Training Log Archive: iansmith

A morning run before five hours of rehearsals with two different groups. My work has occupied me much more extensively this week than I anticipated, and my training has suffered for it. Finding the appropriate balance, particularly when other commitments - like music - demand much of me is difficult. I have thought about dropping some commitments, and I will reevaluate before I commit to more activities - e.g. a CSU A-meet.

Brendan and I arranged a prisoner exchanged where I swapped his violin for my Daniel's book, which I had left in his apartment. I referenced some of it today, though I haven't formulated my training plan much beyond the current "build up base and consistency" stage.

C • yeah 2

Commute. Running with a backpack is unpleasant, but I can accommodate.

C • Packs 5

With eleven days to go in January, my training is a bit behind where I would like it to be. My running has been fairly consistent - I have run 73 miles in 21 days, and I have run or orienteered 2/3 of the days this month. I plan to maintain this rate of running training - about 25 miles per week, with almost exclusively base running, but I want to increase my orienteering and cross training (biking and skiing) hours.

Goals for the last 11 days of January:
- Run 40 miles
- Orienteer at least 4 times, including running the CSU semi-perm course twice
- 4+ of cross training (skiing, biking)
- Orienteer or run at least 9 days
- 2+ hours of Catching Features

C • CF 1

Late night threshold interval session; 3 x (5 minutes on, 3 minutes off). There was some snow and ice on the ground, but the temperature was sufficiently high that I ran in short sleeves. My hands felt cold near the end, but I was comfortable. I was also moving faster than I expected.

One hour.