I'm pretty sure, with the exception of mock tris and races, that I've never had a double workout scheduled for a Sunday. The plan yesterday called for a forty-five minute swim and then a one hour and forty-five minute run.
I stayed up late Saturday night to wait for Dee Dee to get home. I got back late in the afternoon from riding, and she had to be at work at four. That didn't leave very much "us" time. Even after getting up at 5:50 AM, I managed to stay awake till after midnight. I needed that. We both needed it.
Originally, the plan for Sunday was to get up early and be home in time for breakfast. Dee Dee and I, however, found ourselves kidless. I was able to sleep in until 8 AM (yuck!) and hit the gym by 9. I've always loved how the pool refreshes my legs. I can almost feel the lactic acid flushing from my legs. The swim was moderate, and I felt wonderful. I climbed from the pool after 1900 meters in about 38 minutes, ready for my run.
Since I was close to Kennesaw Mountain, I decided to hit the rolling trails there for my run. It was getting hot after 10 PM, but lucky for me, most of the run was in the shade. My heart rate jumped all over the place on the rolling hills, but I had a good run and managed 9.75 miles in my allotted time. I was amazed at how well I felt during most of the run. I never would have guessed I could do that as recent as January. I didn't get fatigued until the last couple of miles, then it really started to hurt.
As I was coming out of the woods along the trail, I saw a group of Civil War soldiers gathered around some cannon. The metal beasts were pointed out into the field along which I was running. I kept looking at them, and as I got closer, I followed the trail towards the cannon. I heard this man's voice yell:
SIR!! YOU ARE DOWNRANGE FROM A LIVE FIRE EXERCISE! PLEASE RETURN TO THE ROAD!!!
I raised my arm to signal that I had heard him and headed back up to the road that runs to the top of the mountain. As I completed my run, the cannon went off with bang.
Thanks boyz! I appreciate you not filling me full of grapeshot. Also, thanks for putting up the (non-existent) warning signs along the trail. I am sorry if I interrupted you while you were playing soldier :-)
Wes
OSN: 1900 meters, 38 minutes
ORN: 9.75 miles, 1:45:20, 10:48 mmp
23 comments:
Hah! That would be a hard injury to explain - "Well, I was running along a trail and then I got hit in the leg by a cannon"
LOL!! Next time you have to take a picture for us! I know what you mean about swimming, I feel the same way about the recovery!
Too funny! Nothing like adding a little extra "fun" to your run.
Good move sleeping in by the way...the butt crack of stupid isn't all it's cracked up to be.
haha oh man glad you didn't get hit...that would have been slightly unfortunate
No warning signs... Holy Cow!!
yes... the sweet trails. Welcome to my world. How I love the trails.
You continue to get stronger adn stronger. Way to go Wes!
OMG What in tha?!?! LMAO at Lisa!! You're going to get shot at and she wants pictures HAHAHAHAAA
I hate dodging live cannon fire. Of course, this begs the question - why is 'live fire' necessary for a reenactment?
Heh, you silly southerners. Pretty sure that would be illegal up here in Maine.
Am also with you about the swim - I love that stretch it out feeling you get :o)
As for the nearly incident with the canon fire... HOLLY SMOKES - well nearly ;o)
You're in great shape!!
Ok... I'm going to have to remember that they actually fire those things! Yikes!! Yeah, that was me who said hey! And I'm ok that you were zoned, so were we. Good Job!!
Oh my gosh that is crazy down range, I would have had GI issues right then and there. Thanks for the wings tip, I am too skeered to reach beind the saddle, LOL!
Whew, thank goodness they warned you before firing!
Downrange from a live fire exercise? Aye Carumba! That's not a good place to be at all!!
Why in the world would they aim towards a trail anyway? They're nuts! Congrats on the good double workout - you are an animal!
Goodness! That's weird.
Yikes - that's not something you come across every day! Be careful out there! : )
Oh my!
Incoming!! OMG. Great job nailing the training
Man, I feel like a slug compared to your training... I *only* did a sprint on the weekend! lol, some day I will hang with your work outs Wes.... someday.... soon .....
Em
I don't recall any reenactments around washington state??? Must be a Southern thang.
HA! "Playing solider!" that made me laugh! But, it SURE would have made a great blog!! :) Nice work on your swim + run on Sunday - Oh yeah!!! Hey, at least you didn't have to spin out your legs after the run too!!! :) Jen H.
What's with the Civil war re enactments? I am from the south and I still don't get it.
Great job getting your run done, especially in the heat and danger zone :-).
Don't you just hate in when that happens!
YIKES!!!!!
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