Training Log Archive: CharlieIn the 31 days ending May 31, 2010:
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Sunday May 30, 2010 #
Event: WCOC Osbornedale State Park
5 PM
Running 50:00 [3] 4.5 mi (11:07 / mi)
recovery jog with John and Rhonda in Forest Park off Leif Erickson Drive in Portland. Then followed up with a trip to Powell's bookstore, where Rhonda in particular was quite engaged.
Saturday May 29, 2010 #
11 AM
Orienteering race (rogaine) 7:40:00 [3] *** 30.0 km (15:20 / km) +1000m 13:09 / km
spiked:17/19c
Big Muddy 8-hour rogaine, with Rhonda and our old friend John Potter. John was our good friend when we lived on the Vineyard, and a sometime orienteer with a Billygoat shirt or two and also a Highlander and Traverse or so, all in the 90s. He moved to Portland three years ago to become the operations manager for the Oregon State Parks.
The objective of this all was to have a good time and visit, and as John said, "Let's not win." The trip was almost a success, because somehow we won after all, at least for our division, and I think tied for first among all 8 hour groups. Walked at least 95% of the time, and ended up doing not too much of our original plan, as better ideas cropped up along the way. John and I were a big help to each other with the navigation, and Rhonda was her usual fine company. Saw a number of teams several times, but never saw Peter and Barb after the start. One team in particular passed us several times running, but we were walking some pretty efficient routes and spiking all but one or two of the controls we got.
The objective of this all was to have a good time and visit, and as John said, "Let's not win." The trip was almost a success, because somehow we won after all, at least for our division, and I think tied for first among all 8 hour groups. Walked at least 95% of the time, and ended up doing not too much of our original plan, as better ideas cropped up along the way. John and I were a big help to each other with the navigation, and Rhonda was her usual fine company. Saw a number of teams several times, but never saw Peter and Barb after the start. One team in particular passed us several times running, but we were walking some pretty efficient routes and spiking all but one or two of the controls we got.
Tuesday May 25, 2010 #
5 PM
Running (woods run) 24:14 [3] 2.64 km (9:12 / km) +37m 8:35 / km
weight:162lbs shoes: 2010 NB MT840
sprint 2. Still tired and a bit sore from Sunday, and plenty hot out. Just a jog.
Sunday May 23, 2010 #
Event: Billygoat Run at Mt. Tom
11 AM
Orienteering race 2:56:38 [3] 13.79 km (12:49 / km)
spiked:14/23c weight:161lbs shoes: 2009 Yellow NB 840s
Billygoat at Mt Tom. Usual mix of good and bad. With some awfully good runners early as they made errors, but made plenty of my own. Skipped 13, which was a poor choice, and had varying degrees of trouble with several controls, including 2, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 18, 19. Sore feet, depletion and cramping took a toll late. Physically most taxing goat for me that I finished in time, although I think I was more beat up by the two I didn't finish in time. With various folks early, then by myself most of the middle, picking up Jim Henderson at 15 and with him most of the rest of the way until my last fall on the trail around the pond at the end. A fine course, but a bit too much heat, climb and rocks for me.
Sunday May 16, 2010 #
8 AM
Orienteering race 1:50:30 *** 11.38 km (9:43 / km)
ahr:140 max:165 17c shoes: 2009 Yellow NB 840s
red long course at team trials. Out early, and didn't see too many folks. Wil Smith three times at different places, as he was out on Blue. Got too low on #4 and thrashed around a bit, until Peggy showed up coming down as I was going back up. Then with Peggy pretty much through #10. PG showed up at #5 from the other direction, and ran with him to 6, but he disappeared going down the hill to 7 and that was the last I saw of him.
Things were going pretty well until I missed #16 and had the darnedest time finding it. Probably lost 6 minutes there, and as it turns out about 8 places.
Things were going pretty well until I missed #16 and had the darnedest time finding it. Probably lost 6 minutes there, and as it turns out about 8 places.
Saturday May 15, 2010 #
Event: 2010 US Team Trials for WOC
11 AM
Running 23:21 1.47 mi (15:51 / mi) +32m 14:51 / mi
ahr:114 max:156 weight:162.5lbs shoes: 2009 Yellow NB 840s
walk and jog to the start
Orienteering race 51:07 *** 4.38 km (11:41 / km) +94m 10:33 / km
ahr:142 max:166 spiked:15/19c shoes: 2009 Yellow NB 840s
team trials red middle course, Two largish booms, otherwise ok, and felt pretty good running. walk back was tiring, though.
