Training Log Archive: Nadim

Whitegrass - Up Three Mile to Roudtop, Up Bald Knob Trail to Bald Knob, Beechline, Stone Coal Flats and back down Three Mile. New snow ended just before starting out. Cut things short as the temp rose and a foggy drizzle started. A short rain ensued just after finishing. We lucked-out on the snow because it many of the lower trails had been closed when driving-up on Friday.

Got to work very early so I could drive tonight to WVA for some XC-skiing this weekend. Left from Dept. of Agriculture (DOA) South Building. Went down around Hains Point hoping for the break of dawn upon passing "The Awakening" but it was too cloudy. My knee hurt a little on the slanted sidewalk which was high on the left side. The walk straightened-out, my knee felt better and I went faster. From the point I went up Ohio Drive to the Lincoln Memorial, then up The Mall past the Washington Monument (jersey barriers still in place). The last 2 miles I was starting to move-out and felt the best I had in about 2 weeks.

No time to run like after dinner. Had a hack attack from something in my throat afterward. Perhaps it was breathing hard in the cold air.

At UMD with Lawrence. I won 2 of 3 very close games.

Warm-up. Knee hurt most of it.

8 x 200 with a 200 jog in-between. All between 33-34 seconds (5 33's and 3 34's). Cold and windy but more tailwind than into it. I could run fast without the knee hurting. A little slower than last November when I did this last.

Warm-down. Knee hurt most of it.

Around Greenbelt Lake and back. Started out feeling good and fast but slowed due to knee at the lake. Finished better.

Around the block at Windsor Green - same as Friday. Stiff from yesterday.