Training Log Archive: Spike

Warm up jog.

PTOC sprint at Antioch Park. Here's the map:

http://sprintseries.org/doma/show_map.php?user=spi...

I was happy with my run. First, my calf felt good. Second, running felt good. Third, I was 2 minutes ahead of Joe B. and another 2 minutes ahead of Matt B. It is fun to beat the young guys.

I ran with the headcam and will probably post the video tomorrow.

I jogged around the short course. It turns out I mispunched at the control next to the wedding party posing for photos. There were two controls and I went to the wrong one. I was trying to avoid interrupting the photos, but I think in my effort to do that, I didn't really look at the map!

Work commute. I got caught in a brief but heavy rain on the way home.

Easy jog. My calf feels ok but still not normal.

I've seen a white squirrel, but I've never seen a white moose:

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utrolige-historier/artikk...

C • Or a drunk moose...? 1

Work commute. I had a new kind of near-miss today. I was behind a car that had stopped at a stop sign. Suddenly, the driver put the car in reverse and backed up about half a car length. I had to move sideways or get caught between the backing car and the car that was behind me.

Row, row.

I figured I'd take it easy and hang out with Mary tonight. But, I've barely even seen her as she's been running around the house packing for her trip.

Today is an anniversary of sorts....45 years ago the first episode of Star Trek aired....37 years ago President Ford pardoned Richard Nixon....and 10 years ago I ran fast for the last time.

Work commute - perfect weather.

I ran the trails at Clinton overlook. I carried a map and read it a fair amount of the time - working mostly on folding/orienting and seeing features as far off as possible (also doing some mental re-mapping in a few places). After a bit I decided to lighten up on the map reading - if I start doing too much technique training, Anna will never have a chance to beat me.

Work commute. The temp when I left the house this morning was in the 40s! It felt very, very good.

Resting my calf. It is much better, but still a bit tight.

Some O technique at Happy Jack. Slow and sloppy at times. I took a break mid-session and made a video I'll post later.

Updated with a video of part of the training (Iphone camera + dollycam + tilt shift video and edited in Imovie). I jogged the leg holding the Iphone in from of me, then used software to speed up the video to 2x real time.

C • Speed 2

Ran a course at Remarkable Flats. Fun. Unusual orienteering.