Training Log Archive: maprunner

Event: OK: Overlook Park
 

OK event at Overlook, courses by Blair. It was about -2 but a fierce wind out of the north made registration a pain (blowing papers) and cold. I helped a bit, then did several first-timer briefings. We had one woman who had been at my women training, and one woman who had last orienteered in the summer. Several other first-timers came because of our Facebook event promotion. Overall attendance was low due to the weather.

The snow had melted in many places, but the trails were either very muddy or still slightly frozen, so they weren't a great option today. I should have gone straight from 3-4 (splits say I lost ~2 min here). I was not happy to go up and down the big hill twice, and to finish uphill (my personal pet peeve). That's only because I am not strong at going uphill.

The course was not technical (nature of the map) so it was a runner's course. I actually did quite well, for me, but still ended up at the bottom of the pack.

Nice lunch after with Gene, Mike and Blair. A woman at a nearby table overheard us and asked for more details about O, so I gave her my map.

http://sprintseries.org/doma/show_map.php?user=map...

I drew some fake walls on the west campus map, and Mike drew me a course. This was more of a navigation challenge than last week, which is what I wanted. Made a slight error in my initial plan for 2, but I figured it out and changed my route.

http://sprintseries.org/doma/show_map.php?user=map...

Then off to watch Day Two of the Best Picture nominees:

Vice: chilling, well acted, interesting format. Once again the audience was quiet (stunned) at the end. Seems to be a theme with many of this year's nominated movies.

Blank Panther: loved it. A rare happy ending (this year)

A Star is Born: good, but really, I've seen at least two other versions. Singing was great.

Green Book: decided to skip this one. Had no interest.

C • Green Book 4

Shuffling around Holcom in the warm evening air. Remaining snow is crunchy, but melting fast.

Last week's snow was still on the ground and we got about 3 inches of fresh snow overnight, which meant: we had enough snow to ski at home! Last time this happened was Dec 2013.

Luckily, I had a break between teleconferences this morning. The weather was about freezing and warming up quickly. I was able to ski right from the end of the driveway (street hadn't been plowed yet).

I did two loops around Holcom. The second loop was a bit faster in sections, but the snow was sticky and starting to melt. That slowed me down sometimes.

Overall, it was still loads of fun to get out and ski in the middle of the day.

Today's set:
1. step up, step down, reverse lung. 8 times each leg. Body weight plus 20 lbs.
2. Lat pull downs, 10X. No idea of the weight (forgot to look) but it was heavy
3. Leg extensions, 15X. No idea of the weight. These burned.
4. TRX row, 10X.