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Running, Trail run, Training Log

September 21-27 Practice Running

Monday, September 21, 2015, 5:49 pm
4.19 mi, 495 ft gain, 53:12. Sultan Basin Rd Power rd, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #4.

Average HR 120 bpm.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015, 6:21 pm
4.22 mi, 39 ft gain, 38:26. RR Access Rd, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Average HR 129 bpm.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015, 5:44 pm
11.03 mi, 2168 ft gain, 1:59:30. To WFSP, Woody trail to Upper Falls (58), solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #5.

Average HR 147 bpm.
Thursday, September 24, 2015, 6:21 pm
4.05 mi, 637 ft gain, 1:02:42. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm Lake Gate, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Average HR 122 bpm.
Friday, September 25, 2015, 5:52 pm
9.10 mi, 442 ft gain, 1:23:57. May Creek Rd loop + WFSP, solo. New Balance MR10v2 white.

Average HR 136 bpm.
Saturday, September 26, 2015, 11:30 am
3.02 mi, 56 ft gain, 27:52. RR access rd, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #5.

Average HR 136 bpm.
Sunday, September 27, 2015,  pm
3.16 mi, 28 ft gain, 25:47. Around town, solo. New Balance MR10v2 white.

Average HR 135 bpm.
Weekly totals: 38.77 mi, 3865 ft elevation gain.

Running, Trail run, Training Log

September 14-20 Practice Running

I got way behind posting and writing my training logs. Many will not have write-ups included.

Monday, September 14, 2015, 6:42 pm
5.04 mi, 53 ft gain, 45:55. RR Access Rd, solo. New Balance MR10v2.

Average HR 135 bpm.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 6:50 pm
4.05 mi, 126 ft gain, 46:27. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm gate #3, w/ dogs. Altra Lone Peak 1.5.

Average HR 128 bpm.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 5:59 pm
10.40 mi, 1674 ft gain, 2:08:27. WFSP RR Grade, Greg Ball, DNR rd, Bike trail, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Average HR 130 bpm.
Thursday, September 17, 2015, 6:07 pm
10.05 mi, 1814 ft gain, 1:47:13. WFSP RR Grade, Greg Ball, Wallace Lake & back, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #5.

Average HR 140 bpm.
Friday, September 18, 2015, 5:49 pm
9.26 mi, 2839 ft gain, 2:07:19. Woody trail to Upper Falls (57), Greg Ball up & down, RR Grade, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Average HR 139 bpm.
Saturday, September 19, 2015, 5:32 pm
9.80 mi, 1777 ft gain, 2:32:45. WFSP RR Grade, Greg Ball, Wallace Lake & Back, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #5.

Average HR 128 bpm.
Sunday, September 20, 2015, 5:07 pm
14.66 mi, 1768 ft gain, 2:47:20. To WFSP, RR Grade, Greg Ball & Back, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Average HR 132 bpm.
Weekly totals: 63.26 mi, 10051 ft elevation gain.

Running, Training Log

September 7-13 Practice Running

Monday, September 7, 2015, 7:00 pm
3.21 mi, 383 ft gain, 31:14. WFSP RR Grade, w/ dogs. Altra Lone Peak 1.5.
I’ve fallen behind on my training logs. I know my legs were still a bit heavy, but I don’t remember much else.
Average HR 138 bpm.

Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 6:59 pm
6.35 mi, 263 ft gain, 58:33. Town to WFSP, solo. New Balance MR10v2 white.
Average HR 135 bpm.

Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 7:07 pm
6.34 mi, 266 ft gain, 53:27. Town to WFSP, solo. New Balance MR10v2 White.
Average HR 138 bpm.

Thursday, September 10, 2015, 7:19 pm
3.14 mi, 28 ft gain, 20:26. Around town, solo. New Balance MR10v2.
I wanted to test out my legs a bit. I felt pretty good at first. I definitely didn’t feel completely recovered. I didn’t have my normal leg speed. It was a good run, anyway, a good test of where my recovery is at.
Average HR 162 bpm.

