Training Log Archive: Tyrannosaurus

9 F today, which made for the coldest running temps I’ve ever been in. My stomach was freezing and my eyelashes were frozen, although the rest of me stayed relatively warm and I even ended up taking off my gloves at the end. Overall, my body was not having it though, and I was happy to be back inside once done.

A couple of maps from the Russian Sprint Champs 2017

Super super slow ski with a group. Groups are better in smaller numbers for this reason.

The plan was for a short, easy run, but this turned into an unintentional tempo. I had a meeting right after practice, so I was going to turn back early, but I don't know my way around enough yet, and I realized I didn't know the way back. So I kept going, but the club was absolutely hauling today, so I was doing everything to just keep people in sight. They ended up losing me, but I found myself on a road I recognized, so I kept powering back to campus and made it in just enough time. This definitely wasn't what I needed for training today though.

Got in yesterday’s workout! On the stationary bike. 5x 3min hard, 1min rest between, and immediately into 5x 30-30s standing up. This was HARD. I struggled with keeping the rpms up on the 4th and 5th 3min interval, and the 30-30s were killer. I’m actually really shocked my heart rate wasn’t higher on this. Cool down was super slow and easy.

When I finally had the time today, I didn’t have the heart. Tomorrow, I’ll have the heart, and I might have the time.

C • Note 3

Good stretches in here

New run around the hospital! And my lab partner showed up, which was cool, and we were the same pace, which was even cooler.

5x 1k intervals between classes today. The first one was rough (just look at the split), but once I had warmed up a bit more and gotten into my groove, these went really well. Much slower than the last time I did these, but I think I was working just as hard if not harder, so that must be either the snow or my lacking-wax skis. I blew out a lot of snot. Skiing is good for that. I was the first one out onto the groomed loop just outside my building, and it was cool to be the only one making tracks until just before my last interval, when another woman started skiing. I feel a lot smoother with my skating form, so it seems like actually skiing makes you better! Who would have thought. I really like skiing :)
Splits: 3:43, 3:38, 3:34, 3:28, 3:28
(Splits have to be taken with the tip of my nose since I’m wearing gloves, so they’re definitely only approximate)

C • Skiing out of your building... 3