Training Log Archive: maprunner

Vetting controls for the PTOC rogaine. I thought I would walk around the controls, and run the trails in between. Instead, it was a leisurely map-hike the whole way. I just had no energy today; felt like I was walking under water.

Weight = 0.970 M

Yeah! It's light enough that I can orienteer at SMP after work, without a headlamp. I'll have to try to orienteer there as much as possible in the last few weeks left to the local O season.

I re-ran part of last week's night-O, taking the controls in different order. It was getting a bit dark towards the end, so I cut off the last bit and stuck to trails. Passed a mtn biker with a light on, and he said he was having a tough time!

My body felt strange today. In the middle of the night, as I rolled over, I felt the room swim. Darn, that meant my vertigo was back. When my allergies get bad, my ears clog up and I get dizzy. The doctor suggested that I take Dramine to mask the symptoms, then take an allergy/decongestant for a week to unclog my ears. So, I took a Dramine in the middle of the night. That was a good idea, because it allowed me to sleep.

However, after I bought the decongestant (they're regulated in MO; I guess they are a key ingredient in crystal meth) and took it, my body didn't deal well with the double dose. I felt out of it all day, couldn't concentrate, didn't want to drive anywhere because of the dizziness. Which is too bad, becuase I hate to waste a weekend chance to get into the woods, and it was a beautiful day today.

So, all I did today was a few minutes on the Nordic track, just to keep the blood moving.

One good note: my legs hardly feel tired at all from yesterday's effort.

Finished reading "Devil's Teeth" today. Interesting book about shark studies on some strange islands just outside San Francisco. Fascinating story.