Training Log Archive: Spike

I jogged around a sprint course at JCC (not to be confused with JCCC) and then did the even numbered controls and then explored the map a bit.

It was fun to run on a map I'd never been on before.

I think the back-to-back easy days was a good idea. Tomorrow I'll run the SMP 1-hour score course in the morning before the regular meet time (Mary arranged to run early so we can be home in time to watch the Giants game).

C • SET THE GOAL HIGH 4

60 and sunny - Loose Park was full of people. I shuffled around a sprint course, gradually picking up the pace as I went.

I was at audit training most of the day, but we got out a bit early (a little after 4). I went out to SMP and started with enough light to run without a lamp. After about 40 minutes, I had to turn on the lamp to read the map and after about another 10 minutes I needed the lamp to see in the terrain.

I did the odd numbered controls from Mary's SMP test loop. I kept the pace easy. My map reading and concentration were good with one exception - a minute + boom when I got lazy for just a few seconds. Same thing happened at Wyandotte two nights ago.

Lots of deer in the park as usual.

Fun stuff.

Easy effort on a night O' course at Wyandotte. The course was mostly in the open and on trails (and a bit on roads). I ran Pasi-style. Really fun and my legs felt good.

A bit of a warm up and then some jogging back to the car.

Fibonacci intervals on a night O' course (3 km) at Wyandotte.

I ran through some nice spots and a couple of really crappy sections.

Home just after the KU game started.

A low intensity night O' session on a contours only map of Bonner Park (1:5000 and 1 meter contours). Fun.

I realize that a difficulty with my January plan is that running in the terrain can lead to annoying aches and pains that would do better with a day off.

The run felt good and I realized that I'd been stressing a bit for the last day and a half. I spoke to a Rotary club about my job. I like talking to other auditors about my job, but I stress when I have to talk to non-auditors. I've no idea how it went. I ended on time. They had a few questions. I didn't get sick (yet).

I had to go to Lawrence because Ideree needed a lift from the airport to Lawrence. I decided to do some training at Clinton.

I jogged through a course at Rockcrusher. It felt ok, but I spent some time in rough (thick) forest that wasn't much fun. I warmed up on the way to the first control. I shouldn't do that. I seem to concentrate a lot better if I spend 10 minutes or so jogging around to warm up.

I spotted several eagles but didn't see any people out in the forest today.

I spent about 90+ minutes doing something like fieldchecking. I began fieldchecking. After about 20-25 minutes, my hands were cold and I couldn't get them comfortable. I thought about going back to the car and adding some clothing. But that didn't seem worth it. Instead, I put away the pencils and just walked around checking out the basemap and Eddie's "unsharp" Lidar images.

The Lidar stuff from Eddie lets you pick out some really small stuff - like calf deep ditches and remnants of long gone trails. Great stuff.

The temp was around 25 and the wind was blowing from the north. I don't normally fieldcheck when it is that cold. I guess that is why I under-dressed. I should have carried an extra jacket.