Training Log Archive: bishop22

Ran with Chris from the hotel in Seattle. We went N on International and E on 200th and found a paved creek trail at the bottom of a hill. I left Chris during the downhill and then went a minute farther than her before turning around. Despite Chris walking up the steep part of the hill, it took quite a while to catch back up.

We weren't scheduled to fly out of Buffalo until 3pm, and we stayed at a hotel at the airport to take advantage of the free parking. I don't remember why I didn't get out for a run this AM. Too busy eating?

Some easy running during XC camp, while the troop did 3 x 6 or 5 or 4 min Tempo. The continuous Tempo idea was thrown out when the heat turned out to be pretty significant.

And the pier and back w/up was thrown out when the stench from the lake almost made me puke as I got out of my car.

C • Lake stench 2

C • Lollipop 2

4:20/8:53
1:37,40,41,40,42
3:47,47

Obviously still feeling sloppy and sluggish in the water, but that will change.

Short w/up with Z

ROC Sprint Series #2 at Cobbs Hill Park

It does not get any sloppier than this.
C1 - Brutal hill to start and I misread the trails
C2 - Ran down the wrong trail played around in some deadfall before returning to C1 and doing it right.
C3 - OK
C4 - Went over the hill at the wrong angle and came down way right of the flag, when I got there, Kameron and the kids were already there - I had left C1 before them. Ouch.
C5 - Drifted right just a bit, came out at an intersection with no flag, looked left and didn't see a flag, so I ran right for a bit before realizing it had to be left - it turned out to be visible from where I popped out (not sure why I didn't see it)
C6 - too much zig-zag (started out on the wrong trail to the right)
C7 - I could not find this control on the map. I ran along the line and saw a flag just past the second water tower. Went about 30m past before I decided to take a look - the code matched the clue sheet, so I punched, then I saw the circle on the map.
C8 - Got onto the wrong trail while trying to stay high. Then the flag was not in the mapped depression, but was down lower in the larger contour depression, farther from the trail.
C9 - Blew by this back to C2 or C3 and had to backtrack
C10 - I accidentally took the perimeter trail way left, then when I got close, I missed the flag because I was looking ahead to the next curve.
C11 - I had already seen this on the way to C6
F - Sort of straight, but hill was too steep and junk-covered to go very straight

C • Rerun - if only for the depression;-) 1

ROC Score-O at Cobbs Hill Park

Steve set a special patriotic 50-control, 60-minute Score-O. Nice use of the small park. I planned a loop around School #1 at the start, to have easy running while I made plans. Two controls were visible from the start, so that's the way I decided to go, so I could start running before I flipped the map over. I ended up missing a control on the back side of the school, but I realized it wouldn't cost much time to get it after coming out of the woods. I went along the park road and got the Lake Riley controls (interrupted by the basketball court control), then moved into the field towards Monroe, getting the low controls.

Next it was around the base of the hill to pick up SD (ran past it first), ?, NY, OK (a bit of a bobble here). Found a small trail up the hill that was a nice shortcut to the control on the hill. Then up top for the controls there and into the woods south from NJ. I did one arc to grab the controls that I missed behind the apartment, then popped down to the trail and thru the water authority area to the gate for a control, then up a bit for another, then up to the water towers for a couple more. Zig-zagged in the woods away from the start/finish, then back along the edge to get the rest.

Out of the woods at the backstop for one and I had two leftover to get, but 3 blank spots on my card. I got RI from the school, then headed towards CT, desperately looking for SC on the map. I could not find it. As I passed near the Start, I saw a flag on the end of a fence, got over to it and saw it was SC! The circle and code did not appear on the map for me because it blended in with the parking lot color. A quick sidetrip for CT and I was done. nate crushed me by over 12 minutes, but I did manage 2nd as I was the only other one to get all 50.

If only I had found a flag to bring, I would have gotten the bonus point and a victory over nate :-( .

C • Extra in the woods 2

C • SC 1

Easy run during XC camp at Webster Park. Ran with Luke over to the field across Holt, we did two loops and came back. Then ran a bit on my own on the course.

4 x 800 at the Thomas track on the way to golf, since I did not have time to run to the UR track at lunchtime. Despite the heat, I convinced myself to do the workout by saying I just had to run 3:20s to get something out of it. I ended up running:
3:16, 3:13, 3:10, 3:08

The Mud Run is only 3 weeks away, so that was my main motivation for speedwork. I didn't want to do too much, since there is an O Meet on Wednesday and nate is back for that.

200m recovery after each interval, plus a mile+ w/dn

Ran the usual 4-mile loop easy with Z and Luke on his bike. We ran into Justin M en route and ran together for a bit.