Training Log Archive: kissy

I just re-read my entry for Friday's middle race. I must have been very happy when I wrote that. :-) There was no #humblebrag about that one -- just straight out brag! Well, I guess you have to feel good about yourself every once in awhile.

For today's race, I do like sprints, but this was not exactly my cup of tea. There was next to no navigation needed -- for the first 6 controls, I could look up from the current control and either see my next control or see the feature it was on. You definitely needed speed, which I ain't got.

There were two controls later on, by the river, where a modicum of navigation was needed, and I hesitated at both. Oh well. C'est la vie.

This was the controversial "second" sprint. Luckily, we had nice weather between the two sprints. The forecast had it as rainy, windy, and cold, but all of that held off until after the race. As I was heading to the start, I saw the bank of clouds at the head of the weather front moving in, and I thought, "I just need to run fast enough to beat that!"

This sprint went much better than the first one because there was more navigation involved. I managed to spike #4, which ended up vexing many others. There was still a lot of running, but I felt much better than I thought I would after the morning's race, which made me happy.

Only 30 secs. behind Peggy, who had been one of the vexed.

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Event: 2018 USA Nationals - Sprint Middle Long
 

US Nationals. Middle Distance at St. Patrick's Park, South Bend, IN.

This was a fabulous race for me. I pretty much spiked each control, had great flow in and out of controls. I was also running well. And, I had so much fun and that's what counts.

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So maybe I'm not 100% better, but good enough to try running. And it was such a beautiful evening. Cool weather and sunshine. I love this soooo much more than summer!

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I went to work yesterday, but came home early. Then I slept for 12 hours and woke up feeling much better. So I went to Body Pump tonight.

I've had a stomach bug since Thursday night, with nothing really settling well in my stomach. I tried to go out for a run yesterday, but quit after about 15 minutes. It just hurt too much. I made it through a trip to a visiting Viking ship with Mom, but took her right home and headed back to Reston, where I went right to bed.

I was thinking of trying Body Pump this morning, but decided against it at the last minute. As it turns out, that was a very wise decision. :-\ So today, I'm just packing in between rest breaks. Not a lot of fun.

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