Training Log Archive: bishop22

Event: US Team training activity
 

AM Training activity in Tucson. I did the morning training with Zach, and we walked most of the way - partly because it was a contour-only map, and partly to make sure we didn't wear Zach out.

The first section was a line-o and we stayed pretty close to the line most of the way - just a couple of sketchy turns where we may have veered off a bit. We found both bags that were out on this stretch.

The course then became a regular course, but on the contour-only map. That should be very good training for this weekend because overlaying the vegetation doesn't really help me, since I can't really tell the difference between white, rough open and scattered trees around here. And on this map, there were not many trails. Also, the afternoon showed that I still can not tell the difference between rocks that are mapped and rocks that are not.

PM Training in Tucson. We did a sampling of "strength intervals", which are tough enough that they will probably be included in Webster XC training next fall. This includes the running portion of the training, which consisted of 7 repetitions of about 200m. Between each interval, the recovery consisted of a different core or leg strength exercise.

The 6 core/leg strength exercises between the intervals included:
- sit-ups (15)
- skating jumps (20)
- push-ups (10)
- sidewinder jumps (20)
- reverse sit-ups (15)
- jumping squat thrusts (10)

I hope I can recover from these by the weekend.

We only did 1 set of these, Tom's club started with 2 and now does 3.

PM Training in Tucson. Middle distance training course with a relay training component - interval mini-mass starts, but I wound up on my own most of the way (which is my problem on mass-start events, I lose contact and the advantage of navigating with others). Nate and I ran an unmapped trail on the way to C1, but it went farther right than we really wanted, so we lost some time. Struggled a bit with C2 but by the time I found it, Nate was still looking in the wrong spot. Tom caught me on the way to C3, which I found by seeing C4 across the way. I couldn't keep up with Tom on the way to C4 (my legs were pretty heavy from the intervals). I didn't see many people after that: Samantha was headed for the finish when I was going to C9, then I saw Cristina to my left as I was headed toward the last control.

w/ups before the AM and PM training sessions