Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: Valley Goat III
 

Valley Goat III at Valley Forge/Mt. Misery map (medium-length version). I was right behind Sandy for the first 3 controls but then she took off. :-)

I was with people for the first 5 controls, led a small group into #6, found 10 & 11 with no help as well as 22 and 25-30 (medium skipped 12-18).

My non-spikes were: Went a little too far on the trail before cutting down to # 5, and I was higher on the hill to #10, but corrected along the way.

Fun course--thanks DVOA and Mike B.! (Even though I could barely walk a couple hours later...)

Added note: Forerunner showed distance covered was 12.3 km. I might have saved 0.5 k or so if I'd contoured between 21-23...

Revised course length which gives me a much better per km time. :-) This was rather longer than advertised...

C • tough course 6

Medium - Splits

I was late for the step class at the Y...3 miles away I remembered I didn't have appropriate footwear (only the open-back slides I was wearing). I headed up the road 2-3 miles to a sporting goods store and purchased a new pair of running shoes. When I returned to the Y it was already 15 minutes into the step class, so I went to the fitness center and used the elliptical and the treadmill.

Elliptical said I went 3.44 mi in my 30 minutes, but I'm not sure I believe it, as that's faster than I can run! Max hr=131 (when measured; I didn't always have my hands on the hrm).

I could only take 1/2 hour of the elliptical (I was feeling new muscles in my legs, for one thing; and dripping sweat), so I switched to walking on the treadmill to get another 15 minutes of exercise. Hard to keep balanced because the TVs I kept looking at were off to one side or the other. No wonder people read instead--at least that's right in front of you.

Girl next to me on the elliptical was reading a paperback book--amazing!

Fun; good to see all the familiar faces. :-)

Felt good! I was more energetic than usual on a Monday--maybe because I took yesterday off?