Training Log Archive: FrankTheTank

Ultimate Short-O at N. Seatac: Had a pretty clean run today, but slow due to being out of shape. I lost about 40 sec. on control 13, other than that a pretty good run. I think Eric was about 1min ahead of me despite his injury.

C • very nice 3

Rode Tiger today. Started on the single-track and then rode out to Pu-Pu point and back on the fire-road. Was pretty sore after, but happy to get back on the trails.

Played three games tonight. The wind was pretty bad especially during the third game, but we escaped the rain. Felt good to play after a couple of weeks of being too busy to get out there.

Easy 1mi warmup before ultimate.

After ultimate I did some more easy running on the track and then I did one set: 600(tempo)x200(easy)x200(finish kick). Finished up with more easy running and a couple 100 striders. I did not have my watch on me today, but I'm sure the times weren't pretty. Suprisingly, I felt pretty good today, but really wish I can get back in the groove.

I think I'm going to start taking an 1hr lunch Mon. & Wed. so I can run on my class days. I've never been a big fan of the 4am workouts. For some reason I like my body to be awake before I push it.

And one final note, they finally posted the duathalon results from a couple weekends ago: http://www.3rrr.org/ Looks like I got whipped by a bunch of old farts. As Skilz put it, "At your age it gets harder and harder to get beat by older folks."

Easy run to Golden Gardens and up the hill. Felt really tired today after my race yesterday, so I tried to hold back and do a recovery run.

Rage in The Sage Duathalon 1:15:40 Course was a 2.5mi run followed by a 10mi MTB followed by a 2.5mi run mostly on gravel/sand roads around a vinyard. Felt pretty bad on the final run, but I wasn't expecting a whole lot after not training for about two weeks and not being on my bike for who knows how long? I went out pretty easy on the first run and tried not to blow up early in the bike and overall I was pretty pleased with my pace. My transitions were bad, but I don't ever practice them. Was a good race, but would have liked more technical/hilly MTB. The State Patrol trails in Kenniwick would be perfect for this event.

First Run of Duathalon

MTB portion of Duathalon.

Final run of the Duathalon. First 0.5mi or so was really slow with some slight leg cramps. Then I got back in the groove.

Missed the first game and a half today due to late arrival, but once I arrived I propelled my team to victory in the final to games (no I'm not taking full credit).

Moderate run over to Discovery and along my "secret trail" loop. Felt great today, but I really need to get more running in. I'm in a class right now on Mon and Wed after work, so it's going to be hard to get the training in those days.