Training Log Archive: iansmith

To and from Hammond Pond via Harvard Ave, Western Ave, Market St, Washington St, Lake St, Commonwealth Ave, Hammondwoods Road, and Hammond Pond Parkway.

Alternating memory-O legs with Brendan at Hammond Pond on a course consisting essentially of all 250 meter legs. It was an excellent workout.

From work.

Warmup run to and from the Harvard track with some supplementary light running between intervals.

I elected not to participate in the mile time trial at the CSU track workout because of right soleus discomfort, but the track was so alluring that I had to do some speed activity. I ran 2x400 with Presto to unleash some of his energy on the track, then ran an 800 meter dash at high pace. I could have pushed harder on the 800, but I felt very comfortable.

The 800 was the only leg I rigorously timed, and I ran it in 2:51.

Late afternoon tempo run around the river. My right soleus is still bugging me; curiously, the pain seems to decrease after runs. I haven't observed any improvement as a consequence of my ICE; rest may be the only cure. I'll take it relatively easy for the next few days and see what happens (I haven't decided yet whether to do the time trial tomorrow - I will make the judgment then).

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Commute to work.

Elements of the CSU Training group finished off the summer with the fall planning meeting and bowling at Lanes and Games. Everyone generally enjoyed themselves, and there was good cheer and socializing. However, it's good that I don't take bowling seriously because I had a mediocre performance. It is worth pointing out that I had a much better time than everyone seems to think despite my disappointment from my bowling.

The two games I bowled:
51 81 61 61 9- 9/ 8- 8/ X 7/6 = 120
-/ 8- 72 9/ 72 -9 9/ 8- 44 6/8 = 122

In the first five frames of the first game, I bowled a 38; while I recovered well, scoring 82 pts in the last five frames, I'm aghast that I had such a miserable start.

In the first game, my first shot (which is an excellent, invariant reference) averaged 7.6 pins; my second game had a first shot average of 5.8 (7.7 ignoring the two gutter balls). In the entire session - 45 balls - I had 7 spares, 1 strike, and 6 gutter balls.

In comparison, my sessions on 26 June had the following stats:
First shot average of 7.35 pins (7.75 ignoring gutters), and most revealingly, in 38 balls, I had 7 spares, 5 strikes, and 5 gutters.

Perhaps the social distraction (read: fun) was more demanding than just hanging out with Lori, adversely impacting my concentration. The first shot averages were relatively flat across the sessions, but I was far less precise and consistent, as measured by my attainment of "punctuation."

My attackpoint'd bowling sessions then are:
4 Jan 2009: 120, 106, 116, 132, 101, 93
26 June 2009: 141, 138
2 September 2009: 120, 122

Were I to take the first 5 frames of my second game and the last 5 frames of my first game, I would have scored a PR 143. Were I to take the first five frames of my first game in June and the last five frames of my first game on 2 September, I would have scored a 170. Clearly, I have potential as a casual, indifferent bowler, but I lack consistency.

I will endeavor to be less conspicuous about my disappointment at future social bowling events.

Bike to and from work. I wasn't moving that fast, but that was sort of the point. Some waiting at lights. The journey takes about 23 minutes.

I decided to rest; my legs were still sore from the weekend.