Training Log Archive: kissy

Summer Sprint Series training. This US Team fundraising series is something Peggy and I started in 1997(!) I think, to help us get to WOC that year. (Peggy - you'll have to correct me on timing). It's still going on and the summer woods around DC are still as spider webby as ever!

This was a contours-only map at Manassas in an area that was not very nice. There were a lot of downed trees, and it was very hot (92˚), so after the first 6 controls, I decided I had had enough and headed back -- there were only 2 controls left, but they were a little ways out and I was right by the start at that point, with a nice bridge beckoning me to cross the stream and go home.

I didn't fine ribbons at two of the controls, but I'm pretty sure I was in the right place. When I have a minute, I'll put my tracks on the map and see if I was right.

After the training, I took a quick shower and headed to my sister's house to go with her family to a free concert in the park. It was a little embarrassing, as I was standing in her kitchen, to have my brother-in-law pick off 3 ticks that he saw crawling on my neck and arm and leg. Yikes! I found 2 more before the night was over. I'll have to keep an eye out for rashes. Her son kept his dog away from me so the ticks wouldn't migrate over. Nice.

It's been awhile for yoga, but it felt good and I wasn't as rusty as I thought I'd be. I find, though, that even though my knee bends more now, by hip flexors and other muscles are still so tight that I can't do all of the poses. I need to work on that.

I brought my car in for its 10K check up and decided to go for a bike ride while I was waiting. The weather has been absolutely spectacular this week -- low humidity and cooler temps, but that's supposed to change this afternoon. The humidity is going back to normal levels -- dripping -- and the temps will climb again to HOT. So I thought getting the ride done in the morning was the smart thing to do.

This one's for Mikell:

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Another 900 meters. It felt good, so I might have to add on some distance next time. This was outside, again, on my way home from getting some groceries.

Weird story: I was in the paper goods aisle and some guy, probably around my age and looked like he would have fit right in at an orienteering event, was standing in front of the TP, looking closely at the shelf labels and then back at his phone. I walked right up and picked up the generic store brand that I always get when he asked me:

"Have you tried any others?"
"Other brands of toilet paper? Yes, but this is fine and it's cheap."
"So, it is....."
"Yup, it gets the job done."

Yikes.

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Body Pump

I'll put this as mt. biking because I was on my mt. bike, but it was on the C&O canal, so very flat and easy. There were a lot of folks out on the canal. I was grateful for the shade.