Training Log Archive: bbrooke

Event: RMOC White Ranch
 

White Ranch Meet Director tasks -- setup, registration & packing up afterwards.

Walk to start.

Red Course at White Ranch.

I had one big mistake (I ended up at #14 when I was looking for #13) and I overshot a couple controls, but otherwise no disasters -- just some inefficient routes.

Great weather and fun courses.

White Ranch meet follow-up tasks:

- Data entry for volunteer list.
- Date entry for vehicle & phone number updates from start cards.
- QA'd OE2010 data.
- Posted overall results to RMOC web page.
- Uploaded splits to Attackpoint; sent XML file to JP for RG2.
- Edited photos and created an album on RMOC's Facebook page.
- Uploaded selected photos to Flickr for inclusion in update email.
- Drafted update email with links & embedded photos.
- Sent out four PayPal invoices.
- Completed meet report.
- Several email follow-ups.

Red - Splits

Prep work for tomorrow's meet at White Ranch, Part I:

- Database updates for 9/30 expired memberships.
- Sent renewal reminders for 10/31 membership expirations.
- Answered some questions via email.
- Added several late-registration requests & confirmed via email.
- Updated JP's course details & map snippet on the web page.
- Composed email update with embedded photos & map snippet.
- Query to identify pre-registered runners who don't have a 2019 waiver on file; sent follow-up email.
- Created OE2010 Class file.

Easy neighborhood run.

Prep work for tomorrow's meet at White Ranch, Part II:

- Bought snacks & water.
- Data entry for online waivers.
- Many more emails (mainly course changes).
- Created OE2010 files for classes & entries.
- Created start cards.
- Loaded car.

I only got ~five hours of sleep, so I was too tired to get up at oh-dark-thirty for a run in the morning (which would have meant only getting ~four hours of sleep)...

I gave my presentation, managed to stay awake through the rest of the conference sessions, headed to the airport, and eventually got home at ~7pm.

I guess the highlights of the day would be:

* Finding Garrett's Popcorn (from Chicago) at DFW -- I bought a bag of the disgusting-sounding-but-actually-delicious cheese & caramel combo, even though that meant missing the early-boarding group for my flight (I was in line behind two incredibly slow and indecisive women. It's POPCORN, not a 401k plan. Pick a flavor and move on already!).

* Finally extracting a quarter-inch-long cactus spine out of my calf -- it has been there since SWSW in February. It was totally gross and I took a picture. :-P

C • cactus spine 5

Conference straight through from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, about 45 minutes of "free time", and then a group dinner. It was all interesting and fun stuff, but I got back to my room at 9:15 pm and then had to prep for tomorrow's presentation. Again, no time for a run.

3:30 am wake-up call for another work trip... We had afternoon conference sessions and a reception, and then I had dinner at the hotel. And then it was 9pm and I was too tired to run.

Pre-reg clean-up for White Ranch, and other miscellaneous email follow-ups.

It was hard to get going -- it's chilly and rainy today.

Three laps around the rec center hill loop.

Now off to pack for a 3:30 am wake-up call for another work trip...

Walked to & from the rec center, plus five laps on the indoor track.

Yoga class at the rec center.