Training Log Archive: bbrooke

Run / Hike 1:00:00 [3] 3.0 mi (20:00 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)

Orienteering race 24:36 [3] 2.36 mi (10:25 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)

Orienteering 2:30:00 [3] 3.0 mi (50:00 / mi)

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):

Run / Hike 1:00:00 [3] 2.5 mi (24:00 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Navy)

Sightseeing day, with some short hikes here-and-there.

Two waterfalls, one glacier, two black-sand beaches, and one horse farm. :-)

Skógafoss waterfall:


Sólheimajökull glacier (photo by Stephanie Ross):


Greg & Max at the horse farm:

Run / Hike 2:47:24 [3] 7.62 mi (21:58 / mi) +1039ft 19:27 / mi
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Navy)

AM: Map hike at Úlfljótsvatn. UNBELIEVABLE swarms of small flies (I had them in my hair, ears, and map case, and I swallowed a few) -- at least they didn't bite. Workers in the area had on beekeeper-like face masks when we pulled into the parking lot; that should have been a clue...

PM: Hike up to Hveragerði thermal river (3 km my ass! more like 3 miles...all uphill -- but worth it).

Fly avoidance at morning map hike:


Hveragerði thermal river (photo by Jessica Auer):

Orienteering 4:04:15 [3] 9.12 mi (26:47 / mi) +344ft 25:51 / mi
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)

AM: medium course and then control pick-up at Rauðavatn map.

PM: permanent course with Jody at Perlan / Öskjuhlíð map.

Another fun day -- rainy in the morning but not too cold.

Kathy on the morning course:


Bertrand on the afternoon course:

Orienteering 3:26:00 [3] 6.94 mi (29:41 / mi) +270ft 28:38 / mi
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Navy)

Orienteering (total time & distance for AM & PM).

I got "voluntold" for putting out a couple of controls in the morning at the Vífilstaðahlíð map. :-) I then opted to do the medium course, since the long course included the two controls I had put out (and I didn't want to revisit one of those areas due to the rocky footing & thick vegetation).

Afternoon -- fun & challenging lava field course on 1:2500 map at Gálgahraun.

One of the controls I set in the morning:


A control on the afternoon lava field course:

Run / Hike 1:30:00 [3] 3.1 mi (29:02 / mi)
shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Navy)

Jody & I got our bags, perused the duty-free store, and then met up with Anna (trip leader) and all the others when they arrived a bit later.

Waited a while for our bus to show up. Quick stop for breakfast (a pastry -- the first of MANY on this trip).

Visited a beach and a few geothermal areas, with some short hikes in areas that Garmin Connect identifies as "Grindavíkurbær" and "Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður". :-)

Chilly & rainy most of the day. Thermal pool & sauna / cold plunge combo at Grindavík -- VERY NICE.

Also, walked to / from convenience store near our house to get a SIM card.

Yowza!


Jody & I at one of the geothermal areas:

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