Training Log Archive: ndobbs

Central Park. Fun, except my legs are acting up. L knee is tender again. Rt quad isn't bad bad, but I could feel it, and the left calf tightened up a bit, I guess because of the other issues. And because there weren't very many of us, and someone had to watch the bags, and it wasn't spectacularly well-organised, it wasn't very efficient.

Decent lunch afterwards, then went down to watch a couple of hours of parade. There were lots of high school bands and lots of bagpipes. Fairly typically, the pipers had a pretty limited selection of tunes. 7/10 would be the Minstrel Boy, 2/10 A Nation Once Again. Oh how cultured.

A bunch of the county associations had big pennanty standardy gonfalon things - what are they called? - with images they are proud of - Waterford had Meagher, Kilkenny Rice, Offaly Clonmac, Antrim Bobby Sands et al).

The parade seemed to be more for the 150K marchers than for the people watching, unlike the Dublin one, say. No floats, no performing (apart from a bit of 'music' and baton girls), unless maybe the first few hours were more interesting...

The train into the city was full to overflowing, never saw that before.

Thanks Carly - http://bokbirkhead.shutterfly.com/pictures/170#166

C • Thanks... 5

Photos from NC.
I like the one of the Champ about to eat Russian skidmarks.

C • I'm sure 2

5,8,8,7

C • eights 2

Core strength class at climbing. May have overdone either the squats or the burpees. Vastus medialis is a wee bit strained, perhaps.

Apart from playing with medicine balls, didn't learn much.

I was in NC until Wednesday. Mathematics and sunshine. Fun times.

Did some of Day 2, hoping the knee would warm up and get less sore. Failed.
QR, for what it's worth. Annoyed I didn't stay closer to the line going to 8, or even a little right of. 5 was fairly terrible too, clearly not focussed on racing.