Training Log Archive: possum

OK/PTOC Training day. We did five different excercises in the woods, plus a couple of hours of discussions (not included in training) about the courses, route choices, common mistakes, etc. Used different types of maps, such as contour only, and one with everything blanked out except for the controls. Cold and snow on the ground, but it was lots of fun. Good mix of activities. Many thanks to Spike and maprunner for getting this together.

Because of travel and a basketball tournament, I hadn't worked out with Jared for two weeks. Lots of balance and dexterity, and when we ended with pushing the sled up and back four times, I was spent.

After bragging yesterday about getting used to this, today was a Kick-My-Butt day. All of the stations were challenging, but in particular, on the second one I had to do step-ups holding dumbbells on a 24-inch step. Tough for old people with knee problems. At the speed bag, we did jabs for three minutes standing on one foot, and the last station really did me in--planks on dumbbells, teeing to the side and pushing the dumbbell up, 10 right, then 10 left, then 10 sit-ups with jabbing the dumbbells right and left. Repeat for three minutes. I'm still getting my breath back.

No burpees today. I didn't get as sore yesterday, so I must be getting used to this. Tried to focus on good timing on the speed bag--hand/eye coordination stuff.

Not to crowded today. Learned a lot about good form when hitting or punching the bags.

Club meet at Blue & Gray. I did registration for about an hour and a half, then turned it over, and went out on the green. The trails here are horse trails, and really muddy and messed up. Otherwise the navigation was pretty easy and I was in contact with the map all the way. The mistake I made was from 4 to 5, where I was taking advantage of a ride and went too far west. Usually I don't go far enough, but I should have been pace counting. So I turned back and went right down to it. Probably lost about 10 minutes which would have looked much better on the results. I also forgot to use my inhaler today, so I had to stop a few times on the hills. Beautiful weather today--lots of fun.