3 PM
Orienteering race 16:13 *** 2.47 km (6:34 / km) +32m 6:10 / km
ahr:139 max:166 spiked:14/16c shoes: 2009 Yellow NB 840s
sprint course at team trials. got sucked in by unmapped cliff, where there was a blue course control in a reentrant, so a MP. That set me up to miss the next one left and lose abouit 30 seconds. Otherwise moving along ok.
Friday May 14, 2010 #
Note
Hip pretty intolerable, so went off to visit my friend Brian Magna, the physical therapist. He seems to think he can repair it, so I'll try that for a while. He encouraged me not to cycle or run while he is working on it, but I must orienteer, so that will perhaps delay any improvement.
Thursday May 13, 2010 #
2 PM
Hike 1:10:00 [3] 3.6 mi (19:27 / mi)
weight:162.5lbs shoes: 2010 NB MT840
Same hike, to Cherry Brook Farm and back, with Rhonda and the dogs, and Rhonda's friend Julie. Time is an estimate; Julie doesn't go as fast as we do.
I woke up yesterday with a very painful hip, and this was a test. It loosened up after about a mile and then was fine, although it tightened up again once I got home.
I woke up yesterday with a very painful hip, and this was a test. It loosened up after about a mile and then was fine, although it tightened up again once I got home.
Wednesday May 12, 2010 #
5 AM
Gym 1:15:00 [3]
morning class, with a big crowd - 12 in total, including a couple of the young girls just back from freshman year at college (Roanoke and Tulane). Followed up with a few of my other exercises, still trying to get some strength back in my shoulder while not overstimulating my elbow.
Tuesday May 11, 2010 #
7 AM
Hike 1:05:02 3.63 mi (17:54 / mi) +142m 15:58 / mi
ahr:108 max:144 weight:161lbs
with Rhonda and the dogs - down to the top of Cherry Brook farm, same as yesterday.
1 PM
Running (woods run) 28:52 3.06 km (9:25 / km) +63m 8:33 / km
ahr:140 max:164 shoes: 2010 NB MT840
sprint 1, current configuration. perhaps a bit long, so I will take out a few markers.
Monday May 10, 2010 #
5 AM
Gym 1:00:00 [3]
weight:160lbs
morning class with Rhonda and her acolytes, followed by a few other exercises on my own. First time in class in a while, maybe since March.
8 AM
Hike 1:05:00 [3] 3.6 mi (18:03 / mi)
top of cherry brook farm and back up, with Rhonda and the dogs
Sunday May 9, 2010 #
8 AM
Orienteering race 1:10:29 [3] *** 5.5 km (12:49 / km)
spiked:12/13c weight:159lbs shoes: 2009 Yellow NB 840s
Day 2 Green Course at Huntington. Really fine woods and an excellent course. I really felt into it from the start. Got a little tired toward the end, but overall felt like I did well. Looking back, I think I would have been faster if I took more trail options. Particularly going from 6 to 7 I got bogged down with a little glasses fog and trying to read too much along the way, skirting marshes and finding trail segments, not making too much forward progress. Looking at it now, there was a very serviceable trail option to the right, going back through the finish, which would have been kind of fun. A very slight boom at the end, maybe 30 seconds, maybe less. Otherwise finding things well, if not too fast and not always the best route. Excellent course and an excellent meet. We were back so early and it was so cold, that we just went home. Not much energy the rest of the day. Mostly just read a book. Unusual for me, particularly on a sunny day, but too cold to tempt me into some yard work project.
Saturday May 8, 2010 #
Event: WCOC / US Team A-Meet/WRE
8 AM
Orienteering race 42:10 [3] *** 3.1 km (13:36 / km)
spiked:7/10c shoes: 2009 Yellow NB 840s
Green Y middle course at WCOC meet. George thought men were on Y (as they were for Red) and since I was an early starter it hadn't been straightened out yet. Woods very nice and mostly orienteered well, but a couple of bad legs: Parallel error on #1 took me to wrong hilltop. Seemed a bit far, but I was making things line up in my mind until I hit the trail beyond #2. Saw #2 on the way back which made the second leg easy. Then things were going really well until glasses started to fog near #8. Minor boom there as I got sucked off right to another larger apparently unmapped rock, but that was only a few seconds. Fog really set in on #9, where I was on line and almost there and then couldn't see any of the detail along the final hillside, so back and forth hunting for it for 6 minutes! Lost the glasses in a tree on the way to #10. Good that I had a streamer on them or I wouldn't have found them. Nice course. Need to work on vision correction. I ditched the contact last weekend because I wasn't seeing well and my eye was burning. Eye still feels a little sensitive.
