Training Log Archive: Sandy

Event: DVOA Hibernia County Park
 

Red course at DVOA's Hibernia event. Worked epunch all morning until about 1pm and then went on the red course. Was pretty cold getting ready to go out after having sat around for so long, but once I got going it was actually pretty nice.

Had an okay run - no real errors, several big hesitations, and lots of not being able to run as much as I know I need to if I want to do well at upcoming events. Certainly running more than I was in January though so improvement.

Probably would have been in the mix with Ann and Sandy, maybe a minute or so back, if I had run Green. The courses were almost identical - Red didn't go to their #3 and #6 (although I went right by #6 anyway) and I was a little ahead at my #10 (their #12). But maybe not enough to account for all of the extra distance to #3.

I really liked the Red course. I could have done without the legs 16-17-18; the woods over there were trashy and rocky. I think 17 moved WNW by about 100 meters might have been better. But it was still a lot of fun and I'm glad I ran Red.

C • Nice time 6

Red - Splits

Core DVD plus some yoga stretches.

Went to a dance class with Scott and Katie this morning - it was a blast and I got a sneak preview of their wedding dance.

Long run with Sandy. Felt pretty good for the first 4 miles or so, then they got harder and harder. Even the walk up the road was a real struggle. But we did it.

Looks like we got a little faster towards the end. It wasn't on purpose but it is a bit more downhill on the way back and I did pick it up the last 1/4 mile to try and stop my knee from hurting.

Forgotten to weigh myself the last couple of days. Was in a rush yesterday and this morning my furnace had stopped working (fixed now) which interupted my routine. Have binged a little but hopefully today's workout will take care of that!

C • Wow 2

TNT - very easy jogging on the track with Dasha then Dasha & Sandy. It's nice that 11:00 pace now feels really easy. 6 weeks ago it didn't. Had some funny achilles tenderness early on but it went away after 5-10 minutes. Will see if it happens again - never had this before.

Forgot to stop my watch so the track includes the time sitting in the car waiting for Clem to finish his workout.

Quick morning hike.

TNT - the plan was for a two mile tempo run. Hiked down to the drive and started the warmup but I had to make an emergency stop in the restroom. They very conveniently put one in right near the bottom of my reentrant. So this time is the hike down and jog to the loo. I then managed to hit the lap button so had to end everything and start over.

And this is the rest of the workout - some more warm up, the two miles and then the cool down and hike back up. Sandy got a bad stitch near the end so we had to stop but I didn't know how to pause the workout. You can see where we stopped for about 2 minutes on the track.

A very quiet dinner afterwards with Jim. We were all tired I think.

Got home around 1am but couldn't wind down until about 3am (drank some coffee on the plane to make sure I could make the drive from Dulles to Philly) so very tired this morning despite sleeping pretty late.

Have a nasty bruise on the top of my leg where I fell on some wet rocks in a tiny stream on Sunday. It was one of those "of course" moments - I was just thinking that I was keeping my feet amazingly dry given the conditions when I slipped and landed on my side in 6 inches of water getting everything soaked.