Squamish Bay Run

Same run, with C-Dog.

Squamish Bay Run

Same run, 36:00.

Squamish Bay Run

Ran 5mi at slow pace along the Hood Canal. Felt OK for the first two miles. Then rounded a corner and saw three hills, reminiscent of the trio at the start of the Blair Road run at Williams. The third hill was a wall; short but very, very steep. Topped out, then down the back side of the same hill, out to the water's edge then back the same route.

Trail

Wet, muddy run through (surprisingly nice) pine forest trail in suburbia. Had to do two loops, still only 3.5mi.

Issaquah

Ran 3-4 miles. No watch, unsure of the turn around.

Issaquah

Ran a little more than 5mi near MS house. In the rain. Yuck.

Thank you Microsoft

Did 50 minutes cardio at Dad and Susanne's sports club. Very, very swanky. 20:40 5K and 30 minutes elliptical. Woot.

Sunday Morning River Run

Ran another fun loop that brings back nice summer memories: out to the rowing shell and back. Just a hair under 7mi, though I ran it at a quite slow pace (forgot my watch again so nothing to tell me just how slow, happily). Lots of Sunday morning sights and sounds: familiar faces of runners and bikers from the summer still out on the river path, though now clad in hats, gloves, and tights, smells of wood fires near Fitler square, nice view of the roof of Memorial Hall in Fairmont Park through bare trees just after the turnaround, Clare's hip-hop hookup in my ears.

5K river run

Ran an old friend: just up to Waterworks and back. Didn't have my watch, but it felt fast and I went all out from JFK to the Locust tracks.

Hutch VB

Played volleyball last night with a Pigs/SWAT mixed crew (Mike, Patrick, Leslie, Cara, John, Chris). Felt incredibly slow/inept and am quite sore today.

Foiled!

Another gym date, of sorts. PennRec is doing free classes during finals as a stress reliever. Wanted to do a spinning class but whilst [that's for you, Clare Bear] changing in the locker room dry air and forceful pre-workout nose blow caused gushing nose bleed. Ick. By the time it stopped and I got upstairs, spinners were already spinning quite rapidly so I just did 25 minutes cardio + lifted instead.

Pottruck

40 minutes cardio.

Pottruck

55 minutes cardio: 27 minutes running (4 and a little miles), 18 minutes elliptical, 10 minutes bike.

Pottruck

Another gym date. 25 minutes running, 10 minutes on bike. Run did NOT feel good.

Pottruck

This week was a clean sweep. 35 minutes (3mi run, filled the rest with elliptical).

Pottruck

40 minutes cardio (25 running, 15 elliptical).

Pottruck

30 minutes cardio, JERM circuits.

P'ruck

30 minutes cardio, leg circuits.

Pottruck

40 minutes cardio (25 running, 15 elliptical)

Pottruck liftage

Post party Pottruck run. No energy for good cardio but did 20 minutes of light running + stationary bike, then lifted legs and did JERM circuits.

Hutch Stinkage

Played IM semis and finals. Beat Twelve but lost to ISSVC 2-1 in a close but completely frustrating match. Both sides sort of stunk it up and the Pigs stopped playing in the 2nd and 3rd set because of some co-ed rotation malarkey. Totally frustrating. I want to play better.

Hutch

Another IM game, another forfeit. This is getting a little old.

Erg'd a little after scrimmaging with the Pigs. I now remember why I hate rowing.

Pottruck

30 minutes cardio (treadmill, elliptical).

Hutch

IM game vs. Twelve, circuits until kicked out of Hutch @ 9pm.

River Run

~3.75mi post-Thanksgiving run.

Maynard, MA

Ran ~4.75 miles at Mark and Laura's house just outside of Boston.

Pottruck

A tired workout: 20 on treadmill, 10 on elliptical.

Hutch

30 minutes cardio, lifted legs, played one game with ISSVC.

Rothman 8K Photos

Everything's more exciting with pictures. These were taken by the race photographer at Sunday's race. Big thanks to C and Danelle for waking up early to shout from not one, not two, but three spots along the course!

