Training Log Archive: hughmac4In the 7 days ending Aug 22, 2010:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| « | » |
| » now | ||||||||||
|
|
|
| ||||||||||
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | |||||||
Sunday Aug 22, 2010 #
Note
My god, I just noticed my vdot. Sigh.
Note
And I forgot to mention the orienteering: felt strong, but was wobbly mentally. Lots of small to medium mistakes, probably 12 minutes? I'll investigate further once RG is up.
Note
RouteGadget posted from FCN ... pretty comical if you watch the whole thing, particularly my hanging around at the Finish between laps. I really did make a LOT of small/medium mistakes.
So 51 minutes of errors including stopping at the finish for a while ... would have done okay if I had just kept my cool ... tough to do with the wasps upset with me. 15.5 minutes of 'real' errors though, ugh. Was running ~10min/k w/o errors. +1 minute talking to Robert Frank and making sure that he was okay (bloody nose from horsefly bite!!).
| CTL | ERR | NOTE |
| 1 | 1 | low, fight dragged me down + scale off of start issues |
| 2 | 1.5 | down & up got me off track |
| 3 | clean | |
| 4 | clean | |
| 5 | 0.5 | distracted by horseflies :) |
| 6 | 1.5 | distracted by other rocks, but saved by them too |
| 7 | clean | |
| 8 | clean | |
| 9 | clean | |
| 10 | 2 | didn't stick to plan, getting kind of spacey at this point |
| 11 | clean | but slow up the hill |
| 12 | 2 | off downhill again |
| 13 | clean | |
| 14 | clean | |
| 16 | 4.5 | worst mistake, off downhill again, slow recovery |
| 17 | 2.5 | missed, but a tough one, stuck to plan |
| 18 | 35.5 | YELLOWJACKETS!! :) |
| 19 | clean | |
| F | clean | |
| TTL | 15.5 | not counting yellowjacket 'error' |
So 51 minutes of errors including stopping at the finish for a while ... would have done okay if I had just kept my cool ... tough to do with the wasps upset with me. 15.5 minutes of 'real' errors though, ugh. Was running ~10min/k w/o errors. +1 minute talking to Robert Frank and making sure that he was okay (bloody nose from horsefly bite!!).
8 AM
Running warm up/down 12:26 0.88 mi (14:08 / mi) +62ft 13:15 / mi
ahr:126 max:156 shoes: Puma Complete Haraka XCS
Pre-race warmup.
Running race (Radnor Red Run) 24:08 3.11 mi (7:46 / mi) +220ft 7:16 / mi
ahr:175 max:182 shoes: Puma Complete Haraka XCS
Radnor Red Run Steeplechase
Rained just before, so the humidity was brutal. New shoes were excellent, I did slip once but other folks were all over the place. I was hoping for sub-23, even hoping for maybe sub-22. I'll have to actually train if I want to perform well in the summer heat/humidity in the future.
64th of 399 finishers.
Wanderers did well! Polly #1! Others Right up there in the pack.
Rained just before, so the humidity was brutal. New shoes were excellent, I did slip once but other folks were all over the place. I was hoping for sub-23, even hoping for maybe sub-22. I'll have to actually train if I want to perform well in the summer heat/humidity in the future.
64th of 399 finishers.
Wanderers did well! Polly #1! Others Right up there in the pack.
11 AM
Orienteering race 1:29:25 **** 7.0 km (12:46 / km) +1043ft 10:25 / km
ahr:169 max:188 spiked:9/19c shoes: Inov-8 Mudroc 290
Real 5.6mi
Humid but cooler in the woods. Felt surprisingly strong leg-wise ... definitely need more lungs.
Between 17 & 18 I fell and my hand went into the leaf-litter. When I pulled it out, it was covered with yellowjackets which quickly attacked my legs (thank god I wasn't in shorts), other arm, and back, and buzzed me good. VERY scary! Like a horror movie. I ran around cursing for a bit, dropped my compass and map, squashing bees, and ended up being too scared of the swarm to go back for my stuff until after heading to the finish and getting my clothes all off.
