Training Archive: bishop22In the 7 days ending 2007-10-13:
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Saturday Oct 13 | ||
| Event: ROC - Webster Park | ||
| Running 44:00 | |
| Running around the course at Alden HS, while the team competed in the Bulldog Invitational. 4 races: JV Boys ran quite well, and finished an amazing 3rd place, led by AJ and Whitty, who wound up with the 4th and 5th fastest times on the team, and Wade who was 7th. And 2 other freshmen broke 20 minutes to round out the top 5. And 3 other kids were under 21. But the best times were actually turned in by the slowest finishers - pretty much all of them.
The JV Girls also ran very well, but with the recent epidemic of grandparent deaths (3 this week), we were short a girl of having a JV team. All the starters finished under 27 minutes for the first time this year. The Varsity Boys had a mixed race, but mostly good. Nico had an awesome run to lead the way in 17:43, Nate was nearby in 17:51 and KDawg had a very fine 18:07 (so close). Pat was in great position at the 2, but faded in the last mile, Marcin had some hip pain that slowed him, but he toughed it out, and Alex just coasted thru his first race since McQuaid. The Varisty Girls were last, but not least. They managed 8th place, out of 17 (plus 4 incomplete). Megan was 15th in a quick 20:19. Chelsea had a decent run (21:48) and Janelle had a great run, keeping up with Brianna. And Clare looks like she may be on the comeback trail. Missing Ashley and Alaina cost us a bunch of points. Here's a tip: don't kick people during XC season. | ||
Friday Oct 12 | ||
| Running 37:47 [2] 4.53 mi (8:20 / mi) | |
| rhr:48 slept:6.0 weight:162lbs | ||
| Easy run from Schroeder - about 8 min w/up, then almost 30 min with Nate, KDawg and Alex - thru Waverly Woods, out to Ridge then off-road over to Town Hall and back around Schroeder a bit.
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Thursday Oct 11 | ||
| Running intervals 47:47 | |
| rhr:41 slept:6.0 | ||
| Interval workout at Webster Park, with the team.
The bus (supposed to arrive just after 3:30) didn't show up until after 4:15, so I just managed a 7 min w/up while the kids were doing their dynamic warm-up exercises. I thought the loop around the start of the XC course was about 1/2 mile, but we did the first one (at tempo pace, the rest were at interval pace) and it was probably > 30 seconds long. I moved the start, and wound up about 10 seconds short for the 2nd one, but the third one seemed about right. I let the first group go on their own, and ran with the second group, thinking it may get them moving a little quicker, and it did. 4:02, 3:02, 3:12, 3:11, 3:11, 3:09 Recovery was about the same, with a bit over 2 min jogging each time 11 min w/dn, mostly with the freshmen. | ||
| Volleyball 30:00 [2] | |
| Split 4 games. I didn't even break a sweat. | ||
Wednesday Oct 10 | ||
| Orienteering 1:03:30 [2] 6.35 km (10:00 / km) | |
| slept:5.75 weight:162lbs | ||
| Did an easy jog of the upcoming ROC course at Webster Park. It's harder to find little streamers that may or may not be there, than it is to find big orange and white bags. | ||
Tuesday Oct 9 | ||
| Running intervals 28:00 | |
| slept:3.75 weight:162lbs | ||
| Ran around Mendon Ponds to watch the XC races. It's pretty easy to get some decent work in, because of the way the course is laid out. I see the kids at about 200m, then have to run almost 400m to see them at about 600m, then cut thru some woods to see them 100m later, they do a short loop and I see the leaders shortly before the mile mark and others at the mile. Then it's a hard run to catch them and run parallel to them, probably covering over 800m to get to the 2-mile mark. Then an easy trot across the field to catch them again, moving parallel to them to finally cut across another field to catch them with 200-400m (even a little farther for the later runners) to go. So, I can catch kids 8 times, while most fans see the start, the runners coming thru halfway, and the finish.
I definitely ran more than 28 minutes, but there was a lot of junk jogging involved. | ||
| Note | |
| Well, a very nice 3-day stretch concluded tonight. I am pretty exhausted, but it was well worth it. All 3 days had a most excellent event, each with a bad side, but I'll remember the good sides. Sunday was the Highlander, and I was able to be with 9th place halfway in. Huge improvement over 2 years ago and a good sign for the future (yes, I faded a bit). Monday was an awesome MNF game (yes, the Bills lost). And tonight was Elvis and Dylan at RIT (yes, we got there late and missed some of Elvis). I had never seen Elvis live; Chris had seen him about 25 years ago. We saw Dylan at Rich Stadium in '86 at the end of our honeymoon - this time the crowd was about 1/10th the size, so fine.
Being at RIT, there were interpreters off to the side. I have no idea how one goes about signing while Dylan is singing, perhaps they get a set list in advance, and study the lyrics. | ||
| C • Elvis and Dylan 1 | ||
Monday Oct 8 | ||
| Note | |
| weight:160lbs (rest day) | ||
| Took the day off, since I just made a cameo appearance at XC practice, before heading home to prepare for attending the first MNF game in Buffalo in 13 years. Zach (who has not been alive for MNF in Buffalo) and Chelsea went with me, but they traded seats so they could sit with Coolean.
