Training Log Archive: AliC

Ridge run to summit of Mount Elden. Pretty awesome. There's a direct way up that's steep and only 2.4 miles. But then there's this way that's 6.3 miles and you can actually run most of. Awesome! And it was super-empty, saw no one on the trail for the main ascent.

Ankles have to do a lot of work on the loose rock, probably good, but calves/Achilles were burning on the way up. Surprisingly breathing was ok despite 7000->9000 ft.

Timing also worked awesomely, caught up to Tom with just 0.2 miles to go to the summit (he hiked the more direct route). Buff's bagels at the top, then down together.

32nd Annual Sacred Mountain Prayer Run

So Wednesday night Tom and I checked if there were any local races this weekend - answer yes! One *right* outside of Tom's apartment's door in Thorpe park!

Good trail race, up the trails I often run. There's a real difference running at 7000 ft! The really elite runners were in the 10k, by the looks of some of the women I would have gotten my butt kicked. I opted for the 5k to try to get something a bit faster in. The major effort though was the steep climb, I think the 10k just did more flat stuff up on the mea. But very muddy up there! It poured last night (rare event) and it was slick mud in all the flat zones. Stick-to-your-shoes-and-make-them-heavy type of mud.

There was a fast 14 year old boy who was ahead of me the whole race, except briefly when he tried to take wrong turns a few times. Glad I was there to right him, totally a strong runner!

Won a butterfly-themed hand-etched glass plate, now sitting in Tom's window!

Going back to cheer Tom on in!

Whee! Morning mountain bike up to the Mars Hill plateau, down the backside and then the reverse. More comfy going over drainage ditches after playing BMX biking. Climbs for sure got the legs!

Commute up to Lowell on Tom's bike. Oh yeah altitude!

Hills on the FUTS up to Mars Hill plateau. 2 min up, 1 min down, 3 min up, 3 min down. Except I ran out of hill on the last one... or at least really steep hill. Felt it in the butt muscles, so think it was doing the right job!

Also, I programmed in Fortran today. Last time was first year of grad school?

C • Fortran 8

Made it to Flagstaff! Headed out for a run pretty much on arrival. We went to Buffalo park and did a lap there and then found the long way home, Tom was pretty tuckered out and we quit when he'd done 8 miles.

I sprinted a few of the hills on the way there and did portions of the Buffalo Park lap a bit quicker.

Lunch run with Todd in the drizzle, fun to chat with him. Springwater-Sellwood loop.

Was going to go biking with some folks, but drizzly and running sounded like more fun. So I explored the other side of the tracks. Or the other side of the extinct tracks, now known as the Springwater corridor bike path. But the neighborhood on the other side is distinctly different then hoity-toity Eastmoreland. More boats in driveways, fewer manicured rose gardens.

Tried to do some intervals, but legs felt iffy, so called it quits after 1-2-3-4 with half as much rest. Perhaps a combo of too tight/legs too cold in the drizzle.

Exciting news: ordered Reed College a new telescope today. Pretty exciting! Means the summer won't be taken up by only battling 20 year old trying-to-die electronics. But I really hope the CCD camera we have still works...

C • Telescope 3