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Saturday Apr 30, 2011 #
Event: West Point A-meet
12 PM
Lawn mowing 4:39 [1] 0.07 mi (1:06:14 / mi) +1ft 1:05:21 / mi
Trial to see how the GPS does in a lawn-mowing outing. After a few minutes, I concluded that the distance it was tracking seemed kind of fluky, so I took a break and let the GPS do a better job of capturing satellites (presumably). This was from before the break.
Lawn mowing 11:24 [1] 0.42 mi (27:01 / mi)
After the GPS had more time to possibly lock in to satellites.
Did not do the back yard at all (too wet in many places, and it really didn't need it yet), and only did around 75% of the front yard, because the rest of it wasn't long enough to see where I had mowed and where I hadn't. So therefore, why mow.
The distance recorded by the GPS seems reasonable; I could probably make an independent measurement by estimating how many passes I make, and how long each pass it. Maybe I'll do that step, but most likely not ...
Did not do the back yard at all (too wet in many places, and it really didn't need it yet), and only did around 75% of the front yard, because the rest of it wasn't long enough to see where I had mowed and where I hadn't. So therefore, why mow.
The distance recorded by the GPS seems reasonable; I could probably make an independent measurement by estimating how many passes I make, and how long each pass it. Maybe I'll do that step, but most likely not ...
Friday Apr 29, 2011 #
Mapping 55:00 [0] 1.26 mi (43:39 / mi)
shoes: Hiking boots
Starting the mapping of Highland Park. Mapping session cut short because it was nippier than I had expected (temperature in the upper 40's, but wind gusts up to 30 mph), and my hands can't quite take being exposed to those conditions for very long, and still be able to write.
Thursday Apr 28, 2011 #
3 PM
Running 26:33 [3] 2.71 mi (9:48 / mi) +240ft 9:02 / mi
slept:6.0 weight:174lbs shoes: Gel Kahana 4 July 2010
Whiting Rd trail run, with trailsnail. One loop around, only. Not surprisingly, the trails were very muddy in the usual wet spots. They were probably 95%+ dry with good footing, though.
Wednesday Apr 27, 2011 #
1 PM
Running 32:09 [4] 3.91 mi (8:13 / mi) +2ft 8:13 / mi
max:160 slept:6.0 weight:176lbs shoes: Saucony Progrid Guide 3
Finally, a chance to do some hot-weather training! And to NOT do any rain training! Upper 70's, fairly humid. Decided to do a faster run than I usually do (but a short run). Included in the run were two half-mile "intervals" (although it's tough to call the speed I was doing them at anything close to interval speed). I'm sure I'll grow to dislike upper 70's and humid, but it felt very good for a change to be wet at the end, from sweat rather than from rainfall and running through puddles and mud.
C • 70's 1
Tuesday Apr 26, 2011 #
10 AM
Running 1:09:11 [1] 7.55 mi (9:10 / mi) +307ft 8:49 / mi
slept:6.0 shoes: Saucony Progrid Guide 3
Late morning run. Not raining when I started, but was hit with some moderately heavy rain for around 10 minutes in the middle of the run, so I was pretty soaked when I finished. Then it started raining again right after I finished, so I just missed being even wetter. I would be quite happy if this rainy weather would end.
C • Rain 4
Monday Apr 25, 2011 #
3 PM
Running 30:00 [1] 3.22 mi (9:18 / mi) +188ft 8:49 / mi
shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 11
Afternoon rainy run in the Highland Park area (and a little bit through the park). Had planned on starting field checking of the park for the updated map, but it was too rainy to do that. Fortunately I had come prepared to run instead of (or more hopefully, in addition to) field checking. I really dislike running in the rain, though -- no doubt partly because of foggy glasses.
Sunday Apr 24, 2011 #
2 PM
Running (With Homer) 29:17 [1] 3.31 mi (8:52 / mi) +1ft 8:51 / mi
max:140 slept:8.5 shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 11
Afternoon run, fairly lame, but gave Homer a bit of exercise.
Thursday Apr 21, 2011 #
11 AM
Walking (Dog walk) 48:39 [1] 2.8 mi (17:21 / mi) +18ft 17:15 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
Walk with Homer, over to Finn Park, around the field, and back.
1 PM
Running long (Trails) 2:11:09 [4] 12.35 mi (10:37 / mi) +1200ft 9:43 / mi
max:155 weight:173lbs shoes: New Balance MT461GO
Long trail run, with trailsnail (although our paces were a little different, so I did a few backtracks to meet up with her so we wouldn't get too widely separated).
