Training Log Archive: jima

Skating at Gunstock - low 20s, gusty winds,
windblown powder in some sections of tracks,
only saw a few other folks out there
45:57 total time

1 - 10:40, hr 153
2 - 12:13, hr 161
3 - 8:22, hr 163
4 - 8:29, hr 162
5 - 4:49, hr 162

cool down - 1:24 hr 154

didn't get GPS linked to watch unit

Classic at Gunstock - hard blue wax day, 51:22
Split 1 - Down from start, first right (Tr 6),
loop back, then drop to inner tr (4), up 3, then right on upper (2),
back through start
Split 2 - Cobble loop, along brook, up the hills, past the holding pond
to left turn onto trail 8
Split 3 - Trail 8, stay low, through meadow, up #7 along brook to hairpin
Split 4 - from hairpin, along upper 7, cutover to #9, along and down #9,
take right at cutoff, to Birch, go right, then left on #8, back to Cobble
Split 5 - Cobble, down big S-curve, then up beside road back to start

1 - 13;05:59, 10.4 KPH, 5:40/K, 2.305 KM, hr 147
2 - 13:48:78, 10.7 KPH, 5:32/K, 2.49 KM, HR 155
3 - 9:21:13, 9.4 kph, 6:13/k, 1.5 km, hr 162
4 - 10:12:6, 11.1 kph, 5:21/k, 1.903 km, hr 159
5 - 4:53:50, 14.1 kph, 4:13/k, 1.157 km, hr 162

Skating at Gunstock - skiis feeling sluggish, probably waxed too warm
About 10 minute break between classic and skating to change boots and chug some water.
1 - 11:21:67, 11.9 kph, 5:01/k, 2.258 km, hr 156
2 - 12:37;34, 11.4 kph, 5:12/k, 2.418 km, hr 160
3 - 8:52:06 9.9 kph, 5:55/k, 1.495 km, hr 159
4 - 8:30:29, 13.2 kph, 4:31/k, 1.872 km, hr 158
5 - 4:36:95, 14.1 kph, 4:12/k, 1.093 km, hr 157

Heart rate monitor and distance logger are great!!!

Evening workout at Gunstock - new snow, fairly cold - skiis waxed for warmer conditions, so it's kinda sluggish.
First time out with new heart rate monitor - did't get GPS linked into watch to determine pace, etc.

Was going to snowshoe at Ahern Park, but snow depth was only about 3-4" of powder on top of hard crust. Snowshoes would have made it more of a workout, but weren't necessary. Found a new trail someone has marked - need to add to map.

Gunstock had 5-8" of powder. They had done some rolling in the morning, but it wasn't really evident. Went classic with waxed skiis. Tracks were sloppy- minimal technique work. busting trails in a few parts, loose powder half way up to my knees.
Lots of arm workout
Temp - 15 F, still snowing lightly throughout

Ski-O at Proctor Academy in Andover. Short/sprint format. Low teens, hard crust, granular conditions. Didn't warm up properly. Felt tense and sluggish on the uphills - couldn't relax and work them hard. Took some slightly longer routes to avoid unknown downhills, or to avoid going back down the hill I just went up. Snow cover a bit thin in places, not much to work an egde on to check speed coming down hills. "Snowshoe" trails in the woods were streamered fortunately - otherwise you'd never know where they were. They were generally fast, just had to be careful to not catch a tip on a tree or branch. Beat Aims by 1 second on first go-round. He went out again to try a second set of skiis. Ernst got me by over a minute - mostly attributable to me dogging it on hills

Warm-up, cool down & goofing around before and after the race.

Sewall Woods in Wolfeboro - excellent place for a ski-o!! Incredibly complex trail network. Skiied with map holder and trail map - need to tighten up the arm, kept on flopping down. Conditions were variable. Some spots were cold dry powder, others were icy, others were warmer and wetter. Kick waxing would have been challenging. Coming back from the Abnaki trail system was drained going up the hills. Watch timer kept on getting shut off when glove hit stop button. Technique was pretty good - trails more technically challenging than at Gunstock - more twists and turns, with small ups and downs.
Realized later, while map gazing at the trail map, that the Sewall Woods section is shown at 1:10,000, while the Abenaki area is shown at 1:20,000, with there being no particular scale for the network trail in between...

About 8" of new snow. came down heavy and wet -a lot stuck to tree branches. Quite a few branches down, some trees still bowed across trails. Some areas still a bit soft - had to work on the uphills. Felt good.

Windblown Ski-O - skating. Warm - upper 30s?. Some navigational errors - and some complete brain cramps...

Windlbown Ski-O Classic - 2d go-round after 30 minute break. Even warmer - 40s?. In some spots was skiing in mush. Better navigationally (of course!!). Wasn't as wiped as I thought I'd be.

Warm and kept getting warmer. About 30 F when I started. Snow very variable. Some areas still powder, parts were dry and faster, parts were wet and slower. Some areas in the sun had glazed.
Did the upper Cobble trails - a lot of vertical!!
Used my new(er) skiis- Fischers. Waxed with -2 to +4 glide wax - probably the best for today's conditions. Considered doing some classic also, but I was wiped and the conditions were going downhill - only had my waxless skiis with me, which would have been very slow.

2x Cobble Mountain loop - 5 pm, no head lamp. light was fading during the 2d loop.
Got about 3-4" of heavy wet snow overnight. Some areas still powdery, others had glazed. Variable conditions. Only the Cobble loop had been groomed/packed.
Inner thigh muscles still quite sore from classic earlier in the week.

Exercise bike in the hotel workout room - drone along in mindless mode. Broke a sweat, but didn't really push it.
Inner thigh muscles sore - probably from classic skiing.

First time classic this season - I'm sure I'll feel it tomorrow. Noon time workout.
Intesity for classic is overall higher than for skating. Back and forth on the camping parallel trails, then up the hill by the jumps - added more trails there than I remember from past years.
Used waxless skiis, conditions were variable - all good hard pack, areas in sun much wetter.