Training Log Archive: jtorranc

Finally joined Boris and Cardozo Crawlers for their indecently early weekly track intervals workout. Random length (determined by drawing cards) intervals with ~2-3 minutes rest between them until we hit a total distance somewhere between 3 and 3.5 miles. Turned out to be 5km as follows- 600 - 1600 - 200 - 200 - 1000 - 800 - 600. Tried to take laps times but have concluded that among my Suunto's failings are poor ergonomics for hitting the lap button while wearing gloves - maybe I won't bother next time. Duration of intense portion of workout estimated based on Boris' lap times. Tried not to kill myself on the early ones since I haven't done anything like this volume of interval work in a workout in over a year, at least. Made it to the end of the workout, stressed but without collapsing or enormously outperforming on any particular interval so I guess that was reasonable pacing. Fun to be doing this sort of thing in a group - haven't done that on a track since high school, though some university nordic ski team workouts had a similar atmosphere. Will try to make it again next week for sure.

C • Yay! 1

Early part of trail run I'll call warming up and jogging home from Carter Barron along 16th St.

Main part of trail run. In Rock Creek Park, north to the police station then back south to Carter Barron.

Warmups/cooldowns and slow running between harder bits.

Silly walks and short uphill sprints.

2x1180 meter intervals today's logging being the sum of a morning session and an afternoon session, each of which included one such. Didn't actually time these so just a guess based on how long they've taken me in the past.

A second visit to one of the previously surveyed training areas at Quantico, with three pairs of new eyes accompanying me. In the woods for 4 hours but deducted half for time spent taking GPS waypoints on point features and general slowness (a fair bit of the time in motion was walking).

Event: QOC Occoquan
 

QOC Occoquan Blue - local meet on a very small map of my own creation. I shouldn't have lost that one split. Or I should have run without a compass like Amber - then I'd have an excuse for losing that one split. Not completely useless as technical training but probably best to think of this as mostly physical training - a good hard run in the woods. Do enough of those and I may get to feel good about spring national meet results.

Boris sat out Blue and did a shorter course or maybe just visited some selected controls with Alli before the junior training session. Realized shortly after talking with him a bit about, among other things, the non-ideal character of racing against me on maps I field checked, that I misinformed him - there is, in fact, one more event scheduled this season on a map I field checked - the east side of Fountainhead the first weekend of January. After that we can have some more consistently meaningful local competition for the rest of the season.

C • Logging 3

C • map 2

Blue - Splits

An errand in downtown Silver Spring and then a visit to the reopened Renwick Gallery. Quite busy. The show consisting of 9 installations/sculptures with which they are reopening after renovations is definitely worth an hour or so of your time, if you can get down there.

Long trail run in Rock Creek Park, just in time to avoid having to use my headlamp.