Training Log Archive: Spike

PTOC sprint on a new map of Pink Hill Park (which is next to Burr Oak Woods). Nothing special about the place, but it was fun to run around and fun to have a new area.

My running never felt great.

We drove through some heavy rain to get to the event and we had a bit of run while we ran. That was much better than if the sun had been out and it had been just hot and humid.

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Warming up and picking up some controls afterwards.

There's a little cemetery in the middle of the map with a historic marker. So I stopped and read it. It turns out there had been a farm at the area that is considered the place Quantril got his start. He apparently went with a group of 4 abolitionists to free slaves kept on the farm. Turns out, Quantril wasn't actually helping these 4 abolitionists (no kidding), he was leading them into an ambush. Apparently this was his introduction to being a murderous criminal.

Just the work commute. Nothing more. Nothing less.

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The plan was to ride the river trails after work. But it started raining at about 4:30 and it seemed like the trails would be off limits. Instead, I was on the roads and gravel on West Campus. I did 5x the asbestos hill.

It was fun, but the river trails would have been more fun.

Row, row, when I got home from biking.

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Work commute. Very pleasant conditions in the morning, but kind of muggy in the evening.

Jogging, including a trip to the grocery store.

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Work commute. Ho hum.

I mowed the lawn when I got home.

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2 x 20 minutes of MTBO on a street map (just like yesterday, but shorter).

Some additional non-MTBO biking.

Jogging around at the "Lawrence Nature Park." I carried a Karttapullautin map of the park and looked a bit. Some of the trails were very wet, but overall it wasn't too terrible.

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