Training Log Archive: BigWillyStyle

True confessions: I didn't run today because it was rainy and I've been made soft and weak by all the warm sunny weather we've had. I am a poor excuse for a PNWer. And an orienteerer.

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Event: Cedar Mountain Navigation Race
 

Route: 16-21-33-44-24-42-28-27-43-26-55-25-12-23-37-11-51-38-45-36-13-34-53-22-14-15-17

Missed: 31, 32, 35, 41, 46, 47, 52, 54

Cedar Mountain Nav Race. Went quite well; I was able to complete my plan and even add a couple I didn't think I would reach. As I did last year, forsook the uninteresting suburbany western part of the map, and was able to hit all forest checkpoints save one, which in retrospect I probably could have also gotten in my 7.5 minutes to spare.

Mile repeats on the CKC. Tried to focus on maintaining form while not pushing overly hard, but still went out too fast the first two reps and had to pull back a bit. Had to work a lot harder the second two to stay around 5:40.

5:40
5:42
5:43
5:37

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While sitting in traffic today I passed the time by brainstorming all the professional athletes I could think of whose names end in the Slavic "ić." The list is dominated by members of the Croatian and Serbian national teams, as well as obscure NBA players.

Antić
Bogdanović
Dragić (x2)
Ibrahimović
Ivanović (x2)
Mandzukić
Peković
Perisić
Petrović
Rakitić
Stojaković
Tadić
Teletović
Vucević
Vujacić

Then I got bored of that, so I tried to think of an English word ending in "ic" for every letter of the alphabet. There are lots for most, but I couldn't think of anything for U, W, Y, or Z, and only proper nouns for D, J, and V.

acerbic, acrylic, amoebic
Baltic, bucolic
classic, cryptic
Doric
eclectic, erotic, exotic
frantic
graphic
hectic, heretic, hypnotic
iambic, Icelandic, ionic, ironic
Jurassic
kinetic
lactic
moronic, myopic
necrotic
organic, orgasmic
pathetic, psychotic
quixotic
relic, rustic
satanic, sonic, syphilitic
Tantric, toxic, tunic
?
Vedic
?
xenophobic
?
?

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You think I'm funny
Without any makeup on
You think I'm pretty
When I tell the punchline wrong

Morning commute. Some 5F warmer than last week, but also darker and cloudier. I stopped my watch at most of the lights, so time is shorter than usual.

The world is flat, the pancake is flat, the tyre is, how you say, flat? Use your imagination as to how I covered the remaining seven miles to my car.

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For those who search for the true definition of beauty, rejoice, for at 3:00 you will find the answer.

Today I tried to go for a long run, but somehow my legs took me back home after only 75 minutes. I just don't have the distance gene in me, I suppose.

C • Beauty 4