Friday, September 11, 2015, 7:36 pm
4.13 mi, 681 ft gain, 42:09. Olney DNR Rd, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #5.
They moved the DNR gate on this road past the private driveway at the bottom of the hill before the wetland. The property with the driveway is for sale.
Average HR 134 bpm.

Saturday, September 12, 2015, 6:10 pm
4.32 mi, 495 ft gain, 1:28:11. Kltf gate #2, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.
I wanted to see if the Kellogg Lake Tree Farm had reopened yet. The first gate still had the closed for fire danger sign up, so we went to the second gate.
We ran out to Olney creek, where the dogs played in the water a bit. Then we went out partway up the hill, turning right on a side road before the switchback. I wanted to explore the woods off-trail a bit.
Average HR 113 bpm.

Sunday, September 13, 2015, 5:45 pm
10.12 mi, 1780 ft gain, 2:14:30. RR Grade, Greg Ball Trail, Wallace Lake & Return, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #5.
The run went fairly well. I started seeing mushrooms partway up the RR Grade. I had some plastic grocery bags with me for just such occasion, and a knife to cut the stems. I got quite a good haul of chanterelles, mostly along the Greg Ball trail, and a few up closer to Wallace Lake. For mostly just 1-3 at a time, it was a great haul. They were quite tasty too.
Average HR 134 bpm.

Weekly Totals: 37.5 mi, 3868 ft elevation gain.

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August 30-September 6 Practice Running

Monday, August 31, 2015, 7:13 pm
3.13 mi, 395 ft gain, 33:45. WFSP RR Grade, solo. Altra Lone Peak 1.5.
My legs felt better today than I expected. My ankles, calves and lower achilles were pretty stiff when I woke up, but they loosened up throughout the day. Everything else felt pretty good. I chose the RR Grade trail because I wanted to wear the Lone Peaks, which have a little more cushion. Running on the pavement just didn’t really appeal to me.
I took it pretty easy today, but I wasn’t as slow as I expected. I felt better than after Capitol Peak 50 mi. I guess I have slept twice since I quit the race. That probably made a difference. But once my legs loosened up after I woke up on Sunday, they still felt better than the day after the 50 miler.
Average HR 128 bpm.

Tuesday, September 1, 2015, 7:17 pm
3.14 mi, 28 ft gain, 26:24. Around town, solo. New Balance MR10v2 white.
My legs felt pretty good today again. My ankles were a little stiff starting out, but quickly loosened up.
Average HR 139 bpm.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 6:50 pm
3.17 mi, 389 ft gain, 34:52. WFSP RR Grade, solo. Altra Lone Peak 1.5.
Another short trail day wearing a little more cushion under my feet.
There was some thunder and lightning to the south of the valley. The clouds were moving north as I drove out, but I hoped the lightning wouldn’t move with them. I expected rain, so I wore a long sleeve shirt, my OR He2 jacket, gloves and a Buff as a hat. I was much warmer than overnight at CCC100. The jacket didn’t keep me dry very long, though. That’s another thing to experiment with, rain jackets.
It rained pretty hard, but there was no thunder or lightning. It was a good run.
Average HR 125 bpm.

Thursday, September 3, 2015, 6:37 pm
4.70 mi, 554 ft gain, 46:50. WFSP RR Grade, solo. Altra Lone Peak 1.5.
A little bit longer today. I ran a little harder than I probably should have yesterday, so my legs were a little bit heavier today. Still, I’m in much better shape so soon after running 68 mi than I expected to be.
Another day with uncertain weather. I wore a long sleeve and the OR He2 jacket. I started with gloves on, but took them off after a little while. I also rolled up my shirt sleeves, then jacket sleeves and unzipped the jacket.
On the way back down after the turn around, it started to rain and picked up pretty hard toward the end. I zipped up the jacket and put on the hood.
Like yesterday, it was raining hard once I got back out of the woods to the powerlines. And like yesterday, I ran that last bit pretty fast. My legs felt good and it really feel much more difficult than normal, if at all.
Average HR 134 bpm.

