Training Log Archive: BorisGr

A run to Manhattan Bridge and back with the track guys on a gorgeous day in NYC.

DVOA training exercise set by Eric Weyman at the Nolde. Did the route choice course three times. The first two times I tried out different options, and the third time just took what I thought were the fastest routes. The times were 24:03, 22:24, 19:27. There was also a bunch of running from finish to download and from download to start.

By the end of the day my achilles was very tight and hurting and I skipped out on the time trial that was run later. Probably a wise choice. I am getting some mixed advice on what to do about the achilles, but the consensus seems to be that I should get heel lifts, which I will try ordering from Bruce Zeidman's running store sometime this week.

Thanks to DVOA and everyone involved for an excellent training week-end! I think everyone had a great time and got some quality training out of it as well. We definitely need more week-ends like this throughout the year to provide extra opportunities and also just bring the team (and its friends and supporters) closer together.

Event: 3 Sprints (Sat) and Middle Dst/Route Choice Team Training (Sun)
 

Warm-ups for the three sprints at Norristown hospital.

Sprint #1. Running pretty well, but made 2 25-second mistakes towards the end. including running right by the flag on #12. Impressive times by KW and SZ.

Sprint #2 - the best one for me. Pretty clean the whole way, except for a 20-second error at the end of the long leg. Did well to read ahead on the forest legs to not get confused. Another very nice run by KW. Running by the crazy people sittind behind huge uncrossable fences was fun.

Sprint #3 - basically a disaster for me. Had trouble reading crossable versus on crossable passages and cliffs and walls, did not read ahead, found myself in way too many dead ends. Clearly, I was not ready for this third sprint at the start, and it showed. At least I didn't jump any illegal walls. :)
All three sprints were very enjoyable and definitely had their own distinct flavors, the third one most resembling the urban sprints I ran in Switzerland a few times, while the second one looking more like my impression of the recent sprints in international competition. Thanks to Randy for the great courses, and to Kenny for showing us how it's done!

Collecting controls and e-punch stands with Sergei. Tired.

Curly (1) - Splits

Larry (2) - Splits

Moe (3) - Splits

Another run with the track guys. One of the windiest days I can remember - felt like we were standing still coming back north along the Hudson.

Strides

First run since the vacation ended with a 30-hour flight delay. Achilles didn't feel too bad - better than before the break, at least.