Training Log Archive: PG

Outer loop at North Sugarloaf, going up the north side. Not sure if I've run this way before. Didn't quite make it, walked once for 30 seconds, then saw I was just about up the steep part, could have run it if I'd tried. But still pleased that I trudged up as well as I did.

Beautiful afternoon, 70, low humidity. And beautiful morning on the golf course, 76.

Nice late afternoon run on North Sugarloaf. Made it up the steady climb on the outer loop without being tempted to walk, so my condition certainly could be worse.. :-)

Maybe try a bigger hill sometime in the next 7-10 days?

Late afternoon run at Earl's Trails, down a bit and then up a bit. Felt better than I expected, having just finished a round at the Ledges, lugging the clubs. But the plan was for a run, and a run it was.

No falls but a few close calls.

And I think I have a flat in one of my Pegasus shoes, as it is squeaking. Probably time for a replacement anyway, 500+ miles in them plus a lot more walking.

Seemed like a good idea to go to the Northampton XC race, held every Tuesday evening from April to September, to see where my fitness was at. Can't hide from the truth as you can on an O' course.

Warm-up around the inner loop of the course.

Cool evening, perfect running conditions, legs seemed to feel pretty good, put out a decent effort, picked it up at the end -- in other words, all the ingredients for a record -- and a record it was, worst time ever on the course. Well, at least I'm still trying... :-)

And it certainly tells the truth, that being that my training hasn't been much, and it's been totally lacking at any faster efforts, which is maybe why a 7:45 mile felt like I was just flying. Everything's relative.

But glad I went, for the message received, also saw a few friendly faces and that is always nice.

C • Seems like I lied. 24:53 tw... 2

And a final bit, around the outer loop. Legs felt surprisingly good for a few minutes and then poof...