Training Log Archive: GlenT

Albany Pine Bush from Madison Avenue extension entrance. Ran all of the "official" trails plus some of the "prohibited" ones. :-) About half of trails snow covered but well packed. Upper 20's (maybe even 30) and mostly sunny.
One area (about 30 acres?) has been cleared of underbrush down to the dirt (sand actually) in a habitat restoration effort - strange to run from woods into what could be a scene from Lawrence of Arabia and then back into the woods. It will be interesting to watch the revegetation process (a few trees were left, presumably to provide seeds).
Stumbled across some mountain bike "terrain features" while off the sanctioned trails. A series of bumps (read pits and dot knolls with a trail across them) followed by a ramp consisting of about 3 feet of dirt and another 3 feet of pallet supported by two logs to give about a 6 foot drop down onto a wooded hill. These guys must be crazy - and probably nominees for a Darwin award.

66N, Howes Rd to Pitts and back Howes to Shaker Museum Rd, to home (a lollipop with two handles!). 27F with snow flurries. Running in daylight for a change.

Tempo run at 7:41 pace (target was 7:40 and 7:41 is the closest setting on the treadmill).

Warm up, cool down. Boring! Outside at 20F and breezy would've been more interesting but maintaining the tempo pace would've been a lot harder.

Intervals on the treadmill. 6 x 1:45 at 7:03 pace with 1:45 recovery. A bit of mental exercise keeping track of when to start and stop since all I was using was the elapsed time on the treadmill timer.

Warm up (10 min), cool down and stuff in between.