Training Log Archive: matzah ballIn the 30 days ending Apr 30, 2013:
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Tuesday Apr 30, 2013 #
Note
20 minutes of yoga every day saved me from death by highway...and 1:45 bike ride on denver greenway trails helped too
biking 1:45:00
ride up up up to trailhead, then down first 10 minutes only work was squeezing the brakes
running 3:15:00
ran up lower gray back mountain trail in southern oregon, took pack w goretex shoes but never got to snow line, beginning of pine to palm 100 miler. wore 'minimalist' nb shoes on way up, north face clunkers on way down since foot was beginning to really hurt again. unbelievable that anyone could run this terrain for 100 miles in one day. jogs interspersed w running on way up. good correspondence w map at lower elevations, but had trouble following it higher up..one saddle was shown, but went by three saddles, and so on.
figured i was on the last leg to the boundary trail though. then decided that it was tie to turn around for today -fatigue and altitude and exhaustion of food stores. as i said , felt humbled and like i have a long long way to go, but put in 5 hours of travel - not bad for me, and not a bad start. beautiful forest, 2 fifteen up 1 hour down.
figured i was on the last leg to the boundary trail though. then decided that it was tie to turn around for today -fatigue and altitude and exhaustion of food stores. as i said , felt humbled and like i have a long long way to go, but put in 5 hours of travel - not bad for me, and not a bad start. beautiful forest, 2 fifteen up 1 hour down.
Monday Apr 29, 2013 #
Note
3 hours of unloading trailer - lots of it at a jog - but dont know how to log this
Saturday Apr 27, 2013 #
yoga 20:00 [1]
running 30:00
Hill repeats at the best highway rest stop I have ever seen
Tuesday Apr 23, 2013 #
yoga 20:00 [1]
biking 15:00 [2]
couple more errands, but thats the bulk of it. whew.
Monday Apr 22, 2013 #
biking 1:15:00
lots and lots of errands, close-in but multiple crazy. legs sore, still tired -helping this 'not running for a while thing' along
Sunday Apr 21, 2013 #
walking 20:00 [1]
up to church...seems like no major damage to knee, a little sore and stiff but not like yesterday. icing seems to have helped.
biking 15:00 [2]
Saturday Apr 20, 2013 #
running (warmup stuff) 30:00 [2]
running 2:26:06 [5]
25k Chubb was re-routed because of flooding, so we just did just out and backs on the hilliest section. Brutal, I felt sorry for the 50k runners having to do 4 out-and-backs, but maybe they didnt need my sympathies, seemed to be flying along.
First split was 1:06 which was fine, but fell apart badly on the next out and back (1:19), dropped from 4th to 9th in the second half . Good news was left foot didn't give me any trouble, (ran w/ the cushy True Grits) but could barely walk after finish because of wrenched knee ligaments that I didn't even notice while I was running - so maybe my body shut down a little to protect the knee.
Ran the same course in 2008 - time was 5 minutes faster this time, but what I wrote in my log then still applies - "First in 'Old Guys Who Could Not Run the 50k and Where the Fast Old Guys Did Not Show Up' Class"...and it is a very small race. Apparently, I would have been first in the 50+class too, because they gave me the 50+ plaque by mistake, and then later switched it out for the 'Grand Master' plaque.
A little perturbed , because I have been eating very well, and not really training that much...yet my weight after the race (after wolfing down assorted chocolate, oatmeal, and later pancakes) was down 6-8 pounds from my regular racing weight. If anything, in the weeks prior to the race I actually thought I had picked up a couple of pounds, so definitely something to check out.
Cold but sunny to start, (made the mistake of throwing my gloves off for the second lap)...and amazing caskins and racemes hanging from the budding trees, so delicate and so beautiful. I 'almost' wished I was running the 50k as they could enjoy the milder temps...'almost'.
