Training Log Archive: hamletIn the 7 days ending Feb 22, 2020:
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Saturday Feb 22, 2020 #
10 AM
Running (Rock Creek Park) 31:11 [3] 4.35 km (7:10 / km) +127m 6:15 / km
ahr:132 max:158
short and sweet, back at it again. I'm gonna be on my feet all night so I didn't want to be too exhausted, but I still wanted to run
Friday Feb 21, 2020 #
7 AM
Commute Biking (to school) 17:20 [3] 4.5 km (3:51 / km) +86m 3:31 / km
ahr:150 max:179
2 PM
Commute Biking (from school) 33:19 [3] 7.86 km (4:14 / km) +99m 3:59 / km
ahr:127 max:167
Thursday Feb 20, 2020 #
7 AM
Commute Biking (to school) 18:28 [3] 4.21 km (4:23 / km) +86m 3:59 / km
ahr:144 max:171
2 PM
Commute Biking (from school) 40:00 [3] 8.3 mi (4:49 / mi) +104m 4:38 / mi
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020 #
Note
(rest day)
rest day because I'm tired and in pain
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020 #
Note
(rest day)
Yay now that Gatineau Loppet is done with I can fully focus on orienteering training!! No more 10 hour car trips for at least a month, I hope.
1 PM
Biking 1:05:45 [3] 19.17 km (3:26 / km) +183m 3:16 / km
ahr:131 max:162 (rest day)
Wow I actually went biking exactly when I'd usually have weight training
I didn't feel too great. It was a really nice day, but I was just tired I guess. I didn't really feel like pushing it, shocker after this weekend. But I really needed a break from stupid homework.
My knees and elbows hurt a bit when I came home, but I guess that's what I get for doing so much.
Honestly, I just wanna sleep.
I didn't feel too great. It was a really nice day, but I was just tired I guess. I didn't really feel like pushing it, shocker after this weekend. But I really needed a break from stupid homework.
My knees and elbows hurt a bit when I came home, but I guess that's what I get for doing so much.
Honestly, I just wanna sleep.
Monday Feb 17, 2020 #
11 AM
Ski Orienteering (Ottawa Ski-O) 59:01 [3] *** 12.7 km (4:39 / km) +61m 4:32 / km
ahr:126 max:183
It was so nice to be able to push myself without worrying about needing to conserve energy. And ofc the orienteering part was awesome!
Here's the map with my route highlighted on it:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/D4CKueaEdnJ5LtXy5
I kinda forgot that on ski-o I can cut the trails, so there were a few spots where I skied around more than I needed to (*ahem* number 8 *ahem*)
Here's the map with my route highlighted on it:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/D4CKueaEdnJ5LtXy5
I kinda forgot that on ski-o I can cut the trails, so there were a few spots where I skied around more than I needed to (*ahem* number 8 *ahem*)
Sunday Feb 16, 2020 #
9 AM
XC skating race (Gatineau Loppet) 4:52:54 [3] 50.0 km (5:51 / km) +1056m 5:18 / km
ahr:132 max:180
Second 50km race.
Had to get my first two done in one weekend, right?
It was the same exact course, so I knew what to expect.
I kind of panicked on the start, for two reasons. One, I had no idea if I would be able to finish it (I could stop at the cutoff at 30km if need be). Two, I realized that I hadn't skated since last time I went to Gatineau three weeks ago, and I didn't even skate that much that day. So yeah, oops.
The first 25km were miserable for me. Maybe partially because I was worried about the hilly sections coming up, I'm not sure. I was mainly being pushed by my high expectations of myself, and the fact that I didn't want to give up or not make it.
Then I got to the hilly part where I started suffering yesterday. That's where I started to enjoy the race. Maybe it was because on skate, even though I was still excruciatingly slow uphill, I could at least glide a tiny bit, and I was actually resting here and there. That 5km long hill after the 30km mark? It was nothing. Well, no, it was definitely something. But compared to yesterday, it was nothing.
Maybe it was because I started talking to myself. There was nobody around me, so I had to entertain myself somehow.
Then the last 15km was SO FUN. It was like yesterday, because the downhills were super fun and fast (probably even faster today). But at the same time, I could actually go uphill faster than a walking pace, and I somehow had more energy then in the beginning of today's race? Whatever the reason, it was so darn fun.
AND MY FINISH OH MY GOD
I was trying to do 1:1 poling technique (I have no clue if I'm calling it correctly but oh well) and it actually worked, I was flying, and I swear I was never able to do that technique as well as I did in the finish. I can even see it on the photos, I look like a darn professional xD
Now I can see why my parents like skiing in Gatineau, both in the race and recreationally. I guess I just need the challenge of distance to actually enjoy it.
Had to get my first two done in one weekend, right?
It was the same exact course, so I knew what to expect.
I kind of panicked on the start, for two reasons. One, I had no idea if I would be able to finish it (I could stop at the cutoff at 30km if need be). Two, I realized that I hadn't skated since last time I went to Gatineau three weeks ago, and I didn't even skate that much that day. So yeah, oops.
The first 25km were miserable for me. Maybe partially because I was worried about the hilly sections coming up, I'm not sure. I was mainly being pushed by my high expectations of myself, and the fact that I didn't want to give up or not make it.
Then I got to the hilly part where I started suffering yesterday. That's where I started to enjoy the race. Maybe it was because on skate, even though I was still excruciatingly slow uphill, I could at least glide a tiny bit, and I was actually resting here and there. That 5km long hill after the 30km mark? It was nothing. Well, no, it was definitely something. But compared to yesterday, it was nothing.
Maybe it was because I started talking to myself. There was nobody around me, so I had to entertain myself somehow.
Then the last 15km was SO FUN. It was like yesterday, because the downhills were super fun and fast (probably even faster today). But at the same time, I could actually go uphill faster than a walking pace, and I somehow had more energy then in the beginning of today's race? Whatever the reason, it was so darn fun.
AND MY FINISH OH MY GOD
I was trying to do 1:1 poling technique (I have no clue if I'm calling it correctly but oh well) and it actually worked, I was flying, and I swear I was never able to do that technique as well as I did in the finish. I can even see it on the photos, I look like a darn professional xD
Now I can see why my parents like skiing in Gatineau, both in the race and recreationally. I guess I just need the challenge of distance to actually enjoy it.