Pott-ruck

30 minutes cardio: 15 minutes on treadmill @ 6.45ish pace, 15 minutes on elliptical.

Rothman 8K

Came in at 33:49 on my watch.

Mile 1 - 6:36
Mile 2 - 6:45
Mile 3 - 6:59
Mile 4 - 6:54
Mile 5 - 6:35

Pottruck

20:40 5K, 25 minutes elliptical.

Pottruck

30 minutes cardio: a 20:54 5k, 12 minutes elliptical, then had to run back to CC for Narnia reading!

Hutch

Another IM forfeit from Sigma Nu. We are now 4-0 having played one match. Ugh.

Scrimmaged with Pigs then ran 3mi.

River run

~6mi river loop: home to just past US Grant to Hutch.

Hutch

~90 minutes vb with Pigs @ Hutch.

Cambridge!!

Sat: Pigs win HBS tournament! Beat Tuck (Dartmouth), Kellogg (Northwestern), Columbia, Harvard, Sloan (MIT).

Sun: Ran with my first love, the Charles (sorry Cam, sorry Schuylkill). Did a 5mi loop from Weeks footbridge.

Hutch, Pottruck

Weds: played with Pigs @ Hutch
Thurs: 20:17 5K (!?? = 6:30 pace... a little too fast; I think that treadmill's computer was bogus), 20 minutes elliptical @ Pottruck.

Pottruck

20:56 5K, 15 minutes elliptical (next to Scott Weinstein, working harder than me :-) )

Hutch, Levine

IM game, 2 X 6:44 miles, 5 X Levines.

weekend roundup

Fri: did ~35 minutes of cardio--a 20:38 5K and 15 minutes elliptical

Sat: ran 6.3 miles with Johanna along Lake Michigan in Chicago.

Grr.

Franklin field locked up, Hutched fitness closed, so just ran a quick 3.25 miles (thanks GMap Pedometer)

Pottruck

40 minutes cardio (run, jump rope, run), lifted legs light.

Pottruck

30 minutes cardio: (2.5 miles in ~18 minutes, 7ish pace, 15 minutes elliptical)

catching up

Weds: vb w/ Wharton
Thurs: vb w/ ISSVC
Fri: vb w/ Boston team/Wharton on 0hrs sleep :(
Sun: stairs at Franklin Field.

Pigs!

A meeting went late so didn't get to Pigs practice until 6pm and only got to play vb for about 1hr. Then 25 minutes cardio @ Hutch.

Hutch

Ran a little over 4 miles: 1 to warm up and then a 20:29 5K = 6:34 pace. A few hops after.

Hutch

30 minutes cardio

Hutch

15 minute warm up on treadmill then JERM circuits.

Roundup

Sat: nuthin'

Sun: nuthin' again... though I tied in the inaugural 50 yard one-legged-hop at Farragut Field in Annapolis (and lost the ensuing rock-scissors-paper showdown) and did my favorite dash through the main line 'burbs to catch the last R5 of the night.

Mon: 25 minutes cardio, leg circuits, jump rope.

Hutch 5K

Did 20:53 (= 6:44 pace)

Pottruck

35 minutes cardio

Hutch

15 minutes cardio to warm up, some circuits, then 1hr with Wharton.

Gym

25 minutes cardio, some legs.

Sunday

Short river run (to Waterworks; didn't want to hold up dinner...)

Hutch

Did some drills with Wharton folks, then a quick, short run to cool down.

Woo. This blog is scintillating eh?

Pottruck

Still sore from Saturday (ugh). Ran 5K to loosen up. Did 21:12 (=6:50 pace). Then jumped a rope.

week end, weekend roundup

Thurs, Fri, Sat: volleyball
Sun: 4mi AM run, PM skate with Andre, Klàra, and C up to Falls Bridge and back down W. River Dr.

Pottruck

Ran for 25 minutes + covered 3.65 miles = 6:52 pace.

Pottruck

5K at 6:56 from a cold start... Some jump rope until kicked out by ballet group (?)

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

[Clare, you know how to read that title...]