Mostly the perimeter loop at Whiting, although we made a stab at going into Gosnell, we got fairly well into it when we were stymied by a bridge that was totally underwater (a marshy area had become a lake and was about 2 feet higher than it normally was, presumably due to damming of some sort where the marsh/lake drains under Lake Rd).
I was really dragging the last few miles, which is why the last time around didn't do the whole perimeter trail system, but cut off about a mile of it.
First real run in my new trail shoes (ran a few miles on the road to check them out), and I was pleased that they felt fine for the whole 12 miles.
The climb of 1200 feet is my estimate based on about 240 feet per perimeter loop, with one of the loops we did incomplete, but we had some climb going over to and back from Gosnell.
Mostly the perimeter loop at Whiting, although we made a stab at going into Gosnell, we got fairly well into it when we were stymied by a bridge that was totally underwater (a marshy area had become a lake and was about 2 feet higher than it normally was, presumably due to damming of some sort where the marsh/lake drains under Lake Rd).
I was really dragging the last few miles, which is why the last time around didn't do the whole perimeter trail system, but cut off about a mile of it.
First real run in my new trail shoes (ran a few miles on the road to check them out), and I was pleased that they felt fine for the whole 12 miles.
The climb of 1200 feet is my estimate based on about 240 feet per perimeter loop, with one of the loops we did incomplete, but we had some climb going over to and back from Gosnell.
Wednesday Apr 20, 2011 #
1 PM
Running 35:50 [2] 4.17 mi (8:35 / mi) +3ft 8:35 / mi
shoes: New Balance MT461GO
"Random run" in the Park/East/Monroe area. Extremely windy, but I avoided the rain at least. Tried out my latest shoe purchase (they seemed reasonably good).
Monday Apr 18, 2011 #
10 AM
Running 1:07:08 [2] 7.61 mi (8:49 / mi) +35ft 8:47 / mi
slept:5.0 shoes: Saucony Progrid Guide 3
Late morning run, to try to beat the forecast precipitation. Weather actually not bad, just kind of depressing for late April (overcast, mid 30's, modest wind from the NE).
Saturday Apr 16, 2011 #
9 AM
Course setting 33:00 [1] 1.57 mi (21:01 / mi) +88ft 19:57 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
Setting out four controls in the western part of the park.
Course setting 15:59 [1] 0.79 mi (20:15 / mi) +95ft 18:11 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
Setting out four easily-reached controls in the Parkview Lodge area.
10 AM
Course setting 1:03:00 [1] 2.26 mi (27:53 / mi) +145ft 26:17 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
Setting out controls east of Holt Rd. A couple of stupid mistakes (not navigation mistakes, but forgetting one of the e-punch boxes I needed, and totally separate from that mistake, putting the wrong box on one of the first controls I set, which meant I didn't have it for a later control) caused this to take maybe 20 minutes longer than it should have. Fortunately I had a slight amount of cushion, so I finished up around 10 minutes before noon, when the meet was scheduled to start.
Friday Apr 15, 2011 #
9 AM
Running long 1:35:54 [1] 10.07 mi (9:31 / mi) +168ft 9:23 / mi
shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 11
Picked up e-punch boxes from Ravi, then control flags and some other stuff from Lavine's, then went for a run starting from the Park Ave area.
I made an attempt to run slow, but I found that even when I think I'm going about as slowly as I can go, I was only going slightly slower than my previous long run. But it actually did seem to make a difference; I felt pretty good at the end of the run at slightly more than 10 miles, like I could have gone another 2-4 miles without suffering too much.
I made an attempt to run slow, but I found that even when I think I'm going about as slowly as I can go, I was only going slightly slower than my previous long run. But it actually did seem to make a difference; I felt pretty good at the end of the run at slightly more than 10 miles, like I could have gone another 2-4 miles without suffering too much.
3 PM
Course setting 40:20 [1] 1.53 mi (26:22 / mi) +70ft 25:16 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
Setting out controls in the Whiting Road area.
Course setting 1:00:46 [1] 2.42 mi (25:06 / mi) +37ft 24:45 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
Setting out the more remote controls in Webster Park.
Between Whiting and Webster, I only set out 13 controls (out of 39), but they're generally the most remote and therefore the most time consuming to do, so I feel like I'm more than half done. Hopefully I won't find out tomorrow that I've underestimated the rest of the task.
