Training Log Archive: arcticQn

After driving all night back from Ohio, arriving at my workplace at 5:45am. I decided to sleep for a few hours on an air mattress in a back room until 8 rather than wasting the time driving home.
No training today. Left work early and took a few hour nap. felt soooooo good!

Classic course.
Messed up #4 a bit, hesistated and searched around. Slow to #5 where Katarina Smith caught me. Then we caught up with Sam and the three of us were within sight dist most of the rest of the way, catching up with the earlier Red starters. Finished in a big pack, mostly within a few minutes.
Legs and head were tired after yesterday. Having trouble concentrating and running smoothly. Still lots of mud and slick slopes!

C • Congrats! 4

Red - Splits

A nice 3k run to the start, but got there WAY too early and ended up running up and down up and down up and down the road just to stay warm, but certainly not dry!

Short course. Pouring rain, mud mud mud, wind blowing everything sideways. Felt good and strong through the whole course and was able to run through most everything. Even ran (slowly) up the slick hills, just to keep moving. Spiked just about every control, though perhaps some iffy route choices to some.

Red - Splits

Event: Flying Pig IX (US Team Trials)
 

Pig Sprint
First sprint since....Switzerland?? I don't even remember. I'm certainly in no shape for sprinting, I don't even have a kick at the end of the longer races these days! But it went well regardless. Took me a bit to get into the map (as usual for me) and I made a .30sec mistake on #3, going down the wrong spur/ridge thing. Other than that, it was fairly clean. Iffy route choice on 9 I think it was, (I don't even remember, my mind was a little foggy by that point.)

Sprint - Splits

Ankle muscles have been sore after last weekends race and I had several errands and random things to do and didn't have time, really, to go for a run. Which is fine anyway, my legs needed the rest, even though we're driving all evening thursday.

"Easy 40' run" with Kristoffer. Went up the hill behind my place to forest trails, still covered in snow and ice and, after all this rain, water! Feet got wet despite the goretex, but it was warm enough that it didn't matter at all. Ended up pushing the pace most of the way, even though I was leading, ops.
Good run, though, feels good to be running on clear trails again, not just snowy trails.