Orienteering race (Schuylkill Red) 1:35:27 [3] *** 5.62 km (16:59 / km) +260m 13:48 / km
shoes: Ice Bugs Men's Blue 8.5
Surprising how painful my heels were last night - to the point that I couldn't easily walk - and this morning they are fine. So, some kind of inflammation?
Anyway, I took advantage of executive "privilege" and went to the meet site early with Sandy and got out on the Red course about 8:30 AM.
I tried to remember the insight about the map from yesterday, and I went around the course pretty cleanly, if not a bit slowly. Though at least 15 F warmer than yesterday, there was a light dusting of snow which affected the footing on the steep slopes.
Yes, I had seen all of the controls yesterday, but I hadn't seen the Red map, and I have major recall issues - was I really here yesterday?
Anyway, I arrived at #12 (of 24) feeling pretty good, but I knew the worst was yet to come in terms of the climb - I hadn't been to anything remotely steep yet... I hung in there, and I kept knocking them off, and finished fairly strong, and not really hurting, or injuring myself either, which was a major concern.
I liked the course, especially sledding down the big hills on my butt. :)
Thanks, Sandy!
So far, so good on making it back to work on Wednesday. Roger is turning in to such an "old lady."
Orienteering race (Sprint) 24:42 [3] *** 1.86 km (13:17 / km) +50m 11:42 / km
shoes: Ice Bugs Men's Blue 8.5
Since the Download was not quite set up when I finished, I grabbed another SI card (thanks) and toured the Sprint course while I was still warmed up, and too brain dead to realize that I had had enough already.
It was fun, and I liked seeing other people out on their courses.
The drive home, despite the dire predictions of horrible traffic around the Washington, DC area, was uneventful.
A good weekend, and two more days off to recover before work on Wednesday.
So far, so good!
Note
Reference my graph: interesting to see how puny my workouts from earlier this week look compared to the hours I put in yesterday. I was so proud of those ~60 minutes per day (and I still am), but they look so sad in comparison.