Training Archive: bishop22In the 7 days ending 2007-12-22:
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Saturday Dec 22 | ||
| Skiing (Skate) 30:00 [2] 2 km (15:00 / km) | |
| Received an early Christmas present, Fischer SCS skis, so I could get out at least once before the snow is temporarily gone. First time ever attempting to skate, and I hadn't been on skis, except one disastrous ski-o attempt, in nearly 15 years. So, it was a humbling experience, as Nate and some of his teammates gave me a few tips to get started. I had a few stretches that were fun and I felt slightly coordinated, but there was a lot of stop and start, as it was very easy for me to lose momentum.
Did 3 laps at Willink - each lap was better, and if I keep improving at this rate, I should be good to go in another 1000 laps or so. | ||
Friday Dec 21 | ||
| Note | |
| (rest day) | ||
| The usual 12/21 day off, but I was feeling much better than usual, since I wasn't around to, for example, ride on top of the van and then go to the 'Bill. | ||
Thursday Dec 20 | ||
| Orienteering 1:02:19 [2] *** 5.19 km (12:00 / km) | |
| spiked:10/10c slept:8.75 | ||
| Ran on an old (Score-O?) map at Chestnut Ridge, prior to making the (12th) annual 12/20 trek to the cemetery. I have to miss the nighttime visit this year, for the first time, since Chelsea plays at Thomas tonight.
Did a whole lot of extra ducking and weaving in the woods to avoid taking a branch to the head gash. Jogged in the last stretch with Walt and Sue's dog. | ||
Wednesday Dec 19 | ||
| Note | |
| (rest day) | ||
| A day off was in order, after yesterday's trauma. | ||
Tuesday Dec 18 | ||
| Swimming 42:31 [3] 1.14 mi (37:16 / mi) | |
| rhr:43 slept:7.5 | ||
| 4:03/8:10
1:30,33,33,32,31 3:28,27,26 Swam at Bayview where the water was a little warmer than downtown... | ||
| Note | |
| After swimming, I hit the hot tub for a bit (7-8 minutes), to loosen up the legs that are still a bit sore from Saturday. No, I'm not logging that as training! I just needed to add a note about leaving the hot tub, hitting the shower and going down for the count, opening several cuts on my face/head, 2 or 3 of which needed stitches and/or staples (perhaps 6-8 of each when all was said and done). Nothing too serious, but a difficult lesson about not remaining standing when one gets light-headed, especially when there are metal surfaces around, on which to bash one's head.
Only about a 3-hour stay in the ER - just long enough to miss Nate's ski meet way down in Bristol, but not long enough to miss Chelsea's hoop game over in Spencerport. | ||
| C • OUCH!!! 2 | ||
| C • Whirlpool at Bayview 3 | ||
Monday Dec 17 | ||
| Note | |
| (rest day) | ||
| Unplanned rest day. I was going to swim at lunchtime, but I had a car problem on the way to work. The kids had a snow day, so I took Chelsea's car to work. I heard noises from the right rear on the way, and stopped, but everything looked OK, so I thought it was ice/snow-related. But when I got to the parking garage, my right rear wheel was angled inward kind of severely. It tuns out the knuckle had busted - unseen before by anyone at the dealer's shop. A $400 problem - and right after having the 120K service done last Friday, for $425 or so. I hope there is not an avalanche of problems - the car had been doing very well up to now. | ||
| Strength (Snow Shoveling) 30:00 [2] | |
| Taking care of the driveway in the AM, with Nate for much of the time. Some old timer used to say "my favorite tool is a teenage boy". That's what I'm thinking.
All of this snow and no skis yet. I'll have to correct that. The problem is skate or classic - I probably can't afford both right now. And I was told (by a trusted source that is a pretty decent skier) to avoid the combis. Skating seems to be much more fun (I've never done it), but I probably have to use classic at local ski-o events that tend to not involve groomed trails. | ||
| C • Skate or Classic 1 | ||
Sunday Dec 16 | ||
| Strength (Snow Shoveling) 1:15:00 [2] | |
| (rest day) | ||
| Big day of snow meant big day of shoveling:
- 30 minutes so we could get out in the AM - 15 minutes with Nate, to finish up when we got home, finishing in plenty of time for the Bills game (8-0, how pathetic was that?) - 30 minutes at 9:30, after arriving home from Chlesea's celebratory dinner at Olive Garden I did not have even one single thought of an easy workout to recover from yesterday! | ||