Training Log Archive: bishop22

Went for a long-ish, easy run with Nate and Chelsea. Our route was from the Hyatt at Fisherman's Wharf to the Golden Gate bridge and back. Chelsea took in the sights for a bit and turned around at the bridge, while Nate and I went most of the way across, before turning around at the 45 minute mark. So, we were 39 minutes coming back, including the last mile where we had caught back up to Chelsea.

I still noticed my achilles, but it was not really a distraction.

C • Achilles 2

C • Garcis's 1

Nate and I drove over to Golden Gate Park and ran out of the NW corner of the park (past the windmill), S along the ocean, then back N to the park and around. I don't remember the last run that included going past Buffalo (the animal, not the city!).

Did some hills with Chelsea and Nate in San Fran. Our warmup stayed fairly flat, near the bay west of Fisherman's Wharf, then we zipped up the hill at Fort Mason. Then it was off to Lombard St, from Van Ness, which we broke into a couple of sections. We got to run down the crooked section (again) and finished up with another hill on a side street.

Concentrated on landing on my left heel on the hills, to avoid straining the achilles.

Went for an easy run with Chelsea and Nate. We went around to the back (west) side of Lombard, and up, so that we could run down the crooked section. Chelsea and Nate didn't like the sign that said to stay off the roadway, so they started down the stairs. After the first bend, I had them hop into the road, but it was too late, a minivan had gone by and now we were stuck running behind it. I hate when you get stuck behind a slow car!

Then we worked our way around and climbed Telegraph Hill and took in the view from the base of the Coit Tower. We forgot to check whether there was a charge to climb the tower.

Went over to Naz to run with Gil's ODR buddies. Did 1000m T (200+ recovery), 3 x 1200m I (400+ recovery). It was VERY warm (must have still been around 90 at 6pm).

4:03 for the 1000
4:39, 4:45, 4:45 for the 1200s

Then 6x100m strides (~20 sec) - done on the beautifully manicured football field, sans shoes.

Also 1mi+ w/up, 1mi+ w/dn

C • What you thought about workout? 3

4:01/8:16
1:29,30,32,30,35,36 (on 1:55)
3:41

Tough getting back in the pool after a month or so. Couldn't do a 2nd 200 pseudo-IM because my legs were cramping while doing the odd strokes.

Event: ROC - Cobbs Hill Park, O & Sprint
 

ROC at Cobbs Hill - Orange course. Floundered about some thick stuff in the "all white" forest around 1 and 2. It was especially tough because they were on hillsides. Recovered nicely enough on C3, but on the way to C4, Lindsay said it wasn't there. I got there, looked around, and couldn't find it - the map is way too over-generalized in that area (among many other areas), so I gave up after about a minute. It turns out Nate found it NW of the circle, but it cost him almost the full 7-minute headstart he had on me, then I guess I passed him while he went WAY left on the way to C5. I saw him behind me on the way to C6, and he had almost caught me by C7, which I got cleanly. But he didn't actually catch me until C9 - I couldn't see the trail and I went back almost to the building to try pacing it, but still nothing, so I kept going and eventually had to come back and found it - Nate was already on his way out. I passed him on the way to C10 by taking a shortcut while he stayed on the trail, then we missed left - I saw the 3 boulders and recovered more quickly. I came to a stop at C11 - never read the clue, which was an unmapped thicket, so Nate ran by me and punched (5 feet away!). I punched and chased - it looked like he was drifting left, but not enough for me to catch him. Then we both hesitated, expecting C12 just a bit earlier, before rounding the corner. He cut thru the woods for the finish, while I went right, to the parking lot and beat him in.

ROC at Cobbs Hill - Sprint course. The short distance was offset by the terrain and climb. For example, there was a 15m climb in the first 75m and we had to revisit the nasty sidehill C3 from the Orange as C2 here.

The uphill made for the slowest start of any sprint I've done (even slower than at the Flying Pig). I accidentally took a trail branch to the right, but recovered by running thru the woods, which wasn't bad around C1. C2 was a repeat. C3 was a "spot on the hillside". The clue was a dry ditch or something that was unmapped. Luckily, it was sort of on a spur that was sort of distinct. Couldn't find a clean way down from the water tower towards C4, so I stopped looking and just ran around the road. C5 was done at a very high speed: I cut thru the woods to a trail that was parallel to the line and took me thru the start/finish area and past my adoring fans (well I think Chris was cheering for me, and maybe Zach). C6 was back up the hill - I think I may have walked for a few steps "checking the map". Went too far left to C7, recovered at a trail junction to cut thru, directly to the control, but it was ON the trail, not in any pit, so I had to look up the control code before seeing it was OK to punch. I made a 90-degree error leaving, because the control was on the wrong side of the trail (I thought it had to be to my right as I left roughly north). Recovered fairly quickly, but popped out to the clearing to the right of the real finish trail.

C • C6 2

Ran part of the Harborfest 10K course and back Lake Ave to get a feel for what I might be able to see while cheering Walt, Pat and Tim. Turns out - not much. I served as a road marshall near the start, then drove out to Turning Point Park and caught Tim twice and the others once, then drove back near the finish and jogged out to see them - ran most of the last mile with Walt.

Also a very brief warm-up before the O race.

Orange - Splits

Sprint - Splits