Training Log Archive: Sandy

Could not sleep last night even though I went to bed extra early since I felt so tired. Finally fell asleep around 3am. Really didn't want to do anything when I got home from work today, but decided to get outside and hike the meadow loop. Nothing exciting but at least I did something.

C • Me too 1

Another good brown course at West Point. This one was pretty physically demanding and I had to slide down several hillsides on my rear and claw my way through some pricker bushes in a few places. My route choices early on might have left something to be desired (went straight to #1 - going around on the trail to the boulder was probably faster since a bunch of green on the straight line; started to go straight to #2 and futzed around before deciding to go around on the trail; and really got tangled up in some prickers on the way to #3). Everyone I talked to took the right route around the cliffs to #7; I wonder if the left route around and then just up the reentrant was perhaps a better one. I pretty much knew where I was the whole time so didn't lose much time other than going slowly. I'm surprised AP says I have error time where it does.

Once again, I was able to jog towards the end of the course when I knew I was almost done. Sore when I finished so probably good I didn't push too hard earlier.

C • route to 7 4

Long - Brown - Splits

Event: West Point National Meet
 

Nice brown course at West Point. Drove up this morning and didn't look at the event notes before starting (although I did read them earlier in the week). I totally missed the information about the wide, deep stream so was quite confused when I got to what I expected to be a stream only to find it 15 feet wide and deep enough that it would be up to my waist. I lost some time making sure I was where I thought I was and finally decided I was and then started looking for a place to cross and eventually found the bridge that had been put down. Other than that I thought I was reasonably clean. Didn't jog except in a very few places, partly because my hip hurt a bit, partly because the terrain is just a bit too rocky, but mostly because I'm pretty out of shape.

The walk back was brutal and my knee and hip were starting to get really stiff by the time I got to my car.

Sprint course. Stiffened up quite a bit but then felt a bit better after sitting for a while and decided to go ahead and do the sprint. A nice course again. I couldn't jog the first three controls which were basically down a road. Every time I tried it was very uncomfortable. Then we had a few controls in the woods and I started loosening up and I was able to jog a bit in the section through the buildings. Then a couple in the woods and a jog back down some trails to the finish. Was surprised that I was able to move as well as I did at the end. I guess I need to warm up before a sprint but I'm so out of shape I feel like it just tires me out.

Pretty beat now and my knee is sore but a good night's sleep should sort out most of that.

Middle - Brown - Splits

Sprint - Brown - Splits

Meadow loop with Sandy.
My Garmin doesn't want to talk to my laptop again. Bleh.

Oh yeah - did pt exercises last Thursday, Friday, Sunday and then today. And did them plus new stuff at the pt appointment yesterday.

Yay! Did some jogging without much discomfort. Hiked down to the drive, jogged a half mile on the drive, then did 100 paces walk, 100 paces jog up the trail back to the road and walked it in figuring why push my luck.

Will see my PT tomorrow, then only once next week and then skip a week and see how things go. With the semester ending in two weeks, I should be able to be fairly good about doing all the exercises and getting back into some semblance of shape.