Training Log Archive: AliC

Woke up and was planning on just an early morning jog to start a busy travel day off, but found about 4 inches of new snow, so strapped on some skis instead! Just went straight from my garage, skied on the roads over to the bike paths and skied to campus and back. Lots of double pole and more fun upon return, skiing in my own tracks.

Then the Detroit Art Museum, going straight to the Rivera murals which are excellently explained by iPads that interactively let you explore the murals. So cool. Then we visited some of the American rooms, a few Modern and the Classical Atrium. So, so much more to see, gotta get back there!

Now enroute to Portland for a quick visit to find out more about what life has in store for me...

Toledo Hill Workout

1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1 minutes hard at 10%
Rest at 2.5%.
At 6.8 to 6.4 mph, dropping one point as times went up, adding as times went down.

Hard workout, especially given overheating in the gym. Need more fans! Or an ice pack...

C • Toledo Hill Workout 5

Crust skiing! All over Ottawa Park, pretty awesome. Just a few bare patches where it was blown away early on and the sun was enough to melt at some point. So the south-facing hills are a bit sketch. But just awesome in general. No other humans out, but saw bunches of deer that were a bit suspicious of how quickly I was swooping around.

Also saw tracks of some little beast that had obviously slipped on snow covering ice. Bet that was really cute!

Then into the Toledo Symphony for the eve, 1st Brahms piano concerto.

C • little beast 5

Drove up to Detroit to go for a morning run with Nick J., one of my best friends from Oxford times. He's in town there to use the archives of Wayne State University who have a lot of the records from various unions. So great to see him and go for a jog (even in the really cold!) and see Detroit - all the cars were really respectful of us as runners and it really didn't feel so dangerous, just empty. Hope to go back to see the art museum and Riviera murals on Sunday, pending no problems with an expected snow storm!

C • Detroit is amazing 5

Treadmill at 4% grade to get some hill in, team trials is a-creeping up!

Indoor track with Kevin. A non-killer workout for the recovering: 3 x 1 mile at 6 minute pace, Kevin's intended pace for the Glass City half. Felt ok, think I'm really getting over the illness...