Training Log Archive: bill_lIn the 31 days ending May 31, 2009:
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| « | » |
| » now | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fr | Sa | Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday May 31, 2009 #
Walking 20:00 [1] 1.0 mi (20:00 / mi)
slept:6.5 shoes: Vasque Blur
A short walk this evening. Walking later in the evening is quite nice: less traffic and most of the dogs that are normally out barking are inside.
Had wanted to get a run in today, but didn't get home in time. Aunt, for whom I was guardian, passed away on the 21st. Went out to her house in Mexico MO today (my mom went with me). The house is in bad shape. Basement must have flooded with 2-3 inches of water this spring. Fortunately, there wasn't much in the basement.
Anyway, the last 15 years had been tough times for Auntie and she had become quite a recluse. She only went to the grocery store a couple times a year. April 29th was one such visit. She had purchased about $900 worth of canned goods. So, after a couple hours taking trash out to the curb, I spent a couple hours packing up the canned goods. Then spent another couple hours at home sorting thru it all. Benj helped me unload it from the car and sort it on the driveway. Must have been at least 350, maybe 400 cans. Kept some but most will go to the food pantry tomorrow.
A bit of weirdness.... I was packing cans into paper bags in the kitchen, about 5 feet from where my Aunt had been found. I was bending over - from cabinet low to floor then pivoting to the shopping bag on the floor. At one point I thought my mom was standing there, maybe 4 feet away, watching me. I felt like I was being watched. I clearly saw feet, legs, and torso in my peripheral vision. Whitish trousers, light colored shoes. I grabbed a couple more cans from the cabinet and looked up ready to say something. Nobody there. Mom was in the other room putting clothes into trash bags.
Had wanted to get a run in today, but didn't get home in time. Aunt, for whom I was guardian, passed away on the 21st. Went out to her house in Mexico MO today (my mom went with me). The house is in bad shape. Basement must have flooded with 2-3 inches of water this spring. Fortunately, there wasn't much in the basement.
Anyway, the last 15 years had been tough times for Auntie and she had become quite a recluse. She only went to the grocery store a couple times a year. April 29th was one such visit. She had purchased about $900 worth of canned goods. So, after a couple hours taking trash out to the curb, I spent a couple hours packing up the canned goods. Then spent another couple hours at home sorting thru it all. Benj helped me unload it from the car and sort it on the driveway. Must have been at least 350, maybe 400 cans. Kept some but most will go to the food pantry tomorrow.
A bit of weirdness.... I was packing cans into paper bags in the kitchen, about 5 feet from where my Aunt had been found. I was bending over - from cabinet low to floor then pivoting to the shopping bag on the floor. At one point I thought my mom was standing there, maybe 4 feet away, watching me. I felt like I was being watched. I clearly saw feet, legs, and torso in my peripheral vision. Whitish trousers, light colored shoes. I grabbed a couple more cans from the cabinet and looked up ready to say something. Nobody there. Mom was in the other room putting clothes into trash bags.
Saturday May 30, 2009 #
Walking (evening walk) 30:00 [1] 1.5 mi (20:00 / mi)
shoes: Vasque Blur
Friday May 29, 2009 #
Cycling (commute) 25:00 [3] 8.25 km (3:02 / km)
slept:7.0 shoes: Cake 2 DLX
to work
Cycling (commute) 30:00 [3] 10.0 km (3:00 / km)
shoes: Cake 2 DLX
home from work with a loop thru Tillis Park.
Thursday May 28, 2009 #
Note
slept:7.0
Ankle a bit stiff this morning, but not bad.
Wednesday May 27, 2009 #
Note
slept:7.0
Since I don't have anything coming up anytime soon, I decided on Sunday that taking a second week completely off (last week sick, this week recovered) might do the body some good.
Also knew that I was going to see Dr. Crane today....
