Training Archive: PGIn the 7 days ending 2008-06-14:
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Saturday Jun 14 | ||
| orienteering 1:05:00 [1] | |
| shoes: Montrail #2 | ||
| Hanging controls at Paugusset for team training. Mostly walking, except for 10 minutes at the end get back as I was running close on time (due back at 10, got there at 9:58). Feeling sore (left upper hamstrig/hip) and clumsy. Warm and humid.
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| orienteering 1:05:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Montrail #2 | ||
| Hanging controls at Tarrywile. Gradually a bit more vigorous as I was running quite close on time (due back at 1:30, arrived at 1:29). Still sore, but maybe less so. Very warm and humid, but got done before the t-storms arrived.
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Friday Jun 13 | ||
| nautilus 55:00 [1] | |
| Quite enjoyed this and felt better afterwards.
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Thursday Jun 12 | ||
| track 24:00 [4]5.5 km (4:22 / km) | |
| shoes: integrators 2006 | ||
| At the track. The schedule was 2, 3, 4, 5, 3, and 2 minutes, all at your 5K pace (whatever that is), with 1 minute in between of "active recovery," described as 10-mile pace (whatever that is).
Seemed like I was doing the faster parts at about 6:45 pace, the slower parts at about 7:30-7:45 pace. Did the first 5K in 21:52, pretty good, given that legs felt pretty tired from yesterday. Lower back also sore, think I need to go back to using my trolley. | ||
| track 6:15 [3]1.2 km (5:12 / km) | |
| shoes: integrators 2006 | ||
| Short warm-up. Nothing after other than a little walking as a pre-ordered pizza was waiting (onions, peppers, turkey sausage, tasted quite good).
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Wednesday Jun 11 | ||
| trail running 1:45:10 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics trail | ||
| So Donna called yesterday to say the Tuesday group run was being postponed to Wednesday because of the oppressive heat/humidity, and she hoped I was coming because they were ready to try a new route and she hoped I could come up with something. That suited me fine, since Tuesday hadn't worked anyway (dinner out to celebrate our 35th anniversary). I dreamed up what I thought would be a nice loop, over to Bull Hill and maybe even a side trip to the caves.
But when I showed up and raised the subject of where we were going, Cristy and a guy I hadn't met (Dan) said they wanted to do hills, meaning the standard route, since they are training for Mt. Washington. So that's what we did. Bleh.... So I was in a bit of a funk. And then after about 30 minutes Dave tripped and crashed, banged up a knee, hard to tell how bad but it didn't seem awful. He said he'd head back, fine by me, but Cristy seemed unhappy with the thought of Dave going by himself. While we were discussing what to do, Dave had already headed back, walking. And we were dithering, and then I said, I'll go with him, and I just took off. And quite happy not to be doing the planned loop, and in a way quite happy to be on my own. The idea was not to keep Dave company, but just to make sure he got back ok. So I played "dog," ran around a bunch without ever getting too far away from him. And after a bit he started running and was doing pretty well, and we got back just fine. And then I headed back out the loop the reverse way to meet the others and finished up with them. Turned out to be a much more pleasant way of doing it, for me at least, though maybe not for Dave, or Cristy, who crashed a few minutes after I left them and bashed his ribs, or Donna, who went sprawling just before the end. But for me, no falls! And a good workout on a very warm evening. | ||
| C • Happy anniversary! 2 | ||
Monday Jun 9 | ||
| nautilus 25:00 [1] | |
| All I had time for. Hamstrings are still weak but getting a little stronger.
Legs felt ok after yesterday. I do remember holding back in the last half mile (gently down or flat), no point in doing any damage to hamstrings or whatever else in a foolish attempt to save 30 seconds. Really hot for my morning walk. But I am building a good base for Estonia. | ||
Sunday Jun 8 | ||
| trail running 57:21 [4]7.0 mi (8:10 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics trail | ||
| Took a couple of days off because I was lazy/sore/smart (take your pick), although I was still getting my daily walk in. With more hot weather today, I figured I needed something to get me going, so I found a trail race just north of Fitchburg, 7 miles, probably just under an hour, thought I'd give it a try.
It was hot (upper 80s). Warmed up for 5 minutes to get a little oil in the joints, and then we all walked the half mile from the parking up a modest hill to the start/finish. At which point the sweat was already pouring off. Not a good sign. But the race went pretty well. A modest crowd, about 75 folks, felt like the trail races of a couple of decades ago. No pushing at the start, line up with the fastest at the front, and no waiting even though the trail was narrow. Couldn't decide if my pace was ok or just a little fast, but the miles went by pretty quickly, and I was done in just about the time I expected. And quite pleased, a good effort and not falling apart at the end. Finished up 12th. Results. My route, very roughly. This was one of the few times I would have liked to have had a GPS to map the route. My rough mapping of the course gets just over 6 miles, but I know there were lots more zigs and zags. And all the miles were marked, supposedly (I only spotted #s 1 and 5), so I assume they measured things with a GPS and the distance is more or less accurate. All the Forerunner-carrying folks will give you a number to two decimal places, looks very accurate but they know it's bogus, I'd guess the distance was something between 6.7 and 7. And the course? Gorgeous. Nice trails, a little rocky in places, a reasonable number of hills, but all runnable. Area would be fine for orienteering, but I'm not sure about access. Land owned in part by a land trust, in part by Audubon, in part by the local hospital, in part by the water district. Running and other passive recreation seems to be just fine, certainly the land trust person I talked to thought the race was just a fine use of the land. And looking at maps you'd never know the place existed, since none is state forest or state park. A really nice spot. | ||
| C • local to me 1 | ||
| C • Litchfield 2 | ||
| trail running 5:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics trail | ||
| Warm-up.
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| Note | |
| Stopped on the way home for a walk in Winchendon on an interesting old Donald Ross course. Pretty depleted by the end, temperature pushing 90 and up and down a bunch of hills, but excellent rogaine practice.
And a good day for bringing out my manic-depressive tendencies.... :-) | ||
| C • Summer? 2 | ||