Training Log Archive: Spike

PTOC meet at Kill Creek. I did 62:54 for the red course. The terrain was thick. On a couple of legs we went through fields of grass that was taller than me. I ran ok but the last couple of K I was just worn out (mentally) from fighting through the yuck. I climbed 360 feet.

MTB O' at Kill Creek. I had fun. I suffered because of my weak bike handling skills (for the leg on the roughest trail I had to push/carry my bike for a good 15-20 minutes). Fritz beat me by 6 minutes (I got him on the regular O' course, though). Gene probably would have beaten me, except he forgot to think about orienteering and made a couple of big mistakes. I climbed 560 feet.

I spent enough time on the trainer to break a good sweat. The strange injury I picked up in Maine seems to have gone over. I didn't wake up with pain in my shoulder/chest last night for the first time in about two weeks.

Jogging around on the roads at Wyandotte in a nice, cool rain. My legs felt good at the start, a bit pounded by the end. I climbed a total of 440 feet.

5 x 3 mintues at an honest effort with short (one minute) rests.

An easy, but hilly, run at PNS. The weather was nice and cool and the park was full of turkeys and deer. I climbed 1200 feet.

Some time on the trainer to loosen up my legs a bit and break a sweat.

Day 2 M40 at Rockhouse Mountain. Another thrashing by Mihai and another decent run. I lost time on two legs when I started thinking about running instead of thinking about where I was going. I ran with brand new O' shoes and survived with no blisters. I had two sets of insoles in the shoes to adjust the fit (the shoes were a bit too big) and provide some extra support and cushion for my sore feet.