Training Log Archive: W

Its getting mighty cold out, but at the last minute I decided to agree to go to the training at Granitti. But, I didn't want to run all the way from home, so I biked to Ristonmaa, and then ran from there. About 3k warm-up and cool-down. Then it was about a 13k course, mostly on roads and light trails. Even though it was very cold it was sort of tempo paced, hovering around 4:15 pace, and maybe 160 BPM, which is funny because it really didn't feel like it was that difficult.

Anyhow, again, it was quite cold, and I don't know why my legs were still sore, but they definitely were, and near the end, my one knee cap started to get very frozen and painful too. Eventually I finished the course and realized that, oh dear, I still have to run back to my bike, and THEN bike home. It was an awful slow run home, and then I put some extra clothes on and attempted to shiver home with most of my fingers pretty darn frozen and painful. There brief moments that I just wanted to lie in the snow and sleep (which would have resulted in a mild case of death). But I thankfully eventually made it and stuck my fingers in warm water which was crazy painful. I also discovered huge blisters on both of my heels from my Acceleritas, which I haven't experienced before. Now wearing shoes in not so fun either.

All in all, good workout!

A little bit of a warm-up jog before lifting some weights. Clearly I haven't run in a while, my legs were very sore, especially my quads, after yesterday's run. I was also wearing some new compression underwear I got, and perhaps I compressed myself a little too much. Literally to the gills.

Fairly elementary weight session. Squats, Romanian deadlift, calf raises, random arm workout. Aiming for 10RM weight, 2 minutes rest in between, 3 sets. Thinking of raising that to 5 sets. Going to stick with this general program for 8 weeks, though I think when I join a real gym and have access to real equipment, I'm going to add in two more leg exercises. Suggestions? I'm thinking 1-leg press will be one of them.

I took a long long break from Attackblogging after my disaster half-marathon. Because.... I had nothing much to say. Maybe I'll go back and add in the training, but maybe not. There wasn't much. Not nearly as much as I would have liked for a holiday. Was in various places where training would have been great, but sometimes things just don't happen as quickly as one would like them to.

Nonetheless, I'm back in the JYV with some fresh snow, new skis, and hopefully a reignited enthusiasm for training. Let's do this!

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