Training Log Archive: vmeyer

45 minutes of PT stuff.

Event: QOC Rosaryville
 

Garmin = 2.637 miles with 55 m climb

Enjoyed my cruise around the Yellow course near the end of the day. Blew up a bit on the last few controls and thought I was taking forever, but it was only about 5 minutes in error total.

Yellow - Splits

47 minutes of stuff.

To CU and back and one lap around the track.

45 minutes of stretching and strength stuff for hips and Achilles.

From Metro to work, back to Metro, and then from Metro to car dealer to pick up car.

Knocked this out between nap and dinner and rain showers.

Event: QOC Mason Neck
 

Set up early, and then worked epunching in miserable conditions - ~55 and rain. Thank goodness for MY BIG RED tent (and the sides, as well)!

Had decided not to go out, since who really wants to shuck off warm clothes and get wet after sitting around for 4 hours? But, there were these three 20 somethings who were leading the Orange course, and I needed to see if I could beat them. So, I prepped to go out, not really expecting to go under an hour, but thanks to flat conditions, and perhaps a little bit of conditioning, I came in under 40 and heat the boys. WooHoo! Even more impressive since I went without glasses because of the rain, and though I was seeing weird things here and there, or not really seeing well at all here and there, I was able to stay focused enough to get around the course. Double WooHoo!

C • Orange? 4

C • Ah, Mason's Neck. I assume ... 6

Orange - Splits

Event: O, ftw! / US Intercollegiate and Interscholastic Champs
 

EX2 Greenhorn Adventure Race Rocky Gap

3x10 minutes on the PT treadmill.

FR distance = 2.08 miles with 92 m climb.

Middle - Yellow - Splits

FR distance = 2.85 miles with 45 m climb.

Long - Yellow - Splits

Event: US Individual Championships (Sprint/Middle/Long/Trail)
 

FR distance = 1.72 miles with 22 m climb.

Sprint - Yellow/Orange - Splits

Ran through all of the PT.

Yard work today.

Did the stretching part before getting on the treadmill.

Walked 5 at 4-4.4 mph, then ran 5 at 5 mph.
Repeated two more times with the last 5 minutes of running at 5.5 mph.

Felt pretty decent.

Oh, I forgot, I got up at 0640 during Spring Break to keep my appointment with PT Mike. If he wasn't so cute, I would have canceled. He poked my very sore hip. Agh! Ahh!

Spring break. Such a beautiful day, so there was no way I could skip a ride, though it was touch and go after a nap and getting side tracked by a computer project.

But, I pulled myself away and was happy that I did, despite the headwind the WHOLE WAY OUT!! And, if you read my log at all, you know I hate wind. But, as I was struggling out, I knew that the inbound trip would be the reverse, and it was. I felt like I was flying.

I was afraid that I couldn't make it up THE HILL, but when I got to the bottom I didn't even think about it and headed up. Oh, it was not easy, and I was breathing hard, but I didn't let my mind prevent me from getting to the top. Yeah!

C • Yay for you! 5

Mostly slept to 10, 2 hour nap, 1 hour nap, early to bed - I feel almost normal again...

EX2: BYB 4 Fountainhead

Race timing went well without me.

Forerunner 310 XT: 2.77 miles with 87 m climb

Woke up feeling the effects of the last two days - very painful heel and hip, as well as the wine with dinner. Coupled with the rainy forecast (it started raining right around the first start time), I was pretty sure that I wasn't going out today. Greg L was sure that he would win money if he placed a bet on that outcome, and I was in agreement.

Set up the O-Lynx at the Start and the Go controls and then told the OCIN SI person that he should go out, because I might go out later, but I wasn't going out now for sure.

Things ran smoothly, and the rain stopped, and a rainbow was seen over the mountain (OK, the rainbow part is not true), so I got myself mentally prepared to go. The MD was pressed into driving me to the restroom and then closer to the Start about 30 minutes after the last starter.

Across the dam, and then about 400 meters down a mud slide and then 400 metes up a hill. Ugh, I should have skipped today.

But now I was out there, and I hadn't fallen down the muddy trail, so I tried to enjoy the course, and I did, apart from a little fiasco from 4-5. Like yesterday, I skipped a control in my mind, so I headed from 5-6 when I was really going 4-5. Truly puzzled on why the trail out of 5 was missing but I forged ahead. Luckily, this was not a huge error, and I was able to easily go to 5 from where I popped out of 4.

Won the course split to 9, probably based on the fact that I was able to navigate to it in an advanced fashion.

However, I had nothing at the end, and my run in split is shown as an error. I did sound like a train, and my voice has been mostly gone since.

3/14 on the course. So, a successful weekend of beating up on the youngsters. ;) And, thanks to my rankings magic, I am 10 in the Yellow rankings. Can I move up any in Georgia? We shall see...though I am pretty sure that I have F-Yellow #1 nailed down for 2012. :)

Really, really enjoyed this weekend. A perfect combination of working and competing. Who knows, Yellow just may be the course for me.

Middle Sunday 2 Yellow - Splits