The feet have been feeling pretty good. No long lasting pain after two AR's. There is still some tenderness at the plantar heel insertion point, but stretching and icing have paid off. Bottom line, no injections for the plantars today! Measurement of the right plantar was just below 6mm which is still 2mm thicker than normal, but also 2.5mm below the most inflamed size late last fall. A little bit of fluid in the sheath, but the tendon is looking good on the ultrasound.
Did get left ankle injected in the tarsal? joint capsule. Sprained it pretty badly a few months ago and rolled it several more time since (most recently at Mission stepping half off the pavement on a road edge...). Injection didn't hurt too badly and not much pain (no worse then prior to the injection) this evening.
Also knew that I was going to see Dr. Crane today....
The feet have been feeling pretty good. No long lasting pain after two AR's. There is still some tenderness at the plantar heel insertion point, but stretching and icing have paid off. Bottom line, no injections for the plantars today! Measurement of the right plantar was just below 6mm which is still 2mm thicker than normal, but also 2.5mm below the most inflamed size late last fall. A little bit of fluid in the sheath, but the tendon is looking good on the ultrasound.
Did get left ankle injected in the tarsal? joint capsule. Sprained it pretty badly a few months ago and rolled it several more time since (most recently at Mission stepping half off the pavement on a road edge...). Injection didn't hurt too badly and not much pain (no worse then prior to the injection) this evening.
Tuesday May 26, 2009 #
Walking 30:00 [1] 1.5 mi (20:00 / mi)
shoes: Vasque Blur
evening walk....
Monday May 25, 2009 #
Walking (hiking) 7:00:00 [1]
slept:6.0 shoes: inov8 roclite 320
Went camping at Hawn this weekend. Weather was pretty good until about 4:30 this morning when the skies opened up. Got a brief respite from the rain that was long enough to get things packed up.
Did about 7 hours of hiking over the weekend.
A bit of excitement in the campground last night. Just before midnight I noticed some guy driving around the campground circle several times in a noisy pickup. He pulled back in his space (a few down from us) and seemed to be breaking camp (he had a pull-behind trailer). A few minutes later the campground host and the county sherriff show up. Some yelling, screaming, a macing, and 4 more sherriff cars, and an ambulance later, they haul off 2 people, and give a ticket to a third. Finally got to sleep around 1. Domestic dispute. Both were totally wasted. Guy decided it was time to go home but couldn't get out of campground. Host calls police. Guy went sort of peacefully, woman got maced. I think they left the 3rd guy behind to take care of the couple's kids.
Did about 7 hours of hiking over the weekend.
A bit of excitement in the campground last night. Just before midnight I noticed some guy driving around the campground circle several times in a noisy pickup. He pulled back in his space (a few down from us) and seemed to be breaking camp (he had a pull-behind trailer). A few minutes later the campground host and the county sherriff show up. Some yelling, screaming, a macing, and 4 more sherriff cars, and an ambulance later, they haul off 2 people, and give a ticket to a third. Finally got to sleep around 1. Domestic dispute. Both were totally wasted. Guy decided it was time to go home but couldn't get out of campground. Host calls police. Guy went sort of peacefully, woman got maced. I think they left the 3rd guy behind to take care of the couple's kids.
Sunday May 24, 2009 #
Note
slept:9.0
I felt good enough this morning to go for a run. I even taped my feet in preparation. But then my motivation fell short with the announcement that apple pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausages, and plain pancakes were ready to eat. Progressive breakfast through 4 different campsites.....
Saturday May 23, 2009 #
Note
slept:10.0
Thursday May 21, 2009 #
Note
(sick)
Rough time sleeping last night. Regular cold medicine seems to have no effect on this cold. At least Benedryl stops the running nose.
Wednesday May 20, 2009 #
Note
slept:8.0 (sick)
I have the cold from hell.
Monday May 18, 2009 #
Note
slept:8.0 (sick)
Seem to have caught the kids 'cold'.
About 3 hours into the drive home yesterday, my throat started itching. About 4 hours in, it was really sore.
By bedtime, I felt like crap.
