Rtime Rclimb Ltime Lclimb Htime Hclimb OnFeet
6:44 2160 2:11 900 6:12 2830 12:56
Monday:
7-May run 1:45 600 3 stony brook
7-May hike 0:35 400 3 stony brook
Did a nice little run-hike today at southern Harriman park. Just after starting out I noticed the tree that had fallen across the stream months ago was still alive and growing!
First I hiked easily for 20 minutes up the creek valley before switching to a run to get up to the lake. After stopping at the lake I decided to run around the lake on the red then white trails on the west side, then following the unmarked very tight single-track that weaved through close mountain laurel on the east side of the lake. That trail stops at the Torne valley dirt road, so I decided to run the road south over to pick up the white trail, but I found the road just as slow as the single-track, super rocky with numerous flooded sections that I chose to pick my way around. I spotted the fresh track of a medium size bear, which perked up my senses a little more until I got back up on the ridge.
After finally getting to and up the short white trail section heading back west, I got to the black trail and it's southern view spot showed the Torne valley lush after recent rains.
Shortly after checking my rattlesnake den (he was either sleeping inside or out hunting), I switched to an easy hike for about 10 minutes, thinking and deciding how much more running I wanted to do today, but shortly decided to run again, and did so until the last half mile or so, when I hiked again. All told 1:45 of running and 35 of hiking today. Overall effort 70%hrmax.
Tuesday:
8-May run 0:37 40 3 stony brook
8-May hike 1:01 560 2 stony brook
Hiked up to Pine Meadow lake, then ran down.
Wednesday:
9-May run 1:07 480 4 ram park
9-May hike 0:43 400 3 ram park
Hiked up the hill, then ran the yellow trail up and over to bear swamp road, then ran the orange trail back, plus a little extra loop, then finished up hiking.
Thursday:
10-May run 0:37 100 1 stony brook
10-May hike 1:03 550 2 stony brook
Pretty much the same as Tuesday
Friday:
11-May run 0:27 40 2 mohonk
11-May hike 0:55 280 2 mohonk
Was going to do the Medium-long run today, but didn't feel fresh at all, and ended up just running a little of a loop up at Mohonk, then hiked the rest.
Saturday:
12-May run 2:11 900 4 148 stony brook
12-May hike 0:55 300 3 124 stony brook
This was my medium-long run after last week's 4:29 Monday, giving 11 days of rest in between, and 14 days of rest from now to my next 50k in two weeks. I felt pretty good today, and had fun on the rocks.
Anatomy of a run-hike:
Lap Time AvgHR
1 10:11 114 Hike, warmup
2 26:46 156 Run, mostly uphill
3 05:02 125 Ran too hard, take a breather hiking
4 32:52 146 Resume run, mostly downhill
5 10:02 130 Starting 2nd lap up, hiking
6 51:32 143 Resume run, settle in, around lake
7 15:13 121 Finish around lake, leisurely hike
8 20:26 147 Starting down, last bit running
9 14:57 133 Finish off with easy hike
Some might wonder if the running is less effective as training when broken up into sections like this. I don't think there's much difference overall, but it's probably slightly less effective as training for running to break it up like this. The benefits are twofold. First, it gives the energy supply system a chance to catch up when trail running, which requires a higher effort than normal running, allowing you to be comfortable doing more on a given day. Second, when I switch to a hike, my experience completely shifts and I relax and take in the natural surroundings in a deeper way. My combined overall heart rate was 140, or 73% of maximum heart rate, which shows that blending in an hour of hiking nicely moderates the overall effort.
The less-used single-track behind the lake:
Sunday: easy recovery hike
13-May hike 1:00 340 1.5 ram park
10 inch turtle sunning itself today:
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