Training Log Archive: bbrooke

Meet director for RMOC Corn Maze meet -- start / finish timing; data-entry & upload for results; uploaded event photos to Flickr & RMOC's Facebook page; drafted & sent HTML email with links and images.

Krisztina (1st female / 4th overall) and Stefano.

I walked through the corn maze after work to put letter cards on all the control posts (so that the competitive runners wouldn't have to wait for slow kids to hand over the punches -- this has cost people time in the past).

It got dark and COLD pretty soon after I started -- my fingers were numb by the time I finished.

Sunset / moonrise in the maze.

C • moonrise? 4

Final prep work for Corn Maze meet -- designed, printed & assembled awards (fridge magnets...again); assembled treat bags for winners -- fridge magnets, Halloween candy & mini pumpkins; created start lists by class for manual time-keeping.

Another "unofficial" workout with a couple of LoCOfit friends.

- Ran one mile to warm up.

- 10 x (two minutes fast / two minutes walking recovery).

- Ran back around to the trailhead to cool down.

Collected info, images & links for RMOC update; drafted & sent HTML email. Posted a final pre-reg reminder to RMOC's Facebook page. Pre-reg data cleanup.

Runners Roost group run in the SNOW (first snow of the season today).

I made an effort to maintain a decent pace.

We had the usual pizza & beer afterwards -- and another batch of pumpkin spice whoopie pies (just like the ones Jody made for the meet on Sunday). What are the odds of that?!

I won a Salomon women's t-shirt in the raffle at the end of the night -- yay!

Then a few of us went out for more pizza & beer at 12 Degree.

- Ran from home up to Davidson Mesa to meet with a few others from the LoCOfit group.

- Three-mile progression run -- ~10:00, 9:18, 8:35.

- Walked a bit and then ran home.

Walked to & from the rec center. It was cold with light rain, but very quiet & pleasant outside.

Vinyasa yoga class at the rec center.

Event: RMOC - White Ranch
 

Red course at White Ranch -- foggy and cold, but thankfully no wind or precipitation.

I was reminded again today that I need to improve my hill-climbing endurance -- something I said after the Greenland trail race several months ago and then I never really followed through.

Besides overshooting #10, moving very tentatively at times, and having some questionable route choices, I never wandered or got totally lost -- I was just slow overall. (I also stopped several times to take pictures...and a bathroom break.)

- Followed trails most of the way to #1. Luckily I spotted the short connector trail that was covered by the line.

- Inefficient to #2.

- I'm not sure about my route choice to #3. I really wanted to avoid the super-steep climb so I went the L-O-N-G way around...

- Ditto for #3 to #4 -- continuing to rely a lot on trails.

- I like how I executed #5.

- Tracks to #6 look OK "on paper", but I was VERY slow and tentative getting to it.

- Contoured around from #6 to #7, but bobbled at the end.

- #8 & #9 -- OK.

- Overshot #10.

- #11-12-13 -- OK.

We had DELICIOUS homemade treats from Jody at the finish -- coconut macaroons, oatmeal cookies, and pumpkin-spice whoopie pies (I had two...).

White Ranch meet follow-up:

- Entered membership renewals and sent email confirmations; sent invitations to join RMOC's email list.
- Created invoice for RRCC instructor.
- Sent membership & invoice totals to Doug for meet report.
- Posted results & splits; forwarded XML splits to JP for RouteGadget.
- Uploaded photos to RMOC's Facebook page & Flickr.

Drafted email message with links & images embedded (White Ranch results, Corn Maze reminder, upcoming regional events, Iceland info, and world cup video).

Red - Splits