Training Log Archive: Spike

Mary and I went down to the riverfront park (aka the old city dump). She ran a course on the KP + a little O' map. I just jogged around looking at things and running in the woods.

Running meant slowly jogging with occasional stops to look at something or rest a bit.

I saw more people out there than I ever have. I jogged around on the sand bar and spotted 9 other people on the sand bar. That's 4.5x more than I've ever seen before. I guess the warm weather (60F, sun and little wind) brought people out.

I didn't have much luck looking for bones on the sand bar. I found a bit of a rib and a bit of something else (maybe the end of a leg bone). Running - even slowly - on the sand is tiring.

Fun...but not so nice how tired my legs felt.

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Jogged on West Campus. I felt a bit out of it for the first 20 minutes. Then I felt fine.

I shuffled around on the grassy hillside west of Ulrik's Hill. It occurs to me that I ought to crank out a quick map (KP + a few additions) of that part of West Campus. It isn't especially interesting or useful, but no reason it shouldn't be mapped.

I also put a little Xmas 2020 UsynligO course up. If you're around Lawrence and want a short and easy sprint course on a new map, check it out. It starts at the sand volleyball court on the west side of the Holcom Rec Center.

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Shuffling around. I'd planned to run more, but just wasn't feeling like it.

Shuffled through a draft course on the new Holcom map. I noticed a couple of things that needed to be tweaked. When I got home I fixed them.

I'll set up an UsynligO course on the new map and send it out today or tomorrow - a small Christmas course for orienteers in Lawrence.

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Taking a few days vacation...so no more work until next Wednesday.

I went for a short walk at the end of the day. It was windy (22 mph with gusts to 37) and chilly (30F). It felt like winter. It should feel like winter. That was nice.

Ugh. The days are getting longer. I did almost 30 minutes of my run before I needed to turn on my headlamp.

It was warm today. I was a bit overdressed. It isn't right for December to be this warm.

End of rant.

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MTB on pavement and some gravel.

I felt like a change of pace from my usual route. I spent some time on the Lawrence Loop and some time on roads near the Baker Wetlands. Fun.

I got the layers and gloves just right.

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