I tried to go from 17 to 18 without a map or compass, but over the few-hundred meter shot I was off by about 50 meters, and didn't remember what the control was supposed to be on, etc. Ended up going back for my map & compass, finished the course, with a nice 43 minutes on #18.
If I'd just toughed out the stings and picked up my gear I would have won too!
Stings are surprisingly achy, particularly under my arms.
Humid but cooler in the woods. Felt surprisingly strong leg-wise ... definitely need more lungs.
Between 17 & 18 I fell and my hand went into the leaf-litter. When I pulled it out, it was covered with yellowjackets which quickly attacked my legs (thank god I wasn't in shorts), other arm, and back, and buzzed me good. VERY scary! Like a horror movie. I ran around cursing for a bit, dropped my compass and map, squashing bees, and ended up being too scared of the swarm to go back for my stuff until after heading to the finish and getting my clothes all off.
I tried to go from 17 to 18 without a map or compass, but over the few-hundred meter shot I was off by about 50 meters, and didn't remember what the control was supposed to be on, etc. Ended up going back for my map & compass, finished the course, with a nice 43 minutes on #18.
If I'd just toughed out the stings and picked up my gear I would have won too!
Stings are surprisingly achy, particularly under my arms.
Orienteering warm up/down 18:28 [2] ** 1.25 mi (14:46 / mi) +197ft 12:51 / mi
shoes: Inov-8 Mudroc 290
Back out to grab my map & compass. Saw the bees coming out of their hole, but managed to grab my stuff and hightail it out of there first. Finished the last couple of controls too.
I'll put my tracks together for a crazy track on RouteGadget. :)
I'll put my tracks together for a crazy track on RouteGadget. :)
Friday Aug 20, 2010 #
Note
(rest day)
Feeling a bit porky but not too bad for the race on Sunday ... wish it was tomorrow instead of the same day as French Creek North.
Read back over my log for the last ~year. I need to be more consistent.
Bought myself the XC spikes I never had as a HS XC runner, some Puma Complete Haraka XCS spikes in Yellow/Red:
Now I have to do some more short stuff.
Read back over my log for the last ~year. I need to be more consistent.
Bought myself the XC spikes I never had as a HS XC runner, some Puma Complete Haraka XCS spikes in Yellow/Red:
Now I have to do some more short stuff.
Thursday Aug 19, 2010 #
12 PM
Running (Grass) 18:14 2.0 mi (9:07 / mi) +56ft 8:53 / mi
ahr:139 max:146 weight:166.7lbs shoes: Asics Gel DS Trainer 12
Taper pre-steeplechase! :)
Gym > cemetery x 1 lap > gym
Gym > cemetery x 1 lap > gym
Wednesday Aug 18, 2010 #
Running tempo (Cemetery - 2 laps) 26:00 [3] 3.1 mi (8:23 / mi) +98ft 8:09 / mi
slept:6.0 weight:165.9lbs shoes: Asics Gel DS Trainer 12
gym > cemetery x2 loops > gym
0.8mi run
1.5mi tempo
0.8mi run
Nice & cool, if humid. Getting ready for the steeplechase on Sunday, and FCN too!
0.8mi run
1.5mi tempo
0.8mi run
Nice & cool, if humid. Getting ready for the steeplechase on Sunday, and FCN too!
Tuesday Aug 17, 2010 #
12 PM
Swimming 20:55 [2] 1.0 km (20:55 / km)
slept:8.0 weight:167.5lbs shoes: Bare Feet
No idea why my weight just spiked ... maybe I'm actually hydrated.
Gym swim, lane to myself, nice n relaxed.
Gym swim, lane to myself, nice n relaxed.
5 PM
Running 25:52 [3] 3.0 mi (8:37 / mi) +177ft 8:10 / mi
shoes: Asics Gel DS Trainer 12
Home > cemetery x 1 lap > home ... GPS failed for first 1/2 mile, couldn't find my HR strap, so went too fast. But good to get out!