Training Log Archive: Spike

Watching the TDF from the land boat (2 x 20 minutes).

Waited for the thunderstorm to pass by and for Mary to wake up...then went over to the arboretum and did a bit of orienteering. I ran the course Gene set for the race two weeks ago - once taking just the odd controls, then once taking just the even controls. Pace was easy. Fun.

Cycling to/from GSP-Corbin in the middle of the afternoon.

I did a bit over an hour of fieldchecking for the downtown sprint map - the section around GSP-Corbin (which gives you an idea of how far away from downtown the downtowm map has become). GSP-Corbin is pretty interesting with lots of uncrossable walls and some hills. Even though it is just 200 x 200 meters, you could probably design an interesting little sprint course on just that section. It would probably take a map change.

Commute to/from work. On the way home I worked a bit hard.

Commute to/from work. Nice day to ride, not so humid and light traffic.

I spent some time today daydreaming about a new commuting bike.

C • How about a 7-year-old Cannondale? 3

Just a bit of time on the land boat.

Mary's aunt, Jean, passed away last night. I'm glad we were able to see her and say goodbye.

Jogging around a bit to warm up.

A bit of O' practice at Mt Tom. Mt Tom is the first place I'd ever orienteered that wasn't midwest terrain. I haven't been back since then (1983?). I shuffled around the course with Peter shadowing. I did a little bit of good orienteering and a bunch of just sort of running around and eventually finding the controls. I think what the good legs had in common was that I was consciously keeping a high LAM frequency. Fun.