First split was 1:06 which was fine, but fell apart badly on the next out and back (1:19), dropped from 4th to 9th in the second half . Good news was left foot didn't give me any trouble, (ran w/ the cushy True Grits) but could barely walk after finish because of wrenched knee ligaments that I didn't even notice while I was running - so maybe my body shut down a little to protect the knee.
Ran the same course in 2008 - time was 5 minutes faster this time, but what I wrote in my log then still applies - "First in 'Old Guys Who Could Not Run the 50k and Where the Fast Old Guys Did Not Show Up' Class"...and it is a very small race. Apparently, I would have been first in the 50+class too, because they gave me the 50+ plaque by mistake, and then later switched it out for the 'Grand Master' plaque.
A little perturbed , because I have been eating very well, and not really training that much...yet my weight after the race (after wolfing down assorted chocolate, oatmeal, and later pancakes) was down 6-8 pounds from my regular racing weight. If anything, in the weeks prior to the race I actually thought I had picked up a couple of pounds, so definitely something to check out.
Cold but sunny to start, (made the mistake of throwing my gloves off for the second lap)...and amazing caskins and racemes hanging from the budding trees, so delicate and so beautiful. I 'almost' wished I was running the 50k as they could enjoy the milder temps...'almost'.
Friday Apr 19, 2013 #
biking 35:00 [2]
to and from nursing home
running 32:00 [2]
and continuing on to my fathers by bus and run up grants trail
Wednesday Apr 17, 2013 #
running tempo 1:15:00
to track. half hour at 7:15 pace
biking 30:00 [2]
garden and printers
Tuesday Apr 16, 2013 #
yoga 20:00 [1]
running warm up/down 15:00 [2]
left foot clicks when i run barefoot - wonder if some bone is rubbing against the other and that is causing the plantar irritation
running 42:00
to breadco to meet somebody. did a 15 min tempo and 3 strides on way back.
Sunday Apr 14, 2013 #
Note
Cramped/tweaked identical muscles on inside of thighs to inside of knee. Was never aware of these muscles. Uss. injuries are on one side or the other, not identical obscure locations on both legs. Weird. Only thing i can think of is that i didnt do normal warmup drills before hard effort. Or that it was running steep off camber on the chubb hillsides.
walking 25:00 [1]
to church. foot hurts - after chubb, need to take off some time, minimum 1 week.
biking 15:00 [2]
Saturday Apr 13, 2013 #
biking 2:00:00 [2]
a fortuitous morning, where the plan overflowed into an extra measure, and even the public transit wasn't obnoxious. rode bus from shrewsbury to meramec college, then bike back door marshall to outer road to chubb trailhead, and train crossing to train crossing on gravel path next to railroad tracks. hard to believe I only now discovered that 'express' route.
on way back, had plenty of time to take it easy, so i slowed it waaay down and sat in what somebody once told me was their church for a while. (Actually it was a bench in the woods, surrounded by a lot of leafing and blooming trees.) Then caught the last express from 141 parknride back to shrewsbury.
on way back, had plenty of time to take it easy, so i slowed it waaay down and sat in what somebody once told me was their church for a while. (Actually it was a bench in the woods, surrounded by a lot of leafing and blooming trees.) Then caught the last express from 141 parknride back to shrewsbury.
running 1:18:00
parked the bike in the woods at the base of west tyson, and ran trail and off trail to warm up for the O meet. on the way back, trail for some extra miles.
orienteering race (green) 42:00 [4] 3.5 km (12:00 / km) +200m 9:20 / km
and then there was the O meet. felt good to be running O. Simple nav, even so noticed a steady stream of little bobbles, especially at the begin.
Sustained on the run by chocolate cake, homemade date/raisin/nut/chocolate honey energy bars and a PBJ spelt. Had a nurturing and sustainable lunch when i got home, like the morning out in the woods. Tempeh with soy/mustard sauce, green onions, couple of radishes, a little left over rotini. Much of it local, none of it factory farm, at lest not in the narrow sense of the word.
