Training Log Archive: mayer22

Hike with Zitch and KT at Smartview. Found the pond which was almost non-existent.

Checked out my new trail as well.

Easy ride with Zitch on some new trails. First time I have ridden them. Think they are only a few years old. Temps around 50 but lots of sun. Weather was perfect. Trails were in good shape. A lot of leaves made it hard to see opstacles and where the trail went at times but it was nice and dry.

Pace was easy with only a few increases in intensity. Only a few small climbs but also a few nice downhills. Never got too fast with the Zman hanging around. Stopped at all the creek crossings as well.

Had a little trouble knowing where I was at all times. Lots of connector trails in the area of the new unmapped trail and it overlapped the mapped trail in that area. Also there was a lot of directional tape and arrows still up from a race over a year ago. Made things a bit more confusing and meant I missed out on a lot of trail. The benefit was I didn't have to worry about making decisions on unmapped trails. Wound up back at the parking area before riding a few of the more southern trails but was pretty much out of time anyway. Will have to come back to ride those and a few others.

Would have been nice to have a slightly more accurate map and a few more trail name signs. but the trail system is great!

No ride home today. Too cold for the commute. 40D plus wind.

First Acupuncture session. Very intense. Not very relaxing but felt him hit quite a few trigger spots. He worked from the middle of my spine all the way down to the bottom of my left calf. We stopped there because I was getting a bit quesy (similar to when I give blood). Think next time I will be more aware of what I eat. I was hydrated though.

He said the middle of my spine could definitely use some work which was interesting. I definitely felt sore there afterwards. The rest of the soreness wore off in a couple hours. Wish I could have handled more work at the time. We'll see what we can do next time.

New ART doc. He was great to talk to. He was very into ART (maybe a little too much). Didn't do much adjusting and not much massaging, just ART. Wasn't feeling the pain I was feeling in August. Not sure if he wasn't hitting the right spots or if maybe I'm in better condition.