Monday (10km)
There were some fantastic race results from this weekend that made me really want to roll: Taylor Milne's 3:36 1500 (and the other Canadians in that race), and Adrian Walton's 14:23 5k. Unfortunately, I did not have time to do as much as I wanted. I went out for 21 minutes at a good pace and came back in 18. My final mile was in 5:30, which is pretty good, but I wanted to go faster.
Tuesday (26km)
I decided to do my end-of-the-field season run into Elgin, which generally takes me around 1:55 to do. I meant to look up my times from previous years. I tried to go out at a nice, easy pace, but my first mile was under 6:10. I went on the Cataraqui trail until I hit Highway 15, then went into Elgin on Perth Road, did a loop of the grocery store's parking lot, and turned around and came back. I did not check my watch at halfway, but it would have been about 55:20. I was pretty close to even on the way back, though a bit slower. I ran an extra hundred metres to get to the diving board; total length of the run was 1:51:19. My two halves were pretty even, but if we looked at thirds, they would not have been. My middle third was the fastest. It was nice to get this out of the way. I felt tired from 18-22k, probably because I have been skimping on my long runs.
Wednesday (10km)
This was a true junk run, meaning that it was slow and just to get the junk out of my legs. I went at a plodding pace out on the Cataraqui Trail to where it forks to the left and right, then ran to the right, and crossed over to the trail on the left side. Finished at the diving board. This one was tough.
Thursday (OFF)
We left QUBS to head back to London at 10:10 and I did not get back home until 6, after unloading Kristin and some items at the school. After that long in the car, the heavy rain was enough reason for me to take the day off and get a decent meal instead.
Friday (14km)
Ran with Nathan and Kyle from Bob's office. We went south on the bike path through Gibbons. It was a hot, humid day, so we stopped for water twice, but it felt fine.
Saturday (workout - 13km total)
Steve cut back my mileage, which was nice. I did 3x400 with the first 200 in 33-34, the second in about 30. Nathan and Rob went another 200 on those, so I had a long recovery. Then did 3x400 with a shorter recovery in 67/62/60. I was happy with the last two 400s. As we went out on our cooldown, we saw Kurt Benninger arrive at the track. Chris Nagle and I grabbed something to eat at a nearby Tim Horton's and came back to watch his workout. Impressive, but only a bit more mileage than what I did: 3x600, then 4x200. Of course, they were all faster than mine.
Sunday (17km)
A nice 73 minutes with Chris and Nathan. I drove up to Chris's, then we ran down Richmond to meet Nathan. Went out on the Adelaide trails. We were dumped on for about half an hour, but it cleared up nicely. My calves were sore from yesterday's track workout.
Total - 90km. This was a better week. If I can lose my day off, my mileage will be where it should be.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
June 16-22
Monday (9km)
Easy 41 minutes. My legs felt dead. I think I was really tired from the last couple of days, plus I have some allergies kicking, possibly from all the pollen in the lake.
Tuesday (10km)
42 minutes. I was full of adrenaline for this one - I spent all day trying to figure out customs procedures to get guppies shipped to me in Canada. I finally got it sorted out and was able to fit in a quick 10k before driving off to Toronto to get the fish.
Wednesday (14km)
57 minutes with Chris, from my apartment to Springbank and back. I had driven my guppies to London and was in town for just a short period. I did not tell anyone that I was back, just a few people saw me and knew. I was sleepy tired for this one.
Thursday (OFF)
Travelled back from London. I should have tried to fit in a run, but I didn't. I suck.
Friday (OFF)
Golfed all day. I thought I would have time to fit in a run afterwards, but I did not get back from the course until 4:30, when my friend arrived to go fishing. Too bad.
Saturday (14km)
A good 61 minutes from the lodge on the road through Chaffey's Lock, and up Marina Road to the marina (I didn't know there was one up there... imagine!) I came back the same way, pushing a bit in the final mile. My left knee is bugging me a bit, but otherwise I felt surprisingly strong.
Sunday (14km)
Not such a good run. I did 40 minutes on the Cataraqui trail to the east, and had to move a fish around in my aquarium room before I could add on another 19 minutes to get to 59. I felt tired for the second part. This was a morning run, and I was quite hungry afterwards. I needed a little something before starting, I think.
Total - 61km. Low, but at least the last two days were a good sign. I have plans to do my annual long run from the station to Elgin and back on Wednesday, and I will be back in London on Thursday. It has been a good field season, but I am now ready to get home.
