Training Log Archive: AliC

Home, found my apt keys, which I had left in a ski boot, obviously, and into the warm, definitely was cold out!

10 min abs, 2 min back, 2 min side plank with leg lifts, then 13-12-11 push ups- getting a wee bit stronger, woo!

Warm up around the parking lot, met Tori Campbell in start line. Lowest RHR in a while.

Shoreview Park Winter O/WIOL #6- Course 7

Oops, forgot to start Garmin, so no track, no HR, bummer! Was fun, and caught me out a few times, twice in the urban bit, once in trail-bit, jeez! Was very nice of the course setter Kean to lend me compass, as I couldn't find mine at Dan's before hand. Only bad thing, hamstring started complaining about 30 min in, and felt like I shouldn't run full speed after that. I think the fact that it only hurts *after* a bunch of running is more indicative of needing to be strengthened than rest... will try to dig up some exercise sets to start doing.

1- up up up! some way to start...
2- on trails, woods looked fierce
3- down to road and over, coming in on little path
4- fine, then just got confused afer passing playground. I was right where the plan was to be, but got freaked out by the parking lot for some reason, really confused why I got so confused here...
7- accidentally cut into road loop area, ahd to come back out, then also ran past the darn thing, should have been reading control desc *and* map more, being a goof muppet cause friend Shara passed me =)
9- when high, not road, not sure if better route?
10- low to yellow, along trail and bit back track to trees, maybe would have been ok contouring through that lighter green? I was scared of the woods
13- less than ideal way down, picking around on trails
14- road
15- extra going through stream, whoops!
17- major oops, took off in totally wrong direction, maybe partly because trail I was on was under red out-of-bounds lines, hence not seen. might have been good to tape off there.... really should have used compass, or even just a bit more sense
19- attempted to cut off woods, hit green, boo
21- attempted some woods cutting, prob not faster

Not stellar orienteering. More focus needed. But more than anything, really want my hamstring to get better!!

903/2000

C • Nice meeting you! 4

Interval setting on an elliptical. It was kinda old school, when I tried to pedal backwards, it first showed a negative number then reset completely, whoops! Actually, workout room was way nicer than the one in the much fancier hotel in Victoria. Impressed- there was even a sauna!

push ups, but only 12 then 11, a sore muscle in my chest that isn't too happy
triceps, pulldowns
10 min abs, 2 min back, 2 min side planck

Actually did use Garmin, but then didn't bring cradle to download. Tried to meet up with one of my science teammates, but then couldn't find the meeting place. Ran around the golf course, took some pretty pictures of mountains. Did 4 very gentle 2 min repeats, hamstring ok, a bit tired or tight at the very end close to hotel.

Now in Soccoro, New Mexico, home of the Very Large Array, aka best-in-the-world radio interferometer. Meetings all afternoon, luckily things ran late and my presentation now is first thing tomorrow, slides were not so much ready-to-go, now somewhat better.

C • VLA 2

Finally got out for an outdoor run around Victoria. Still dark for first half, but at least no rain. Was fun running along the coastline, first around inner harbour, then over bridge and kept going west for awhile. On the way back tried a pickup, but had a hamstring twinge after 1 min. Not bad, but not worth pushing, still needs time. And maybe a concerted effort at strengthening. Not actually sure if rest or strengthening is more important at this point.

C • Hamstrings 11

10 min abs + 2 min back + 2 min side plank

Today was a workshop learning about the software to propose for time on the super-duper new mm telescope in Chile, named ALMA. Pretty exciting, although it's easing into its awesomeness. Currently it has 9 antennas, will have 16 when open observations, but full capacity will be 50, which will dwarf all other mm telescopes on the planet. Intimidating!

Treadmill in the gym, was dark and rainy out. Morning resting HR 59, so not terrible, but after so much rest would expect it lower if I were truly healthy. So didn't run hard, just 9 min/mi pace with some 'Random' program hills thrown in.

C • RHR 2

Arms again, not that they are totally recovered from 2 days ago. Push ups moving up: 12-11-10, and then same on overhead tricpes and pulldowns. Middle upper back was well sore from the pulldowns the other day!

And the elliptical. The machine here tells you to do different things like squat, lean back, legs only, push with arms, pull with arms, reverse, in various combinations, which spices it up a bit! You do 1 min off, and then 1 min with some combination of extras.