Training Log Archive: Gswede

Large loops long run. I felt decent. Legs were only slightly fatigued from yesterday. It was tough to really get them hurting since the course was so slow. I enjoyed this run a good bit. Pretty tired by the end. I woke up late so I didn't have time to bike over. Maybe it's better that I get more rest that way.

Just when I thought I couldn't get on any muddier of a course we go to Gettysburg. When I ran here my sophomore year I ran 27:43 and we were estimating that the incredibly muddiness then added about a minute. I ran 29:09 today. Officially the slowest 8k I have ever run. Obviously the mud makes a huge difference. Most of the course I was fighting to get my feet out of the mud. Decent race once again. Not great but not terrible.

I did my normal fogelsanger-old mill loop with 5x20/40's. I felt pretty good. I also haven't covered this far on this loop before. Since it's only a 35 minute run with 6 minutes being warmup and cooldown my overall distance and pace is usually less. So this is pretty cool.

Easy out and back on fogelsanger.

Out and back on rail trail with 20/40's. Legs felt very heavy after workout yesterday. Going to sleep early tonight.

So as I may have mentioned on this log before I usually have a terrible time sleeping. I'll wake up two or three times a night and sometimes go to the bathroom. It also usually takes me an hour to hour and a half to fall asleep. So as a busy athlete this is a poor investment of my time since I don't get a high quality sleep and I need to be in bed more to get the same benefits.
Recently, I placed my plant "Mary" in my room since I now have space on my radiator for her. Now every night I've been sleeping straight through. My nose is always clear (none of the normal gunk that makes me sound nasaly in the morning) I'll wake up and my windows are covered with condensation on the inside. I'm thinking it has something to do with the plant transpiring and increasing the humidity levels in my room which in turn help me breath and sleep clearer.
Does anyone else have any ideas, opinions, or experiences on this?

A pretty easy workout. 20 minutes of warmup, 20 minutes of cooldown.
Workout was 4x200 @34-35 on 1 minute recovery, 2 mile @10:50-11:00 on 3 minute recovery, 4x400@75-78 on 1 minute. I did this at night on the track so it was tough to keep an even pace.
Times:
36
37
35
35
10:59
75
76
77
76

Morning outing on the yellow trail and meadows loop. It was sweet because from the meadows I could see the fog that was hanging around further down the valley.

Really slow morning jog through the meadows.

Still a recovery run. Legs feeling decent but I needed to get some iced coffee with Sswede to wake me out of my stupor. Out and back on forbidden.