Easy 41 minutes. My legs felt dead. I think I was really tired from the last couple of days, plus I have some allergies kicking, possibly from all the pollen in the lake.
Tuesday (10km)
42 minutes. I was full of adrenaline for this one - I spent all day trying to figure out customs procedures to get guppies shipped to me in Canada. I finally got it sorted out and was able to fit in a quick 10k before driving off to Toronto to get the fish.
Wednesday (14km)
57 minutes with Chris, from my apartment to Springbank and back. I had driven my guppies to London and was in town for just a short period. I did not tell anyone that I was back, just a few people saw me and knew. I was sleepy tired for this one.
Thursday (OFF)
Travelled back from London. I should have tried to fit in a run, but I didn't. I suck.
Friday (OFF)
Golfed all day. I thought I would have time to fit in a run afterwards, but I did not get back from the course until 4:30, when my friend arrived to go fishing. Too bad.
Saturday (14km)
A good 61 minutes from the lodge on the road through Chaffey's Lock, and up Marina Road to the marina (I didn't know there was one up there... imagine!) I came back the same way, pushing a bit in the final mile. My left knee is bugging me a bit, but otherwise I felt surprisingly strong.
Sunday (14km)
Not such a good run. I did 40 minutes on the Cataraqui trail to the east, and had to move a fish around in my aquarium room before I could add on another 19 minutes to get to 59. I felt tired for the second part. This was a morning run, and I was quite hungry afterwards. I needed a little something before starting, I think.
Total - 61km. Low, but at least the last two days were a good sign. I have plans to do my annual long run from the station to Elgin and back on Wednesday, and I will be back in London on Thursday. It has been a good field season, but I am now ready to get home.
June 9-15
Monday (14km)
Went for an hour to the east, down the Cataraqui trail. It was a pleasant run, with a slight negative split on the way back.
Tuesday (15km)
Ran west down the Cataraqui trail and went down the hiking trail. I got lost partway through and had to run a big negative split to get back in time for the 6:30 dinner.
Wednesday (OFF)
Yet another fish spawning day with collections and no run. Missing four days out of seven is not my idea of a good training regime. This was another tough colony with a lot of diving. We had only one easy colony all season. The good news is that one more collection day should finish us off.
Thursday (14km)
Went to Brockville to do a run and avoid the lousy dinner at QUBS. This run did not go very well. I had ice cream two hours before my run, and it just did not sit well. I had to make a stop after 35 minutes to use the washroom. Ran fine after that, though.
Friday (workout - 11km total)
A pretty simple workout that I could do by myself. This one did not go well. I was aiming for 8x1 minute hard, 1 minute easy. We had chili for lunch, and in my recovery after the first interval, I made a mess in my shorts. My recovery after that first one was a little long. I did quite well on the remaining repeats, though I was checking my watch earlier and earlier over the last few repeats. It was an uncomfortable run back to the station - I rushed my cooldown so that I could get cleaned up before dinner.
Saturday (OFF)
The final collection day of the summer. This was the second easiest colony I collected from this summer, but it was still difficult - very silty, making it impossible to target a fish from the surface. I would have to dive to find fish, then try to catch it. I had done an hour of swimming in the morning, then had two and a half hours of fish collection in the afternoon. I was too tired to run.
Sunday (3km)
I wanted to do a long run, but got distracted and did not leave until I had very little time left to catch dinner. I tried to make the most of it by running to from the lodge to the gates at the top of the road and back in as fast a time as possible. There was little warmup, so I am satisfied with my 10:05 time. It is about a mile each way, and slightly easier on the way back (I negative split). This would be a good time trial for me if I allowed myself a proper warmup and cooldown.
Total - 57km. Better than last week, but still had two days off (and one very light day).
Went for an hour to the east, down the Cataraqui trail. It was a pleasant run, with a slight negative split on the way back.
Tuesday (15km)
Ran west down the Cataraqui trail and went down the hiking trail. I got lost partway through and had to run a big negative split to get back in time for the 6:30 dinner.
Wednesday (OFF)
Yet another fish spawning day with collections and no run. Missing four days out of seven is not my idea of a good training regime. This was another tough colony with a lot of diving. We had only one easy colony all season. The good news is that one more collection day should finish us off.
