Training Log Archive: O Steve!

...after visiting Kari's family we headed back to the cities but not before stopping to run the Superior Hiking trail section around Spirit Mountain...muddy rock hopping made for slow going but this sure beats regular running...nice views from the top...

I seem to be having more trouble and tough rocky trails...its hard keeping up with Kari....seems more noticable this year...I'm very "clunky" trying to run over rocky trails...and have to slow to prevent catching a toe and falling on the rocky trail....l not sure how the Superior Hiking Trail 25K will go next weekend....my legs aren't doing all that great after 2 hours of straight running...I might have to be Kari's rabbit next week....taking her out fast running together (Im a faster starter) and then letting her go on when I start having difficulty the last hour...

2 loops of Wirth with Kari....better skills this time...didnt crash or break anything....did the loops in 20:28 and 18:59....

got a call from Kari's Mom....her Grand Dad, who she was very close to, was not doing well.....we made a decision to punt the Red Wing AR we were signed up for and headed North after mt biking early in the morning....

We visited Kari's Grand Dad who was not doing well but was resting easy and still carrying on conversation...Kari got the opportunity to spend 5 minutes alone with him to let him know what he had meant to her.....he passed away in the middle of the night a few hours later.....

Very happy we had decided to head up Saturday and see him...

north loops in 20:05 and 19:45....fairly slow but I was tired from 3 full days of teaching....also a few more obstacles this year should make the loop naturally slower this year but my skill was a bit better this time....

good run on the North loop Sprint at Como....small bobbles, slight hesitation on some..but pretty much dead on...

not so good on Sprint 2...failed the eye test glancing at the map for CP3 and went back to CP1 from 2...messed up trying to correct my error and stuck myself in Green...then ran the wrong angle out of the last last control and messed up the finish....ha!...what a mess...

thanks to Todd for setting it all up....nice way to get a threshold workout....

I will enter my splits in a bit...

cool down run with group...

Sprint 1 - Splits

Sprint 2 - Splits

6x250 with 1:00 rest interval...times 4:00,4:05,4:00,3:58,3:59....so averaging around 1:36/100....

Kari and I did a loop of Wirth mt bike trails for the first time this year and we apparently forgot how to bike single track...I crashed a couple times (nice handle bars in the ribs that left a mark)...she broke her brakes and we were both a little sloppy.....and yes we had a good time....we need to ride this a bit more before saturday to get our single track skills back...