Training Log Archive: Wyatt

Event: DVOA Tyler State Park
 

Gotta get out the door quicker on these O'mornings, or the warmup time is compromised.

Sprint, kind of as a warmup, before Red. Really sloppy on the first one - decided to shortcut through some green and I couldn't handle the navigation - around on trails would've been much faster due to less nav. time.

Red @ Tyler. Same time as Vadim, 4 minutes behind Clem. I had a 1-2 minute error (poor forking choice), a 1 minute route choice error (2nd fastest on the leg, but Clem whipped us all by going through a bunch of yellow with vertical-slash-green.) Plus a 2x 30 second nav. issues. Clem appeared to have beaten me mostly by being much cleaner (say ~1 minute vs 4 minutes of errors?), and a bit by hammering by me (he gained, and passed on a fork) after starting ~3 minutes behind me. I did do the Sprint before Red, and he did the Sprint after Red, which may have affected both of us (I beat him on the Sprint despite a 30 second error...)

Mild sore throat almost completely better.

Red - Splits

Sprint - Splits

VF Fatlands. Taking it a bit easy (length-wise) due to mild sore throat continuing...

Long warmup, intra & cooldown. Dropped a Fedex off... (mortgage papers)

800 - 2:56
400 - 1:23
200 - 0:37
100 - 0:16

Still have a mild sore throat, so my intervals are less than original plan (6x800 was scheduled). Chose the short ones because I'm curious if I should be doing a few more of those to build up some basic speed. I almost got beat by Sam in the chute at the TT Sprint...

Good news - wildlife : Saw a 2-foot long turtle in the Schuykill canal, plus baby ducks & geese, and even a water snake swimming happily along the surface. Plus a big fish (2-3-footer) in the Schuykill, and even a bunny.

And found a new trail - didn't know there was a river trail on the west side of the Schuykill in Phoenixville (all the way from 29 to 113), which makes a nice loop with the trail on the other side. Combine this with the canal section southeast of 29, and this big set of trails _almost_ connects into the Perkiomen trail & Valley Forge park. And it's not like there's a lot physically intervening. I wonder why this isn't hooked up yet.

Lots of poison ivy out too - wrapping trees, sticking out into the trail in places. Inspiring a good shower (no damage yet.)

Physically one of the worst runs in a long time. Had a mild sore throat when I woke up, stomach wasn't really ready for the run - perhaps related to the sore throat, or 1 hr. from breakfast to run. Stomach got worse and better with some water at :40, then looped by car for Gatorade at :58, and it only got worse after that. Felt majorly over-full (like the TT Sprint, but worse) and it didn't improve. At 2:00, and 5k from the car, it was so bad I had to walk, and tried to puke just to relieve the pressure, but to no avial... Ran of/off the last 5k back to the car. Stomach settle slowly over next 2 hours and all seemed well after that. Odd.

C • wildlife and ST 4

VF Goat I rerun. A bit warm (70, mildly humid, sunny). A bit slower than last month. Lots of baby stiltgrass.

Long - Splits

VF Park Church to River to Arch & back.

Nice loop back with Angelica at VF Mt. Joy. L_hamstring, R-quad and R-calf all a bit sore in evening. Apparently I ran hard enough yesterday to do that...

C • Congratulations 9