Training Log Archive: TomN

QOC Little Bennett Red. Fast course, not much technical difficulty, but enjoyable. A lot of new rootstocks for control placements.

Red - Splits

QOC Little Bennett Night-O, Short Advanced.

Short Advanced - Splits

Greenbelt Park perimeter trail.

Saw a Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea) in the woods along the stream near Good Luck Road. A first for me. The woods didn't look very green there, so it may be another week before its favored plants come out, which are in the wild mustard family.

GSFC perimeter road, without loops.

Speed work in the morning at Einstein HS track, after the 1.5 mile dog walk from 7:30 to a little after 8. Funny, there was an atavistic reaction entering the track, with strong feelings of distress. The last time I was there was probably September of last year. Some combination of the visual environment and the smell. It's interesting how smell is wired directly into the brain with no conscious intervention.

Anyway, it was the usual 3x1000: 4:04. 4:09, 4:03. I'll put the second interval time down to a failure of will. Just couldn't force the pace with one more to go. Last one felt fine though, picked up the pace on the last 400 because I was feeling good, otherwise even pace.

GSFC perimeter road.