Training Log Archive: Oslug

single track trot. hive to to yellow jacket to stinger to gasline, to home. trotted to bottom of hill and part way up then walked a lot of the way back up. Sportivas have awesome traction in an inch of snow. These trails are great for running. And fun on sharp corners that are banked for the bikers.
Learning how to use my new GPS/HRM. I think either it was having trouble capturing my heartbeat accurately, or perhaps tachycardia (entirely likely). It's shocking how slow I really am! but I think I have a bit more endurance than I did 5 months ago.
Ran into a small cow moose. She left the trail for me. Lots of squirrel tracks, and mice-likes, and maybe a coyote -- a pretty big dog all alone so unlikely a pet. It's fun to see tracks again.

Event: North American Open Training Camp
 

None of it fast enough to start to work up a sweat, or barely even to warm up.
It was well below freezing when we started out in the morning; the soil froze to my shovel and bailing bowl. I had to add long johns. I decided to abandon the slow walkers and go ahead to pick out good sites and start digging holes. Felt good to stretch my legs a bit. I felt pretty strong walking and carrying a pretty heavy pack.
Enjoyed wetland philosophizing with Estrella. Good mind meld.
I was very sleepy in the evening from spending the day out in the cold and prob also from being dehydrated.
The views were so beautiful! Mt spurr beautifully clear. In the morning, I brushed my teeth in the dark looking out over Cook Inlet. Low clouds blocked site of Anchorage, but the blinking lights atop the new Fire Island wind towers poked above the clouds. Stars out, and a bright crescent moon. These lit up the drained tide flats. I'm so thankful that field work gets me out into the wilds.
Bright northern lights on the way home Friday evening. But I was too cold/lazy to put on a coat and go back outside to watch them.

got an extra hour of sleep, as Dan forgot to set his alarm. That made it a little challenging to hit a 10 am plane, but I made it. thought I might take a little walk then download to see if I could figure out how to work my fancy new GPS motivator watch. But no wifi, so got to figure out how to use the work Garmin instead. Navigating to an unknown site in a helicopter with a GPS I don't know how to work is a bit nerve-wracking. I only had a snippet of aerial photo, so just had to navigate to the vicinity then quickly search the ground features for something that matched the aerial. I was pleased with my success doing this both Thursday and Friday. Didn't panic and never had to fly around trying to figure out where we were! Maybe I've gotten a little better at this from looking at maps more lately???

Dug about 5 holes. Bit out of hole-digging shape. Plus about 1/2 mile walking with very slow walkers.

work work work as I prepare to give a tour of the proposed mine site to the regulators, to allow them to verify that our wetland delineation is adequate. Not exactly sure what they want to see...

I like digging soil pits. I bit of biceps, core, back, glutes, quads. Triceps when bailing soil out of the hole...

Painful massage. hips! IT band and inside of knee! outside of arm for 'worker's arm' which Leslie said would loosen something to help my shoulder lie back, glutes. My hips definitely feel looser the next morning.
She suggested that strengthening my hip flexors would help keep me from tripping so much while orienteering (I'd lift my feet more).