Training Log Archive: maprunner

Day 1 at FLO. It was warm, and my body was not ready for that. I navigated OK, and was pleased with my concentration. I made one big (6 minute) mistake, but at least I relocated quickly instead of wandering around.

I pushed the pace and tried to jog as much as I could (probably about 40% of the course). Still was too slow, but what else can I expect?

Green - Splits

Event: US Team Fundraiser
 

Walked the Sprint O course, to get a feel for the terrain. My concentration and navigation was a little bit sloppy.

Sprint - Splits

Some good news for a change: my car is fixed ! They said it was worth $4000, so they went ahead with the $3600 in repairs. I'm so glad to have it back.

Orienteering at SMP. Ran the night O course again, but this was the first time I ran the whole course. I ran it backwards, which made it feel different. I tried to push it as if it were the race next weekend. Felt pretty good moving through the woods, and even ran (not jogged) on the trails at the end. A good day.

Except for one weird event. I had just arrived at a control point and was startled to hear someone talking to me. Apparently, I had passed this older gentleman who was hiking on the trails. The weird thing was he just started talking to me, about some unusual tress he once saw in Idaho. I kept waiting for there to be some point about why he was telling me this story, but there was none. After 2 or 3 minutes, he paused to take a breath and I said I had to finish my run. Very strange.

I have to take a break form the Olympics tonight, and clean up the house before Mike returns from the Georgia meet. I revert to my old sloppy ways when I have the house to myself :)