Training Log Archive: JanetT

Trying to loosen things up prior to the race.

Dodge the Deer trail race, put on by the Albany Running Exchange, at Schodack Island State Park adjacent to the Hudson River (under and just south of where the Berkshire Spur crosses the river. Temps in the low to mid 50s at start; warmed up to 60 glorious degrees by the time we left.

My goal was to run/jog the whole way; there was one slight hill where I backed off to a walk but it wasn't very long so I'll give myself an A for that (A+ reserved for no walking at all). The park and trails are basically flat, largely dredge fillings from many years ago (the area started out as three individual islands), and the trail was very even and a great running surface, with only short stretches that had been driven on and therefore had ruts and puddles, but there were non-water ways through.

Wore the Active Ankle so I wouldn't have to worry about *my* ankle, and it was fine, and doesn't hurt much now, so support/strengthening seem to be what's needed to feel better. (I'm still unsure how to treat it next weekend when I do the short Billygoat race; I don't like the AA for that long).

Finished (edited) 6th of 9 in F60-64; 292/352 (well behind third place who was around 30 minutes, a time I probably couldn't do 20 years ago).
Results

Garmin track later.

QuickRoute:

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Event: HVO Ward Pound Ridge
 

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HVO brown course at Ward Pound Ridge, 3.9km nominal (counted 160m climb, so Garmin calculation might be wrong; sure seemed like the first half was all uphill, though)

Low 50s with a breeze. Made it feel cold to start but before too long I had my long sleeves pushed up to my elbows. Didn't need headband or gloves.

I wasn't going very fast because I'm still having pain in my left ankle as I walk. (Used the Active Ankle for insurance that I wouldn't twist it unduly.) It took awhile for the endorphins to kick in enough to dull the pain, and I mostly only jogged a few steps on downhills and trails. Even the long downhill leg near the end was tricky underfoot so I wasn't going all out. Commiserated at download with Nadia P., who's hampered by sciatica.

Hesitant near 4 (too high/S), 5 (had to look for the big mapped rock among the smaller unmapped rocky areas), and missed a bit at 9/checked the wrong area when I saw Jane P. and was distracted. AP calls it an error to 2 but I was just slow climbing the hill.

Saw people going into many of the others, including Tony M showing me where to pop between stone walls (the long downhill to 10).

Track downloaded.

Brown - Splits

Rings = lunges today. Yesterday was a rest day so hips had a chance to relax a bit, but lunges work my hamstrings as much as my quads. (We also did other things besides lunges.)

Didn't follow it up with any weight work since I had to change and meet with an EMPO member down the road from the Y to pass along some posters for a class she'll give to GS leaders next month.

Funny headlines

Between being away for two weeks and doing Yoga yesterday, hips were super tight after this class today. Did extra stretching, and will throw some more in later. A few weight moves near end for arms and chest muscles.

Wasn't sure how the body would react to this. Right hip, which was tight from Pilates, threatened to seize up so I stopped and walked a mile on the track to finish up.

Included a lap and a half cool down.

Pulldowns for shoulder (7.5 @ 62.5#), and adductors (2*12 @ 75#), which we really didn't work much when doing the hip work in Pilates, despite what Mary thinks. :-)

Added QuickRoute images for the Flying Pig to each day's log.

Because there's no M-W exercise class this week. Glen has been going most Mondays except for when we're away. Holding some of the standing poses was difficult because my feet were unaccustomed to them, and left ankle balked a few times; and I cheated a bit on the Pilates pushups and chaturanga flows. Happy when we finally had the chance to lie down and do bridges and boat poses.

Took advantage of the transient spring-like temperature (60) to get out for a walk, taking the Malden Bridge balloon loop clockwise. No dogs came out to threaten me (though one did bark from its front porch), but I did see a couple of middle school age girls out walking together.