Training Log Archive: iansmith

It occurs to me that with Ross (and Sam, lol) out of the country, the top spot at local O-races is up for grabs. The Aligator is a perennial threat, but she both lives far away and needs to be beaten (though in a friendly, happy way). Speedy local M21s include Audun, Giovanni, Brendan, Giacomo, IanF, and a few others; a goal of winning some fraction (half?) of local races I enter would be an attainable and worthy bar to surmount. The Traverse will probably be the deepest field among races here, apart from the A-meets. Since I'm setting the Traverse and vetting the SML Champs, my only major race will be the Boulderdash. I am sad that there will be fewer Canadians, and I will not get a rematch on my crushing defeat two years ago.

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This evening, after persistent requests from the Red Cross and their vampiric overlords, I donated platelets. I slept through most of the donation, and they didn't take any whole blood.

I went on an easy run after picking up the last bit I needed to move from my old apartment to the new (food, cups). I felt pretty good, though my legs have clearly been stressed by my activity over the past two weeks. Sunday devastated my body; it was so much more than I was prepared to absorb. I may ease off some of the bonus activities at Pawtuckaway this weekend, in the interest of prudence.

After my usual stretching (quad, hamstring, calf, adductor, ankle rolls), I did 25 tuckups, 25 oblique crunches (each side), and 25 pushups. It's barely worth logging, but I intend to get into the habit of doing short bouts of core work after running. Logging will help motivate me to that end.