Training Log Archive: AliC

Springwater trail loop

Oof legs hurt, but got out there. Recovery pace at the beginning, then picked it up to something respectable after warming up. Some butt muscles are particularly sore, must be from actual hills...

Cycling over to Mt. Tabor with Tom. One street mix up (cycled on busy Powell for a block), but otherwise really nice biking both there and then up the hill! Nice views from the top, where we had a nice long water break!

Ok, skipped this last week to not great results. But it's hard without internet at home! (For instance, still have to download Garmin for yesterday and then today's 10k...)

Plan!
Sunday - 1h run first thing in the morning, easy bike later with Tom, core
Monday - Morning Intervals and running drills at Reed track
Tuesday - First-thing core, otherwise off for mega-travel. Maybe an easy jog upon arrival in Truckee?
Wed - morning workout of something involving going uphill, eve workout of Truckee o-training
Thurs - afternoon/eve jog down in San Luis Obispo?
Friday - run + core + drills in Flagstaff
Sat - Hill intervals
Sun - Long run

First running race here in Portland area! A slightly short 10k (Garmin says 9.9k), but had a massive hill in it, so makes up for it in my mind!

I had no idea how fast the crowd would be, but after the 5k turned off there were 5 guys in front of me. Picked all but 1 of them off going up the 1.5 mile long hill (not so steep), but one caught back up on the down and passed me with a mile to go. Chatted with two of the faster guys, Joe and Mac (does ultras) after the race. Various other races recommended!

And, awesomeness was that Helen Gardener and Gavin came along to the race too, as the last thing they did before moseying down the coast to continue their vacation journey! Helen passed the woman she'd been racing to come in what appeared to be 2nd in the 10k, but chip timing made it 3rd. Boo chip timing (for this case). Gavin and Tom did the 5k, which ended up being misdirected by a volunteer into more of a 6k. Whoopsie!

Afternoon joggeroo around the canyon. Tried something that looked like a strawberry, but didn't really taste like one, so spit it out. However the things that look like blackberries also taste like it and they are all over!

Tried out a route largely suggested by another physics faculty member and it worked! Nice to be largely off roads and away from all busy ones.

Bizarre thing: a car had crashed over the bluff of the Williamette and was in the middle of the running path along the base of the bluff. Must have been recently, someone was actively investigating or working on getting it removed!

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Morning run with Tom over to the Reed 'track'. I did two 10ish minute tempo like pieces, which is a bit more than 3 laps of the cinder-paved non-flat loop. Legs feel better than yesterday, if still not fully zippy!

And afterwards, did all the DMV stuff. Which included an emissions test (Cynthia happily passed). Plates are already on and OR license should be on it's way!