Between Whiting and Webster, I only set out 13 controls (out of 39), but they're generally the most remote and therefore the most time consuming to do, so I feel like I'm more than half done. Hopefully I won't find out tomorrow that I've underestimated the rest of the task.
Thursday Apr 14, 2011 #
Course setting 44:00 [1] 2.29 mi (19:13 / mi)
shoes: Hiking boots
One last trip to Whiting and Webster, to check out two spots I had either neglected to check before in one case, and which I ran out of time in the other case. One was a reentrant at Whiting, which I was pretty sure was going to be fine for a control location as I remember the area pretty well from mapping, and it was indeed an acceptable spot.
The other was on the east side of Holt Rd; it was to be the next to last control on White, a manmade object very close to a trail, pretty trivial. That's the one I just plain neglected to check, even though I was very close to it checking out other spots a few days ago. I'm glad I went to check, because the manmade object seems to have disappeared! I vaguely recall it being some coiled up wire fencing or some other construction stuff. It apparently has been cleaned up, which is nice, except there no longer is a feature there to use as a control. It turns out that the White course works fine with that control just omitted, so that's what I did.
The other was on the east side of Holt Rd; it was to be the next to last control on White, a manmade object very close to a trail, pretty trivial. That's the one I just plain neglected to check, even though I was very close to it checking out other spots a few days ago. I'm glad I went to check, because the manmade object seems to have disappeared! I vaguely recall it being some coiled up wire fencing or some other construction stuff. It apparently has been cleaned up, which is nice, except there no longer is a feature there to use as a control. It turns out that the White course works fine with that control just omitted, so that's what I did.
3 PM
Running (With Homer) 33:39 [2] 3.66 mi (9:12 / mi) +3ft 9:11 / mi
shoes: Saucony Progrid Guide 3
Mid afternoon run, with the doggie. I wasn't going to take him but he looked at me, very forlorn, so I broke down and took him, even though it was warmer than his comfort zone (it was in the upper 40's).
Listened to the ever-so-popular-on-AP Fresh Air episode about life on other planets. (I was disappointed, though, that id didn't focus even more on methane, after all of the comments with that title ... :) ).
Listened to the ever-so-popular-on-AP Fresh Air episode about life on other planets. (I was disappointed, though, that id didn't focus even more on methane, after all of the comments with that title ... :) ).
Tuesday Apr 12, 2011 #
9 AM
Course setting 1:34:27 [1] 3.77 mi (25:03 / mi) +145ft 24:10 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
Checking out and streamering more control sites. As with yesterday, all but one checked out fine, although for a few I identified some map updates that would be helpful in the area of the control.
The one that I moved was actually OK as far as being fair and easily found once in the control circle, but it was in a reentrant that was quite swampy. The map showed a marshy area but ending further down the reentrant than I had planned to put the control. (Who made this map, anyway??? :) ) It was actually quite swampy much further up the reentrant, and I think the reason is that there were some seeps of water coming out from fairly high up in the reentrant (a contour or two above the bottom of the reentrant). I could have left the control there but there were other nearby locations that were just as good, so I figured why subject people to ankle-deep muck (and the chance of losing a shoe, as I experienced once!) when there was really no need to.
The one that I moved was actually OK as far as being fair and easily found once in the control circle, but it was in a reentrant that was quite swampy. The map showed a marshy area but ending further down the reentrant than I had planned to put the control. (Who made this map, anyway??? :) ) It was actually quite swampy much further up the reentrant, and I think the reason is that there were some seeps of water coming out from fairly high up in the reentrant (a contour or two above the bottom of the reentrant). I could have left the control there but there were other nearby locations that were just as good, so I figured why subject people to ankle-deep muck (and the chance of losing a shoe, as I experienced once!) when there was really no need to.
3 PM
Running hills (Trails) 1:00:03 [4] 5.45 mi (11:01 / mi) +805ft 9:40 / mi
max:160 shoes: Montrail Mt Masochist Mar 2011
Ellison Wetlands trails, with trailsnail. (Our paces were a bit different, so I doubled back to meet back up with her a few times.)
Whenever I haven't done a workout here in a long time, I tend to forget how friggin' hilly it is. I'm sure that I should do at least one hard run a week here between now and the trail marathon, and work up to doing around 10 miles (preferably more) instead of 5 miles, but that seems like a daunting challenge, after how I felt today.
