Training Log Archive: bishop22

Arrived back in Seattle and chose to do the Space Needle thing, instead of making a run fit into the schedule. The Sox happened to be in town, but poor planning also meant that we couldn't catch them (too bad - tix were as low as $8 on StubHub).

Treadmill on the cruise ship as we approached Victoria, BC.

w/up from 7mph to 7.5 during mile 1.
Picked it up 0.1mph every 0.1mi all the way to 10.2, back down to 10.0 during miles 2-4
w/dn at 8.5 (down to 8.0 during last 1/4) during mile 5 (included a brief stint at 3.0 early, as I tried to check the HR - made it down to 150 before it registered).

So, 20:21 for 3 miles (12:45 for 2 with 7:34 before and 7:35, including some 3mph after). Not sure I could race any faster than that.

Not really canoeing, rather kayaking, but I don't want to clutter things up with another category that I don't have a chance to use. And closer to two hours than 1, but we were taking it fairly easy most of the time.

Had to meet off the ship in Ketchkan at 6:50am to pay to exercise. Is that any way to relax on a cruise?

Actually, this was a very nice paddle. I was in a double with Luke and we cruised around a couple of islands in whatever body of water this was (connected to the Pacific, but technically not part of the ocean).

Saw a bald eagle on one of the islands and the kids got to play with some starfish-shaped creature that was blue.

Ship took us up Tracy Arm Fjord this AM and we were able to get within sight of the humongous glacier that blocks (is?) the river.

In the afternoon, I was able to drag myself up to the fitness center, and started out with some biking - "hill climb" mode where the resistance gradually increased beyond where I had any chance of maintaining 90 rpm.

Next up was the elliptical, which gave me an interval choice that ended up being 1 min easy / 1 min hard. I quickly migrated to Level 7 for easy and Level 12 for hard.

Finally, it was a 2K erg, but I didn't feel like going all out, so I kept it relatively comfortable for 1500 and put the last 500 under 2 minutes.

We were docked in Skagway and everyone else was going on some dog sled adventure, but Chris had located a nice trail map of the area and I chose a nice hike. Went to Upper Dewey Lake, along it and back down. The round trip was almost 3 hours for the trail portion, which is listed at 6 miles (plus the Lake portion up top), and another 30 minutes or so of round trip from the pier.

The elevation change was 3100 feet, which made for a long trip up and the trail was not really runnable in most places, which made for a time-consuming descent as well (about 2/3 the time of the trip up).

The top was just about the top of the tree line and some additional time would have been nice to climb a bit higher. I was above the snow level on the hill just to the east(?), but the area around the lake is flat and no snow remained there.

I guess this doesn't qualify for training, but we went on a kick-A zip line course in Juneau. Wow! Included a short rapell from the last tower to the ground.

C • Huh? 2

Easy run around Juneau with Chelsea and Zach. Not a whole lot of options of where to run here. The hills start very close to the water, so we ran to a hiking trail, which was not really runnable (up), but we went up a bit before jogging back.

Hopped on the treadmill on the Golden Princess. Did a 1 mi w/up, then increased 0.1 mph every 0.1 mi, until my calf, which was tender before I started, couldn't take it any more and I had to pack it in.

Had to wait in line for the Elliptical, but by the time Chelsea got on, the bike next to her machine had freed up, so I grabbed that instead. The cruise info had indicated that peak times for the fitness center were from 10am-5pm, but it was crowded at 8ish this AM. This was the only day that I had to wait, though. Kind of like how all of the equipment is busy at the Y for the first few days in January. Here, I think it was not broken resolutions, but the physical inability of people to push themselves away from the buffet tables!

Finished up with a 5K erg session. Felt fine during this, but the core was sore for a couple of days after. The calf was not a problem at all here, as long as I didn't try to recover very quickly.