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Saturday Feb 27, 2016 #
Map Walk 3:00:00 [2] 4.7 km (38:18 / km)
shoes: Roclite 280-2015
I volunteered to lead the intermediate map walk, as a last-minute substitute for Jon, who was under the weather. As a group leader in general, I didn't do so well, because I didn't take a head count, didn't keep track of my flock, and didn't take care to spread myself among them to make sure everyone got the same information. But other than that, I had a great time and I think they did too.
We walked what Jon thought was an advancing Orange course, but what I thought was 100% advanced. I drilled the techniques that came up (this being the mid-Atlantic, it was mostly counting reentrants). I told them what I was doing with the map and compass. I helped them recognize terrain features. I told them what map symbols meant. And I blabbered about whatever came to mind, wisecracks and all. We spiked 9 out of 10 controls, and the one was when I let one of the participants make the plan and reluctantly went along. Nothing wrong with her plan or execution, but I wasn't tracking well and ended up ordering a relocation. After that, we didn't do anything that I didn't agree with.
Afterwards, the thing that struck me was how incredibly tiring it was! Walking this course in 3 hours was clearly more work than running it in 50 minutes, and in addition, being a chatterbox is hard for an introvert. For the rest of the evening, I recovered by standing at the road intersection alone in the dark and directing what little traffic there was, then lying in my bunk "reading" but actually dozing off. No game night for me.
We walked what Jon thought was an advancing Orange course, but what I thought was 100% advanced. I drilled the techniques that came up (this being the mid-Atlantic, it was mostly counting reentrants). I told them what I was doing with the map and compass. I helped them recognize terrain features. I told them what map symbols meant. And I blabbered about whatever came to mind, wisecracks and all. We spiked 9 out of 10 controls, and the one was when I let one of the participants make the plan and reluctantly went along. Nothing wrong with her plan or execution, but I wasn't tracking well and ended up ordering a relocation. After that, we didn't do anything that I didn't agree with.
Afterwards, the thing that struck me was how incredibly tiring it was! Walking this course in 3 hours was clearly more work than running it in 50 minutes, and in addition, being a chatterbox is hard for an introvert. For the rest of the evening, I recovered by standing at the road intersection alone in the dark and directing what little traffic there was, then lying in my bunk "reading" but actually dozing off. No game night for me.
Orienteering 1:30:00 [3]
OK, one other thing. While there was still light, I grabbed one of Thierry's advanced training maps and went out on the course. The first segment was a compass exercise, moving between little islands in a sea of white. Got that. Next was contour-only, and I didn't do so well. Had to backtrack on the first control and re-do. Missed #6 after a long leg fell apart at the last minute. Skipped #7 and went straight to the corridor.
Corridor was an abject failure. Starting from an obvious feature (on the road next to the water tower) I could not get to even the first control. I went back and tried it two more times, failing in different places each time. Too bad, I would have liked to have gotten further along.
Corridor was an abject failure. Starting from an obvious feature (on the road next to the water tower) I could not get to even the first control. I went back and tried it two more times, failing in different places each time. Too bad, I would have liked to have gotten further along.
Friday Feb 26, 2016 #
Core strength 15:00 [3]
Pushups, planks, squats, lunges, figure-8s. And stretching.
Thursday Feb 25, 2016 #
Road running 1:10:47 [3] 7.8 mi (9:04 / mi)
shoes: Adrenaline 16
Through Forest Glen and the National Seminary Park, down to Beach Drive, up Old Spring Road and back through Kensington. Included the loop up and down Homewood Parkway, plus a nice tour of the Seminary, past the Chalet, and Pagoda, around the hotel circle, the Windmill, the "Taco Bells" and out at the new Walter Reed Annex.
Core strength 15:00 [3]
The full workout, post-run. Plus stretching.
Wednesday Feb 24, 2016 #
Road running 31:59 [3] 3.8 mi (8:25 / mi)
shoes: Adrenaline 16
Drumm loop in pretty quick time, just squeaking in under 32 minutes (but I could have hit the watch a little further up the driveway). 42 degrees and raining. I felt pretty good, but guess getting out of the rain was a motivator. The conditions are supposed to deteriorate later today.
Core strength 10:00 [3]
Planks, figure-8s, and stretches.
Monday Feb 22, 2016 #
Core strength 15:00 [3]
Road running 39:08 [3] 4.5 mi (8:42 / mi)
shoes: Adrenaline 16
GSFC perimeter road. The road was soft, but dry on top. Just a few puddles, easily avoided. Great day, 50 and sunny.
Yeah, my legs are a little tired.
Yeah, my legs are a little tired.
Sunday Feb 21, 2016 #
Event: QOC Mason Neck
Orienteering race 1:30:55 [5] 8.0 km (11:22 / km)
shoes: Icebug olx 2nd
QOC Mason Neck. Wow, epic fail! I like score-o, but I've never been any good at it. Don't know why, but it's pretty clear I make bad choices.
So this time I decided to clear the area northeast of the road, come back through the south side, and use any leftover time to get the ones in the little NW sector near the finish. Step 1, check: cleared 13 controls in 40 min. Step 2, rejected. Got 5 controls in the next 40 minutes, overtime already and still deep into the map. It took me 15 minutes just to run back to the arena, and another minute to pick up the last mandatory control just before finishing. Score: -134. Obviously an inflated idea of what I could accomplish in the more technically difficult area.
On the bright side, I ran the whole way in a no-rain window. On the other hand, I got in mud over my knees crossing the marsh between 127 and 131. Not sure I actually saved any time, and I sure smelled bad.
So this time I decided to clear the area northeast of the road, come back through the south side, and use any leftover time to get the ones in the little NW sector near the finish. Step 1, check: cleared 13 controls in 40 min. Step 2, rejected. Got 5 controls in the next 40 minutes, overtime already and still deep into the map. It took me 15 minutes just to run back to the arena, and another minute to pick up the last mandatory control just before finishing. Score: -134. Obviously an inflated idea of what I could accomplish in the more technically difficult area.
On the bright side, I ran the whole way in a no-rain window. On the other hand, I got in mud over my knees crossing the marsh between 127 and 131. Not sure I actually saved any time, and I sure smelled bad.