Training Log Archive: bishop22

Ran at the Oven Door. Smaller crowd than usual - part of the reason is that it was chilly. Perhaps not Laramie cold, but you can tell it's chilly when your sweat turns to snow on your inner layer.

We spent almost the first 5 miles on the canal path to Turk Hill Rd, and there was just enough snow to make 9 min pace be challenging enough (we were 27:44 at 31F). I was probably closer to 8 min pace on the roads (31F-Lyndon-Ayrault), then finished on the canal path: back from Ayrault in 13:54 (we were out on 14:38, so I hung on pretty well). I put about 2 minutes on a couple of guys who were a minute ahead when we turned onto Ayrault.

Was able to actually take my pulse last night, since it was steady. It was surpisingly low (38 is usually reserved for being in top shape).

3:58/8:01
1:28,29,30,29,27,28 (on 1:55)
3:18,20

Another workout that seemed to benefit from my apparent arrythmia improvement. Compares quite favorably to my last swim (last week):
3:56/7:57
1:30,33,32,31,30,30 (on 1:55)
3:28,26

The 500 was slower, but was much easier. The 100s averaged 2.5 seconds faster, and the 200s averaged 8 seconds faster.

Circuit at downtown Y. I must not have lifted after swimming in awhile - the arm stations were very tough (I had a several "incomplete stroke" beeps).

Perhaps things really are turning around. There was no real sign of heart problems today. It was like I was a different person. I kept up with the boys (Frank, Vinny, JV, Darren) at GTA this AM. Sure, Erik is out-of-town, so they went easy, but last week I was dropped early from their easy pace. I had no troubles with the small hills on Clinton and Monroe (of course the first 4+ was very flat).

I hope this is not just a brief respite - I could really enjoy running again, just in time to get in shape for the spring O season.

C • Great to hear!-) 3

It looks like the last time that I ran 4 or more miles continuously at under 7:30 per mile was back on August 31st - about 3 weeks before I noticed the problem (although I did have some decent interval workouts in those 3 weeks).

Random Hills-11 @ 91rpm for 21 minutes, then 2 min cool-down and 10 min @ level 10.

The cool thing was that the handles were able to detect my heart rate immediately and consistently, and detected appropriate changes thru the random hills. Just like the old days! I can only hope this is a sign of some sort of recovery, but I'm not holding my breath, because I still feel skipped beats, etc. But perhaps the objective measure of the equipment is better than my personal subjective measure.

I was on the second bike downtown, in case that made the difference.

Ran at Mendon Ponds during (and after) Nate's ski race. He struggled a bit, as it was his first classic race - he said his skis weren't really gripping.

During the race I ran thru some fields and woods, and along the edge of some of the trails. After the race, I ran on the roads a bit, then cut into some of the trails on both sides of the main road. Not really sure of the time or the pace.

C • No skiing for you? 3

Cleared the 6" or so that fell overnight.

Took care of the walk before taking Z to hockey practice.

Easy run around neighborhood streets after dark. Roads hadn't seen a plow in quite a while, so the footing was tough (hence the absurdly slow pace).

Didn't fit a run in earlier since I drove back over to Skaneateles to watch Nate's team win the finals of their tournament, 4-1 (meanwhile Chris shuffled off to Buffalo for Zach's hockey game, and Chelsea drove Luke over to Greece for his cross-ice tourney - Luke only had one goal today, following his 6-goal game yesterday).

Had time to do Chris's side of the drive - I'll have to be out again in the AM.

Dinner at Outback, the first $100 on Xerox.