Training Log Archive: Spike

MTB riding and looking at the base map at Milford State Park. I'll use the GPS tracks to get a rough map ready for the guy at Fort Riley who wants to do some orienteering-like activities.

I got out of the house pretty early, but it as already about 80F when I started. And it got warmer. The temp was 96F when I finished.

I started with the trails that I thought would be technicallyh more difficult and ended with the trails that would be easiest. That was a reasonable plan, but it meant I was in the sun (on the easy trails) when it was warm and in the shade (more difficult trails) when it was cooler. I got a bit too much sun.

Oh, lots of spider webs.

Fun, but I'm tired now.

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Work commute.

Also, I noticed that a new update to Open Orienteering Mapper is available:

http://oorienteering.sourceforge.net/?p=178

Jogging (mostly in Burcham Park) right after work. It was hot. It has been pretty nice for a few days, but it is getting hot again.

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Work commute with no flat tires.

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Work commute. Very pleasant on the way to work. The temp was in the 50s.

The trip home was fine until the last 300 meters when I got a flat. That's 3 flats in the last 3 rides. As best I can tell, the flats are unrelated. The first was a tear of the place where the valve stem met the tube. That tube was shot. I put in a new tube that flatted on Saturday. That seemed to be a puncture through the side of the tire. The flat today seemed to be in a different spot (relative to the valve and the tire) and a different type of flat. This time it looked more like a seam splitting. Maybe the tube was just crappy. I'm pretty careful after a flat to check the tire for any objects (like thorns) so that I don't get a flat from the same source. Maybe it is just bad luck.

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A nice change in the weather. The temp was down to about 60 last night and the air is much drier. I jogged (slowly) on the trails at Clinton, starting from the beach parking lot.

Lots of MTB riders out and a few runners. The MTB riders included a lot of kids, which is a bit unusual.

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My orienteering map and a few snapshots from our trip to South Africa:

http://okansas.blogspot.com/2013/09/orienteering-a...

MTB on the river trail. The far end of the trail was muddy from the rain earlier in the morning, so I stuck to the middle part of the trail and spent a little time on the levee. The storm also knocked down some branches, so I had a few places where I had to get off the bike to get through some of the branches.

I saw Mary out there running.

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