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Training Log Archive: BigWillyStyle

In the 31 days ending Dec 31, 2019:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Orienteering	4	5:14:31	29.31	(10:44)	47.18	(6:40)	1319	85c
Cycling	10	4:25:35	72.53	(16.4/h)	116.73	(26.4/h)	458
Running	2	18:45	1.54	(12:11)	2.48	(7:34)	4
Total	15	9:58:51	103.38	(5:48)	166.38	(3:36)	1781	85c

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Sunday Dec 29, 2019 #

Event: CascadeOC Choose Your Adventure #5 – The Bog Slog!

9 AM

Orienteering race 1:53:23 *** 11.46 km (9:54 / km) +558m 7:58 / km
ahr:158 max:181 19c

Bog Slog 2019. A logistical fail on my part; I left home a bit later than I wanted, but forgot my bag of o-stuff (compass, e-punch, etc) so had to go back which wasted another 10min. Arrived some 20min before the start, but then the line for the restroom was extraordinarily long and took like 15min, after which I still had to get all the way up the hill and find the start. So I ended up starting about 5min late, but just after starting I realized it was too warm for an undershirt, so spent another 2min taking that off and leaving it, meaning to go back up afterward and grab it, which of course I forgot to do. So yeah, a lot of fails.

Great course by Ethan, a couple nice long legs, some shorter technical legs, some fun new stuff down on the flood plain in some surprisingly Iceland-esque forest and a very gnarly, Bog Slog-worthy loop at the end. I was in the "lead" as late as 15 but got wrecked by the brutal climb to 16 and my legs were RIP after that.

C • Just going to leave this he... 6

Slog - Splits

Monday Dec 23, 2019 #

7 AM

Cycling 20:49 5.25 mi (15.1 mph) +62m
ahr:107 max:156

3 PM

Cycling 49:04 14.65 mi (17.9 mph) +87m
ahr:151 max:173

Stayed mostly dry...mostly. And left work early enough that when I got home it was mostly not dark...mostly.

Saturday Dec 21, 2019 #

Event: CascadeOC Winter League #4 – Bridle Trails State Park

10 AM

Orienteering race 44:34 ** 8.79 km (5:04 / km) +79m 4:51 / km
ahr:137 max:181 12c

Winter League 4 @ Bridle Trails, my hometown park. Got worked by Dusty as expected but managed to come second ahead of Nikolay and Peteris; unfortunately the Bonesaw is injured. Challenging weather, chilly with lots of rain, but most relevantly the trails were as waterlogged as I've ever seen them due to the massive rain we've seen in the last few days. Likely related - turnout was down some 80-90 starts from the first three events.

Running warm up/down 8:13 0.46 km (17:59 / km) +1m 17:47 / km
ahr:125 max:134

8-Long Adv/Coll - Splits

Thursday Dec 19, 2019 #

7 AM

Cycling 20:00 5.04 mi (15.1 mph) +67m
ahr:91 max:159

4 PM

Cycling 52:39 [3] 14.65 mi (16.7 mph) +89m
ahr:139 max:165

This was excessively unpleasant as well as mildly unsafe.

C • Wut? 5

Saturday Dec 14, 2019 #

10 AM

Orienteering 1:48:17 ** 11.79 mi (9:11 / mi) +276m 8:34 / mi
ahr:166 max:209 36c

The annual Street Scramble at the Market! Cleared the course with about 10min to spare, which is some 8min slower than last year - though I spent about five slow minutes at the end figuring out how to get through Pike Place Market to my last checkpoint and then back through again to the finish. I also planned my route to go past my car (parked in a two-hour zone) at about the 1.5hr mark of the race so that I could renew and then continue with the last few checkpoints. I parked at 9:30, and came through at 11:32 - brilliant.

Friday Dec 13, 2019 #

7 AM

Cycling 19:32 5.04 mi (15.5 mph) +67m
ahr:105 max:157

Trying out a new commute with the goal of driving less - biking to the light rail station near home and taking the train to the station nearest my work and biking from there. Then in the afternoon, biking all the way home (unless the weather is crap, then train again).

4 PM

Cycling 49:20 14.67 mi (17.8 mph) +86m
ahr:152 max:173