Category: Training Log

My energy was still in the crapper this week (as my maternal grandfather would have said). Highs were three days of lead climbing and my first ever skate ski lesson, lows were missing a couple meditation days and not getting any strength work in.

M – all the lead climbing @ https://bendrockgym.com/

T – REST

W – REST. Meh. I even canceled on my beloved strength class at Recharge, despite how very difficult it was to admit that I was too tired to go through with it. Went home and took a bath.

Th – easy 5 mile trail run 50:42 + lead climbing @ Bend Rock Gym (cause that’s what I do now boom)

F – my first skate ski lesson! Looking forward to getting more comfortable with the technique, but already love the little tiny toothpick skis and the total body intensity of it. Also got to volunteer with Oregon Adaptive Sports in the afternoon, which adds up to a pretty wonderful day on the mountain.

https://www.mtbachelor.com/nordic/nordic-lessons/

Sa – 5 mile easy road run, wandering through some new-to-me neighborhoods near our home 52:00 + lead climbing @ Bend Rock Gym

Su – ski Mt Bachelor, which between the crowds today and the intermittent icy conditions was a little like an alpine Mad Max

Meditated 5 days this week!

Last week of just chilling on the runs, after this I will start to introduce some SOS (“Something of Substance”) runs from the Hanson’s Marathon Method (https://hansons-running.com/pages/training-plans) program. Don’t want to start Chicago training in June on legs that haven’t turned over a bit!

M – REST

T – 5 mile easy treadmill run, 10:10 pace with 1% incline at the Holiday Inn in Hillsboro, while catching back up with “Empire”

Mobility work – 30 minutes

W – REST

Th – 5 mile easy trail run 49:54 at Riley Ranch Reserve https://www.bendparksandrec.org/park/riley-ranch-nature-reserve/

F – REST [just haven’t been feeling quite myself lately – low energy, tickle in my throat, etc. Can’t tell if I’m coming down with something or just have a case of the mid-winter blues…]

Sa – 5 miles easy trail run 53:03 and….

passed the lead climbing test!!!

Su – skied Mt Bachelor! Volunteered for Oregon Adaptive Sports

( https://oregonadaptivesports.org/ – more on this fabulous organization soon) in the morning and skied (even some trees!) with Dan.

Meditated 7 days this week!

This week’s goals – get some runs in, a couple a little faster than easy pace…

M – 5 miles easy run on road (+ some icy penguin walking = running training in Bend in winter) 56:29.

Recharge (http://www.rechargesport.com/) strength class.

T – climb @ Bend Rock Gym ( https://bendrockgym.com/ ), lead climb practice with the tether

W – REST

Th – 5 miles treadmill at long run pace (9:31) at Columbia, MD, Sheraton

F – core strength and stretching

Sa – 6 miles easy road along the Inner Harbor, 1:02:43 with Laura!

Su – 5 miles speed road along the Inner Harbor with Laura – 3 x 800m @ 8:00 minute mile pace

Meditated 6 days this week!

M: rest

T: climb at Bend Rock Gym – lead climb practice with a tether. Time to suck it up and take the lead test soon! Especially on account that I’ve done this before…

W: Recharge Strength Class (www.rechargesport.com) + 3 easy uninspired miles on the treadmill

Th: rest

F: SKI! Perfect snow conditions at Mt. Bachelor with patches of poor visibility. Loving my Coalition all mountain skis so much!!!

https://www.coalitionsnow.com/products/sos-all-mountain-womens-ski-taken-for-granite?variant=10662172164132

Sa: climb at Bend Rock Gym – lead climb practice with a tether

Su: ski Mt Bachelor. Dreadful snow conditions but bluebird skies. What can you do?

Meditate: 7 out of 7 days. It’s helping me to slow down, just a little, to evaluate situations with a little calm and give me some choice in how I react to them. [ https://www.tenpercent.com/ ]

Training goal for January: ski ski ski. Spend as much time skiing as possible. Also, ski. And start back to running after a couple weeks off as rest from completing my first 50 mile trail race on December 7. Trying to run twice a week, slowly reintroducing some tempo/speed work.

M: Recharge Strength Class (www.rechargesport.com)

T: rest

W: Climb @ Bend Rock Gym

Th: “rest” (15 hour day at work)

F: “rest” (11 hour work day on my day off)

Sa: 6 mile tempo road run (59:11) w/ 4 miles at tempo 8:53, 8:39, 8:48, 8:40 (race pace goal is 8:45)

Su: 4 mile easy trail-ish run (49:24 on snowy roads) + climb @ Bend Rock Gym

Note the complete and utter lack of skiing this week. Shrug. Some weeks call for a little flexibility. I did get 6 out of 7 days meditation in (www.tenpercent.com), so yay!