Training Log Archive: bl

As honest as going to gym - 4 trips to boatyard dock with dinghy full of people/stuff.

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Trip to Horseshoe Cove with Hans Bengtsson, Peg M & Beth to visit Aaron Glazer & Ann Humphrey. Had a nice dinner, older NEOC'ers Downeast. Probably too much of Aaron's good scotch. 3 hrs drive, 4 hr sail, 11 hrs from time I got up t time we got to dock. Tiring but worth it, I suppose. Little to no sleep thinking about SE gale warning forecast & how ill-advised it would be to return to Rockland harbor. Got Ann & Aaron to drive the 3 of us back to Camden & Rockland - then a long drive home Sunday. Left boat in Horseshoe, lovely but too-far-to-be-practical place, esp with October around the corner.

Noon to WaterTower; started with Diane but went over Winant Hill & got back at same time as she did. NW, breezy, near misses from a few acorns.

Scottish terrain, recollections ...

Noon jog with Diane, much same as yesterday.

SPS XC after work to see what I can do - slowest time I've run since maybe spring '07 there. The 1:45 first did not tell much, the 2:13 was not good (used to 2:06-08 for a 14:40 final), the 3:24 4th (3:12-3:16) was discouraging enough to want to stop.

DP when I got home - did standby loop in Nottingcook trying - but stopped after first split. Have done this 8:20 to around 9:10. Think problem may be left thigh muscle strain - virtually no discomfort...but a "dead"/weak zone. Occ resort to putting hand on left kneecap to lift leg, eg, into car to get in & also to step into pants - or sit or get stuck & sit quickly so as not to fall. This past Sunday at Rattlesnake it was hard to get left foot over some of the deadfall. Driving home w/o idle involved suspending the left foot alot on gas pedal & clutch which also was hard & caused telltale soreness/weakness in the thigh.

Evidence of 'disability':
5k race 2 wks ago (23:46, 1:45 off last time)
last Tu track 400s, 7' pace/400 with 200 jog/rest
splits for today's well-known/old standby loops

GoSLow starting on Silk Farm to bike path, along & under 89 onto SPS & back to car. Warm. More or less rest. Pondering fatigue/asthenia as med side affects listed for ACEI that I take.

Granite state track workout. Ran 3 mi warmup with Mark, a HS science teacher who took some of his middle school students to Nevada last week to launch a rocket & coached nationally ranked XC teams at Unity college in Maine in past. Eventually covered 6 mi on the track, a surprise.

8x400 w/ 200 rest: 98-105"... not much, just under 7' pace with rest. Last 98"...big deal. Likely tired from Sunday, perhaps "chronic leg fatigue" (like that one, not my idea) from time of year/circadian. Hard to believe I was running sub85s or 6:30s as dress rehearsal a short while back in July. Will try SPS & revisit the situation. Nice running with a group tonight in 400 on, 200 rest style.

C • Chronic Leg Fatigue 2

After work, remains of the day, a lovely one at that. Dogs & unanticipated route in Nottingcook after encountering a fellow & dog cutting wood. Starting to look nice w/ yellowed ferns. Bracken & brashings....

US Ultra long champs, Rattlesnake Hill, Ossian, NY

Pretty good, near B+. A few times my aim off failed & I came right out on the desired locale - which isn't exactly being in control. #7 demanded careful map/compass/ sense of distance. Should have stayed in lowest area & been more pedantic. There were 2 runners ahead of me going same direction but I thought lowest area appeared to be to right. So went right some 120 m or so - woods became thicker & certainly no sign of water drainage so ran some 125m directly south to compensate - saw woods open some, a few runners & voila. George Walker did this leg just right even tho coming from another direction. Rest ok - will be interested in comparing leg times. Did not have any umph. Left thigh, tho it is not sore/ does not hurt, seems weaker than right. All in all, result I can live with, first M60 but some 12' behind Tim P. etc.

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475 mi home, needed to keep gas pedal pressed some most of weekend to prevent motor shutting off (probably the throttle body, a new item on the landscape). Ran into construction on Mass Pike & resorted to breakdown lane which resulted in conversation with state trooper. Glad to make it back to driveway. Nice camping eve with leaves rustling above in 2 small trees, one distant dog barking but spacious & otherwise pleasant and for $10.

Two versions of early Sunday, driving back from camping...








And ever-cheerful Beth who completed brown short (tho not quite finding #3, neither did Ruth Johnson) showing off her non-pride "injury"...3 hrs 21' was a good test of her meniscal surgery success...lay person might call this a bloody nose:-)

UltraLong: Green X - Splits