Friday May 7, 2010 #
9 AM
Running (woods run) 24:02 2.69 km (8:56 / km) +38m 8:21 / km
ahr:138 max:158 shoes: 2010 NB MT840
sprint 2, including a couple of booms
Hike 2:07:53 7.3 mi (17:31 / mi)
ahr:112 max:159 shoes: 2010 NB MT840
Tunxis trail loop with Rhonda and Sassy. Sore hamstring and feet. Nice day.
Thursday May 6, 2010 #
4 PM
Running (woods run) 25:08 2.92 km (8:37 / km) +55m 7:52 / km
ahr:144 max:165 shoes: 2010 NB MT840
sprint 1 course. Things are really leafing out.
Monday May 3, 2010 #
5 PM
Sunday May 2, 2010 #
8 AM
Running race 1:12:55 *** 6.23 km (11:43 / km) +155m 10:25 / km
ahr:141 max:171 spiked:12/13c shoes: 2009 Yellow NB 840s
Green Y course at West Pt. Had trouble yesterday with the contact, and my eye was sore this morning, so I went with glasses. Much more satisfactory. I can see the map better and they didn't fog or get too streaked.
Generally a pretty good run with a couple of exceptions:
Lost time repairing the punch stand at #1, then more time going down to the road before finding out the gate was locked. Finally, despite being in contact all along the big hillside, I got fooled by a patch of bare rock that I couldn';t see on the map and turned back to look at the knoll before the control again and work my way in.
Got badly hung up in mountain laurel leaving #4.
Otherwise very nice. Particularly liked the second half of #5 through the finish.
Generally a pretty good run with a couple of exceptions:
Lost time repairing the punch stand at #1, then more time going down to the road before finding out the gate was locked. Finally, despite being in contact all along the big hillside, I got fooled by a patch of bare rock that I couldn';t see on the map and turned back to look at the knoll before the control again and work my way in.
Got badly hung up in mountain laurel leaving #4.
Otherwise very nice. Particularly liked the second half of #5 through the finish.
3 PM
Note
Pretty tired coming home. Remarked to Rhonda that 10 years ago we would have gone for a 50 mile bike ride on returning from an event that early, and we agreed that we certainly didn't want to do that this time. Unpacked the car and contemplated lots of other things that needed doing, but then I had a call from my neighbor Tom, inviting me to play golf. I have been putting him off for more than a year, so resolved to try.
It didn't turn out well. I hit a half bucket of balls and didn't get one of them more than about 2 feet off the ground, or hit any of them straight. Once we were playing, I actually hit some ok shots, mixed in with some real stinkers, but it didn't feel good on my elbow (braced), lower back or right hip. I hit my best shot on the 7th, a drive of 280, in the fairway, but I could feel it deep in my hip, and I took the next hole off. I did string 6 bogeys together, which was pretty remarkable given that I seemed to have at least one shot each hole that made no appreciable forward progress.
I won't be playing again for a while, but I guess I can count it as rogaine practice.
It didn't turn out well. I hit a half bucket of balls and didn't get one of them more than about 2 feet off the ground, or hit any of them straight. Once we were playing, I actually hit some ok shots, mixed in with some real stinkers, but it didn't feel good on my elbow (braced), lower back or right hip. I hit my best shot on the 7th, a drive of 280, in the fairway, but I could feel it deep in my hip, and I took the next hole off. I did string 6 bogeys together, which was pretty remarkable given that I seemed to have at least one shot each hole that made no appreciable forward progress.
I won't be playing again for a while, but I guess I can count it as rogaine practice.
Saturday May 1, 2010 #
Event: USMA West Point A-Meet 2010
9 AM
Orienteering race 42:34 *** 3.83 km (11:07 / km) +75m 10:08 / km
ahr:151 max:173 spiked:8/11c weight:161.5lbs shoes: 2009 Yellow NB 840s
Middle distance race at West Pt. Pretty good run. Came up short on three of the first four controls, but not a severe loss of time. Probably lost the most on #6, where I went right to it, but ran a longer route to avoid climb and apparently dawdled a fair amount on sidehill. A little anxious at the start because we were delayed by an accident on I-84 and had to hustle on the long route to the start to make our start times. Last I looked, 4th iin M60 behind the usual suspects, PG, coach and bl.
2 PM
Orienteering race 18:47 *** 2.1 km (8:57 / km)
ahr:99 max:175 spiked:14/15c shoes: 2009 Yellow NB 840s
WP sprint course. Apparently didn't get the FR turned off at the end. Moving ok. Ran well enough, but blew by #2 and lost 2 minutes by the time I got back to it. Otherwise perfectly satisfactory.