Friday, September 4, 2015, 6:58 pm
3.15 mi, 33 ft gain, 29:15. RR Access road, with dogs. New Balance MR10v2 white.
My legs were good today. I ran faster than I expected too. I held back a bit because of it. I also stopped a few times for the dogs.
On the way back in the park, there were two other guys with dogs. One guy yelled to have me wait so he could leash his dogs. I decided to cross the street instead. The other guy had the same idea, but his dog was better behaved than the first guy’s dogs.
Average HR 137 bpm.

Saturday, September 5, 2015, 6:47 pm
3.17 mi, 28 ft gain, 26:05. Around town, solo. New Balance MR10v2 white.
I wanted to run longer today, maybe 6-10 mi. But I decided to keep it short again. I was faster than expected again. My legs felt pretty good too. But there was also a slightly off feeling too. I can’t really explain it. Maybe it’s still just general fatigue. I’d rather take a little longer to recover than necessary than get back after it too quickly.
Average HR 136 bpm.

Sunday, September 6, 2015, 5:39 pm
11 mi, 828 ft gain, 1:44:38. Town to WFSP RR Grade, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.
I found myself running faster than I had planned or expected, and I had trouble slowing myself down. I was comfortable enough, though, so I didn’t worry about it.
The run out to the park was fine. My piriformis was a little bit of an issue, but not bad. Running up the RR Grade trail was fine too. I tried to hold back a little on the way back down.
My legs started to get kind of heavy around 8-9 mi. I guess I still have some fatigue left from Cascade Crest. It didn’t really slow me down much, though.
Average HR 139 bpm.

Weekly totals: 31.4 mi, 2200 ft elevation gain

Races, Running, Trail run, Training Log

August 24-30 Practice Running

Monday, August 24, 2015, 7:41 pm

4.67 mi, 526 ft gain, 36:32. WFSP RR Grade, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

A little faster run today. Trying one of the new pairs of shoes again. They worked alright.

I drove out to WFSP and ran up and down the RR Grade. I clapped fairly regularly to let any bears know I was coming. I didn’t run into any.

My left calcaneus/achilles was a little sore at first, but warmed up. I’m really unhappy that it’s happened so close to the race. I find it odd that it was fine until I started tapering.

I further modified the previous pair, red #4, later this evening. I cut a piece out of the forward edge of the outside midfoot strap on the right shoe where it pinches my foot. It seems to fit much better. I didn’t have the calcaneus issue in those shoes. Or I should say, they were broken in enough that it was no longer an issue. I don’t think the new pairs will be to that point before race day. I might start with #4 and give my Mom a couple extra pair to bring to the crew access aid stations just in case.

Average HR 155 bpm.

 

Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 6:59 pm

4.69 mi, 531 ft gain, 38:10. WFSP RR Grade, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #4.

Checking out this pair of shoes to see how the modifications work. They were great.

I ran kind of hard and fast today. My legs felt good. The taper is going well.

Average HR 149 bpm.

 

Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 8:02 pm

3.15 mi, 28 ft gain, 23:26. Around Town, solo. New Balance MR10v2 white.

I sped up as the run went on. I ate a fairly large meal before heading out. I felt fine, but my HR was a little elevated because of it.

Average HR 150 bpm.

 

Thursday, August 27, 2015, 7:22 pm

3.17 mi, 28 ft gain, 24:12. Around town, solo, New Balance MR10v2 white.

I took it a little easier than yesterday. The legs feel good. I charged my HRM for the race and didn’t want to have to charge it again, so I left it home.

 

Friday, August 28, 2015, 1:41 pm

3.08 mi, 28 ft gain, 30:13. Around town, with dogs. New Balance MR10v2 white.

I took the dogs out with me for an easy, slower run before heading out for the weekend. I stopped a few times.

I didn’t wear my HRM.

 

Saturday, August 29, 2015, 10:00 am

68 mi, 14,200 ft gain, 18:25:xx. Cascade Crest DNF, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #4 (23 mi), 5 (30 mi), 6 (15 mi).

As the mileage says above, I didn’t finish. Intestinal issues together with the weather got me. Frustratingly, my legs still felt good when I quit. I’ll write a more extensive post about my race soon. I will be back, though. I quit at about 4:25 am, Sunday morning. At least my run streak stays alive.

 

Weekly totals: 83.9 mi, 15,257 ft elevation gain.