Training Log Archive: possum

I was the course setter at Weston Bend. A deluge the night before, which mostly quit during the race. Then heavy duty wind gusts, but they mostly held off until people were finished. The rain was melting the ice big time, and it was wet and muddy. I went out and picked up the short course fairly early. Then, I went out near the end to look for control 219 which had not been placed in the correct place. I went up and down three different reentrants and didn't find it, but Fritz had found the lost control. I also picked up the last two controls on my walk back to the car. I don't usually get such a work out when course setting. Also, there was a dead possum in back of the tobacco barn, near a control on the short and middle courses.

Mostly in the yellow today. I'm not sure why I had that spike to 165, but not good.

Elray and I went to Watkins Mill. We hadn't been there in quite a while, so she mostly wanted to do lots of sniffing, and playing snow plow on the side of the path where the snow was piled up. We walked to the boat ramp, tabled three times, and walked back.

Putting out controls at Weston Bend for Saturday's meet.

This was almost as tough as yesterday, but not quite. I am feeling very worked out.

Stretch & Strengthen. We worked mostly on core this afternoon.

Not my usual time, but Bob had wanted to go to breakfast yesterday in the blizzard, and I talked him out of it, so we went to HyVee today and I had a salmon benny. Then, I had to wait for it to settle before working out. Good thing, too. It was a toughie today. The first round was rope jumping. I jumped the whole three minutes, but didn't count the jumps, because I was talking with Heather. Round 3 was the CHOW--jab, cross, hook, hook and a Burpee. I did 24. My heart rate stayed up for the entire nine rounds, but no serious spiking. Good.

Fruitdale. A bit faster than Thursday. Quite a bit faster than the pacer.