At least my body held it off until after the race.... (or quite likely, it was the race that gave the bug a fighting chance).
About 3 hours into the drive home yesterday, my throat started itching. About 4 hours in, it was really sore.
By bedtime, I felt like crap.
At least my body held it off until after the race.... (or quite likely, it was the race that gave the bug a fighting chance).
Note
Results from Mission have been posted:
http://www.dinoseries.com/results/mission/2009/Mis...
We finished 7th of 48 teams overall and 1st of 12 in the 2M division. 3 of the top 6 (4, 5, & 6) were solo males.
Looking at the scoring, there was no penalty for skipping the climbing wall. Had I known that ahead of time we'd have skipped it and picked up 3 more trekking controls and perhaps, depending on finish time, taken 3rd overall....
http://www.dinoseries.com/results/mission/2009/Mis...
We finished 7th of 48 teams overall and 1st of 12 in the 2M division. 3 of the top 6 (4, 5, & 6) were solo males.
Looking at the scoring, there was no penalty for skipping the climbing wall. Had I known that ahead of time we'd have skipped it and picked up 3 more trekking controls and perhaps, depending on finish time, taken 3rd overall....
Note
I'm going to try adding a race report in segments.... first installment:
The Race HQ and main TA for this years Mission AR was at Camp Kysoc - an Easter Seals camp that "provides a unique camping experience for children and adults with physical or developmental disabilities."
http://www.cardinalhill.org/Home/tabid/401/Default...
Camp Kysoc is on the grounds of General Butler State Park located adjacent to Carrollton, KY at the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers. The race fee included dinner on Friday, a post-race meal, and lodging in one of the Kysoc camper cabins on Friday and Saturday nights.
The cabins were simple 10x14, screened huts. Most with 3-4 sets of bunk beds, and a few with just 4 single beds. The huts were arranged in groups of 3 called villages, each village set back in the woods in it's own little area. The common area had a high-ropes course, an indoor pool facility, a dining hall, and an office.
Matt & I arrived at Kysoc at about 3:30 on Friday. Checkin wasn't supposed to begin until later but race staff were ready with cabin sign-up lists and TA setup instructions.
For TA we were given the option to set up an awning in the grassy yard, or stake out some space under the huge overhang (10' deep?) surrounding the pool building. The overhang had a concrete floor and was lighted! Hmmm, let me think..... Deal with a wet awning after the race or a well lit, dry, effortless TA area? We took prime real estate at the corner of the building 30 feet from the start line.
After claiming some TA space, I went to check out the cabins. Went straight for the 4-bedders of which there were two villages. The 4 bedders were a pretty good walk from the TA/HQ area and by the time I got back both of the good cabins in village one had been taken.... so quickly signed up for cabin 1 in Ayita village. Ended up getting the place to ourselves. That was a nice bonus.
After taking stuff to the cabin and dumping gear at the TA, we headed out to explore the park. Highway 227 cuts through a part of the park (and the lake). Kysoc is on one side of the highway, the rest of the park on the other. Kysoc is relatively flat, General Butler has a huge ridge, overlooking the Ohio, that once was home to a ski area (Does it snow that much in Kentucky?). The park isn't all that big. A lake, a campground, a lodge, a 9 hole golf course, a conference center, and 6 or 7 miles of trails. A single road running through the park, roughly SE to NW, up and over the ridge.
After a tour through the park, we visited Carrollton and the local Rite-Aid for some last minute purchases and then headed back to Kysoc to finish organizing the TA.
Dinner, at 7, turned out to be quite good. Meat & veggi lasagne, salad, brownies.
Pre-race meeting at 7:30. Mercifully short, done by 8:10, I think. Basically a review of the rules. Maps to be handed out in the morning. Coordinates for controls handed out in segments. Nothing to do but relax.
The Race HQ and main TA for this years Mission AR was at Camp Kysoc - an Easter Seals camp that "provides a unique camping experience for children and adults with physical or developmental disabilities."
http://www.cardinalhill.org/Home/tabid/401/Default...