Whenever I haven't done a workout here in a long time, I tend to forget how friggin' hilly it is. I'm sure that I should do at least one hard run a week here between now and the trail marathon, and work up to doing around 10 miles (preferably more) instead of 5 miles, but that seems like a daunting challenge, after how I felt today.
Monday Apr 11, 2011 #
8 AM
Course setting 1:51:43 [1] 4.17 mi (26:47 / mi) +244ft 25:23 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
Checking out and streamering control points for the Webster meet. Nice that the rain held off.
Productive outing -- probably got to 75% of the control points, and all but one wound up being just fine (in some cases with a slight modification of the control description, or a slight change in the location of the control circle). One of them was in an area mapped as light green, but there was a medium green band around where the control was to be, and it just didn't seem to make sense to make someone deal with unpleasant vegetation when there was no good need for it (esp. since it was the first control on Yellow!), so I picked an alternate location for it (and will update the map).
Productive outing -- probably got to 75% of the control points, and all but one wound up being just fine (in some cases with a slight modification of the control description, or a slight change in the location of the control circle). One of them was in an area mapped as light green, but there was a medium green band around where the control was to be, and it just didn't seem to make sense to make someone deal with unpleasant vegetation when there was no good need for it (esp. since it was the first control on Yellow!), so I picked an alternate location for it (and will update the map).
C • Dang 1
Sunday Apr 10, 2011 #
3 PM
Running long 1:43:16 [2] 11.13 mi (9:17 / mi) +112ft 9:11 / mi
slept:7.0 weight:175.5lbs shoes: Saucony Progrid Hurricane 11
Long run (although not as long as I wanted it to be, or really needed to be). I had to do a couple of things that took me out in my car, so I decided to do my first canal run in quite a while. The forecast threatened rain, but it not only didn't rain, it got somewhat sunny and fairly warm, upper 60's, so this qualified as my first "heat" training of the season.
I was really struggling the last couple of miles. Maybe I need to work on running slower when I'm aiming for a run that's longer than I've done previously in this season. It always seems like I'm running pretty slowly already, but I know that most training guides would call for a significantly slower pace than what I'm running, for long runs.
I was really struggling the last couple of miles. Maybe I need to work on running slower when I'm aiming for a run that's longer than I've done previously in this season. It always seems like I'm running pretty slowly already, but I know that most training guides would call for a significantly slower pace than what I'm running, for long runs.
6 PM
Note
I was curious what my long run pace SHOULD be, so I checked the Greg McMillan pace calculator. This is where you can enter your time from a race of one distance, and it gives you what your theoretically equivalent time might be for other race distances (with a big assumption that you properly train for those other distances -- if you enter your best 5K time it will say what you should be able to do a marathon in, but that's only if you actually do marathon training!).
http://mcmillanrunning.com/mcmillanrunningcalculat...
It also gives you your pace for various workouts, like intervals of various lengths, long runs, tempo runs, etc.
I told it that my road marathon time was 4 hours even. Nearly all of my marathons have been faster than that, but then, I was younger when I ran them. I think 4 hours would be a reasonable marathon time now, assuming I trained for one.
Among many other things, it told me that my long run pace should be 9:40 to 10:40 per mile. A pretty broad range, but even the bottom end of the range is slower than what I ran today. So it confirms my suspicion that for me to up the distance of my weekly long run, I probably should be slowing down.
http://mcmillanrunning.com/mcmillanrunningcalculat...
It also gives you your pace for various workouts, like intervals of various lengths, long runs, tempo runs, etc.
I told it that my road marathon time was 4 hours even. Nearly all of my marathons have been faster than that, but then, I was younger when I ran them. I think 4 hours would be a reasonable marathon time now, assuming I trained for one.
Among many other things, it told me that my long run pace should be 9:40 to 10:40 per mile. A pretty broad range, but even the bottom end of the range is slower than what I ran today. So it confirms my suspicion that for me to up the distance of my weekly long run, I probably should be slowing down.
Saturday Apr 9, 2011 #
9 AM
Downhill skiing 35:00 [3] 0.0 mi
slept:8.0
Skiing at Bristol!
Can't say it was the easiest skiing -- virtually nothing had been groomed, and although Bristol had amazingly held up through last weekend without a bare spot or even a hint of one, by now, a number of bare spots had developed, along with other thin (brownish) areas, that had to be maneuvered around. Nearly everything was still officially open, but a few slopes were pretty much impassible. But others, like Rocket and Comet and Upper Galaxy, and the "beginners' loop", had plenty of snow. Quite a few skiers out -- there was generally a bit of a lift line (few minutes).
