Training Log Archive: Nadim

In Greenbelt Park. Perimeter Trail backwards. Back was tight but didn't hurt too much. The time off was good but I probably need more of a break from running to heal it.

Starting from Paradise parking on Mt. Rainier, Washington (at around 5,800ft), up to and a little past Alta Vista overlooking the Nisqually glacier 600ft. higher) and back. Work finished early. I hadn't come to hike and only had my running shoes. The snow was hard packed with the top 2-3 inches of the 8-9ft. accumulation soft. I slipped and slid alot. Others were in snow shoes. I took pictures and listened to the rocks fall around the glacier. I had to stop well short of the high point of the trail as it was starting to get dark and cold. The full moon rose above the peaks after I'd finished. It was paradise.

From Windsor Green, Ridge Rd. to Greenbelt Lake, around the lake, and
back to Windsor Green. Slow start. Hip/back hurt all the way through the run. I perhaps should have cut it short.

Northwest Branch Trail - Colesville Rd. to the Nature Center in Wheaton Regional Park and back. More good sleep and I felt like a new person. I took a single aspirin and my back only felt sore to begin with. It started raining lightly just before I started running and stopped just after I finished. I felt like I used to feel when running--hopping logs and bounding over or on rocks like I was flying. I got tired on the downhill return and kept very even splits. Perhaps my back/hip troubles are sleep/stress related/aggrivated?