What a punch in the gut at the end. But this was one of the most exciting games I've attended. If the Brokeback's FG misses at the end, it would probably rank close to the top 3 (obviously behind the Comeback and the OT win over the Jets for the division title and Fandemonium that ensued), but since they lost, it ranks behind the back-to-back comeback games in '89 or so (Broncos maybe, and the Raiders) and the Rams Mon night game, and probably a few others. This is the first game where I have been on my feet for every single play. | ||
| C • Edwards or Losman 6 | ||
Sunday Oct 7 | ||
| Event: Hudson Highlander 2007 | ||
| Orienteering race 5:26:13 | |
| rhr:41 slept:6.0 | ||
| Hudson Highlander.
Started out with an unfortunate incident - did some damage to my left big toe right at the start (Peter posted map here) - caught it on a rock somehow and it was pretty sore. As I soon discovered, it was fine on level ground, but very painful when it had to flex on rocks. On the way to 1, I was only able to check off the real big features (like the lake and the creek), but for the second half, I could see JJ at the head of a train, so I was confident the pack was doing OK. I couldn't make sense of the contours near the control, but there was a major trail not too far past it, so I knew missing wouldn't be too bad. Hit the trail to head towards 2. I wanted to stay on it for a long time, but JJ left it and Samantha and Hillary decided to, also, so I had to hit the terrain. As we started to get in the neighborhood, JJ was headed left and the Saegers were going right. There were 2 of them, and only 1 JJ, and I thought the open fields meant we were too far left, so I went right. We found John F and Jeff S floundering up above, but relocated and headed back S to the flag. C3 was straight, C4 had a nice hilltop to guide the way, for both I was again behind Sam and Hill. For 5, I slowed down 1 spur too early, but they kept going, and I was at the right height. On the way to 6, I got ahead of them on the way to the road, at which point I decided to take the trail around to the right - not sure if they went the same way. They got by me on the way to 7, and I followed them on the trail towards 8. They decided to leave the trail before the last downhill, so I did as well, although I had planned on running it all the way to the parking lot. They got ahead of me on the rocky climb to the road - my toe was quite sore during every rocky stretch, but especially uphills. I was able to essentially catch up during the road run. The trail run started with a rocky uphill section, so they opened up a sizable lead (20+ seconds), but I was able to catch back up when the rocks became less numerous. We then went by JJ, Joe B and someone else. At this point, we hit a very nice section of trail, and I was feeling good, so I moved ahead by a chunk. Then we hit some more rocks, and it was the beginning of the end. I cramped pretty severely on the inside of my thigh when I tried to avoid a rock with my left foot. I had to walk for a bit and the girls went zipping by me. Eventually it recovered, but they had gotten out of sight, at least 30 seconds ahead, so I pushed it and was able to catch back up, just before the end. I took a little longer at the aid station, trying to choke down 1/3 of a Powerbar, but the next O section (Peter's map) started on a trail and I was able to catch up again, but we left the trail at a rocky reentrant and it was all over. After I lost contact, I tried to hit the little sections of mapped trail that were available, and I did hit parts of them, but spent way too much time in the mountain laurel. The only good thing was that the second little section of trail seemed to go on longer than mapped and I was able to easily follow the swamp around to the bag. On the way to 12, I saw the girls again as they were headed from 15-16. Very depressing. Somehow, I didn't really notice the swampy area to the left and was trying to key off the contours. I came to a stop trying to relocate, when I heard someone to the left - it was JJ moving at a nice clip, so I thought he had a bead on the control. It wasn't until we hit the trail that I realized he had already punched, so back I went. Bernie and some others (cadets?) were arriving from the other direction, so I was near them for the next 3 control, my slowness from toe pain and cramping were offset by cleaner navigating. Until 16. They went right, while I chose to go left. I got hung up in too much green, then over corrected back to the right, until I was able to relocate from the clearing a bit before the control. 17 went smoothly. For 18, I chose to stay left any time I saw green ahead of me, then cut back and went off the tip of the last swamp, catching back up to a couple guys. They went left around the hill, I went right, so I didn't see them again. I assume I did too much zig-zagging. I was able to run up the road. I took my time at the final aid station. Jon T was already done. John F did some pouring for me - not sure how many cups I ended up drinking, but it was too little, too late. I walked almost all of the last map, but still managed to get hopelessly lost on the way to 2 (21?). Had to go N to the clearing to try again. Came back just as a small pack, including Phil B, was closing in. I jogged most of the trails thru the camp area and across the field for the uphill attack. I don't remember 4. Took the trail most of the way to 5, left where a couple of others did. If I had been alone, I would have gone all the way to the road, to be safe. Tried to go mostly straight to 6, which meant hitting a nasty section of undergrowth about halfway there (but at least I was sure where I was). Went off the bend in the road to get to 7. Took almost identical route as Peter to 8, still with Phil. Did some jogging on the trails on the way to 9. Left the road on the little trail left of the buildings. And a rare downhill finish was much appreciated. My toe is a bit discolored between the knuckle and the foot, but I guess I won't pay to have it looked at, since they probably wouldn't really do anything for it anyway. I think running on non-rocky services should be OK. | ||
HH XII - Splits | ||
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