Camp Kysoc is on the grounds of General Butler State Park located adjacent to Carrollton, KY at the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers. The race fee included dinner on Friday, a post-race meal, and lodging in one of the Kysoc camper cabins on Friday and Saturday nights.
The cabins were simple 10x14, screened huts. Most with 3-4 sets of bunk beds, and a few with just 4 single beds. The huts were arranged in groups of 3 called villages, each village set back in the woods in it's own little area. The common area had a high-ropes course, an indoor pool facility, a dining hall, and an office.
Matt & I arrived at Kysoc at about 3:30 on Friday. Checkin wasn't supposed to begin until later but race staff were ready with cabin sign-up lists and TA setup instructions.
For TA we were given the option to set up an awning in the grassy yard, or stake out some space under the huge overhang (10' deep?) surrounding the pool building. The overhang had a concrete floor and was lighted! Hmmm, let me think..... Deal with a wet awning after the race or a well lit, dry, effortless TA area? We took prime real estate at the corner of the building 30 feet from the start line.
After claiming some TA space, I went to check out the cabins. Went straight for the 4-bedders of which there were two villages. The 4 bedders were a pretty good walk from the TA/HQ area and by the time I got back both of the good cabins in village one had been taken.... so quickly signed up for cabin 1 in Ayita village. Ended up getting the place to ourselves. That was a nice bonus.
After taking stuff to the cabin and dumping gear at the TA, we headed out to explore the park. Highway 227 cuts through a part of the park (and the lake). Kysoc is on one side of the highway, the rest of the park on the other. Kysoc is relatively flat, General Butler has a huge ridge, overlooking the Ohio, that once was home to a ski area (Does it snow that much in Kentucky?). The park isn't all that big. A lake, a campground, a lodge, a 9 hole golf course, a conference center, and 6 or 7 miles of trails. A single road running through the park, roughly SE to NW, up and over the ridge.
After a tour through the park, we visited Carrollton and the local Rite-Aid for some last minute purchases and then headed back to Kysoc to finish organizing the TA.
Dinner, at 7, turned out to be quite good. Meat & veggi lasagne, salad, brownies.
Pre-race meeting at 7:30. Mercifully short, done by 8:10, I think. Basically a review of the rules. Maps to be handed out in the morning. Coordinates for controls handed out in segments. Nothing to do but relax.
Saturday May 16, 2009 #
Event: Mission Adventure Race
AR race 17:40:00 [3] 17.0 mi (1:02:21 / mi)
slept:5.5 weight:164lbs shoes: inov8 roclite 320
Mission Adventure Race
Carrollton, KY
We (Matt and I) brought home some hardware! 1st place 2M. Quite surprised actually. We did great while out on the course, but our transitions were abysmally slow. Thought we might squeak out 3rd, but hopes really dropped when both 2nd and 3rd went to other teams.
Not sure how we did overall.
Distance is guestimate for trekking.
Carrollton, KY
We (Matt and I) brought home some hardware! 1st place 2M. Quite surprised actually. We did great while out on the course, but our transitions were abysmally slow. Thought we might squeak out 3rd, but hopes really dropped when both 2nd and 3rd went to other teams.
Not sure how we did overall.
Distance is guestimate for trekking.
Tuesday May 12, 2009 #
Walking (evening walk) 30:00 [1] 1.5 mi (20:00 / mi)
slept:7.5 shoes: Vasque Blur
Stairs 8:33 [4]
shoes: Vasque Blur
24 floors
3x8
1:39
1:30
1:24
about 1:20 to come back down each time.
would do more, but don't want to get all sweaty.
3x8
1:39
1:30
1:24
about 1:20 to come back down each time.
would do more, but don't want to get all sweaty.
Monday May 11, 2009 #
Walking 30:00 [1] 1.5 mi (20:00 / mi)
slept:7.0 shoes: Vasque Blur
Shoulder hurts from playing ball on Saturday...