The skiing was much more tiring than mid-winter, groomed conditions, so I wimped out pretty quickly.
There were also a number of XC skiers out, getting what I expect is the last time out on snow until next winter.
GPS said 13 miles covered, and 10,000 vertical feet.
Can't say it was the easiest skiing -- virtually nothing had been groomed, and although Bristol had amazingly held up through last weekend without a bare spot or even a hint of one, by now, a number of bare spots had developed, along with other thin (brownish) areas, that had to be maneuvered around. Nearly everything was still officially open, but a few slopes were pretty much impassible. But others, like Rocket and Comet and Upper Galaxy, and the "beginners' loop", had plenty of snow. Quite a few skiers out -- there was generally a bit of a lift line (few minutes).
The skiing was much more tiring than mid-winter, groomed conditions, so I wimped out pretty quickly.
There were also a number of XC skiers out, getting what I expect is the last time out on snow until next winter.
GPS said 13 miles covered, and 10,000 vertical feet.
2 PM
Walking (Dog walk) 34:27 [1] 1.88 mi (18:22 / mi) +5ft 18:19 / mi
shoes: Asics Gel Enduro 5
Friday Apr 8, 2011 #
1 PM
Running 1:13:03 [2] 8.01 mi (9:07 / mi) +56ft 9:04 / mi
max:140 slept:6.0 weight:175.5lbs shoes: Saucony Progrid Guide 3
Medium length run, again with new road shoes. They still felt fine, no blisters or other discomfort, so I take that as a good sign.
There was a fairly stiff wind right in my face during the first portion of the run which got to be quite annoying after a few miles, so it was a relief when I finally headed north.
For anyone who likes to run on the Hojack Trail, here's a report on the section between Holt Rd and Klem Rd.
The part which you take to get from the subdivision off of Holt Rd, to the rail-trail itself, is really pretty terrible, at least if you want to keep your shoes from getting totally muddy. It hasn't shown any sign of drying out, which seems kind of odd because I don't think it's been an especially wet spring.
The rest of the trail is fine up until Hard Rd. Between Hard and Klem, there are a few squishy places but nothing all that bad.
There was a fairly stiff wind right in my face during the first portion of the run which got to be quite annoying after a few miles, so it was a relief when I finally headed north.
For anyone who likes to run on the Hojack Trail, here's a report on the section between Holt Rd and Klem Rd.
The part which you take to get from the subdivision off of Holt Rd, to the rail-trail itself, is really pretty terrible, at least if you want to keep your shoes from getting totally muddy. It hasn't shown any sign of drying out, which seems kind of odd because I don't think it's been an especially wet spring.
The rest of the trail is fine up until Hard Rd. Between Hard and Klem, there are a few squishy places but nothing all that bad.
Thursday Apr 7, 2011 #
Course setting 1:08:00 [1] 2.32 mi (29:18 / mi)
shoes: Hiking boots
A control-location-checking-out expedition to Whiting Road.
Wednesday Apr 6, 2011 #
11 AM
Running tempo (Trails) 24:45 [4] 2.64 mi (9:22 / mi) +250ft 8:36 / mi
max:150 shoes: Montrail Mt Masochist Mar 2011
Had pondered doing a medium length road run, but decided on a shorter but more challenging trail run; partly to work on breaking in my fairly new trail shoes better, partly to start getting some trail running under my belt, and partly to assess the mud (or, more hopefully, lack thereof) situation on the Whiting trails.
Did one loop of the perimeter trails. I had thought about doing two, but I decided on one, with a higher level of effort.
The trails were about 98% pretty dry, 1% a bit squishy but nothing terrible, and 1% very wet (under water in one short, but impossible to avoid, section).
The climb is based on counting contour lines on the O map of Whiting. AP's analysis of the GPS track came up with about 30% of the climb that the contours indicate. (The latter of which is much more believable, IMO.)
Did one loop of the perimeter trails. I had thought about doing two, but I decided on one, with a higher level of effort.
The trails were about 98% pretty dry, 1% a bit squishy but nothing terrible, and 1% very wet (under water in one short, but impossible to avoid, section).
The climb is based on counting contour lines on the O map of Whiting. AP's analysis of the GPS track came up with about 30% of the climb that the contours indicate. (The latter of which is much more believable, IMO.)