Sustained on the run by chocolate cake, homemade date/raisin/nut/chocolate honey energy bars and a PBJ spelt. Had a nurturing and sustainable lunch when i got home, like the morning out in the woods. Tempeh with soy/mustard sauce, green onions, couple of radishes, a little left over rotini. Much of it local, none of it factory farm, at lest not in the narrow sense of the word.
biking 15:00 [1]
Friday Apr 12, 2013 #
yoga 15:00 [1]
biking 35:00 [2]
nursing home
Thursday Apr 11, 2013 #
running 15:00 [2]
indoors warmup - to be ready later as needed
running 25:00 [1]
jog/walk - not feeling energized for hard run.
Wednesday Apr 10, 2013 #
biking 25:00 [2]
bank, library, printer.
biking 43:00 [2]
to maplewood and back for meeting
biking 25:00 [2]
scrabbbbbble
Tuesday Apr 9, 2013 #
running 15:00 [2]
a.m. warmup, inside, socks
running intervals 1:30:00
to track by way of park, but track had gym class on it, so to francis park. started w/ 1:09 on rolling segment, but didn't feel right so moved to a near 400M w/ about half 3-4% rise.
125, 127, 128, 128, 128, 129
74 degrees - Chubb race could be hot.
125, 127, 128, 128, 128, 129
74 degrees - Chubb race could be hot.
biking 20:00 [2]
from here to there, but not very far
Monday Apr 8, 2013 #
yoga 15:00 [1]
running warm up/down 15:00 [1]
indoors in socks, min shoes.
biking 25:00 [2]
local errands
biking 1:00:00 [3]
to metro, from ballas metro to meeting closeby. back to ballas metro but no bus, so rode clayton to wf/tj. then back from shrewsbury metro station.
biking 50:00 [2]
had an all day metro pass, but the train was so jammed I couldnt transfer on...so i had to do a little more riding than i really had wanted to
rock climbing 40:00 [2]
was pleasantly surprised that i still could, even with the sore shoulder - upper limits downtown
Saturday Apr 6, 2013 #
biking 25:00 [2]
2 hours on the Metro to go nowhere. The train was delayed so I missed the Illinois bus to Edwardsville trail biathlon. Choices were to try to ride circuitous and unknown route from Emerson Park station, or wait hour for next bus, either way arriving late for race, so I opted just to turn around and go back.
running 2:28:00
so I needed to vent a little, warmup, then 4 minutes tempo, 4 minutes jog...for almost 1 1/2 hours. 4 minutes seemed not too long and not too short. added in some small hills at the end. then some walk jogging to go water the gardens.
Friday Apr 5, 2013 #
biking 40:00 [2]
nursing home and shopping
Thursday Apr 4, 2013 #
running intervals 1:12:00
to track via wilmore, but soccer game, so to francis for 300 equiv. along trees. 4x 2R 59 61 58 59 then 5R 59 59
59 seemed right for energy level
then by hardware store to pick up screens on way back. not as hard to run with 2 screens as i thought.
59 seemed right for energy level
then by hardware store to pick up screens on way back. not as hard to run with 2 screens as i thought.
Wednesday Apr 3, 2013 #
biking 20:00 [1]
another killer day - not the bike , but the garden - mulching, hoeing, seeding, etc.
Tuesday Apr 2, 2013 #
yoga 15:00 [1]
running tempo 1:00:00
tempo in the parks, on the way to breadco, 2 x 10 min w/ 1min R, then later, back to bank 1 x 20
running drills 10:00 [1]
biking 10:00 [1]
really just logging this to remind me of the 1 1/2 hours of mulch shoveling and wheelbarrowing.
running warm up/down 39:00
long way to polling place to vote for Prop P (w/ some misgivings but good outweighed the bad).
Monday Apr 1, 2013 #
running warm up/down 15:00 [2]