Training Log Archive: kissy

Spurred on by a Tom Carr, who was visiting DC on business, a bunch of QOCers met at PWF to run the Day 1 Blue course from the 2002 US Champs. We each hung some controls/streamers and then went out and ran the course. I didn't do the whole thing (wasn't planning on it due to time constraints) and ended up doing what I did do with Valerie. Along the way, we also met up with Heidi Onkst. It turned into a fairly social event (which I like), but it was also a good foray out into the woods (after a bit of a hiatus) and working on map skills.

Hanging streamers before going out.

This is all I could muster today.

Today was a sad day for me. After working for MCI for 19 years, I saw the end of the company. Our "merger" with Verizon was made official today and every vestige of MCI was gone when I walked into work. I was surrounded by the Verizon corporate logo. Many of my close friends were also gone, having been told their positions were no longer needed post merger. I know this is the harsh reality of the corporate world, but sometimes it sucks.

Decided to give my hamstring a rest so just did a session on the trainer. I rode in the morning, however, so my TV fare was the Today show. Nothing too exciting.

I created a new running route through my neighborhood so I could go for an hour. I'm going to try to get in 1 hour of training a day (or at least 7 hours a week) so I don't drop too low on the AP training list. The only thing that hurt today was my hamstring. I almost felt I was limping at times. I don't think all of my skate-skiing helped my hamstring at all.

Travel day home to Stafford. Luckily, it was much less eventful than my trip out.