C • muck 2
Tuesday Apr 5, 2011 #
12 PM
Walking (Dog walk) 55:19 [0] 3.13 mi (17:41 / mi) +16ft 17:36 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
Walk with Homer, over to Finn Park, around the field, and back.
3 PM
Running 38:43 [3] 4.52 mi (8:34 / mi) +94ft 8:24 / mi
max:150 shoes: Saucony Progrid Guide 3
Mid afternoon run, on some new shoes I had bought this morning. My two main pairs of road shoes each had around 350-400 miles on them, so I figured it was time to break in a new pair. Tried on several Asics and then this pair of Sauconys at DSW; all fit fairly well and felt OK, but the Sauconys just felt a touch better, and all were about the same (fairly low) price, so why not go with the one that felt the best in the store, in the absence of any other information.
They felt pretty good on the run, also; I was glad I wasn't running many more miles in them at this point, though, until I do a couple of more short runs like this one to break them in a bit.
They felt pretty good on the run, also; I was glad I wasn't running many more miles in them at this point, though, until I do a couple of more short runs like this one to break them in a bit.
Sunday Apr 3, 2011 #
8 AM
Running race 1:24:42 [4] 9.39 mi (9:01 / mi) +485ft 8:36 / mi
max:160 weight:177.5lbs shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 11
15K road race at Mendon. Distance is from the Forerunner (slightly longer than what 15K would be, which is about 9.32 miles).
As mentioned yesterday, I was taking this race as a hard, hilly, and semi-long training run, rather than striving for the best time I could do. I would say it accomplished the goal. I started out pretty leisurely, then picked things up a bit after a few miles. I started to really struggle to maintain that pace (as unimpressive as it was) around mile 7 or so. The last two miles I certainly felt like I was all-out racing, and the last mile I actually did show an increase in pace.
My overall place wasn't anything to rave about: 282 out of 514 (55%tile). Nor was my place in my age group: 9 out of 16.
Local AP'er jsnyder was the #1 female finisher, and 13th overall, with an outstanding time of 58:41 (6:27/mile).
As mentioned yesterday, I was taking this race as a hard, hilly, and semi-long training run, rather than striving for the best time I could do. I would say it accomplished the goal. I started out pretty leisurely, then picked things up a bit after a few miles. I started to really struggle to maintain that pace (as unimpressive as it was) around mile 7 or so. The last two miles I certainly felt like I was all-out racing, and the last mile I actually did show an increase in pace.
My overall place wasn't anything to rave about: 282 out of 514 (55%tile). Nor was my place in my age group: 9 out of 16.
Local AP'er jsnyder was the #1 female finisher, and 13th overall, with an outstanding time of 58:41 (6:27/mile).
Saturday Apr 2, 2011 #
12 PM
Running 47:01 [2] 5.22 mi (9:00 / mi) +61ft 8:54 / mi
shoes: Saucony Progrid Hurricane 11
I'm signed up for the Mendon 15K road race tomorrow, and if I were serious about having as good of a time as possible in the race, I would have run shorter today. But the main point of entering the race was to get me to do some harder running in a semi-long distance, and with hills, than I normally would do on my own, as part of preparation for the Letchworth trail marathon. And I've been a slug in terms of running lately, partly but not entirely due to taking the trip to Ohiopyle.
So I reasoned that my weekend of training would be more productive if I ran a little longer today than a 1-2 mile run I might typically do the day before a race. My rough intention was to do 6 miles, which I fell a little short of. I felt very non-energetic; probably partly due to not much running since last Saturday, and partly because I've been sleep deprived for 3 nights in a row (the first two, because I woke up spontaneously around 4 am and couldn't really get back to sleep, and the 3rd one because I was playing music at a bar in Newark last night until 2 am, which got me home around 3:30 am).
Thus, I cut the run a little short, walking the last 3/4 of a mile or so. Even though I felt like a total non-runner, I'm optimistically thinking that the run did me good.
So I reasoned that my weekend of training would be more productive if I ran a little longer today than a 1-2 mile run I might typically do the day before a race. My rough intention was to do 6 miles, which I fell a little short of. I felt very non-energetic; probably partly due to not much running since last Saturday, and partly because I've been sleep deprived for 3 nights in a row (the first two, because I woke up spontaneously around 4 am and couldn't really get back to sleep, and the 3rd one because I was playing music at a bar in Newark last night until 2 am, which got me home around 3:30 am).
Thus, I cut the run a little short, walking the last 3/4 of a mile or so. Even though I felt like a total non-runner, I'm optimistically thinking that the run did me good.