Training Log Archive: hmklaff

Saturday trails with TREX. Nice group. Wish I could have stuck with everyone longer. Definitely a little run down still. And the knee bothered me on the more aggressive downhills. But, all said, not a bad short Saturday run.

Braes loop. Felt pretty decent. Certainly better than the day before...

Quitter's route. Total system failure. Everything hurt. I mean absolutely everything. Legs like concrete and less-than-zero motivation. Basically bailed like a pussy.

Hermann-Rice short. Lunchtime "sneak away" run to test the knee. Pretty much felt fine while running. A little cranky on the cool-down walk though. Still, as long as it doesn't hurt while running, I'll keep running.

A nagging case of runner's knee made this a good choice for a zero day.

Huntsville SP. Spur-of-the-moment decision to head up to Huntsville, as every nice day may be the last for a long time. A little weary to start, but everything came around fine until the knee started nagging on the more aggressive downhills around the backside. Otherwise, a lovely little jaunt in the park. Route from Nature Center: Chinquapin to Amy's to Chinquapin to Enchanted Loop across dam to Triple C Cutoff to CCC to Chinquapin.

Huntsville SP after the run. Loaded up the pack with sleeping bag, pad, tent, fly, and a gallon of water - total weight 16.5 lbs. - to get a sense of how it rode with some weight in it. Would like to have hiked a bit more, but the knee was tweaky and I was getting hungry (got too late a start). Pack felt really good overall - made no adjustments. Of course, with another gallon of water and assorted other necessities, this may not be the case.