Training Log Archive: blegg

Middle distance course at Truckee flats. Nice course. Moved at a fair pace (pushed hard, but never 'super' hard). I didn't want to irritate my hamstring/knee, and had a minor ankle tweak.

Navigated pretty well, all things considered. Made one big dumb mistake, (there was a butterfly wing, where control 7 and 10 were the same checkpoint... which meant that when I was orienting the map, I took a rough compass from 9-10, using the bearing for 6-7. This resulted in an ~3 minute error). A few bobbles in the control circle, and it took me about 20 minutes before I was doing an adequate job of reading vegetation (would have needed some model-course time to really figure out the mapping, I think). But the best navigating occurred when I ignored vegetation and point features, and focused on topographic features.

Blue #2 - Splits

Event: Sierra Summerfest
 

Ran with the PRC up the meadows trail and along the ridge, then broke off and ran back down through the Tilden nature area.

Out and back to the bench. Lots of stretching.

To the chaparral covered watershed bend.

To the forest sign.

With Kimby and Alex

Ran with the BRC in Tilden Park. Around Jewel Lake, up on Selby trail to Lake Anza, and back on Wildcat Trail. Nice run, stuck with the middle-pack, but broke off early (took Wildcat creek trail under the botanical garden).

Pushed the pace a little at the beginning - good cardio on the uphill. Legs felt a little jellowy on the downhill bit, especially near lake anza. Knees and legs felt pretty good, but a little soreness started creeping into the left hip by the time I reached lake Anza, and the right knee had a minor twinge (from the cold) on the way back.

Ran out past the bench, to the plum tree, at a very easy pace. This was a little further than I expected to go. I did a few form drills to stretch out, but my hip was getting sore on the way back so I walked a lot of the last mile.

Legs feel better the day after.

A very easy jog - a little soreness still in the left leg. Will need to get some kinks worked out.

Quick trail run on the upper fire trail. Felt really speedy. But have been very sore in the left knee afterward.

Quick run out to the the first fork in the upper fire trail. Could have run further, but it was getting dark.