Training Log Archive: bl

With 2 insistent, high-expectation dogs, working on kinks.

Get out the door kind of jog at noon. Was chilly, breezy, raining. Went to CHS track, watched the robins eat dead & dying worms on the wet surface. Kind of a keep-in-motion philosophy.

Sunday long: good run/map contact. No mistakes, one distraction at 10 when I thought someone just ahead had seen the control which was not the case. More energy than Sat, sky had dried out/no visibility issues. Departed right away for flt - around the time the sun came out.

Waiting to start...




Excellent weekend: great time with Charlie Shahbazian & Phil Bricker; best accomodations yet. QOC did a great job; weather is as wx does.

C • Congrats 4

Green X Day 2 - Splits

Saturday staging venue:





Ran-It middle, decent run, some hesitancy/minor confusion/drizzle distraction, legs beat; Best 34 (a 29 fm an M18), Tim P & Phil a few seconds ahead. Carl Childs 36+, Charlie S 40+.

The if-only discussion...




Nice time in DC after - Phil & I met up w/ Charlie DeWeese, Erik & his mother Maryann near the Mall. Visited Mus of Science, Washington Monument, Lincoln Mem'l, Vietnam Mem'l, White House; dinner at vibrant Mex restaurant recommended by Phil's sister. So many imposing bldgs/facades, interesting faces/pretty women, greening grass/daffos etc - bk to room around 2130.

Green X Day 1 - Splits

Event: Ran-it Granite
 

2 sprints (19:02;16:54) at McKeldin portion Patapsco, 2.4k ea. Open, open woods, nothing to scratch. A few momentary hesitations on 2nd but could not go much faster. Bit slower than Charlie Shahbazian, Glen T & Phil (on second sprint). Nice to see more of spring - daffodils, some blossoms.

Flying down: Elk Neck SP at the end of the peninsula: the site of last-weekend-of-March meet,'98 & '01:




Met Charlie at airport; the 2 of us and Phil are living in inexpensive luxury at Homewood Suites, Columbia, MD - 3 rooms, 3 tv's, kitchen, 2 BR's - $139/night.

Sprint 2 - Splits

Sprint 1 - Splits

Day off before tomorrow's sprints. Didn't know what to do with myself at lunch. Drove to Rollins Park, read the Monitor.

Luti 5 mile but decided to try SPS XC for variety - enough snow that I was glad to be done when time came. Perfect temp.

Water tower hill loop without the water tower. Milder than yesterday. Chatted up the route with Diane who told me she ran 53 mi last week in 5 days, almost 'run your age.'