Training Log Archive: kissy

I was going to meet a group to train with at Burke Lake, but when I woke up I had a pounding headache. So, I went back to sleep and did the training session on my own. Although I labeled this as a trail run, it's really more of a dirt road run. It was a very enjoyable run and I felt great. I was running at a good pace the whole time and just slowed down a bit towards the end where the trail network got a little jumbled and I wasn't quite sure which trail to take. Kind of like being on a hash. The weather was also cooperative for the run...grey and not hot or humid.

The second half of the workout was supposed to be two loops around the lake. Well, halfway through the first loop, it started raining and by the end of the first loop, it was coming down pretty hard. I'm not a wimp, but riding in the rain is not my favorite. So, I finished after one loop and called it a day.

An early afternoon jog through the neighborhood.

I got out on my mountain bike for the first time in a long time. I needed to get familiar with it again since I'm doing the Buff Betty AR in October up by Thurmont, MD. I didn't want to get out there and look like a total idiot...just a partial one. This was a nice session to get back in to fine-tuning the shifting, working the downhills and powering the uphills. All in all, a good day.

QOC Local event at Lake Accotink. I ran the Red Memory-O course. I hadn't done a memory-O in a long time and I had forgotten how much fun they were. There were 19 controls laid out in two loops, each covering the same area. Of course, the two controls I messed up on were the first two on the second loop where I was trying to memorize them in relation to controls on the first loop. Bad idea...I kept finding the first loop controls instead. Which wasn't a totally bad thing, actually, since I could then relocate on the maps at *those* controls. I also quickly realized how often I look at my map during a regular O-meet and how much I use that slowing down time as a rest time. I felt fine during most of the race but my calves started cramping big time for the last 2-3 controls, so I ran a bit like Frankenstein towards the end.