Ran the Parkway 5K @ 7min pace. The first mile was too slow (stuck at the back of the pack), the second mile too fast, and no kick left for the end. But no excuses...

Rollerbladed, in brand new KMart (thank you Stanley Kresge) blue light special "Lunatic" blades, heh, up to Falls Rd bridge and back with Miss B.

le weekend

Slow, easy 5-6mi up to US Grant statue and back. Lots of team-in-training folks out on Kelley Drive. Must be people getting ready for the Philly marathon?

week's end

thurs: played ball with wharton.

fri: 3 fast miles along the river.

Pottruck

mix it up: 5 minutes warmup @ 7:30, just 2 miles @ 6.45, jump rope.

Pottruck

Ran 5K at 7:04 pace.

Pottruck

Short (3 miles at easy pace) gym trip to shake the legs out.

PDR!

Did the half-marathon this AM. Ran with Miss B. We started in a too slow corral, which was frustrating but maybe a blessing in disguise because it kept me from dying around mile 10. Left to my own, I would have wasted most of my energy on the first half. As it turned out, I barely noticed the first 6 miles go by. I only kicked the last 1.5mi hard, but was glad to have something left in the tank to finish with... and to feel empty at the end.

Almost forgot to mention: as we were rounding the art museum to head out West River Drive, they played Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" on the sound system. Reminded me of the awesome conclusion to Live8 :-)

quick shake

Just a short run up to waterworks to get the legs moving...

Pottruck Redux

La même chose encore.
Encore, la même chose. (Thanks to Stéphane for the grammar corrections :-)

Pottruck

Ran 3 miles @ 7:30 pace. Doing more eating than running this week :)

Weekend

Fri: absolutely nuthin.

Sat: SAPA vb with ISSVC (level was a little low but nice to be out in the sun... and we won, hooray!)

Sun: sunrise run up to falls bridge.

Rowing Shell

Early morning run with Miss B. up the Schuylkill to the rowing shell.

US Grant

Yes he drank a lot, but he probably suffered from depression and dammit, he saved the Union.

(Nice day, lots of runners out. Went out really fast. Came back not so fast. I need a watch, eh?)

Catchup

I can see this blogging thing is going to fall by the wayside:

Monday: played grass vb for 2hrs with Pigs.

Tuesday: 1hr of cardio + jump rope at Pottruck.

Sunny + Friends

couple of hours of grass 2s with sunny and a few of his friends. a great way to avoid writing that POPL review and prepping for my meeting with Luc tomorrow...

US Grant

A stunningly beautiful day. Ran to everyone's favorite civil war general. (That's a lie: I prefer "the rock of chickamauga" myself, but can't expect everyone to be a history geek).

Fri, Sat, ...

Fri: played an hour of vb with the med kids.

Sat: went to pottruck for 45 minutes of cardio. it's a georgeous day. would've loved to run but banged up my knee yesterday so wanted to do something low impact :(

ISSVC

played a couple hours of ball with chinese kids. absolultely the best ball i've played in at least 24hrs.

Philadelphia - 5mi

River run, split in two with 3 quick circuits at Waterworks on the way home.

Trondheim - wakeup run

Woke up at 6.30 and went out for a cold, wet, slow, miserable run. Gave up after about 20 minutes and turned around because it was just too miserable. It did wake me up at least ...

Trondheim - 10K

OK. Back to metric. And hills. Ugh.

Ran a decent 10K out-and-back in Trondheim after DBPL ended for the day. Was trying to get into the big greenbelt, but couldn't find the way off the road that hugs the harbor.

Oxford -OUVC

Played 2hrs with the Oxford boys again. Good fun again.

Oxford - Volleyball, 3mi Isis run

Trained with the Oxford NVL team. A good session with some actual coaching and drills. Well missed.

Ran a quick 3mi along the Isis (Thames) towpath this morning.

Oxford - Beach Vball

I guess this is an everything blog.

