Training Archive: peggydIn the 7 days ending 2006-03-31:
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Friday Mar 31 | ||
| Event: Flying Pig X (OCIN) | ||
| Trail warm up/down 10:00 [2] | |
| Along the very muddy wet path to the start of the o' race.
I had insisted on stopping at Walgreen's to buy some Compeed while we were just a few miles from the meet site, even though Nadim insisted we "didn't have time." He'd tried to find some for me at a CVS in the morning, to no avail. I ran in, found the Compeed (not labeled as such on the box), and immediately put it on. Worked like a charm, no heel pain. | ||
| Orienteering race 41:45 [4]*** 4.4 km (9:29 / km) +180m 7:53 / km | |
| shoes: VJ Integrator | ||
| Flying Pig X Middle Distance race, Red. I ran after the last scheduled starter on Red (Peter G -- oddly, never saw him in the woods!) for child-care reasons. Sooo glad to have the nice building to hang out in while Nadim was out doing his course. The mounted albino deer really scared Max. Peter & his beard, not so much.
My run was pretty good, I felt fairly strong except of course on the hills. I think my route choices were a bit conservative early, but overall I was pretty clean. Aside from Pavlina, who blew everyone out of the water w/ a 34-something, I was close to the other women, but typically just at the tail end of the top pack. | ||
Red Middle Distance - Splits | ||
Thursday Mar 30 | ||
| Trail (w babyJogger) 1:00:13 [3] | |
| Ran in the morning with Max while Nadim was getting his haircut and working. Went down to the Georgetown Branch Trail (c. 16:30 on that, counting both directions, unpaved) to the Capital Crescent Trail, as far as Kenwood to see the cherry blossoms & back the same route. The blooms aren't at peak yet, so we'll go for another run next week to see them, and more than just at the entrance to the neighborhood.
Max fell asleep somewhere; I noticed as we were in downtown Bethesda on the way back. The bumpy ride on the G'town Branch trail woke him up and he did the head moving thing to fall back asleep. Smiley & giggly when we finished. Knee doesn't hurt if I don't bend it too much, so it is fine for running. O' should be mostly okay. Beautiful weather, around 60, sunny. Lots of little kids out with their caregivers, several no doubt from the daycares we won't get in ... Hi Mom! I'll write next week. | ||
Wednesday Mar 29 | ||
| Note | |
| Meredith suggested Max & I go with her & her son Toby to the Germantown Pool, since Max likes getting wet. His first experience in a pool! He loved it, after some initial apprehension. The pool has a great area for kids, various stuff for different abilities. Once he got comfortable, he was happy to go in deep water with me, get splashed by the waterfall, and go down the last two feet of one slide (me holding him so he wouldn't go under water). Great fun for him. I enjoyed it too, but got no exercise benefit out of it. | ||
Monday Mar 27 | ||
| Nordic Track 40:56 [3] | |
| (injured) | ||
| Max fell asleep around 10:30 am and I grabbed the opportunity to do a little Nordic Tracking while he was out. He only lasted an hour.
I figured NT would not hurt my blister or knee too much -- not much knee raising on the track. The knee is definitely sore, especially going uphill. About a one-inch gash. I think it'll be fine in a day or two. Finished Psychology Today and wasn't prepared for that; had to run upstairs to get another mag -- E -- to start reading. | ||
| Note | |
| Pushed Max in the stroller for about 30 minutes, to the playground and then back (the long way, down the trail Nadim mentioned to me, past the high school, zigzaged back. Max was asleep by the time we got back but of course woke up as soon as I took him out of the stroller. :-(
Many liftings of Max up to the various slides. He loves the slides. | ||
Sunday Mar 26 | ||
| Orienteering race 1:29:30 [4]*** 7.4 km (12:06 / km) +295m 10:05 / km | |
| (injured) shoes: VJ Falcon | ||
| QOC Prince William Forest, Red course.
Well, the blister stuff I got yesterday didn't work. "Stays in place" ... not! On the way to #2 I actually felt it slip off. Went from tolerable annoying pain to searing miserable pain. Considered a DNF, especially since I was concerned about leaving enough time for Nadim to run Blue, but I stuck it out. Hurt especially bad going uphill (often I turned my foot sideways). Okay navigationally most of the way, but I was often distracted by the heel and may not have made the best or quickest decisions. The injury situation was compounded either right before or right after 9 -- climbing over a small log, and I ran the side of my right knee into a tree limb stump. Unavoidable scream of pain, followed by silent screams of pain and whimpering for a minute or two. I thought I might actually cry from the pain. Youch. This injury definitely distracted me on the leg to 10, where I decided not to follow the nice handrails but to go across the flat green spur. I ended up going down the wrong reentrant and not figuring it out for a while. Then I either had to go way around on a trail or up and over a hill. Picked the hill. Painful error (in more ways than one!). lost a bit of time on the penultimate control, in an area that I know is tricky. Was a bit too cautious, perhaps. So now I'm a wreck. But Nadim bonked on the Blue course and is feeling worse than I am now. However, he'll feel better after more food and sleep, while my pain will linger a few days. :-( Upside: woods were gorgeous. Kind of cool but fine for running. | ||
| C • Compeed replacements 1 | ||
Saturday Mar 25 | ||
| Trail warm up/down 18:00 [2] | |
| shoes: VJ Falcon | ||
| From the parking lot near the tavern up to the start on the trail and back. Lots of uphill on the way out. Heel already hurting. | ||
| Orienteering 1:08:30 [3]*** | |
| shoes: VJ Falcon | ||
| Great Falls, MD. Ran most of Francis's Blue course that wasn't allowed to be used for the MD champs in January. The streamers were still up. Didn't do the part that was the same as the Brown course that we all did. Felt a bit tired (Max insisted on being carried a whole lot on Friday ... that wears me out!), especially on the uphills. Had to walk a few of them. One weird error I haven't figured out yet -- probably just lack of concentration. Otherwise, pretty good navigating. Running was a bit slower than normal. Woods were great, not Ohio-like at all.
My heel hurt most of the time. I was going to make a mental note to buy some Compeed before we leave for Ohio, but then I realized we're racing tomorrow so I stopped at CVS on the way home. They didn't have Compeed, got what seemed the next best thing. We'll see how it goes. I was going to laugh at the meteorologists for forecasting rain today, because it was sunny/partly sunny (and breezy, c. 50) the whole time I was away. But Nadim said he and Max had to come inside because of showers. Wow, it's only a few miles from here to Great Falls. | ||