Training Log Archive: Grandpa Jameson

good sleep. a little sore from yesterday but nothing gnarly. quads and calves.

sunday spin with maggie after a mellow morning. breakie at pannikin and then we dropped of my sister at the train station.

blazing sun but pretty windy. sprinters loop. legs were ok until a 10 mile stretching into a ripping headwind but still fun. longest rides maggie has ever done. good times.

Event: Saddleback Mountain Goat Marathon
 

couldn't believe it was already 5 when the alarm went off. already looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow.

a really good day for me...

i was going to try a new nutrition plan using vitargo flasks. made the flasks on friday and put them in firdge. Saturday morning they were like concrete. so instead i took a first endurance liquid shot and a couple of gels.

plan was to go out conservatively and run EVERY step of the course. i was not going to chase but just let the guys comeback to me .a lot of steep climbing. right out of the gate jon and a a few other dudes took off but i didn't go. up the first 3 mile climb up main divide i could tell they were all working a lot harder than me and i was gaining on them, slowly, without trying to close.

I was in 5th at the top of the climb before trabuco. i ran hard down trabuco but not all out. didn't want to take a digger or smash myself before the long climb up holy jim. caught a dude at the 8 mile aid station before the start of the climb and never saw him again.

i hit the climb in 4th and figured the other guys were quite a bit ahead of me just kept rolling. stopped and hiked with molly and her friend for minute at the beginning of the climb (they did the early start). then i was rolling again. about 2/3's of the way up i saw the 3rd place guy a bit ahead of me and was bit shocked i catching him that soon. I caught and passed him right at the top of lower holy jim before hitting the main divide fireroad.

we kept climbing up the main divide to upper holy jim. right before I the peak and descending upper holy jim i saw 2nd place just up ahead on the climb. stoked... but still didn't chase. he skipped that aid station but i refilled and got some coke. he put some time on me on the technical descent. once back on the fire road (mile 16)i was really confident that i would reel him in.

i decided to wear hokas for this race because the last 10 miles are bomber, rocky fire road. i caught him and passed him about mile 18 but he stayed close until the mile 10 aid station and another series of climbs. after the aid station i never saw him again, but did see jon only a few minutes ahead of me at the top of the ciimb.

I worked the final climbs and bombed the descent but didn't catch jon. finished 2nd and only 3 minutes behind jon. super stoked. it was a lot of racing like that and not going all out straight from the start and just reeling guys in all day... and it didn't smash me. i could have kept going for sure.

nutrition was solid. 400 cal liquid shot flask, 1 powergel, and some coke at aid stations. nothing crazy.

C • Clinical 1

C • Rocky 1

slept in this morning. felt good.

longer hood run with ruby. she kinda blew up at the 4 mile mark... it was pretty warm. legs feel good. looking forward to a long, supported, training run tomorrow.

C • WORD 4

mellow.
stretching
2 x swiss ball core circuit
myrtl
foam roller
truestretch

home late from work, 8pm.

up early, got some work done, and waited for the sun to come up. working on putting together a hilly 90 min loop in the hood. next time i have 3 more solid climbs to add to this route. I'd like to have a 90 min loop with 2,000 feet of climbing I can knock out during the week. it will be good for TNF50 and SOB50.

truestretch and stretching on ball
2 x 100 sit ups on ball
2 x 10 t-push ups

5 rounds
10 x front step ups
10 x single arm kbs #26
10 x crossover step ups
10 x single arm clean & press #26

5 rounds (~30 seconds rest between rounds. none betwee exercises)
10 x kipping pull ups - got through each set pretty easily - getting stronger
10 x push ups
10 x kbs #40
20 x air squats

2 rounds
3 x lunge matrix
3 x step down & reach

up late watching tv. feeling the soreness from lifting yesterday creeping in.

hood laps.
lap 1. 4.1 miles. clockwise with Ruby. mellow and just loosening up
lap 2. 4.1 miles. counter clockwise solo. quicker but not pushing it.

10 min on bike loosening up
2 x 5 min planks
band stretching & mobility
pvc & foam roller

awesome sleep.

soreness from the weekend is gone. feeling great. thought a lot about when I was running well and felt super fit last fall. I was lifting heavy (crossfit), running a lot, wearing hokas quite a bit, and riding a little. getting back to that. i can already tell a difference getting back in the gym with some focus. gonna keep it rolling.

felt really good this morning. coastal cruiser. avoided the trails because it was pouring last night and want to keep in some flat runs during the week.

finished the loop and then picked up ruby and ran her to dog camp. she was ripping again. sub 7.

ran in hokas again and they felt great.

warm up
stretching
2 x 100 situps on ball
2 x 10 t-push ups

2 rounds
10 squats #45
10 good mornings #45
10 deadlifts #45
10 cleans #45
10 thrusters #45

squats
10 x #95
3 x 5 #115
- 4 x 10 kbs #40 between

deadlift
10 x #95
3 x 5 #115
- 3 x 10 kbs #40 between

clean & press
2 x 10 #65

3 rounds
21 x TRX IYT
10 x TRX push up fly
20 trunk twists

feeling much stronger and having fun lifting

in bed early and didn't move. not very sore today. good sign.

shake out this morning and feeling pretty good. i was going to run 30-60 minutes depending on how i felt. i wore the hokas and i hate to say it but they felt awesome and even quick. ran on the hood trails and progressively felt better and better. ran home to pick up the pup and ran her to dog camp.

i just need to accept the fact that hokas work for me. i ran my fastest 50k (3:44) in them on a hilly, hard courses. R2R2R last year and my feet felt better after than they did this year. they just really save my legs. TNF50 and the SOB50 both aren't technical at all and have a lot of quad smashing Fireroad descents. gonna bite the bullet and run in clown shoes. i just need to keep running in regular shoes too. probably 50/50.

on it early. lunch meeting and then booked all arvo. legs feel good but taking one more day easy before lifting "heavy" tomorrow.

2 rounds
10 x dead hang pull ups
10 x t-push ups
20 x kbs #35
20 x air squats

truestretch & stetching on swiss ball

2 rounds of swiss ball core circuit
myrtl
pvc roller
more stretching