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.