Training Log Archive: Spike

I did a kartlek course on the Rockcrusher/Rockhaven map. It was fun but it was warm. More ticks are out than I'd like.

I took a few hilly routes and imagined a voice in my head saying, "come on, it is training, run up that hill." And that actually helped.

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In other news, I created my first tiny orienteering map using OpenOrienteering Mapper:

http://okansas.blogspot.com/2013/04/first-test-wit...

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To/from the start/finish.

A short MTBO course on the West Campus sprint map - mostly on roads, a few sidewalks and one or two places where I cut across a little grass.

My left pedal or shoe wasn't working correctly and it was very difficult to unclip. That's not fun. Fortunately the right pedal and shoe was fine and I managed to avoid tipping over with my feet stuck in the pedals. I'll have to take a look at the pedal and shoe and see if there's some explanation.

The difference between MTBO map reading and O' map reading is always noticeable when I switch to/from the MTB. It felt strange, especially for the first 10 minutes.

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Work commute. Pushed the pace a bit on the way home. The construction site dog on West Campus chased me a bit.

Short jog with Mary on the brand new West Campus sprint map that Ulrik made. Also, spent some time dealing with the construction site dog who wanted to chase me.

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Work commute.

I'll call this 15 minutes of jogging. I was shuffling around and making a few notes for my newest sprint map. I was out a bit over 45 minutes.

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Ran on the river trail with Ulrik, Mary, Jenny and Barbara Sue. Ulrik pulled away quickly and Mary ran on her own. Jenny lead us and seems to be a good bit stronger than she was a couple of months ago (and/or I'm weaker?). Fun.

We got dinner at La Tropicana afterwards.

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Work commute. Colder than it looked.

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I also came across some interesting data that I think covers Great Falls. Maybe this is old news, but it was new to me:

http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/gridsphere/gridsphere?gs_...

Mary, Sandy and I went out to Woodridge for a corridor O' course. Woodridge is always a fun place to run - more fun than it looks on the map. Some of that is becusae there aren't any roads to cross. It is also nice and quiet. Fun.

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