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Friday Oct 21, 2011 #
Event: US S/M/L Champs 2011 & WRE
2 PM
Running warm up/down 9:04 0.91 mi (9:58 / mi)
ahr:75 max:115
Drills warm up/down 4:39 0.35 mi (13:13 / mi)
ahr:146 max:159
Orienteering race 19:33 2.05 mi (9:32 / mi) +26m 9:11 / mi
ahr:174 max:185 22c
US Champs Sprint @ Franklin Park
Oooh, did not learn my lesson at WOC!!! Was on the wrong side of the wall for 4 and could not figure it out!! Jeez. I really honestly had come to the conclusion that the control had been stolen, kept poking around for a good 45s or so before Annika came storming in, took a good look at her map, and went to the inside. Gosh!
Had also botched the one before, going to a control off-course that wasn't mine, between these two, 2 min lost.
But after that, was pretty good, although Neil's opinion racing around me was that I really wasn't smooth. Well, to work on, I guess. Really enjoyed latter half, very woodsy technical sprint!
Oooh, did not learn my lesson at WOC!!! Was on the wrong side of the wall for 4 and could not figure it out!! Jeez. I really honestly had come to the conclusion that the control had been stolen, kept poking around for a good 45s or so before Annika came storming in, took a good look at her map, and went to the inside. Gosh!
Had also botched the one before, going to a control off-course that wasn't mine, between these two, 2 min lost.
But after that, was pretty good, although Neil's opinion racing around me was that I really wasn't smooth. Well, to work on, I guess. Really enjoyed latter half, very woodsy technical sprint!
Orienteering 7:51 0.5 mi (15:42 / mi) +5m 15:13 / mi
ahr:137 max:149 3c
Control pick-up among the hordes of xc teams out and about training.
Thursday Oct 20, 2011 #
5 PM
Running 9:26 1.16 mi (8:09 / mi) +18m 7:46 / mi
ahr:132 max:169
Drills 7:44 0.56 mi (13:49 / mi)
ahr:137 max:155
Woo, the sun came back! Along with at bit of wind, but I'll take that trade.
Scampered home from colloquium and hey, snazzy new headlamp arrived, awesome! Actually haven't tested yet, but imagine it works. Might have to obtain some way to carry battery like Brendan got...
Then out for a little joggeroo + drills at the Amherst track, nice sunset.
Scampered home from colloquium and hey, snazzy new headlamp arrived, awesome! Actually haven't tested yet, but imagine it works. Might have to obtain some way to carry battery like Brendan got...
Then out for a little joggeroo + drills at the Amherst track, nice sunset.
Running 9:38 1.15 mi (8:23 / mi)
ahr:134 max:152
Strength 6:21 0.1 mi (1:03:28 / mi) +5m 54:57 / mi
ahr:95 max:127
3 x 15 push-ups, felt ok, should be up to 16 next time
3,3,3 x 12 hammies
3 x 20 dips, hm, also getting easy, should prob up these too
Then to Boston-land, yay SML champs tomorrow!
3,3,3 x 12 hammies
3 x 20 dips, hm, also getting easy, should prob up these too
Then to Boston-land, yay SML champs tomorrow!
Wednesday Oct 19, 2011 #
6 PM
Orienteering 1:02:26 3.05 mi (20:28 / mi) +259m 16:12 / mi
ahr:126 max:163 14c
Rainy, dark, and time to collect night-o controls from last Sat's training... So out I went. But didn't have a very bright light at all, so was super-narrow-corridor-o kinda.
Was frequently off substantially, like 50-100m, but at least stopped once I had gone far enough, which is good, and then would swish light around and just barely make out control in another place. So I guess wasn't being super good on compass, and I couldn't really see features, so was hard to navigate on them at all... Think I did a reasonable job of putting things together, but wish I hadn't been so off.
Oh, and freaked way out when I saw two eyes to my right going from 9 to 8 (oh, yeah, I went backwards), and then headed left but two eyes were there too- eep!! But on left could at least tell it was definitely a deer, not so scary, unsure about the other one, but we'll assume the same for my piece of mind...
448/2000
Was frequently off substantially, like 50-100m, but at least stopped once I had gone far enough, which is good, and then would swish light around and just barely make out control in another place. So I guess wasn't being super good on compass, and I couldn't really see features, so was hard to navigate on them at all... Think I did a reasonable job of putting things together, but wish I hadn't been so off.
Oh, and freaked way out when I saw two eyes to my right going from 9 to 8 (oh, yeah, I went backwards), and then headed left but two eyes were there too- eep!! But on left could at least tell it was definitely a deer, not so scary, unsure about the other one, but we'll assume the same for my piece of mind...
448/2000
Running 2:52 0.32 mi (8:55 / mi) +12m 8:00 / mi
ahr:140 max:156
Tuesday Oct 18, 2011 #
7 AM
Rollerskiing 1:01:31 7.96 mi (7:43 / mi) +86m 7:28 / mi
ahr:100 max:151
Easy peasy distance double pole out on the bike trail. Normal mix of dogwalkers and bikers, even saw Sanjay on his bike with Osiris in little trailer behind- on way to daycare, presume. Stronger than a month ago, and cool weather = no blisters.
