Training Log Archive: gas_turbineIn the 7 days ending Aug 30, 2014:
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Saturday Aug 30, 2014 #
Other gardening 1:30:00 [1]
shoes: Merrell #2 Gardening
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2 more beautiful large cucumbers!
... beans petering out. They are great, but labor consuming to harvest. How do they do it commercially?
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walk dog 34:30 [1] 1.56 mi (22:07 / mi)
shoes: Merrell Chameleon 4 #5
Lucien Morien park is quite overgrown right now - the weeds touch you, even on some of the bigger trails.
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Rest day - race tomorrow.
rest days are actually 'restless' days - twitching to do something. (even though it is sticky)
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Friday Aug 29, 2014 #
Abs related (Core blaster workout) 19:00
shoes: Asics Nimbus 12 (old work)
Abs related (continuous core) 13:00
shoes: Asics Nimbus 12 (old work)
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Signed up for Oak Tree 5K on Sunday - already got the swag - Technical T (have yet to like wearing them, however), Pint Glass, Peanut butter.
walk dog 15:00 [1] 0.78 mi (19:14 / mi)
shoes: Merrell Chameleon 4 #5
Run (no dog) 28:29 [3] 3.77 mi (7:33 / mi)
shoes: Nimbus 15 Bumblebee (work)
....except that my rib cage is bothering me where I ran into the tree during O. I seem to have tweeked in during yesterday's lifting. More of an annoyance than actually affecting the running.
Thursday Aug 28, 2014 #
Lifting 38:00
shoes: Asics Nimbus 12 (old work)
plus knees on balance ball
plus some side plank crunch things
walk dog 41:00 [1] 2.68 mi (15:18 / mi)
shoes: Merrell Chameleon 4 #4
Run (no dog) 26:18 [3] 3.68 mi (7:09 / mi)
weight:164.4lbs shoes: Nimbus 15
Crick in back at beginning. Thought I was running hard-ish, but at the bottom of the first hill (at the turn where I usually glance at my watch), I found I was about 10s slower than what I expected. So I picked it up a bit - didn't realize how much until later. I put in a surge along Carriage, as the original plan was to jog along and do some surges. I was a little shocked when I hit 2 miles at ~14:30, as it suggested that mile 2 was quite quick. I threw in another surge going down East. Hit 3mi at a decent overall time. At that point, it was a matter of finishing it up strong. (total of 7 quarters below 7:00 pace today)
Did not expect it to end up at 7:08 overall pace. Hope I didn't burn out my legs - looking at a road race (no maps!) this Sunday.
Wednesday Aug 27, 2014 #
walk dog 34:00 [1] 1.76 mi (19:19 / mi)
shoes: Merrell Chameleon 4 #5
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Small pile of beans
2 tomatoes
1 cucumber
decided to give garden a good watering tonight - plants looking very stressed from my laissez-faire approach
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I see on my flag counter that I have a visitor from IL. I considered going to the downtown Chicago O meet last Sunday, rather than the WPOC meet, but that would have caused a 10 hour drive home that night which is not doable. 8 hours seems to be my tolerance level.
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Run (no dog) 26:42 [3] 3.46 mi (7:43 / mi)
shoes: Asics Nimbus 14-2 (walk)
... missed noon lifting due to last minute need to request $ for next year. If it weren't for powerpoint nothing would get done in business. Or is the opposite ture? With powerpoint, nothing gets done in business.
Tuesday Aug 26, 2014 #
walk dog 6:00 [1] 0.2 mi (29:59 / mi)
shoes: Nimbus 15 Bumblebee (work)
Physical Therapy 40:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Nimbus 12 (old work)
Run (no dog) 26:50 [3] 3.66 mi (7:20 / mi)
slept:5.0 weight:163lbs shoes: Nimbus 15 Bumblebee (work)
Monday Aug 25, 2014 #
Lifting 50:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Nimbus 12 (old work)
2 weeks since the last time I did this - and it showed. Could only do 1 pull-up.
Still aching all over from O meet.
Abs related (continuous plank) 13:00
shoes: Asics Nimbus 12 (old work)
walk dog 15:00 [1] 0.78 mi (19:14 / mi)
shoes: Merrell Chameleon 4 #5
Other gardening 1 [0]
shoes: Merrell #2 Gardening
3 tomatoes - had to throw a whole bunch into bushes, as the slugs had gotten to them while I was away
2 huge piles of beans. 1 week without picking leads to 30 minutes in front of the plants. I jettisoned some of the largest ones, as I don't like them when they've gotten too big.
Sunday Aug 24, 2014 #
walk dog 11:00 [1] 0.55 mi (20:00 / mi)
shoes: Merrell Bare Access 2 white
Orienteering 2:22:17 [3] *** 8.0 mi (17:47 / mi)
spiked:2/13c shoes: Nimbus 15
Large Map, 10:000 scale.
Good news: This completed my runs in 4 states over 6 days.
Bad news: Extremely humbling event - good kick in pants to remind me how bad I am at this.
Started off with a stinker on #1 - needed to read map closer (i.e. look at stanchions for telephone wire). Also, needed to be more careful on using compass for direction. Trust that they will not put control in middle of brambles (although later, some of the placements were questionable in terms of being hidden).
Almost took a DNF at #9 after the 'completely lost' panic set in (quite a few unmapped trails in north area of park). Luckily, others eventually came by.... At least I was not last. Pretty bad on decision making, compassing (seem to drift right quite a bit), handrails, looking at contours and all that stuff.
http://www.wpoc.org/
Results now up --> 8th out of 17 (includes a bunch of DNFs).
(more later after download)
-Slammed chest into tree (bruised chest)
-Twisted ankle
-Scratched everywhere - lots of prickers (need to get some of those functional, yet goofy, O pants)
-Will need to spend a long long time picking brambles out of shorts and the fancy socks.