Training Log Archive: ultra_amy

Ran at Mt. Toby with Karin and Nancy. Felt good, pushed the uphill for funsies. I'm a bit tired/sore from yesterday's race, but otherwise the knee feels better each day and the quad is better now from Wednesday's fall.

Ran Bridge of Flowers 10k race with my team. I have never had a good 10k experience, so I've avoided them in the past. This seemed the perfect opportunity to give it a shot, and hopefully do well for my team.

We warmed up about 2.5 - 3 miles easy around Shelburne Falls (beautiful town!). Then, the race was on. I took it relatively easy, trying to tempo the first two miles (6:40, 6:40/13:20), then came the hill (8:40/22:00), then the screaming downhill (6:00/28:00). The last two miles, I fell into a maintenance pace - keeping my place (6:40/34:40) until someone came whipping by me easily and I realized I had more in the tank, so I pushed harder (last 1.2 mile in 7:21, 6:08/mile pace). I finished in 42:01, a great time for that course, and in general, a smart and strong race. I surprised myself with 6th place female. Yay!

Cooled down for 1/2 hour with the team - then headed to awards to watch my teammates dominate the podium, and to receive the team award (since we won!).

I took the day off to allow my knee to heal - it's pretty swollen and the gash gets opened up if I bend the leg too far. At least the quad is getting better each day.

Trail run w/ Erik and Howie at the Notch - did the hilly side...felt good, except that I fell on my bad knee with about 2 steps to go - completely cut it open. Oh boy!!!

Trail run with Laura - felt good except for the knee - I opened up the wound (it's a pretty deep gash on the knee cap) during the run. Yikes! But, the quad feels better with every step.

Ran w/ Jason at the Notch, felt good, a bit tired...but good. Nice to get back to the habit of training again.

Ran the easy trails around Amherst College with Howie. Somehow, I managed to wipe-out pretty bad and bashed my quad - it hurts pretty bad. Otherwise, felt good.

Easy trail run on Earl's Trails with Ruthie. Felt good - a bit tired still, but once we were moving all was good. Back/shoulder was ok today.

Ran w/ Aaron at Sugarloaf - he felt not so great (had a big lunch), so we went easy and a bit shorter...I was ok with that. I'm a bit tired!

Easy shake-out run with Abby...running at her 'pregnancy pace'. My legs are a bit tired, so this was perfectly ok! My back was pretty stiff during the run, so I'm a bit nervous...hopefully it'll just keep getting better each day.