Training Log Archive: Spike

I ran a course at Rockcrusher and set out tapes. Maybe someone will use it next weekend for some practice.



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Jogging around a bit and checking out a few areas of the map.

Work commute.

Jogging to/from the start.

Headlamp kartlek on West Campus. Most of this was on a map that had little windows around the controls but was otherwise blank. Fun.

My legs have been feeling a bit worn out, but they felt pretty good running this evening.

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Work commute. I had a long work day as I went to a neighborhood association meeting to talk auditing.

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Something like a tempovaxlingsbana at Riverfront (except I ran at the same, slow, tempo the entire time). I needed the headlamp to read the map almost from the start and needed the headlamp to run in the woods after about 20 minutes. Fun.

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I drove to work today so I'd be able to get out to Riverfront quickly. I also have felt a little tired the last few days and I really, really, really, don't want to get sick.

Tomorrow will be a day off from orienteering and running. I've got to go meet with a neighborhood association in the evening and talk about work.

Work commute. I left work late when I got caught up in a little experiment - trying to see if I could come up with a better way of projecting population growth for Lawrence without putting in much effort of study. I think it worked!

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Jogging to/from the start at West Campus. I chatted with a guy who was out looking for a lost border collie. I kept my eyes out for the lost dog, but never saw him.

On West Campus with a sprint course at an easy effort.

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Work commute.

Low intensity (both physically and technically) session at Clinton overlook. I checked out some potential control locations for the February meet.

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Quickroute is here:

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

C • master maps! 2

PTOC local meet at Monkey Mountain. Matt S ran the course in 36. That seems like a really good time by Matt.

I was running a bit passively. Not sure why. Maybe I haven't been racing enough.

I also had a bit of a thorn issue. Not as bad as this but the same basic issue. I stepped on a thorn that went through the bottom of my shoe and into my foot. The thorn broke off at the bottom of the shoe, so I couldn't pull it out. Instead I had to take the shoe off, hoping it wouldn't leave a chunk of the thorn in my foot. I loosened the shoe as much as possible, then pulled it off quickly. It hurt, but only for a few seconds.

From the GPS track, it looks like I lost 3 minutes to getting the thorn out of my foot. So, a time more reflective of my race would be about 45 minutes...still way behind Matt.

Patrick N. was at the meet, which was pretty cool. He took a red eye from Seattle and arrived this morning.

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Jogging around to warm up.