Training Log Archive: tnipen

Convinced Todd that he should let me start 8 mins behind him so that it would be a chase start. Learned from yesterday that I should push it in the forest. Had a very solid run on the first 40 minutes (5:54 min/km avg). Caught Todd at #9 and was happy with that. Though the map made little sense coming up the hill, so I wasn't actually sure where exactly I was. Didn't think Todd knew where he was either, but apparently he was just right next to the control punching it, and I didn't see it. Wandered through the salal a bit more, and had to bail to the trail and come back. Won by 5 mins today, but still 3 short of Todds overall time. Control locations were quite good, which was good since the map is a little old. With a few updates I think it would be a really nice area. Many sections of nice runnable forest.

Overall a really nice weekend. Learned a lot from Todd about pushing it harder in the forest.

C • newcastle AND Sage 2

Warm up with Todd.

Event: Newcastle Island
 

Newcastle Island day 1. Perhaps shouldn't have run waaay around on #4. Todd caught me by 8 minutes late in the course. Was amazed how fast he went through the terrain. I hadn't been making too many mistakes, so I was a bit surprised. Todd beat me with 7:47 in the end. I was quite impressed by Todd's good run today. These shoes are sooo good.

Sunshine both days, and the newbalance terrain runners worked really well. They didn't absorb much water when wet (unlike any other running shoe other than o-shoes I have tried).

Warm up with Todd.

Easy run from the clubhouse around False Creek.

WET at Capilano College. Wasn't quite focused today, and made a bunch of 5 sec errors. John Rance's course planning required you to be on top of things, especially coming out of controls. Good to see that Benoit running very well today. Todd and John there today too!

Warm up in parking lot, and cool down with John.

Intervals at the track. A shitty day for intervals, oh well. Most were gone at the NAIA events, and everyone at the track ran short intervals, so had to do the 800s by myself. Noticed already on the first interval that things were going slow today, so only did 3. Maybe needed some more rest from the weekend.
2:31 (74 77)
2:35 (77 78)
2:38 (78 80)

Warm up, strides, etc for the track workout.

Run with John and Meghan in PS park.