Training Log Archive: Spike

Jogging around at Weston Bend.

At Weston Bend, I did some hills. 5x 4:39-4:44 up the big hill from the bridge over the creek. It felt ok.

I rolled around the bunny loop. I saw two strange things. First, I saw a burned out SUV. I'd seen the smoke and flames when I was driving home from Weston Bend. It was within 50 meters of the place I saw the duck a month or so ago. Second, I saw a stray dog on Amity. It was a strange looking dog -- short white hair and huge ears. The ears where way out of proportion to the rest of the dog.

Shuffled around a bit.

Thursday night's O' session was a mtb ride on the river trails in Lawrence. I didn't bring my mtb, so I just ran the trails. I threw in ten minutes at an honest effort. It felt very good (which typically means I wasn't going as fast as usual!). After the run/mtb ride, a few of us adjourned to Tropicana.

Some easy cycling on the bunny loop.

My knee was a bit swollen this morning. At Harriman last week, I fell backwards, landing with my left leg extended straight in front of me. I guess I sprained the knee. It has been stiffer than normal the last few days. It was getting better. This morning it was worse. I usually run on grass. Yesterday I ran on sidewalks and roads. Maybe the hard surface caused some extra stress. I took it easy today and tomorrow will either ride my mtb or jog on the trails.

Another heat advisory and ozone warning. Another easy session. Magnus would have said, "Det var skönt ute."

We've got a heat advisory and an ozone warning. It wasn't a good day for a run, so I just did an easy bike ride. Tomorrow should be another bad day. I'll see how it feels and might just do another easy ride.

Another O' session at Harriman. I ran around a bit and then did one of the WOC 93 short qualifying courses. The course was a lot of fun. I passed through the Beaver Pond Campground but didn't spot any of the O' campers. I also ran along the Lake Welch Beach and saw more fat people in swim suits than I ever wanted to.