Training Log Archive: ebone

Event: Flying Pig XII
 

I jogged through the Flying Pig model event. I tried to look ahead on each leg. The green forest made it hard to keep moving. I apparently pulled a (left) gluteus muscle while sitting on the plane last night, and it hurt a little while I ran.

Warm-up run to the start of the Flying Pig middle distance WRE. My legs are still sore from Tuesday's interval workout, probably especially the 4 x 200m, but otherwise I felt good.

I had a good run in the Flying Pig middle distance race. I managed to always look ahead and at least know my approximate exit direction, and the forest was less green than the model event was, so I was able to keep moving pretty well. I also think I picked sensible routes, although the route choices didn't seem too difficult. Things often seem easy when I have a good run.

I had one 15-second mistake, and just some small stuff besides that. My leg turnover felt somewhat slow, but I otherwise felt strong and was able to run up most of the hills, except when the mud was too slippery. The running was mostly slow due to the wet ground.

I placed second to William Hawkins, who still beat me by 18 seconds after skating around the course in Converse Chuck Taylors, or something like that. His orthotics don't fit into O shoes.

After the run, an upper left calf muscle (just below the knee joint) was pretty sore, so I guess I strained it somewhere on the course. I hope it recovers some before tomorrow's sprint races.

Top 10:
1 William Hawkins 77 CSU - 34:59 AUS25
2 Eric Bone 74 COC - 35:17 USA11
3 Mike Smith 76 Falcon - 36:21 CAN15
4 Hans Fransson 72 GHO - 37:36 CAN5
5 Sergey Velichko 62 CTOC - 37:43 USA37
6 Maricel Olaru 78 CAOC - 38:14 ROU31
7 Nikolay Nachev 77 COC - 38:40 USA174
8 Margus Hallik 78 OOC - 39:00 EST80
9 Jon Torrance 71 OOC - 39:05 CAN70
10 Sergei Zhyk 79 DVOA - 39:21 USA111

Easy warm-down jogging after the race.

Blue - Short Pig/WRE - Splits

I ran from the car to the airport and in the terminal with my luggage. I felt surprisingly good while running with my bags, an act that usually feels clumsy and difficult. I took this as a good sign for the weekend's races. After feeling fine yesterday, my legs were somewhat sore from Tuesday's intervals.

I had a long layover, so I left my backpack with a luggage service company and ran from the terminal at PDX (Portland, Oregon airport), along the grassy and planted margins of the adjacent roads. My legs felt good, although with some continued soreness from Tuesday. My route.

I ran a course I sketched out at Magnuson Park, starting and finishing in front of the office, as usual. The course was designed to afford dry feet, so it was mostly on roads, open areas and major trails.

Another all-nighter, this time before NWTR at Soaring Eagle.

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