Training Log Archive: AliCIn the 7 days ending Aug 28, 2016:
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Sunday Aug 28, 2016 #
9 AM
Running 35:12 [1] 3.12 mi (11:17 / mi) +114m 10:08 / mi
Saturday Aug 27, 2016 #
8 AM
Running 1:06:53 [4] 8.68 mi (7:42 / mi) +46m 7:35 / mi
Bummer! I totally mistook the start time for this race and we arrived and tried to pick up registration packets 30 min after it had started!!!!
Honestly, I pretty much started to cry. Which sounds silly and whatever, but I like racing and I don't like making mistakes and so on 2 accounts things were going badly.
The race organizer said it was fine if I went out, just the aid stations might be disappearing and to not wear my number. So after a walk to the car, putting on my orienteering shoes with metal studs (oh yeah, it had been crazy thunderstorm/pouring since 5am - not your standard monsoon) I headed out for my own little time trial.
And glad I did. It was a true cross country course, with gullies being made at that moment as water did its work and several real single track sections (all after 2 miles, so people who started on time would have time to sort out), some with downed trees to scamper over. O-shoes were totally the right footwear (ok, maybe xc spikes would have done too), enjoyed having their grip.
Started passing people at 3.5 miles and continued doing so until the finish. Think I confused some, but I think I should have actually kept my number on, felt like a bandit and got a few stares when I didn't cross the finish line. I paid for it, so given I wasn't enormously late, should have just kept my number on. (Argument against is that the race organizer had no way of knowing I would have been fast enough to not keep the aid station workers out late, which it's true, I didn't pay for that service.)
Anyways, did have a great time out despite everything! Came back *covered* in mud, and a smile. =)
Honestly, I pretty much started to cry. Which sounds silly and whatever, but I like racing and I don't like making mistakes and so on 2 accounts things were going badly.
The race organizer said it was fine if I went out, just the aid stations might be disappearing and to not wear my number. So after a walk to the car, putting on my orienteering shoes with metal studs (oh yeah, it had been crazy thunderstorm/pouring since 5am - not your standard monsoon) I headed out for my own little time trial.
And glad I did. It was a true cross country course, with gullies being made at that moment as water did its work and several real single track sections (all after 2 miles, so people who started on time would have time to sort out), some with downed trees to scamper over. O-shoes were totally the right footwear (ok, maybe xc spikes would have done too), enjoyed having their grip.
Started passing people at 3.5 miles and continued doing so until the finish. Think I confused some, but I think I should have actually kept my number on, felt like a bandit and got a few stares when I didn't cross the finish line. I paid for it, so given I wasn't enormously late, should have just kept my number on. (Argument against is that the race organizer had no way of knowing I would have been fast enough to not keep the aid station workers out late, which it's true, I didn't pay for that service.)
Anyways, did have a great time out despite everything! Came back *covered* in mud, and a smile. =)
Friday Aug 26, 2016 #
7 AM
Running 14:15 [1] 1.43 mi (9:58 / mi) +2m 9:55 / mi
Tom's first run after surgery #2. It was much more mild than his last surgery, he's really fine now, just some swelling around the wound and will need stitches to come out in another 9 days.
Ended at Kickstand for a cappuccino/mocha - holy moly it was busy right before highschool starts! On the way back, we heard the day-start announcements from the highschool.
Ended at Kickstand for a cappuccino/mocha - holy moly it was busy right before highschool starts! On the way back, we heard the day-start announcements from the highschool.
Thursday Aug 25, 2016 #
6 AM
Running 45:34 3.88 mi (11:45 / mi) +222m 9:58 / mi
Morning hill-tervals. 4 x up the FUTS Mars Hill. Slower times than a few weeks ago, but have done a bunch of training in the past few days. And - actually got through the workout - didn't have my quads cramp up. Woo!
Wednesday Aug 24, 2016 #
6 AM
Cycling 1:59:11 [1] 27.74 mi (4:18 / mi) +795m 3:57 / mi
Yay new birthday bike Garmin's first trip! Up SnowBowl road. Barely any other cyclists, just a tandem that was close to the top as I was headed down.
Running 1:59:11 [3] 27.74 mi (4:18 / mi) +782m 3:57 / mi
Tuesday Aug 23, 2016 #
5 PM
Running 18:04 [1] 2.33 mi (7:45 / mi) +3m 7:43 / mi
Drills 2:39 [1] 0.16 mi (16:51 / mi) +1m 16:32 / mi
Running intervals 33:46 3.47 mi (9:44 / mi) +13m 9:37 / mi
Run Flagstaff track workout
Reps session: 3 x 30s, 2 x 60s, 1 x 90s, 2 x 60s, 3 x 30s, all at mile-all-out-pace. This workout is tougher at altitude!
Reps session: 3 x 30s, 2 x 60s, 1 x 90s, 2 x 60s, 3 x 30s, all at mile-all-out-pace. This workout is tougher at altitude!
Monday Aug 22, 2016 #
6 AM
Running 1:22:53 [2] 9.84 mi (8:25 / mi) +174m 7:59 / mi
Longish morning run in some last-minute prep for next weekend's 15k! Didn't quite stay on Elden Lookout Rd. long enough to start out on the right trail. Some bushwacking, but did find my way to Buffalo Park in the end, and GPS track doesn't even look that bad!
Took Tom in for wrist-plate-removal surgery afterwards.
Took Tom in for wrist-plate-removal surgery afterwards.