Training Log Archive: maprunner

Season Opener at Kill Creek Park. It was too soon to go back into the woods, of course. Sunny and 20. I forgot my Garmin, so no track today.

Mike Stewart set a good course. Long trail legs in the beginning, followed by some navigation legs at the end. I was moving well, staying on the trails and out of the woods as much as possible. Mike E passed me on the way to 4. I saw Mean Gene leaving 8 (he was on a shorter version of the course). He took a different route than me to 9, but I still got there in good time. I beat him to 10. I was just leaving 11 as he arrived. Then the next thing I knew, I was falling, hitting something and crying out, then hitting a second thing and crying out again. Ended up flat on my stomach on the ground, with the wind knocked out of me. Damned barbed wire fence got me! Gene came to my aid, but I told him I was OK, and he should go on.

Right knee hit or rock or something, right chest hit a stump, left shin hit something, right hand was skinned up. Sat there for a few minutes trying to assess damage and get my breath back.

C • fall 9

Of course, I was pretty far away from the finish. I would pass by 3 of my final 4 controls even if I cut the course short, so I decided to see if I could finish the course. I could walk fine, but the knee and chest hurt too much to run. After I left 12, I caught up with Reta, and I asked her if we could finish together. Reta is 70+, has a bum knee and half a left lung (lung cancer survivor) so I felt like we were a matched pair today!

When we finished, I took some ibuprofen, and used some ice from Mike S. But I was suddenly overwhelmed by it all, and I asked MIke if we could go home immediately. I lay on the couch all afternoon, which seemed like the best thing to do :)

Knee still hurts, but no serious damage, just cut and swollen. Rib cage hurts now, and left shin has quite a bump and bruise. I'll live.

Had to get in some exercise at work today, since I wouldn't have enough time after work Nice dinner at India Palace with Lawrence Women's Meetup Group.

Stopped on the way home and voted. Very glad that Kansas has advance voting; beats waiting in line for hours on Election day, as we had to do in Missouri. Also felt surprisingly emotional to vote for a woman for President.

Quick dinner with Mike before the KU game started, then I went into the basement for a bit of rowing and podcast listening.

Very warm, so I decided to try to get in some after-work cycling while I still can. I will miss it next week, when the time changes.

Only 37 kids tonight, fewer Star Wars costumes than I expected.

Checking out my first draft of the pre-Possum courses at Kill Creek. The woods are really crappy. It will be hard to run here next week in the PTOC season opener

I planned to do a 45 minute trail run after the orienteering. But I just felt blah, so I cut it short.