No running. Met up with Paul, a friend from Dublin who is now one of the OUVC middles. Went to an old RAF base where they've converted an old hangar into a quite nice indoor sand court about 30 minutes outside of Oxford. We played for 3 hours. I don't have sand legs so it was all thwack! (that's the sound of the ball hitting the tape) or cuts/rolls shots. But still good fun.

Cambridge - Volleyball with CVC

Played (and won) some 2s with Jacquet. We couldn't be stopped :-)

Then had to run to catch the bus to Oxford. I haven't decided if this is just going to be a running blog or an everything blog.

Cambridge - ~11mi

Ugh. Now I know what absolutely knackered means. Ran Parker's Piece -> Grantchester -> Parker's Piece -> A14 motorway bridge -> Parker's Piece. To bed with me.

Cambridge - 6mi

A beautiful, rain-soaked run out to the A14 motorway bridge and back. Tous les animaux (cows, ducks, swans, this boy) were out enjoying the drizzle. The only snag: I had a beer at the Computer Lab happy hour and cramped up a bit on the way out. Beer before running is not recommended.

Cambridge - ~3mi

DV wanted to run, so we had to keep the distance short.

Just did the old railroad bridge loop.

DV had to stop on the way home, so I got to kick the last 1.5 miles fast. Short runs are fun.

Cambridge - ~7mi

Wherein we change to Imperial units.

Absolutely knackered. Realized I only have a few days here (have to get to Oxford on Sunday night) so I'll only get to do my favorite Cam runs once each. Decided to knock out the beast first, while my legs are still fresh. Ran all the way out to the Baitsbite lock, about 7 miles... unlike Germany, which had all those helpful Km signs, distances on the Cam are hard to judge, but going by boat club pages + guestimates, I think that's about right.

Didn't get to run at all in Prague, unfortunately. There were some nice paths by the river. But didn't want to leave my PowerBook at the hostel so I had to carry it around with me everywhere.

Last day, last 10K

Final day in Marktoberdorf. I wanted to get up early to run first thing, but couldn't manage it. The Necula and Hofmann lectures were both excellent... I skipped the final Harrison lecture so I could do the Fechsen loop one last time. Kept a good pace, gave directions to a cyclist (I know the area pretty well now, having spent that day getting so lost!)

Off to Prague in a few minutes. I'll miss this loop but next week is Cambridge!! Back to some of my favorite runs: the Fen Ditton and motorway bridge loops.

Marktoberdorf 10K

Did the same 10K loop. It may be the perfect run. 3K of rolling hills out to the lake, 1K of difficult hills up to Zum Kindler, then 1K down to the intersection at the rail tracks, then a flat 5K back to Marktoberdorf. I started really slow today (was incredibly sore from climbling---Wojtek is a fast hiker and we were basically running UP the mountain at points yesterday so my ass hurts). But 1/2-way through the Zum Kindler hill, started to kick it and kept the pace up all the way home. Felt good.

0K

I didn't run today. We went hiking on the Fellhorn. It was a perfect day with sunny skies and crisp air. We had dinner at a nice restaurant on the top and the evening sun was magnificent on the mountains. The pictures almost do it justice.

10K

Successfully completed the loop I tried to do last time. Did 10K, slowly. Absolutely beautiful day. Could see the Alps really clearly... the pictures should show what a nice day it was :)

Ugh. Sick Running

Throat is all scratchy, but the weather was warmer today, so I decided to do a quick 3 miles at sunset. Drinking OJ by the gallon, but need to find some of those wonderful European fizzy vitamin supplements.

Marktoberdorf free day

No lectures today so I had time to try a new loop. Only ran a little more than 5K before I got lost and afraid I was going in the wrong direction. I started by going down towards the pond, up the hills, around the bends with the farms as usual. Then instead of looping back I tried to follow the road back to Marktoberdorf. Discovered an amazing small village: just a few houses/farms, a church, and maybe one store. Followed a farm lane that looked like it would take me back to the city. The road kept getting smaller and smaller, then turned to dirt, then turned to dirt with a strip of grass down the middle, then turned into just a lane worn in heavy grass, then disappeared. Near the end I was at a barn, literally in the middle of a field, with about 30 cows with the same Alpen bells all ringing. As I approached, they all turned their heads and stared at me. Then started walking towards me. Then running and mooing. I just kept walking ahead... Had to dash across a wet field to get back to a road and then discovered I'd been totally turned around. Marktoberdorf was about 10K away (saw the church on the hill). Walked back along a path by the railtracks, cold and wet, and finally back to the Gymnasium (relieved that it was indeed Marktoberdorf and not some other random village.

