Training Log Archive: Spike

Jogging around to warm up.

Middle distance red course at Hawn. Mostly a good run.

I thought the course was really interesting. It felt like we had plenty of variety. I had some trouble on the long leg when I started thinking about effort rather than map reading and my map contact got a little weak. I also didn't see one route choice that might have been better. I don't mind taking the wrong route, but I don't like that I didn't even see one option.

Warm up jog. I checked the radio just before I left and was glad to hear that Kansas was up by almost 20 with about 6 minutes to go.

Sprint at Hawn on a sprint standard map (nice).

Fun course. I struggled a bit with the steep downhill/sidehill leg.

Sprint race at Forest Park. The course was mostly in the forest, which surprised me a bit. I had a nice run except for a stretch of about 200 meters where I fell behind in my map reading and was running and reading instead of reading and running.

Nice to run on a sprint standard map instead of a regular standard map blown up to a larger scale. All of the sprint mapping I've been doing has made it a lot easier to deal with the sprint standards - in particular the brown fill for trails.

I was a little surprised to beat Anna.

Warming up.

Commute to work. I left my bike at Sunflower for a post-winter check up.

On the trainer in the basement while watching a bit of one of the Bourne movies.

Work commute.

I encountered some pretty weak driving on the way home. I attribute it to nice weather and the final KU home basketball game of the season. It also doesn't help that people drive while texting.

A bit of time on the land boat. My shoulder feels pretty good - nearly normal.

Work commute. I saw the bobcat on my trip to the office, but not on the return trip.

A bit of warm up and then the last 5 minutes. The last bit I ran with Mary. That was fun.

A bit of O' training. Night O' actually.

The trails at Clinton are muddy. The mud is heavy. Some of it was not much fun.

The work commute. The streets are almost completely ice free.

On the return trip I met a bobcat. I watched him a bit. He sat in a brush pile watching me. Eventually, he ran off to some trees with more cover. I hadn't seen a bobcat in town before. Very cool.

On the trainer in the basement. I'd initially planned a short jog with a map. But, I'm feeling a bit sore from yesterday's fall and the trainer seemed like the most comfortable option.

I jogged on the trails at Clinton SP. I carried a contours-only map and looked at it a bit.

The trail was a little bit icy, a little bit muddy, a little bit rutty, a little bit rooty, and a little bit rocky. I took a good fall in the first minute or so. I'm going to have a sore shoulder and leg tomorrow.

I'd planned to run a bit more, but I started late and I wanted to get home in time to watch the 50K ski race.

On the trainer while watching the 50K ski race. Sweaty. I forgot to turn on the fan.