Training Log Archive: Spike

PTOC relay at Wallace State Park.

OK had two teams. OK1 was MeanGene, Mary, and Fritz. OK2 was me, Hitch, and Pete.

The two OK teams were the first teams to finish. Turns out some idiot (me) skipped a control and OK2 was DQ. Sorry, Hitch. Sorry, Pete.

I wasn't so much mad at myself as just surprised. Skip a control? Gene suggested it was officially my first "senior moment."

The race was a sprint-relay. 3 course, all about 1 km. The courses varied in difficulty (orange, yellow, white). No forking, but teams ran the courses in different order. Fun format and the entire thing was over quickly.

Some short videos here:

C • Spike's relay preparations 20

PTOC red course at Wallace State Park. This was a brand new map of an area we've never used before. That's always fun. Angie, Matt and Joe Barrett made the map.

Cool (40) and steady rain. The rain (and last weekend's snow) made the forest a little muddy and slippery. Nothing extreme, though.

My run was a bit odd. I was running and reading instead of reading and running, especially in the beginning of the course.

I took a pretty hard fall on a wood bridge at the last control. I don't think I bruised a rib, but I did something to the shoulder/chest area that feels a bit uncomfortable.

http://www.sprintseries.org/doma/show_map.php?user...

Jogging around in the cool rain trying to warm up a bit.

Work commute. Lots of folks out today.

After dinner (ribs from Gran Daddy's) I put in a few minutes on the land boat.

C • Where is Grand Daddys? 2

Work commute. Looked like rain on the way to work, but the rain held off. Warm and sunny (and a tail wind) on the way home.

Ran with the West Campus sprint map in my hand and then explored the area around Dole/Lied using a basemap (lidar contours + lidar instensity). It would make sense to extend the map to cover Dole/Lied. But, it isn't especially interesting. Another option is to map to the east of West Campus. A map that covered Daisy Hill and Allen Field House would be nice to have.

Commuting to/from work in a light rain. Riding in the rain is fun as long as the rain isn't heavy.

C • Then again... 3

Little bit on the land boat. Feeling a bit sleepy, need to get lots of sleep tonight.

Work commute. Sub-freezing on the way to work, nearly 70 on the return trip. The warm weather inspired a lot of people to get out and run.

A short run with an OpenOrienteeringMap in hand. I explored the little bike path that Mary likes to ride. When I got home I added it to OSM.

The usual bike commute. Except, it was a good bit slower than usual on the trip to work. There were plenty of patches of ice on the roads. I had to keep a sharp eye out for the icy spots.

Jogging the trail network at Dad Perry Park. Slushy and muddy. Wearing neoprene socks was a must.

I carried a basemap - lidar contours + lidar intensity image.

After jogging the trails, I did about 90 minutes of fieldchecking. Dad Perry will make a nice little sprint area. The forest is generally crappy, but the trail network is dense.