Training Log Archive: Charlie

The GPS track is a bit of trail navigation before light, getting Rhonda's stuff out to the car. Then we left Source Lake at about 6:30. I drove as far as the Oneida stop on the Thruway, about 6 and a half hours, then Rhonda was sparked up enough to drive the rest. Pretty blasted now.

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Event: WCOC Stratton Brook State Park
 

Stratton Brook Green Course. Rhonda left yesterday for a five day canoe trip, and I had planned a lazy, easy day, going to the O-meet in nearby Simsbury, doing a little yard work. Not much else.

Until she called at 6:30 because she wasn't feeling well and asked me to pick her up. So that put a little more urgency into things, and I ran around trying to remember stuff I was supposed to bring and promptly losing track of it, until it was close to 10 and I decided I might as well go to Stratton Brook anyway and just leave from there. Green course seemed like plenty under the circumstances, especially when I figured out there was no brown course.

A few walkabouts. One re-entrant over looking for 6 and had a hard time figuring it out, and wandered into the glass dump on the way to 7 and had a bit of a distressing time getting out of it, although none the worse for it. Also a bit of a walkabout looking for 10 after looking down the right spur and not seeing it and going to see if there was another spur.

Otherwise ok, and went right from the finish to stripping off wet shoes, socks and o-gear and hopping in the car for the 10 hour slog up to Algonquin. I arrived about 9:30 at Source Lake, and did a little night-O to find the cabin, down about a kilometer of trail. Rhonda was pretty eager to see me, came out with her headlamp and met me near the critical trail turn.

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Tired today. Dropped Rhonda off at Mary Ellen's at 5:15 am, to head off in a party of 12 Mountain Mommas for their canoe trip in Algonquin Park, to return late on Wednesday. Had a hard time getting going after that. A couple of hours of trail and field mowing, and finally got out for a bike ride. First time this year to try leaving from and returning to the house. Not as lively as the other day and the hills got to me, including having to stop and walk about 50 yards of the steepest part of the dreaded Devil's Elbow. A bit afraid of what my back might do if I had tried to press through it there.

Warmup, then 7 minute AMRAP of 5 pullups, 10 pushups, 15 squats. Pushups were a new variation, touch only your chest to the ground, lift and spread your arms wide between each pushup. They were killer hard for me. Took me longer for each pushup than the whole 5 pullups. Then 7 minutes to do a maximum clean and jerk. I only made 95. At 105 I couldn't stand up from the front squat, so that was as far as I got.

On the bike path with Rhonda. Not working too hard at it. At the northern terminus in Westfield we encountered a gentleman named John Blimling, whom I had known when I worked at Connecticut General. Probably haven't seen him in 30 years. He seems to be applying himself to his bike in his retirement and showed us a clean pair of heels on the way back.

Very difficult WOD for me today. First a tabata set of mountain climbers, then 5 rounds of 15 wall ball, 15 toes to bar, 15 pushups, 2 minute rest. There was a fair amount of scaling on the part of people who aren't able to do toes to bar. I pressed through them, but each round took longer and took more out of me. I only ended up completing 4 rounds, because everybody else was done, and I was afraid I would be more sore than was good for me. 4 rounds was plenty. Pretty tired from it.

Quick spin around W Simsbury. Feeling the salutary effect of a week of climbing in Tuscany. Much more zip than I've had in quite a while.

Rhonda is already plotting our next trip.

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Small class this morning. 5 x 5 deadlifts. I only went up to 155, trying to keep my form under control. Then 7 rounds of 5 DB split cleans, 5 DB split jerks, 5 renegade rows. 7 rounds is a lot. I only used 20 lb DBs and it was plenty. Finally one set of 10 burpee pullups. Now that is a pretty fine exercise.

A day off to rest and stretch and roll my legs.

Went up to Northampton in the afternoon for Rhonda to buy some camping clothes at the Mountain Goat for her trip to Algonquin Park. They were closed because power was out along the N side of Main St. So that didn't work out, but we had a very nice get together with PG and Gail, which more than compensated.