Training Log Archive: Sandy

Hike with Ann up to Jacoby Falls, a very pretty waterfall once you finally got there. There was some activity in the woods on the way where it looked as if they were replacing a gas pipeline so a bunch of construction stuff with a roadbed on the far side of the creek we were hiking along to get there. So not quite the idyllic pristine hike we were anticipating but still a very nice outing and the falls themselves were past where all the construction stuff stopped.

C • Sounds nice 3

Hiking with Ann Leonard near the Rootstock Racing Stockville site. Charlie and Ken are doing the race and we're just visiting. We'll meet them at the finish line tomorrow.

C • Charlie and Ken 1

Boo hiss. AP didn't recognize this as something other than just hiking. I mean look at the graph - clearly I'm doing some sort of intervals, right?

Anyway, I did jog 125 paces, walk 75 for the loop. I didn't even bail when I hit the steep hill (short but steep) in the middle of 125. I now know I can go this fast which is a little scary since now on my "jogging" days - which I am going to try and do once a week on average - I will need to continue to try to hit this pace. Ah well, I suppose goals are good.

Let's see how my knees fare.

Elliptical. I should have a plan with these workouts - like maintain a certain pace, or go a certain distance, or keep my heart rate in a certain zone - but I have no idea what a good plan would be.

Followed by class. My arms felt like noodles today and weights that have been fine were really difficult. I almost went and got lighter weights but settled for doing one arm at a time for some things.

On the other hand, the calf raises that everyone else felt were really hard were a piece of cake given that I do more and harder ones every morning for my Achllles.

I have a very short memory. I am contemplating a several week trekking trip in Mongolia next year.

C • You 1

Hill repeats. Went without poles and felt pretty good. Biggest improvement seems to be on the downs!

Looking at the Harriman Goat maps I must confess to being perplexed by the skips. In the vicinity of 4-5-6, I would skip 4 (not 5 or 6) and avoid the climb down and then back up again. And I can't see what skipping 18 does - you're already up on the hilltop at 17 and there's a trail just beyond 18 to take you to 19b so what does skipping 18 get you? I would have considered skipping 20 - then 19b to 21 and in is just an easy trail run the whole way. But, I wasn't there so what do I know. It may have felt completely different on the ground.

C • +1 1

Class was cancelled at the last minute so I did 30 mins of elliptical and then

15 mins of squats and core stuff.

Meadow loop with Sandy. A bunch of jogging thrown in.