Training Log Archive: Lori

Running in the snow with Presto! Ran from my apartment to the river and then did the JFK-River St. loop crossing every bridge. The snow was a lot of fun, but definitely made running harder what with not being able to see and having to slog through it.

Nerve glides and back extensions.

Long distance Ski-O champs at Craftsbury. This was a lot of fun! The conditions were a lot better today, which was nice, and it was snowing the whole time! I had one embarrassing mistake after taking a short cut and not being sure where I came out which cost me 10 minutes because of my slow skiing and inability to relocate. Taking all the features off a map other than the trails and the contours can make it REALLY hard to relocate. Other than that this was pretty clean. I took my skis off quite a few times to traverse some of the pink and green dotted trails as well as to run on the road between 8 and 9 and run down the reentrant to get to 7 (carrying skis and poles and running in ski boots, which were NOT made for running). Unfortunately putting the skis back on took a ridiculous amount of time, so I lost a decent amount of time to that. The official straight-line distance was 11.3km, but I'm using Ken's garmin's record of the real distance, since we more or less had to stay on trails the whole time.

Nerve glides and back extensions.

Red Long Distance - Splits

Middle distance Ski-O champs at Beaver Brook Farm. This was a lot of fun even if I am an exceptionally slow skier. The course was pretty fun, although navigationally very easy (although there were definitely some route choice decisions). The trails were pretty bumpy and had some places without snow on them (especially the snowmobile trail at the end), but I managed to get around.

Running with Ian and Presto down and then back up the HUGE hill between the road and the Fritz's barn.

Skiing around before my start getting used to the skis and determining that I would definitely have at least one blister before the end of the weekend. Alex also confirmed that REI rented Ian and I poles that were WAY too short, so luckily we were able to get more appropriate length poles before we started.

Red Middle Distance - Splits

Event: U.S. Ski Orienteering Championships
 

Running with Presto in the snow on my birthday!!! Ran into lab to change my cells from galactose to glucose and then ran down to the river to do the JFK-River St. loop. Presto got to try out his new booties in the snow and salt as a practice run for the Ski-O this weekend. He's going to be all decked out with his jacket and his blue booties :-). My legs were feeling kind of tight and the sidewalks were pretty slippery, but it was good to get out in the morning before the snow starting melting too much.

C • happy birthday! 2

Nerve glides and back extensions.

Nerve glides and back extensions.