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Training Log Archive: BigWillyStyle

In the 29 days ending Feb 29, 2020:

activity # timemileskm+m
  Orienteering7 7:13:31 41.43(10:28) 66.68(6:30) 1372110c
  Cycling12 6:45:53 118.22(17.5/h) 190.26(28.1/h) 918
  Running6 55:07 5.14(10:44) 8.27(6:40) 83
  Total19 14:54:31 164.79(5:26) 265.21(3:22) 2373110c

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Saturday Feb 29, 2020 #

Event: Soaring Eagle Checkpoint Run
 
10 AM

Orienteering 1:40:39 intensity: (5:48 @1) + (37 @2) + (41:24 @3) + (52:24 @4) + (26 @5) *** 14.89 km (6:46 / km) +203m 6:20 / km
ahr:158 max:197 25c

Loops 1, 4, and 5 of the Soaring Eagle Checkpoint Run. I had not orienteered in Soaring Eagle before and had only been there a small handful of times, and my expectations were blown away by how nice and open the terrain was; somehow no one told me about this. I am kicking myself for not having been training there for years.

Running warm up/down 10:20 intensity: (7:05 @2) + (3:15 @3) 0.72 mi (14:21 / mi) +2m 14:14 / mi
ahr:110 max:123

Friday Feb 28, 2020 #

6 AM

Cycling 19:29 intensity: (14:57 @1) + (4:32 @2) 5.06 mi (15.6 mph) +63m
ahr:76 max:141

4 PM

Cycling 45:49 intensity: (2:19 @2) + (32:48 @3) + (10:42 @4) 14.67 mi (19.2 mph) +86m
ahr:142 max:168

New record! For whatever reason, felt AWESOME today. Favorable winds a factor.

Thursday Feb 27, 2020 #

7 AM

Cycling 19:13 intensity: (15:04 @2) + (4:09 @3) 5.06 mi (15.8 mph) +63m
ahr:76 max:164

People in the Seattle area are generally very bike-aware, which of course I appreciate, but take it almost to a fault at times. This manifests primarily in awkward situations at various types of intersections where a car(s) which clearly has the right-of-way will nonetheless yield to me.

Or something like this morning, where I was sitting at a red light (not moving, leaning on the curb, in a dedicated bike lane, with plenty of space on all sides) and the woman in the car next to me rolled down her window to ask if she could turn right on the red. Uh, sure? Watch out tho I might spontaneously launch myself into motion and T-bone you for lolz? Funny. It seems that a cyclist has the same sort of illogical power over drivers that a mouse has over the proverbial elephant who is petrified of mice.

Unfortunately, I suspect this hyper-defensive driving attitude is in part due to many cyclists acting unpredictably and disobeying the laws of the road; I myself have certainly been guilty of this at times. But that's only because I value speed over safety so don't worry about it it's fine.

In addition, consider this intersection, down the block from my house:



There are stop signs both ways on 18th, while Massachusetts is uncontrolled - though there are crosswalks, neon crosswalk street signs, and hash marks denoting a bike crossing (because this is a city-designated biking route). Thus, seeing all this, many drivers will greatly slow or even stop before crossing the intersection, even though there is no requirement to do so. I have been waiting at the stop sign on my bike for a clear time to cross, when a driver has literally stopped to let me cross. This is bizarre behavior if you see yourself as a car, as I do, but makes perfect sense if you consider a cyclist in the same category as a pedestrian, as the driver likely did.
4 PM

Cycling 48:16 intensity: (22 @2) + (29:08 @3) + (18:46 @4) 14.65 mi (18.2 mph) +86m
ahr:152 max:178

Saturday Feb 22, 2020 #

Event: CascadeOC Winter League Championships – Point Defiance Park
 
11 AM

Orienteering race 51:29 intensity: (1:09 @2) + (35:40 @3) + (14:40 @4) *** 8.59 km (6:00 / km) +158m 5:29 / km
ahr:129 max:177 20c

Winter League Champs @ Point Defiance. Had a pretty great race through 16, despite a couple bobbles, with a number of really well-executed legs like 4, 10, 13, 15, which allowed me to build a nice lead. However, the wheels fell off a bit starting with 17 and I gave some 3min back from then till the end via a cheekily-placed flag, a classic 180 degree error, and a heroically ill-advised route choice which I feel great pride in.

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Running warm up/down 11:18 [2] 1.04 mi (10:55 / mi) +60m 9:15 / mi
ahr:111 max:129

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8-LongAdv/IntColl - Splits

Friday Feb 21, 2020 #

3 PM

Orienteering 31:20 intensity: (18 @1) + (6 @2) + (17:22 @3) + (13:34 @4) 5.96 km (5:15 / km) +90m 4:53 / km
ahr:153 max:175

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Running warm up/down 3:33 intensity: (16 @1) + (3:17 @2) 0.45 mi (7:53 / mi)
ahr:126 max:138

Running warm up/down 4:57 [2] 0.45 mi (11:00 / mi)
ahr:101 max:144

Thursday Feb 20, 2020 #

7 AM

Cycling 18:41 intensity: (12:30 @2) + (6:11 @3) 5.05 mi (16.2 mph) +64m
ahr:90 max:154

