Training Log Archive: Spike

I ran at Wyandotte. I carried the map and planned where to run, but I wouldn't call it technique training. I looked for hills (plenty of them at Wyandotte) and stuck to the forest as much as possible. I'd guess I did about 20 minutes of trails and open areas, otherwise I was in the forest. Fun.

Ho hum.

Long, but slow night O' practice at SMP. I set a course that went to lots of features I'd never been to. It was fun, made the familiar park feel new. Unfortunately I went to one area where the map was really strange. I lost confidence in the map and didn't orienteer well for about 15 minutes. About half of tonight's course was in park terrain. My legs felt tired by the end.

Under normal circumstances I'd do an easy jog or 30 on the trainer. Since circumstances are normal, I did 30 on the trainer.

The plan was to run hills on the trails at PNS. I forgot about the hunt. PNS was clsoed for a deer hunt. I got a chance to chat with a hunter, learning everything I ever wanted to know about bow hunting. Instead of running in the park, I waddled around the Park College track until my mind was numb (took just 30 minutes).

A day with no running seems the responsible thing to do. Complete rest might have been good, but my legs felt good and 30 minutes on the trainer is pretty close to nothing.

Running at Wyandotte, mostly on trails but some in the forest. I ran a course that looped clockwise around the lake. This part was easy, long legs.

The course I ran had four little sections with three or four short legs. I ran these sections hard, paying a lot of attention to the orienteering (for the long legs I didn't pay so much attention to the map, it was more of a run). I went in some crappy stuff, but it was still fun.