Marktoberdorf

Ran 6K yesterday (tight on time so I had to stop at the pond).

My body clock was all messed up, so I went to bed at 9pm last night. Then woke up at 6.15 and hit the road immediately. Ran the 8K up to the ridge (which killed me) and to the T-intersection at the farms. Kicked it pretty hard on the way home though which felt good. The highlight today was hearing dozens of cowbells from a field hidden by a ridge. And then running by a coop of chickens and hearing about 10 cocks crowing. Amazing!

Ridge running

Ran the same loop in Marktoberdorf.

Catching up

This post is for my single loyal reader, Xavi (freak! how can this possibly be interesting?)

I've been running a lot but never blogging. I can't remember all the way back to the beginning of June.

Two weeks ago, I played volleyball 3 days and ran to Leif on 2.

In Haverhill last week, I did 2X 5mi runs, 2X 3mi runs, one trip to the gym in Woodsville for 30min elliptical + Nautilis and on 4 days, ye olde jump circuits (jump rope, block jumps, attack jumps, calf raises). I was stressed out and it was a good way to work through things.

Played 2hrs grass volleyball on Friday with Matt, Klara, and Chris.

My legs were exhausted and I took 3 days off (damn trail was closed in Philly on Monday, then flying to Marktoberdorf).

Today I did a long run on fresh legs: 8K today in Marktoberdorf through beautiful Bavarian farmland. There was a beautiful stand of pines that reminded me of a Caspar David Friedrich painting.

Nate - Waterworks

Hmm. Sound familiar?

Out to waterworks and back. Beautiful pink sunset in the basin by boathouse row. Stopped at Walnut on the return and ran the stairs. Situps.

Nate - Waterworks

Ran to waterworks and back. Stopped at Walnut St and did stairs

Nate - Waterworks

Ran to Waterworks with DV and back.

Nate - Week of May 30

Why can't I keep up with this? Here's last week:

Ran 2X to Waterworks and back
Ran 1X to Leif
2X cardio workouts at Hutch
1X legs circuits at Hutch
1X bench/pulldowns/rowing circuits at Hutch
4X situps

Running

Ran up to Waterworks and back. Situps and pushups, dips, at home.

Volleyball

Played two hours of low-quality vb with ISSVC.

Hutchinson Gym

Did 30 minutes stairs, then some light Nautilus (leg press, front and back curls).

I WILL BLOG

Really.

Ran up to Waterworks and back

Cardio, Volleyball

Did elliptical, then pickup volleyball at Hutch.

Running

Ran with Cristie up to U. S. Grant and back.

Circuits @ Hutch

Did 30 minutes on elliptical then 4X legs circuits before I had to run to CC for dinner with Dad and Lola.

Volleyball @ Hutch

Haven't been good about recording, I'm going to start it up again.

Played volleyball for ~1.5hrs with Mike, Melissa, Tasha, and Klara at Hutch. Timing is still $%^!ed but jumping decently high.

Nate - more legs

Did a light workout at Hutch. Cycled for 30 minutes as a warm up, then did circuits on the Nautilis-type machines: leg press, back and forward leg curls, and calf raises.

Taking tomorrow and Saturday off to let my legs recover for volleyball at Hopkins on Sunday night and then the match vs. Sideout (one of the better league teams) on Monday. Hoping I'll be feeling springy.

Nate - Circuits

I've been killing my legs pretty much every day for the last two weeks. 30 minutes on elliptical, then circuits of jump rope, block jumps, attack jumps, depth jumps, sit ups, and calf raises. Oww.

Played matches the last two mondays in Ben Franklin VB. We won both comfortably.