Training Log Archive: Spike

QR maps from Fort Leavenworth and Hodge Park:

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

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

Ft Leavenworth Adventure Outdoor Adventures urban course at Ft Lev. I did the medium course rather than the long or the score course because Mary and I planned to do both the Ft Lev and PTOC orienteering events today.

I need to do some more remote mapping to improve the map.

One fun stretch of the course was on the way to 5. There was one of those mobile signs with radar that shows cars as they go by how fast they are moving. It also works on runners. It was fun to push the pace a bit and watch the speed tick up (I hit 11 mph according to the sign).

This was also our first visit to the post with the new security. You first go to a different gate and they run an NCIC criminal check. If you're a felon I don't think they let you on the post. If you've got a warrant, they arrest you on the spot. We made it through. I wonder what they'd have done if we had Ulrik with us?

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PTOC event at Hodge Park. I'd never orienteered there before. The woods are thick. Thick like we don't have much of around here. But, the woods aren't especially thorny, so that was ok.

The trails were soft, stick-to-your-shoes mud on a layer of frozen mud. The trails were not much fun to run on.

I got tired out there and didn't have much motivation/energy to push.

The course was advertised as 5.9 km. My GPS shows 8.2. I don't think I ran that far out of the way. My km time would be slow (mud + super thick + warm + tired), but I'm wondering if the course was really a little bit longer than 5.9.


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Work commute.

Another strange, crazy, interesting day at the office. One thing I've learned is that I see the world completely differently than most of the people I work around.

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Crazy, strange day at work. I got home a bit later than I'd planned and decided not to go out for a jog.

The highlight of the trip home was looking up and seeing a Red Tailed Hawk about 40 meters ahead of me and flying straight towards me. The hawk ended up swerving about 2-3 meters before it would have flown right into my face. Strange and cool.

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Work commute. It was snowing for the trip to work. The were just starting to get slick by the time I arrived at the office. Things were fine for the trip home (and the steady north wind was blowing me home).

Jogging on West Campus. I stepped on a thorn that went through the bottom of my shoe and a little bit into my heal. As far as Kansas thorns go it was nothing. But it was enough to stop me and pull the thorn out of the sole of the shoe while my fingers got cold.

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Work commute. I had a long and strange day at work.

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I jogged at Rockcrusher. I put out some mini markers for a training course. A lot of the snow had melted by the time I got out to run.

I also watch a lot of xc skiing on TV. I got up early and watched the entire 50K live and then watched the entire 30K on replay from yesterday (I'd seen the last 8K or so of that race).

Also, this Swedish sport news feature on Rune Haraldsson is cool:

http://www.svt.se/sport/varldens-baste-orienterare

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