Thursday (14km)
Went to Brockville to do a run and avoid the lousy dinner at QUBS. This run did not go very well. I had ice cream two hours before my run, and it just did not sit well. I had to make a stop after 35 minutes to use the washroom. Ran fine after that, though.
Friday (workout - 11km total)
A pretty simple workout that I could do by myself. This one did not go well. I was aiming for 8x1 minute hard, 1 minute easy. We had chili for lunch, and in my recovery after the first interval, I made a mess in my shorts. My recovery after that first one was a little long. I did quite well on the remaining repeats, though I was checking my watch earlier and earlier over the last few repeats. It was an uncomfortable run back to the station - I rushed my cooldown so that I could get cleaned up before dinner.
Saturday (OFF)
The final collection day of the summer. This was the second easiest colony I collected from this summer, but it was still difficult - very silty, making it impossible to target a fish from the surface. I would have to dive to find fish, then try to catch it. I had done an hour of swimming in the morning, then had two and a half hours of fish collection in the afternoon. I was too tired to run.
Sunday (3km)
I wanted to do a long run, but got distracted and did not leave until I had very little time left to catch dinner. I tried to make the most of it by running to from the lodge to the gates at the top of the road and back in as fast a time as possible. There was little warmup, so I am satisfied with my 10:05 time. It is about a mile each way, and slightly easier on the way back (I negative split). This would be a good time trial for me if I allowed myself a proper warmup and cooldown.
Total - 57km. Better than last week, but still had two days off (and one very light day).
June 2-8
I have been at the Queen's University Biological station since June 1, and have been negligent in updating my running blog. I give only brief descriptions of my training below. I was feeling really tired after Shore-to-Shore, and it took me almost two weeks to feel ready to do a workout again. I study fish up here. For the first 14 days, we swam every day for at least an hour (slowly, in wetsuit and flippers), and on 5 days in particular, I collected fish for 2-4 hours, diving 6-10 feet, holding my breath and chasing fish underwater. Those collection days were not running-specific workouts, but did a good job of taxing my anaerobic fitness. I was often too exhausted to do any running on those days.
Monday (12km)
Pretty quick 52 minutes. Still feel like plugging along at Shore-to-Shore pace. On the Cataraqui Trail.
Tuesday (10km)
41 minutes at a quick pace. My legs felt sore, but I pushed through it.
Wednesday (14km)
West on the Cataraqui trail to the hiking path. Went for 60 minutes, with a slight negative split.
Thursday (OFF)
Saw bluegill spawning in the morning. Collected fish for about two hours in 8-10 feet of water. It was really exhausting; I took the day off running.
Friday (10km)
Really hot day. I went for 45 minutes and am calling it 10k.
Saturday (OFF)
Another fish collection day. This was a really long work day - I swam and collected fish in the morning (about three hours of swimming, total), then was involved in collections (on the dock) in the afternoon and did crosses after dinner. Finished around 9:30 too tired to run.
Sunday (OFF)
Yet another fish collection day. This was the first time I have had to collect fish on three out of four days in my five years at QUBS. Yesterday's colony was fairly easy to work on, but this one was tough. I was exhausted afterwards.
Total - 46km. A really low-mileage week. Three days off to collect fish was tough, but I felt as though I was getting a workout.
Monday (12km)
Pretty quick 52 minutes. Still feel like plugging along at Shore-to-Shore pace. On the Cataraqui Trail.
Tuesday (10km)
41 minutes at a quick pace. My legs felt sore, but I pushed through it.
Wednesday (14km)
West on the Cataraqui trail to the hiking path. Went for 60 minutes, with a slight negative split.
Thursday (OFF)
Saw bluegill spawning in the morning. Collected fish for about two hours in 8-10 feet of water. It was really exhausting; I took the day off running.
Friday (10km)
Really hot day. I went for 45 minutes and am calling it 10k.
Saturday (OFF)
Another fish collection day. This was a really long work day - I swam and collected fish in the morning (about three hours of swimming, total), then was involved in collections (on the dock) in the afternoon and did crosses after dinner. Finished around 9:30 too tired to run.
Sunday (OFF)
Yet another fish collection day. This was the first time I have had to collect fish on three out of four days in my five years at QUBS. Yesterday's colony was fairly easy to work on, but this one was tough. I was exhausted afterwards.
Total - 46km. A really low-mileage week. Three days off to collect fish was tough, but I felt as though I was getting a workout.
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