Training Log Archive: iansmith

The goal for this workout was to run a loop encircling the main part of the Middlesex Fells. I stopped at Alewife for a drink of water and upon my arrival at home, I drank the most delicious glass of chocolate milk I have ever had. I finished Ringworld by the end; it was an acceptable story. My legs felt heavy and sluggish even before I started the run, but I was sufficiently ginger with the pace that I was ok by the end. I was very thirsty for much of the run, and I ate a Gu about two hours in.

Spinning class with Megan and Kevin. For maximum absurdity, I biked to and from the class. The class itself was arduous.

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River run with a ten minute tempo run. I have discovered a new cruise interval location in plain sight.

My Garmin apparently decided it was out of memory on this outing. GPS was initially wonky.

After about 25:00 warmup run to the track, I ran:
6x100m strides, 100 jog
4x1200m bouts, 2:00 recovery between
Run home.

I felt hippo-sluggish tonight; it was a struggle. My split times were in the pedestrian neighborhood of 4:15 - 4:25. I ran with 180 bpm techno, and kept my cadence at that pace. I suspect dehydration, heat, and poor conditioning. The temperature was about 27 C.

The intervals.

Run home.

Rhymes with Code softball match against the Misfits from the Draper Lab. We lost 21-8, but they scored 12 points in an offensive rout in the first inning. We held them scoreless in innings 5-7. It seems possible to me that they stopped trying, but our defense and pitching were much better late game. I went 1/1 on pop flies - a deep ball to center field that I ran down and caught after a bounce in my glove. All the other hits I fielded were grounders or line drives - one of which I had a small chance of chasing down and catching, though I decided to stop it rather than risking it racing past me on the astroturf.

Our offense was disappointing; we only had two points runs after the first five innings. I went 1/3 at bat with a single (later scored), and two force outs at first. Lesson: when a pitch is ruled "illegal" - i.e. it rises higher than the allowed 10 feet, it enters play if you hit it. The ump called a pitch illegal a moment before I pounded it to the shortstop; I didn't run, and I was forced out at first. Sadness.

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