Training Log Archive: kkling

Event: OLOU Sprint #7 2015
 

Meeting with T-Lake Park staff went will. Everyone's on board for the A meet.

After the meeting I was working on the Long Courses. I was starting to scout the armchair locations, plus start and finish. Came out with some minor map updates also.

Good course set by Ben King at the U of L Campus. One real bad error was looking for the control in the wrong garden circle! Real hot day today, the temp's were about 93 when we started.

Sprint - Splits

Using two inserts in the shoe. One that came with the shoe plus the one I have been using in my other shoes. A little more comfortable than before. I will work with this and see if I can get some use out of these shoes.

While I was waiting for Ben to come by and pick up the controls for tomorrows meet. I repaired 5 control stands. Two with broken plates (holds the control unit), one the plate had fallen off screw, lock washer and nut missing and two were missing punches.

Worked on getting the shutters ready for painting today. Really wonder why we have them.

I realized I have not worn my OROC shoes since I hurt my left foot in them. I pulled their insert and replaced with the one I am using in all my other shoes. They were still somewhat uncomfortable. Very confusing since I put this insert into the INOV TERROC 330 and it was great. I will try the shoe with their insert plus my insert and see if my foot will fit in it. I like the tread on the OROC just seems to be an uncomfortable shoe.

Was focused on technique. I found out right away why I had drifted away from it. When I tried to keep the paddlers box, I was running into my knees. My foot holds are not long enough for me, so my knees are sticking up. Still I found the videos helpful to think of the power coming from the rotation of the body rather than the arms and shoulder. I was also able to get my feet involved until the right one started cramping. So overall some helpful hints from the videos on You tube. Just have to think through how to straighten my legs.

Went to a new boat ramp at Taylorsville Lake with Janet. The 4th one we have launched from. We went west and paddled up Timber Creek. The creek is full of dead trees standing straight up right where they used to grow before the lake was made 40 years ago. For some reason they have not rotted and fallen into the water. Must be very hard wood. I talked with the old timers at the boat ramp. They said it has always been that way. It made for a real interesting game of dodge-em. In many cases there was a snag just below the water level that you could not see which would hang the boat or bump the boat to the side.

The boat ramp was Chowning Lane which was close to 20 minutes off any major road which explained why the boat ramp parking lot never had many vehicles in it on Google Earth. Really hard to get to and no facilities except for a parking lot and the woods.

Very hot again around 92 today

Given the hot weather, I expect to be kayaking tomorrow. Watched three paddling technique clips on You tube. I knew my technique must be bad given the problem I had at the adventure race. Sure enough I had forgotten everything I had once learned. So I will be practicing technique tomorrow.

C • Paddling technique 3

Hot 93 degrees. Humidity is starting to come up now.

The new club in Blacksburg is called Blue Ridge Orienteering Club (BROC) and it is chartered thru OUSA.

Very hot day 90 degrees but the humidity is still tolerable.

I was excited to see that a new Orienteering Club has formed in Blacksburg, VA my old stomping grounds. I joined their news feed - I will try to stop in for a meet and then visit the family in SW VA.

Meeting with the Taylorsville Lake Park staff was postponed. There is a new manager starting later this week. They thought it wise that he should be in the meeting. I had to agree with them.