Training Log Archive: DWildfogel

Eye doc in Los Altos in the morning, then drop off the rental car and pick up my new Outback.

Spent Sat night at the Tuscan hotel near Fisherman's wharf. This was to save us from driving home after a late dinner after the SF Ballet's Nutcracker. However, after dropping Rachel off at her place in the Mission, we followed the car's navigation system, which, astonishingly, took us onto I-80 at 7th St, which is a left-side on ramp, and then it was impossible to get over to get off at 4th St; thus, we wound up in Oakland. Worse yet, there was road construction on the way back, causing a big traffic jam, and it took us over half an hour to get back across the bridge. Finally got to the hotel at 1am, more than an hour after we had dropped Rachel off.

On Sunday, we took the boat to Alcatraz (my first time). Mostly sunny, so the views were lovely.

Point Lobos (Lands End and Sutro Heights Park). Sprint the Golden Gate, Middle Brown: 2.44 km, 66 m climb. Official time: 21:48. Split for leg 10-11, where one had to wait for a green light to cross, was subtracted for the official results. Sunny but chilly. (Thirty people were running a multi-round tournament this day, but it went off very badly. Another 17 ran other "colors" of Middle, e.g., Tapio and Cornelia on Middle Green.)

Had a nearly mistake-free run, though I had to run slowly and even stop a few times because the terrain had a lot of details and the map was somewhat hard to see clearly. For #12, I was running along the sidewalk, saw the big depression where the control should've been, knew I should be able to see the marker from that vantage point, but didn't see it so kept running for several seconds along the sidewalk, thinking maybe I needed to go further, but then spotted the bag in the shade, right where I'd expected it. Lost perhaps 10 secs. Though I had started last of the six Brown runners, once I got to #11 I apparently was in the lead, as I had to wake up the remaining controls, costing several seconds. Worse, when I got to #14 (or maybe it was #15), whoever had taped the unit to the stand had covered the punch hole, so I had to spend 5 seconds pulling the tape off.

Official times (with 10->11 leg removed):
1. DW 2148
2. Chuck S 2553
3. Evan 2911
4. George 3602
5. Olga 3654
6. Leslie 4535

Middle: Brown - Splits

Event: Sprint the Golden Gate
 

The usual weekly accumulation of morning stretching.

Black Point, Fort Mason. Vladimir's Sprint the Golden Gate. 1.833 km. What was supposed to be an A-meet sprint turned into a training run because it was nearing darkness and there weren't nearly enough maps for everyone.

15 sec error at the Finish as it wasn't marked like a Finish.

Stage One: Masters/Juniors - Splits

Front of house. Rather lethargic after anther poor night's sleep. Legs feel heavy, but running doesn't feel too bad. Planned to take it very easy, and did.

2 x loop: 619, 559

Cool down

Had planned to go to the car dealer again this afternoon, this time with a pretty good chance I'd purchase a vehicle. But I was feeling very run down and decided not to go. But then Louise talked me into it, and I wound up buying a new Outback, which is where I'd been leaning. Should get the car on Monday.

C • Hope you enjoy your Outback 2

Well, not much rest as there were many errands to run. Stress level is fairly, sleeping at night is a challenge.