Training Log Archive: vmeyer

Three hours of trimming and cleaning up the holly bushes. I can now see out of the front door again. Yeah!

Morning was so humid and warming up. Felt drained after, and a little battered. So instead of a workout, I enjoyed the last of the spring break doing stuff with Roger, like stopping for a double cheeseburger and then a big brownie sundae with homemade custard. A long nap followed.

I felt like I got lots down during this break. A nice combination of chores, exercise, and relaxation. I give the break an A.

Race timing: EX2 Greenhorn at Rocky Gap 10 AM start, 5 hour time limit

Left house at 5:10 AM. Raining at home, and threat of thunderstorms in the forecast all day at the park. Little bit of sprinkles about an hour into the race, and then beautiful weather the rest of the day. Sunburned. Home by 6 PM.

Not too stiff or sore from yesterday.

Need to refocus on L&F this coming week.

Based on the public information on the upcoming BG, I channeled the head goat for today's training. I designed a course of 14+ km with 30+ controls (though we left our SI-6 cards at home today). I added some legs which would be good skips to consider, and though I didn't count the climb, I avoided the steeper areas of the park. I was able to use a combination of the newly surveyed permanent controls, as well as some streamers left out from last month. [Note to self - go back and pick those streamers up.]

With Sandy navigating, the goal was to see if we could do the distance in under 3:30 (the BG T-shirt threshold). We pushed right out the start, and though the control locations I selected were somewhat easy at times, we had to stay focused and were quite pleased with the overall effort. Only real navigation issue was at #17 which I had added since the last of the PC was somewhere in that area. I hadn't found it a couple of weeks ago, so I wanted another shot at it.

We didn't find the control post, and went off the clock to try to relocate and try for locating the post again [see Red tracks on map]. I was so determined to have been able to say that I bagged all 60, but it is not to be.

Anyway, I was helped by the cool temperatures and overcast skies, and both Sandy and I sucked it up at different points. Between 16 & 17, I got tangled up in a fallen tree and did a full roll and managed to deeply bruise the back of both thighs. Left thigh has a saucer sized bruise, while the bruise on the right leg is a little smaller.

Just after #24, Sandy stepped into a hole, and I heard a crunch. Fortunately, the crunch was the sound of her shoe scrapping a rock and not an ankle break. After she stopped swearing, she stopped her watch while we pondered our next move. Determined to finish it since we were so close, and doing well up to that point, Sandy gathered herself, and we got moving again, albeit it a bit slower at times downhill and on the flats, but not so you could tell going up the hills, where Sandy was flying up (or so it seemed).

Feeling more positive that we can get close to a BG shirt in three weeks.

C • #17 4

Annapolis/Lancaster with Sarah and Lailah.

Monday night: worked on rankings for a couple oh hours
Tuesday: several hours more on rankings, finished and submitted to jwoc selection committee
Wednesday (today): ~6 hours in yard. Replaced three warped fence boards. Fixed box around herb garden. Made a beautiful new container for the mulch pile. May be a bit too large at 10' long x 4.25' wide x 3' high. I may need a stepladder to get in and out of it. Moved a bunch of mulch to get it in place.

Another beautiful day to be outside.

Out somewhat earlier then I may have done otherwise, but we were meeting a friend for errands and lunch, so I was motivated to get out before the day was lost to riding around in the car and eating. Good call.

Around Lake Accotink including the spur. Did 2 walk/5 run. Then, around again without doing the extra spur, 5 walk and 2 run. Pushed the run since 2 minutes felt so easy.

Feeling a bit chesty, like I haven't pushed my breathing enough lately.

Rode to work to pick up some files I need to do the rankings (rankings update ETA is tomorrow).

After about a 15 minute break at work, I headed out to get a longer ride in. Though, I am thinking that these two together with the short break might qualify for the 30 for April.

Ventured into DC across the 14th Street Bridge. Went to Georgetown, but I didn't want to figure out the Key Bridge crossing, so I rode back and crossed on the Memorial Bridge. This wasn't going to make for an easy/safe way to get back to the GW Pkwy, so I rode back into DC and back to the original bridge. Home from there.

Slow slog up the George Mason hill. Stopped half way and collected myself, then found a new mental gear, not bike gear, to get the rest of the way up.

What a beautiful afternoon to be outside!

C • Rubbing 4

So, besides getting the bike ride in this afternoon, I put waterproofing stuff on the deck this morning. I would say it is another chore crossed off of my Spring Break list, but it was actually a chore Roger had for me to do on his list.