Training Log Archive: bbrookeIn the 10 days ending Jul 14, 2018:
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Saturday Jul 14, 2018 #
Note
Travel day -- uneventful but LONG.
Friday Jul 13, 2018 #
Run / Hike 1:00:00 [3] 1.5 mi (40:00 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Navy)
Walking from parking to arena to start, and then back to parking.
Orienteering race 1:10:34 [3] 4.6 mi (15:20 / mi) +248ft 14:36 / mi
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)
Long B-Final.
Over the whole week, I think I was happiest with this race. Small errors but nothing terrible (although on my way to #4 I got stung by a bee? wasp? hornet? on my butt, which left a 2"-diameter painful & itchy red welt).
This course had several long trail / open forest stretches where I could run fast (for me). Finisher #16 of 45.
Amager Strand beach afterwards, where I discovered my second tick of the week.
Thursday Jul 12, 2018 #
Cycling 1:12:00 [3] 7.25 mi (9:56 / mi) +182ft 9:42 / mi
I decided to skip the Long model (the Middle model didn't make much difference in my race results!), and instead I joined Cristina, Melissa & Lukas for the day.
I took a train / bus combo to meet them at the bike-rental shop in Skekkersten. We biked along the coast and stopped for Lukas to play on the beach. I continued on to Helsingør while they had lunch.
Later (after touring Helsingør & Kronborg), rode back to the Snekkersten bike shop with Melissa while Cristina drove with Lukas.
Run / Hike 1:00:00 [3] 3.0 mi (20:00 / mi)
Lots of meandering around Helsingør, then I met up with Cristina, Melissa & Lukas again for a tour of Kronborg Castle.
Wednesday Jul 11, 2018 #
Run / Hike 40:00 [3] 1.7 mi (23:32 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)
Walk to & from parking / arena.
Orienteering race 1:01:54 [3] 3.08 mi (20:06 / mi) +163ft 19:08 / mi
Middle B-Final.
Sigh... I'll just copy/paste my entry from yesterday's Forest Qualifier: "Oof. Several huge time-losing mistakes." Finisher #38 of 46.
Run / Hike 1:00:00 [3] 3.0 mi (20:00 / mi)
I think this was the day I did the canal tour and walked the Kastellet O-course? Estimated time & distance.
Tuesday Jul 10, 2018 #
Run / Hike 45:00 [3] 2.2 mi (20:27 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)
Walking from parking to arena to start, and then back to parking.
Orienteering race 1:13:07 [3] 4.27 mi (17:07 / mi) +275ft 16:08 / mi
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)
Forest Qualifier.
Oof. Several huge time-losing mistakes. Finisher #41 of 46.
Run / Hike 27:41 [3] 1.47 mi (18:50 / mi)
Neighborhood walk to get dinner & groceries.
Monday Jul 9, 2018 #
Orienteering 1:35:58 [3] 3.15 mi (30:28 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)
Walked the Middle model map. Kinda daunting -- zillions of unmapped social trails, and apparently I suck at reading vegetation.
Our carload had planned to hang out at the beach afterwards, but it was cold & windy.
A runner on the model course:
Run / Hike 47:48 [3] 2.45 mi (19:31 / mi)
Exploratory neighborhood walk.
Sunday Jul 8, 2018 #
Run / Hike 1:30:00 [3] 3.0 mi (30:00 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)
L-O-N-G warm-up run to the start. I was cutting it a bit close, time-wise, and then I realized I had forgotten my back-bib. Right about then, my stomach cramped up so I walked a bit. I waited in line for the bathroom at the start but eventually had to just skip it and go to the start queue. Luckily no one said anything about my missing back-bib...
This entry also includes walking & lunch w/ Stephanie & Ben in Nyhavn after the sprint. And then I also did some walking (and nutella crepe-eating) with Cristina, Melissa & Lukas).
Orienteering race 19:35 [3] 1.72 mi (11:23 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)
Sprint B-Final through downtown Copenhagen / Christiansborg area.
I felt like I made fewer dumb mistakes than yesterday but I had some hesitations that cost me time. Finisher #26 of 48.
Very fun.
A runner on the Sprint Final course. Photo by Steve Rush(?).
Saturday Jul 7, 2018 #
Run / Hike 1:00:00 [3] 3.0 mi (20:00 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)
Walking from parking to arena to start and back to parking.
Orienteering race 24:36 [3] 2.36 mi (10:25 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)
Sprint Qualifier -- several dumb mistakes. :-\ Finisher #41 of 50.
Friday Jul 6, 2018 #
Orienteering 2:30:00 [3] 3.0 mi (50:00 / mi)
Walked to the train station, and bought a SIM card on the way.
More bus misadventures, but I eventually made it to Nærum Gymnasum (high school) for the indoor sprint. Very fun, and much harder than I expected it to be... :-P 1:01:09
Luckily there was a nice shopping area near the Nærum bus stop -- I spent some time looking for zinc lozenges (to stave off a cold -- found tablets, not really the same as lozenges but I bought them anyway); an outlet adapter (since I left mine plugged into the wall in our Reykjavik Airbnb -- argh!); and a sandwich (since I was starving and they had a plug where I could charge up my phone -- tuna is not my favorite, but the baguette it was on was great).
I'm guesstimating the total time & distance for the day.
Thursday Jul 5, 2018 #
Orienteering 1:12:51 [3] 2.76 mi (26:24 / mi) +51ft 25:56 / mi
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Navy)
AM: Orienteering at Rauðhólar pseudocrater area. Lots of mistakes & overshooting things (due to 1:5000 map scale? not concentrating?). A very nice area.
PM: Off to Copenhagen! Had some misadventures on the train getting to our Airbnb place...
Rauðhólar group photo (missing Jessica, David, Stephanie & Ben):
