Training Log Archive: bmay

Sage Stomp Long. Really nice terrain, decent course, but I orientered terribly. Made mistakes on controls 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 for a total of about 10+ minutes and never felt comfortable with the navigation. Running was Ok, but ran out of gas on the second half and never had much zip. Wore my trail shoes and my left foot was pretty good (stiff during the warm up but fine thereafter). Finished 6th, a whopping 19 minutes behind Mike Smith :-(.

Warm-up.

Sage Stomp Sprint. Decent run for the first half, ran out of gas a bit toward the end. Made a couple of small mistakes (1 minute total). Ended up 4th, 2.5 minutes behind Damien Konotopetz.

Sage Stomp Middle. More technical terrain and a few more challenges for me - 3 minutes of mistakes total. My left foot started to hurt pretty bad around the half-way point - ended up with significant bruising just above my toes. Wonder if it was something to do with the O shoes. Definitely slowed my running in the second half. Ended up 5th, about 8 minutes behind Mike Smith. Not a stellar outing but really nice terrain and a good course.

Warm-up for the two events.

Easy ride around the Salty Dog loop. Trails were quite wet, with lots of slippery logs, so we were taking it pretty easy.

Moderate skiing with the LH kids, occasional stops to direct/corral the group.

Easy run around Salty Dog loop. Nice running.

Trail run with the LH kids (Thomas, Kyle, John) around Park Hill. Really nice run - the kids did a good job of keeping up this time around.