Did take mapholder out, with last year's Pine Hill maps. Psyched for the weekend's racing!
Did take mapholder out, with last year's Pine Hill maps. Psyched for the weekend's racing!
6 PM
Strength 14:01 [0]
Abs, kinda while cooking- delicious squash soup recipe from Gail!
Monday Oct 17, 2011 #
Strength 8:30 [0]
3 x pushups (15), hammies (3 x 15), dips (20)
Body feels pretty ok, except for a bit of niggle at back of R heel, did a reverse crunch painfully twice yesterday, must be from that. Still, think an easy day is probably warranted, so this is it!
Body feels pretty ok, except for a bit of niggle at back of R heel, did a reverse crunch painfully twice yesterday, must be from that. Still, think an easy day is probably warranted, so this is it!
Sunday Oct 16, 2011 #
Event: NEOC: Norwottuck
12 PM
Orienteering 20:00
4c
Trying to chase down Orange runners who headed off without map change to avoid shooting range... didn't find them to 1, or 2, or 3, must be fast orange folk! So went over to #7 and left my map with the change and a warning note, but turns out they hadn't started yet. Ah well, we'll call it a warm up.
Orienteering race 1:51:32 7.47 mi (14:56 / mi) +442m 12:37 / mi
ahr:151 max:177 17c
Blue @ Norwottuck
Race! Wowzer, that was long. Was really hoping to get Ian's predicted winning time of 1:40 before I totally botched 10. The control (128) was in the right place by the time I went through (wasn't for early runners), but the map there isn't very good, actually kind of a disaster... so I stopped at earlier, significant unmapped cliffs in the right reentrant. Eventually found it, coming in from the North.
Also mistakes to 6 and 7, 6 didn't execute plan well, forced higher by green... 7 came to boulders low in earlier reentrant, had a plan to go over to the right one, again, didn't execute that plan.... other things mostly alright, wonder if the stream would have been faster to 9.
Race! Wowzer, that was long. Was really hoping to get Ian's predicted winning time of 1:40 before I totally botched 10. The control (128) was in the right place by the time I went through (wasn't for early runners), but the map there isn't very good, actually kind of a disaster... so I stopped at earlier, significant unmapped cliffs in the right reentrant. Eventually found it, coming in from the North.
Also mistakes to 6 and 7, 6 didn't execute plan well, forced higher by green... 7 came to boulders low in earlier reentrant, had a plan to go over to the right one, again, didn't execute that plan.... other things mostly alright, wonder if the stream would have been faster to 9.
Orienteering 24:41 1.72 mi (14:21 / mi) +103m 12:06 / mi
ahr:135 max:170 8c
Control pick-up round 1:
Mostly nearby ones, still had issues with two of the yellow controls, right... felt faint towards end, ate leftover enchiladas upon return, mmm, needed those!
Mostly nearby ones, still had issues with two of the yellow controls, right... felt faint towards end, ate leftover enchiladas upon return, mmm, needed those!
Orienteering 43:38 2.62 mi (16:39 / mi) +143m 14:14 / mi
ahr:137 max:157 6c
Control pick-up round 2:
Did the loop south of the quarry, including the infamous 128, and a few others people couldn't find. I thought 128 was on the best cliff for the job, but really other cliffs in that reentrant should be mapped, and the trails actually indicated, think some of that is actually done on Phil's more recent map version. Found all the others exactly where I expected, not as major map issues in the vicinity.
Did the loop south of the quarry, including the infamous 128, and a few others people couldn't find. I thought 128 was on the best cliff for the job, but really other cliffs in that reentrant should be mapped, and the trails actually indicated, think some of that is actually done on Phil's more recent map version. Found all the others exactly where I expected, not as major map issues in the vicinity.
Orienteering 38:37 2.44 mi (15:50 / mi) +204m 12:34 / mi
ahr:139 max:159 6c
Control pick-up round 3:
Exhausterated to start, but back out and to it, set of 4 just south of mountaintop, that side of the mtn is so tough to run on loose rock perfect ankle-twisting size... and then 2 on the way in.
434/2000
Exhausterated to start, but back out and to it, set of 4 just south of mountaintop, that side of the mtn is so tough to run on loose rock perfect ankle-twisting size... and then 2 on the way in.
434/2000
Running 9:20 0.89 mi (10:29 / mi) +32m 9:26 / mi
ahr:146 max:155
Being cold won over being tired, making a nest of control flags was only so effective at keeping off the chill...
Saturday Oct 15, 2011 #
8 AM
Strength 14:02 [3]
10 min abs + 2 min back + 2 min side plank with Ian
10 AM
Orienteering 1:10:04 [1] 3.43 mi (20:26 / mi)
ahr:107 max:150 19c
Setting night-o controls and a few of the bottom slalom-o ones. Pretty waterfall at #1. Different training setting controls, making super-duper sure they are in the right places, more focused attn to map.
1 PM
Orienteering 55:10 3.43 mi (16:05 / mi) +313m 12:32 / mi
ahr:134 max:162 19c
Setting the rest of the slalom-o controls, while a bunch were out training Alex's exercise. Started raining at the end, cold rain! Decided that I'd do Alex's exercises another day... can pick up the streamers then.