Training Log Archive: AliC

Extreme-O at Champoeg State Park

The Extreme-O meant bonus challenges, all of which were good training.
#2 - trails not on the map
#3 - four controls, locate the right one based on control descriptions
#6 - pick which of three controls is 150m away from previous (i.e. pace count)
#12 - from map segment and memory from #11
#14 - navigate by aerial photo
#16 - 300m at 210 degrees azimuth (made me think, *never* use my compass in this way)

Fun times, all good things to practice, plus trying to keep focused and have flow through it all. #2 was very challenging for me, but probably made it hard on myself by just trying to go directly and going through a steep-banked stream lined with nettles. Still, I should have been able to find the control even without trails on the other side.

#3 was hard because none of the controls seemed right for the description. It was 'inside NW corner of paved area'. But there were only cars and camper vans on the paved area, no controls. So I chose the one on the inner NW corner of open, thinking maybe I was confused about symbol for open versus paved.

Then pretty much all fine until the azimuth-distance control. Eep! What? 210 degrees, ok, hah, there are numbers on my compas, so I guess we count east of north and then took off on my bearing. Even rotated the rotating part so I could keep north in the house (having tuned into John's compass lesson for Mariela at Tabor helped!). After going through the swamp, I had a look at the map and realized where the control must be, since it was in a depression and just ran there.

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Sprinting yellow. Pretty easy, but quick-changing bit over by old town bit. Shoudn't have bothered pin-punching, more quickly changing direction would have been better practice.

Collecting controls

Happy Valley ride with 2 x the loop with Derek. Had to wait for him on the hills, but still nice to have company! Happy I finally got the loop down too, have previously messed it up in some way.

Zumba!

Lunchrun with Todd, Kevin and Xander. Pretty easy. Added the canyon on at the end.

Last run in Flagstaff with Tom. Out the FUTS heading north, a nice flattish run. Getting in his 5 mile version for the Ragnar! Luckily snuck it in before a rain squall. Strange Flagstaff weather!

Workout at the NAU track with the Run Flagstaff group. 7 min tempo, then 20 minutes of relay 400s at interval pace with Tom.

Warm up around Lowell, legs pretty tired from weekend adventures!

Orienteering at Lowell set by Tom! Awesome! It has a very non-ISOM or ISSOM map made by an astronomer awhile ago. But it's pretty detailed, so ok to orienteer on, besides from pretty necessary updates, like a new building. Lowell's grounds would be a pretty cool spring map!

Thanks to Tom for setting up the training!

And a cool down.