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4 PM

Cycling 48:52 [3] 14.67 mi (18.0 mph) +87m
ahr:142 max:156

Monday Feb 17, 2020 #

9 AM

Running warm up/down 6:12 [2] 1.04 km (5:57 / km) +6m 5:47 / km
ahr:123 max:135

Orienteering race 41:20 intensity: (24 @1) + (12 @2) + (12:09 @3) + (28:35 @4) *** 7.04 km (5:52 / km) +135m 5:21 / km
ahr:161 max:177 13c

Handicapped mass start race back at Catalina SP with a box of up to seven controls based on age/gender; unfortunately I was assigned all seven. In the end I was defeated by Boris (6) and Jeff (5); I lost some 90s on my first control, and due to careless planning (i.e. "make it up as you go") had an inferior route which involved a bit of bonus climbing. Still, I avoided major cacti encounters, so that's a win. I felt hot and tired even at the start, but my legs felt healthier and not as rekt as after the first day at Anza-Borrego, so hopefully I am recovering some fitness.

Cholla Chaser - Splits

Sunday Feb 16, 2020 #

9 AM

Orienteering race 1:32:32 intensity: (28 @1) + (1:37 @2) + (49:29 @3) + (40:58 @4) *** 12.02 km (7:42 / km) +220m 7:03 / km
ahr:154 max:175 19c

Classic @ Catalina SP. This terrain was far less friendly than the first day, but still enjoyable in its own way. Much rock and cacti abounded, and for some reason I found myself fighting my compass at times, which, for example, led to me bungling the second control impressively, losing some 10-12 minutes searching in an area some 500m from the actual control location.

Also lost time on 14, and took a critical hit from a cholla on the way to 18 - the worst cacti encounter I've had. I veered left to go around two large cacti in my path, only for my right knee to collide with a smaller, unseen knee-high cholla when I pivoted back to the right to correct course. Two of four pods were readily removable, but the other two were quite large and embedded deeply enough that I could not remove them with map and compass. Luckily, the backside of these pods were free of spines such that I could get a decent hold to pull them out with brute force - until the pod itself proved to have a lower breaking point than the spines' hold in my skin, and came apart in my hand. However, I had then undermined the integrity of the spines' base so that I was able to divide and conquer, removing the pods in pieces, a smaller number of spines coming free with each piece.

Running warm up/down 7:44 intensity: (6:27 @1) + (51 @2) + (26 @3) 0.99 km (7:50 / km) +2m 7:45 / km
ahr:107 max:146


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Saturday Feb 15, 2020 #

Event: Southwest Spring Week 2020
 
9 AM

Orienteering race 1:06:11 intensity: (8:32 @2) + (11:46 @3) + (45:51 @4) + (2 @5) *** 10.86 km (6:06 / km) +304m 5:21 / km
ahr:160 max:182 19c

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First day of SWSW. Good vibes all around: perfect weather, great company, really pleasant terrain and fun course. This was what I wish every day orienteering could be. Or I guess just every day really.

I made one ~90s mistake at 3, due to simple loss of concentration. But mainly I was just enjoying finding controls, doing my thing. I felt unencumbered by the usual unproductive associated distractions: seeing other runners around, contending for a result, etc. It was as if I had fleetingly accessed the purest, most beautiful form of orienteering - a nirvana which I've only reached a few times under a rare confluence of circumstances.

LONG - Splits

Wednesday Feb 12, 2020 #

7 AM

Cycling 18:21 intensity: (16:28 @2) + (1:53 @3) 5.06 mi (16.5 mph) +63m
ahr:88 max:157

4 PM

Cycling 49:38 intensity: (31:59 @3) + (17:36 @4) + (3 @5) 14.63 mi (17.7 mph) +94m
ahr:153 max:180

Monday Feb 10, 2020 #

7 AM

Cycling 18:43 intensity: (1:23 @1) + (15:45 @2) + (1:35 @3) 5.05 mi (16.2 mph) +65m
ahr:121 max:155

4 PM

Cycling 51:19 intensity: (27:12 @3) + (24:07 @4) 14.62 mi (17.1 mph) +86m
ahr:153 max:176

Strong unfavorable winds today, but it was sunny. The river is so outrageously high right now that it's crested the berm and is encroaching near or onto the bike trail in three or four places; in one spot the trail was completely submerged under a few inches of water.

Saturday Feb 8, 2020 #

Event: CascadeOC Winter League #7 – Fire Mountain
 
11 AM

Orienteering race 50:00 intensity: (9 @1) + (10 @2) + (19:02 @3) + (30:39 @4) *** 7.32 km (6:50 / km) +262m 5:48 / km
ahr:156 max:176 14c

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Running warm up/down 11:03 intensity: (1 @1) + (10:45 @2) + (9 @3) + (8 @4) 1.22 mi (9:02 / mi) +13m 8:45 / mi
ahr:130 max:165


Long Adv. - Splits

Monday Feb 3, 2020 #

7 AM

Cycling 18:46 intensity: (10:33 @2) + (8:13 @3) 5.06 mi (16.2 mph) +66m
ahr:96 max:149

4 PM

Cycling 48:46 intensity: (45:15 @3) + (3:31 @4) 14.64 mi (18.0 mph) +95m
ahr:148 max:179

Cold but dry and even a dash of sunlight! Didn't feel the speed today tho.

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