Sunday May 10, 2009 #
Cycling (MTB on the road) 1:00:00 [3] 22.0 km (2:44 / km)
shoes: Cake 2 DLX
Let's see.... newer tires, new BB, new pivot, new chain, new cable sheaths, recently replaced brake fluid, everything cleaned and oiled. Fresh off a tune-up at Maplewood. What else could go wrong?
What about the cassette? Chain was slipping as I left our street. Barely made it up the slight hill on Adams. Not sure how Maplewood missed this.
Went straight into Alpine Shop where Chris quickly determined the middle 4 gears on the cassette were toast. Fortunately, they had replacement in stock and were able to put it on while I waited.
Made a loop around the kirkwood hills after the repair. Bike is riding almost like new, but I think some new chain rings are in my future.
What about the cassette? Chain was slipping as I left our street. Barely made it up the slight hill on Adams. Not sure how Maplewood missed this.
Went straight into Alpine Shop where Chris quickly determined the middle 4 gears on the cassette were toast. Fortunately, they had replacement in stock and were able to put it on while I waited.
Made a loop around the kirkwood hills after the repair. Bike is riding almost like new, but I think some new chain rings are in my future.
Saturday May 9, 2009 #
Note
slept:6.5
That was a waste of 3 hours.
Drove down to S-F to run the red course from two weeks ago and pick up the controls. Unfortunately, S-F was HAMMERED by the storms that went thru southern MO yesterday. Lots of downed trees. The rangers had closed the camp for the weekend and wouldn't let me in....
Drove down to S-F to run the red course from two weeks ago and pick up the controls. Unfortunately, S-F was HAMMERED by the storms that went thru southern MO yesterday. Lots of downed trees. The rangers had closed the camp for the weekend and wouldn't let me in....
Run (road) 1:05:31 [3] 7.02 mi (9:20 / mi)
shoes: ASICS #3
Late afternoon Webster-Glendale loop.
Since I didn't stay at S-F I got to go to Benjimans baseball game. The coach for the other team was way too intense. We don't usually keep close track of the score but this other guy was all about who was winning. In the last two innings, Ben's team scored 12 runs to take and hold the lead.
Dinner at Nacho Mamma's.
Since I didn't stay at S-F I got to go to Benjimans baseball game. The coach for the other team was way too intense. We don't usually keep close track of the score but this other guy was all about who was winning. In the last two innings, Ben's team scored 12 runs to take and hold the lead.
Dinner at Nacho Mamma's.
Friday May 8, 2009 #
Note
slept:7.5 (rest day)
Woke up with a headache and felt totally exhausted all day. Hope I'm not getting sick.
Planning to go to S-F tomorrow. Noticed that the scanned (or digital picture?) map Dave sent me is different than the printed version I have. One of the control features isn't on my map and another control has veg that's not on my map.... Didn't notice this until the last few controls, so not sure how diff the maps are for the first 8 controls.
Thought I was going in the afternoon but Laura x'd her mind an wants me to go in the morning now....
Planning to go to S-F tomorrow. Noticed that the scanned (or digital picture?) map Dave sent me is different than the printed version I have. One of the control features isn't on my map and another control has veg that's not on my map.... Didn't notice this until the last few controls, so not sure how diff the maps are for the first 8 controls.
Thought I was going in the afternoon but Laura x'd her mind an wants me to go in the morning now....
Thursday May 7, 2009 #
Run (commute) 42:58 [3]
slept:6.5 shoes: ASICS #3
Run to work. Not sure how far it is. Need to measure.
Wednesday May 6, 2009 #
Run (treadmill) 35:00
slept:6.0 shoes: ASICS #3
Hit a wall after lunch and just couldn't keep my eyes open. Stopped in at the Y after last meeting for the day and got on the treadmill for a little while. Need to figure out some road runs in the Brentwood area.
