Training Log Archive: maprunner

Mike did the nicest thing: he was making a new map and he knew I was going to the Boulder Dash next weekend without much O practice. So he set a course for me in a new park and set out tapes (at even numbered controls) and made it feel like a competition. I had a start time, and I did my usual warm up. I even carried my estick. It definitely felt like a real race to me.

It was so much fun to run in a new park. I did OK, but had a bad route choice leaving one control, and got confused by an unmapped trail (the map is a work in progress). I wish I had recovered better from the unmapped trail (there were several obvious warning signs).

I got tired abou 2/3 way though and found myself pausing at each control to take a break. I couldn't keep up the same flow of running and reading the map. Good thing to remember next weekend.

My trainer had to cancel, so I worked out at home. Not as hard, not as heavy weights (I need to buy something larger than 10 lbs) but I still got the job done for the week.

Nice night for a ride to the movie theater and back

some dancing around the house, then out to dinner with my Lawrence Women's Group at Port Fonda. Yum!

Sandy joined me for my first 2-hour session at Clinton (for this year). It was great to have her company, made the time speed by. We even missed the 1 hour turn around point (turned around at 64 minutes) and actually ran past 2 hours, which I never do! Quads are super tired now.