Training Log Archive: SpikeIn the 7 days ending Feb 14, 2009:
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Saturday Feb 14, 2009 #
orienteering 30:00 [4] ***
17c
Otervals downtown. 5 x very short forked courses. I ran with Dan, Andrea, and Adrian. At the start they were talking about not running hard, but it felt to me like we were running hard. I wasn't quite race-pace, but I was close.
The downtown terrain was interesting, with lots of uncrossable walls and passages to figure out.
The downtown terrain was interesting, with lots of uncrossable walls and passages to figure out.
orienteering race 15:00 [4] ***
22c
Lost Lagoon mass start race. I took it a bit easy in the first few controls, then gradually picked up the effort (probably not the pace, though...I'll have to take a look at the QuickRoute track).
orienteering 15:00 [3] ***
10c
Finished a long morning of O' with an exercise to work on first controls. We had a packet of little maps. Turn it over, find the triangle and navigate to the first control. I worked on running each first leg as if it were the first leg of a race (as opposed to trying to be the first to the first control). It was an interesting exercise. By the end, my legs were feeling drained.
running 10:00 [2]
Jogging to warm up. My legs felt slow. I'm sure everyone had the same feeling.
orienteering race 15:00 [4] ***
16c
False Creek race. Fun to run in an area so full of people. I had a fairly clean race but felt like I wasn't pushing myself very well.
orienteering 25:00 [3] ***
10c
Mass start dog bones course. Fun.
Friday Feb 13, 2009 #
orienteering 20:00 [2] ***
15c
After getting up way to early and putting in a fairly long (but smooth) travel day, I ran the first 15 controls of the UBC course and then wandered a bit to see how some of the area was mapped.
running 10:00 [2]
Jogging around to warm up.
orienteering race 15:00 [4] ***
16c
Acadia race at UBC. Really fun stuff and a good race. It felt like quite a bit of orienteering, lots of legs, lots of decisions, lots of stuff to read.
Patrick ran the best time - 13:17 - that seems like a really fast time. I had 16:33.
Patrick ran the best time - 13:17 - that seems like a really fast time. I had 16:33.
Thursday Feb 12, 2009 #
Note
Today was a lazy day. I could have squeezed in a run or row without much trouble. I didn't. Instead, I ate some cake, did some laundry, and packed some bags. I will go to sleep early. I plan to not spend a second of mental energy over the next 4 days thinking about police departments or electric tariffs.
Wednesday Feb 11, 2009 #
rowing 20:00 [2]
Just enough to break a good sweat before dinner.
I was reading about the KU rowing team and the upcoming open house. I recognize the name of the KU coach. We graduated from KU at the same time, but he's older than me. He went to LHS. I wonder if I knew him or a sibling of his or maybe I'm just imaging I recognize the name.
I was reading about the KU rowing team and the upcoming open house. I recognize the name of the KU coach. We graduated from KU at the same time, but he's older than me. He went to LHS. I wonder if I knew him or a sibling of his or maybe I'm just imaging I recognize the name.
C • M45 3
Tuesday Feb 10, 2009 #
orienteering 35:00 [2] ***
12c
I jogged around a course on the downtown Lawrence map. Fun.
Warm weather - near 70 - meant the downtown was full of people. Lots of folks at the various sidewalk dining places.
A/P - not especially good, but not so bad either.
Warm weather - near 70 - meant the downtown was full of people. Lots of folks at the various sidewalk dining places.
A/P - not especially good, but not so bad either.
Monday Feb 9, 2009 #
Note
I did some fieldchecking on the downtown map after work. I was working on the parking garage at Riverfront. I'm working on a non-ISSOM approach to showing the multiple levels and connections between them. It wouldn't be fair for a big race, but since I don't expect the map will ever get used for a big race, I'll experiment a bit.
Sunday Feb 8, 2009 #
running 1:35:00
I ran on trails at Wyandotte - carrying the map and spending a fair amount of time reading it (focus on looking far ahead and around and seeing how far away I could pick out features).
The run felt good. After another bad sleeping night, I had low expectations.
I saw a group of Trail Nerds out marking the trail for next weekends' race.
The run felt good. After another bad sleeping night, I had low expectations.
I saw a group of Trail Nerds out marking the trail for next weekends' race.