Training Log Archive: ultra_amy

Event: Mt. Tom
 

Did the yellow course at Mt. Tom. Got a bit stuck trying to find control #1, so I ran around in circles for a while. But, after that, I was pleased to land dead-on the rest of the controls - even following a contour to find one of them. Yay! It was fun - even if my legs are completely wiped out after a long year of trianing.

Long point-to-point run from the Notch to Amethyst Brook via the RFT with Jason. It was fun, there were a few flooded out sections where the bridges were floating and frozen in the flooded trail...luckily I'm pretty light and stayed above the water. Anyway, we finished the run quickly, and tacked on Mt. Orient for good measure. Great to have a fun point-to-point, and good to see the entire RFT through Amherst. Not the most inspiring trails, but great to do a thru-run.

On another note - I have been training so much (even with this week, that's been a bit less mileage/time)...I am just flat-out tired. I wish I could push myself for a few more days before I taper for Hellgate, but I think it's best for me to relax and take a nice long taper until the race. It's been a long year of training!

Did a long run from Wendell State Park to my house with Meghan, and her brother (Matt) and his girlfriend (Victoria). It was fun! Victoria struggled, but seemed to have a great time - her and Matt joined us from Wendell to Toby. I was glad I was dressed warmly, because the pace was slow. But, after we dropped them off, Meghan and I enjoyed our run, but missed the turn to head up and over Toby and Bull Hill...so we opted to finish out the Mt. Toby course and just run to my house instead. Oh well. It was fun to run a point-to-point, and great to have company with Meghan's brother and the gf.

Gym with Steph and Meghan. It was funny, while Steph constantly tells me that she hates me as I push us to do stuff, Meghan was quiet and didn't say anything - picking up the same weights that I was using. I was impressed...and then 18 hours later she sent me a text to proclaim how much she hated me. Mission accomplished. :)

Ran the Feaster Five race. We warmed up a bit, and cooled down a bit...but clearly we needed more. The race was dreadful - my body felt like it fell into tempo running mode, so I held on to my 6:40 pace for the entire race (33:13 finish time). Bummer, I've raced so much better there before...but it is what it is, and that's what I could do on the day. In general, I'm a bit worn down, and need to repsect that my body is tired! I almost beat Joanie - I was only about 20 seconds behind her...this was my year to actually beat her! Next year for sure!!!

I took the day off - I've been feeling a bit worn down, and was hoping that a day of nothing would help that. But, I did have a long day of working, driving across the state, and all that...so whatever. I just think my body is ready for taper time!!!

Easy spin with Sara, as we watched Olympic highlights from 2010 and this year's Ironman. Nice to be inside, as it was snowing outside.

Easy run around Northampton with Jess, Kelsey B., Karin, and Meghan. Frakin' cold, but good to share some company and stories.

Did a few extra drills at the gym with Steph. Glad to get the first lifting session of the week under my belt - and my pull up and dips are vastly improving. Yay!