm-up (14:26), and then enough warm-down (20:16, part on the XC course) to keep the ramp intact, 56:05 for the day.
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| Note | |
| 2006 was a year when some people seemed unnaturally concerned about their weight, all started when Mr. Swampfox discovered the G. It is still too early to tell if the G has brought more good or evil -- measured by such criteria as self-esteem soaring or plummeting, relationships formed or destroyed, training ramped up or suspended altogether -- but it is clear that more time was spent on the scales.
Which therefore raises the question -- just who is this fine specimin, almost entirely at one with nature? And who took the photo? 
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| C • Butt 11 | ||
Friday Dec 22 | ||
| Note | |
| Today we feature the USA women's team to WOC-85, or at least 80% of it, as Heather Williams apparently decided she wanted nothing to do with this crew. From left, Peggy Dickison, Linda Kohn, Kris Beecroft, and Sharon Crawford.
And what is the deal with Sharon? Does being in the southern hemisphere bring out strange behavior? Not that anyone ever accused Sharon of being normal.... For the other three, they're at least 20% at one with nature. 
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| trail running 53:41 [3]6.03 mi (8:54 / mi) | |
| weight:138lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 12/06 | ||
| A very fine run with Phil as we both kept the testosterone displays under control. Perhaps because he had his new toy, a Forerunner of some sort that measured how far we were going. So I would guess the length of each segment and then he would tell me how close I was (which was pretty close most of the time, the basic Suger-Gunn loop that I've considered to be 5.5 miles measured 5.53). Of course, we had to add another little half-mile loop at the far end to keep my ramp going in the right direction. (And very nice of him not too insist on 60 or 70 minutes and make my ramp much steeper than desired.)
The only disappointing part of the run came when, as part of my new AOWN program, I stopped to point out a flock of maybe a dozen turkeys, and Phil's response was to mutter something about how this 10 seconds was messing up our time. He clearly has some work to do here to get with the IOF program. Note -- as I write this, 3 gunshots just went off, and not that far away. Someone else doing there own version of AOWN. | ||
| C • guys 4 | ||
Thursday Dec 21 | ||
| Note | |
| In hope of bringing a little holiday cheer, here is the first of a few photos dug out of the archives.
Today features the USA men's team to WOC-85 in Australia as they get ready for battle, from left -- Mikell Platt (Swampfox), Eric Weyman (EricW), Bruce Wolfe, Dan Meenehan (Snorkel), and Carl Childs. And yes, the photo of the women's team is coming soon. 
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| C • Are the women dressed the same way? 8 | ||
| trail running 51:09 [3] | |
| weight:138lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 12/06 | ||
| Past the Town Park and up Middle Mt. to the power line, back down along it to North Mt. and then home. Not awful.
Amused myself much of the time (i.e. took my mind off the running) either by thoughts of my next O' practice trip, or thoughts of upcoming archival photos to be posted. Not looking forward to tomorrow's run with Phil, as I am sure he will try to take advantage of my current weakened state and push the pace. Saturday's 5K in Springfield should be pleasant by comparison. | ||
| C • ramp 3 | ||
Wednesday Dec 20 | ||
| trail running 49:26 [3] | |
| weight:139lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 12/06 | ||
| Gunn-Sugar loop on Mt. Toby. Quads sore but not bad, various other aches but not too bad. Continuing my streak of running more each day until I break....
A dusting of snow overnight made things white, but it's already mostly gone, and it's such a fine day that I've been summoned to 9 holes of O' practice this afternoon. Will have to dress warmly. Retired a pair of Nike Pegasus shoes, upper was trashed. Got about 110 hours out of them. Also have a pair of Nike Air Max trail shoes that are about to be retired, also about 110 of use and upper is going. Got a new pair of them at an Nike outlet in Myrtle Beach, $50, baptised them today. | ||
| C • Another benefit of low-G 2 | ||
Tuesday Dec 19 | ||
| road running 47:56 [3]5.2 mi (9:13 / mi) | |
| rhr:25852 weight:138lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 | ||
| With Dave, up South Sugarloaf and back, struggling, couldn't keep up with him going up the hill. When you take time off at this age, you lose a lot of conditioning and it takes a while to get back. Over to the hill in 15:43, up in 9:19, back in 22:54.
Legs felt preety feeble, quads a little sore and tired, but nothing of great concern. Just got to take it one day at a time. AOWN report -- didn't see it, but heard a raven croaking while we were going up the mountain. They nest in the cliffs on the SE side in the summertime. | ||
| C • rhr?? 12 | ||
Monday Dec 18 | ||
| part trail, part road 37:35 [3] | |
| weight:138lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 | ||
| Up to Gunn, over through Gunn Farm to the river and back along Falls Road. Can tell from the way my muscles feeling that I haven't been doing much running. But just need to take it day by day.
In tune with the IOF's "At One With Nature" motto (whatever the hell that means, "Out To Lunch" would be more appropriate), I will try to include with my training entries somethig about nature. Yesterday's report, therefore, should be amended to include the fact that I disturbed 4 turkeys from their treetop roosts, where they thought that they could peacefully spend the night at one with nature, until some damn orienteer came along and scared the shit out of them. Today's nature report, particularly relevant since we have recently been visiting a very highly ranked gardener, is that our forsythia bush has bloomed, or at least one branch of it has bloomed. Now mid-December is not the normal time for this, and with colder weather on the way Gail did the only sensible thing and lopped if off. So we now have a nice yellow decoration for the dining room table. Scaring birds, chopping up bushes, I am truly AOWN. | ||
| C • AOWN 1 | ||
Sunday Dec 17 | ||
| trail running 32:46 [3] | |
| shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05 | ||
| Back home, up to the power line (17:56) and back (14:50), it was getting pretty dark in the hemlocks on the way back. Breathing somewhat hard and a slow time shows what sort of shape I'm in. Lots of work to do, just hope the legs allow it. | ||
| C • I'm sure the local woods nymph... 1 | ||