Training Log Archive: Funderstormin

5 miler (and change) at Run Woodstock. I wanted to do a distance that wouldn't compromise my ability to have fun with my friends (many of whom I hadn't seen in three years since I was last there in 2019) and that I felt prepared for. The event is at a different venue from the last time I was there (I went in 2017-2019) so the course was all new to me. It was a fun mixture of double and singletrack.

I had the same issue here though that I did at Sulphur Springs with my heart rate spiking before the race even started and being too high to be sustainable for much longer than a distance like this. I am pretty sure it's just nerves, as my AHR on my morning runs is usually in the 120s. I likely just need to do a few more races until they feel 'normal' again and not so anxiety producing!

Was heading down to Michigan for Run Woodstock this weekend and wasn't sure when and what I'd end up running, so I didn't too much today!

Morning ride at Wellesley Island State Park before finishing the drive home. It's a big park and I didn't even cover all of it on this ride!