Training Log Archive: Sandy

Brown course at Ridley Creek SP (DVOA local event) after working epunch all day. Poor route choice to #1, but was fairly clean after that with only small hesitation errors. There was a lot of trail running and then short bursts of navigation. Pushed hard telling myself that since I was only running brown there was no excuse not to be running on the trails even if they were uphill! Glad I did as I barely beat out Petr to win the course. (He smoked me yesterday at King's Gap.)

Green course at King's Gap (SVO local event). A very fine course but I was not at all concentrating on my way to #1 and as a result wandered around for a while, wondering if the map was 1:15 or 1:10 (the latter). Finally got it together, but probably lost more than 5 minutes. The course was physically demanding - blueberry everywhere, lots of climb and/or steep downhill and rocks. A bit sloppy in a few places but no real errors after #1. But I wasn't moving terribly fast either.

Did a short trail loop. Caffeine attack - at least that's what I think it was. Better start cutting back again...

An interesting workout.
11:46 - warm up jog down to Forbidden Dr.
9:07 - 1st mile, probably faster than I've ever done the first mile
8:16 - 2nd mile, ditto
7:15 - had to walk the next half mile
4:35 - last half mile
13:08 - walk & jog home up the hill

Need to get new shoes... Bruce?

Beautiful spring day but I'm at school and didn't think my knees could take another track work out. So decided to swim instead. 1600m in a 25m pool is 64 very, very monotonous laps...