Training Log Archive: CleverSky

Mille Lacs Kathio, US Masters' Champs, RedX M35, 9.1 km, 205 m, 14th. II was running with an Active Ankle on my right foot this weekend, and it took a bunch of fiddling to get it positioned right so that it didn't hurt. I also came up with a way to mummify my right little toe so that it wasn't an issue. This run went mostly clean. Every time I expected to find my control, it was right there (although a couple of times I didn't spot it immediately because it was behind a tree trunk or a log). #3 was a small time loss because I came out of the previous control in a slightly wrong direction and paralleled the trail foor too long before I hit it. #10 was an oops because I again headed out in the wrong direction and went the wrong way around a small marsh. I decided that crossing a narrow bit of marsh was the best way to recover, which may have been a bad move, but maybe it didn't really matter, and it was just the detour itself that cost me the time. #12 was a matter of not being aggressive enough. Rather than run as straight as possible, I swung a bit out to the left to cut down on some climb and use a trail for a bit, but that appears to have cost me a minute. And I'm not sure what was up on #13, I think I just hesitated halfway there to make sure that I was where I intended to be. I was also the beneficiary of a poorly-set leg on #16, where there was a choice of around, or straight through either some green or some marsh. It wasn't clear how passable the green would be, but I reasoned that even though it might have been slow two hours earlier, my late start meant that there was probably now a beaten-down trail, and I was right. My best split was in the chute, where I tied for 3rd, surprisingly. 9+ km felt pretty long.

In M35, that put me in a solid 2nd place, 12 minutes behind the speedy Aleksey, but fairly comfortably ahead of 3rd.

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Mille Lacs Kathio model event, walking around with Nancy and Clare. I seem to have not successfully started my watch when we went out, so I guessed at the time, distance, and climb. We found 401, 404, 403, 405, 413, 412, 414, 410, and 408, then went back up the hill and climbed the observation tower.

WBNW, just a stroll to satisfy my curiosity about a couple of things.

A token ride around the other block.

A token stroll around the block, In The Dark. My foot seems to be recovering okay from the indignities I subjected it to over the past two weekends, but I had intended to stay off it. This seemed okay while I was doing it, we'll see if it was a bad idea. I think I have a plan to mitigate the damage for this coming weekend.

Pouring rain, so I just rode the Motobecane in the garage. I dialed up something on YouTube, and went at it determined to tough it out for the duration of the clip. This was hard. I think the fact that the tires were underinflated contributed to the difficulty. At least I didn't (quite) fall off.

WBNE, control wakeup in Sandhills.

Well, that's over.

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