Training Log Archive: ebuckley

Warmup (23 min). And jogging back out to the start for the second course.

Team Trials Long at Pontiac Lake (1:10). Struggled, but managed to limit the losses except for one big boom (9 minutes at #5). I'm OK with it, but I hope to get better on this stuff.

One way to get better would be to practice, so I dragged myself back out and ran the green course. Well, "ran" is probably stretching it, although I was able to push the long leg and a few others. Not exactly a race effort, but good training and decent focus.

C • Great effort! 1

Day 3: Blue - Splits

Warmup (25 min) and a couple trips back to the parking area after the event.

US Team Trials Middle at Peach Mountain (1:10). Good solid run on a really fun course. 9th among TT entrants.

Day 2: Blue/Green - Splits

Event: US Team Trials
 

Warmup

US Team Trials Sprint at Haven Hill (1:5). Fun course. No big errors but lots of little ones. Mainly came down to running speed and today my legs let me down a bit.

C • good luck 2

Went out on the old 1:10 map to check out some of the more technical terrain. Not much of a confidence builder for tomorrow. I can read the terrain fine if I stop, but I have real problems on the move.

Sprint TT (Red/Blue) - Splits

Thought about getting a run in but, after 12 hours at work, running in the rain seemed far less enjoyable than taking Mama and Baby-O to Dewey's followed by Cold Stone and then Kaldi's. At the last stop, Baby-O got to watch a coal train go by! Most exciting. Yummy too. Pretty sure an extra couple pounds won't matter in the sprint.

Down to the Arch, through Laclede's Landing and back to midtown. Stopped a couple times to check out the menus of some new restaurants on Washington Street.

C • BTW Two nice sprint courses... 1

Probably should have drank more (water, not wine) last night. I don't think that's an "honest" weight, but I'll take it for now.

Warmup/dn.

2 sets, moderate, upper only

So I'm on my way to Babler after work and make the mistake of calling home to see how Mama and Baby-O are doing. "I've been better," says mama. Well, it's obviously a trap, but I'm screwed either way, so I step right into it and ask what's wrong. Turns out Baby-O is blocked and mama can't get to the store to buy any prune juice because she's also blocked - the tree guys are trimming our tree and have her stuck in the garage. Well, so much for Babler. I swing by the store and get some juice and come home. By now, there's not much point in heading out; Baby-O is hungry because she hasn't been able to take a nap (oh, I forgot to mention, she managed to poop while I was getting the juice, but apparently there was a lot of crying involved). The upside is that mama is trying out a new recipe. It's a dish called "The Stack" that we've had at a restaurant that a friend of ours manages. It's actually a pretty healthy vegetarian dish. Naturally, we add wine and it turns out just dandy. The downside is that my chance to hit 172 by May 1 isn't looking so good, despite the fact that prior to dinner I had eaten a whopping 550 calories. I know if I hang around I'm not going to want to get out at all, so I head out the door while there's still daylight even though I'm still a bit woozy from the heat and the wine.

By the time I get to Creve Coeur Lake, the buzz is gone and I'm actually able to push pretty well through a control picking course. Woods are nasty around the edges, but quite fast inside. Didn't get too torn up despite wearing just shorts and a singlet.

Back home via the power line. Will it be enough for 172 tomorrow?