Monday May 4, 2009 #
Stairs 10:05 [4]
slept:8.0 weight:165.5lbs shoes: Vasque Blur
26 floors. 3x8 floors @ 1:40 (up) with about 1:40 rest (down) inbetween. 2 at the end to get back to office. Was starting to get fairly sweaty.
Sunday May 3, 2009 #
Walking 2:28:35 3.25 mi (45:43 / mi)
slept:7.0 shoes: inov8 roclite 320
Once again the rain held off last night until after we went to bed at 12:30. Sat around the campfire talking, drinking wine or margheritas (sp?) , and generally having a good time.
Got up just before 8AM. Rain must have quit aound 7:30. Had breakfast and everyone when for a hike on the Oak Ridge trail, a 3.25 mile loop around eastern portion of the park. There had been a large (controlled?) burn last fall/winter so the forest was wide open with lots of flowers. I covered more than the 3.25 because I was frequently exploring the terrain on either side of the trail looking for caves or looking at the flowers. Spent 8 minutes running to catch up with the group towards the end.
Got up just before 8AM. Rain must have quit aound 7:30. Had breakfast and everyone when for a hike on the Oak Ridge trail, a 3.25 mile loop around eastern portion of the park. There had been a large (controlled?) burn last fall/winter so the forest was wide open with lots of flowers. I covered more than the 3.25 because I was frequently exploring the terrain on either side of the trail looking for caves or looking at the flowers. Spent 8 minutes running to catch up with the group towards the end.
Note
Laura had to race Benjamin over to his baseball game the second we got home, so unloaded the car and trailer by myself. 1.5 hours of packing up camp and another 2 hours cleaning up after getting home. I'm tired, but an excellent weekend.
Saturday May 2, 2009 #
Run (gravel roads) 1:08:28 [3] ** 7.9 mi (8:40 / mi)
slept:6.0 shoes: ASICS #3
Weather last night was perfect for camping though, there were no stars visible. mostly cloudy, humidity not too bad, low temp about 48. Great for sitting around a campfire. Rain held off until after 1AM. Crystal clear blue sky by 7 AM. Temps warmed into the 50's quickly so went for a run.
For my run, I'd planned a circle route using mapmyrun, but two of the mapped roads were blocked-off to traffic and fairly overgrown. Would have been a no-brainer with longpants, but in shorts and road shoes.... Wimped out and just did an out and back. Road parallelled a creekbed for about a mile. Wildflowers along the creek were spectacular.
Distance is an estimate based partially on time and partially on the topo from mapmyrun.
For my run, I'd planned a circle route using mapmyrun, but two of the mapped roads were blocked-off to traffic and fairly overgrown. Would have been a no-brainer with longpants, but in shorts and road shoes.... Wimped out and just did an out and back. Road parallelled a creekbed for about a mile. Wildflowers along the creek were spectacular.
Distance is an estimate based partially on time and partially on the topo from mapmyrun.
Walking 2:00:00 [1] 3.0 mi (40:00 / mi)
shoes: inov8 roclite 320
Guided cave tour of Cathedral Cave. Lots of fun, but the group was about 25 people.
1.5 miles hiking to and from the cave, 1.5? in the cave.
1.5 miles hiking to and from the cave, 1.5? in the cave.
Walking 1:45:00 [1] 2.0 mi (52:30 / mi)
shoes: inov8 roclite 320
Another cave tour. Onondaga Cave. Same tour guide. Much smaller group. Awesome cave! If you've never been, this one is worth the $10 ticket. Didn't need flashlights for this one, but took a light anyway. Was glad I did.
Friday May 1, 2009 #
Stairs 9:45 [4]
24 floors
Going camping at Onondaga this weekend with a few other Forsyth families. Have done nothing to prepare so probably won't get there until late.
Forecast is pretty dismal. Rain, rain rain. High tomorrow of 58.
Going camping at Onondaga this weekend with a few other Forsyth families. Have done nothing to prepare so probably won't get there until late.
Forecast is pretty dismal. Rain, rain rain. High tomorrow of 58.