Training Log Archive: JanetT

10-10-10 workout today (aerobics, stepping, weights), with abs, warmup/cool down and stretching. We were doing planks so I watched the clock...I was about done at a minute. Kudos to Gail and Alex!

C • Planks 2

To start. Temp was in the mid 50s with a bit of a breeze, warming up to near 60. Sunny but not as warm as yesterday.

BrownX day 2 at Bear Brook SP. Jim A gave us a good challenge, between the logged area (lung branches) south of the main trail and the flattish bland area to the north...I felt challenged the entire time, as an advanced course should be, and that's really hard for Brown courses. SL 3.6 km, 50m climb advertised.

I was good to 1 and 2 (got my feet wet in the marsh), then wasn't quote "into" interpreting the logged rides and drifted right to 3 but found the hill with cliff NW of it, and was pretty confident that's where I was...and was right. Down the ride 'til past the depression to 4 then along the hill; straight to five where I saw the water bottle before the O flag; mostly straight to 6, along the marsh edge to the narrow neck leading to the ride to the west which I followed to the large boulder then cut over. To 7 I swung close to 2 (taking advantage of the rides) and then angled back parallel to the stream (which was hard to see) until I was close. Stopped about 20-30m short to look around and spotted the flag.

From talking to others after it seems like going from the water drop on the trail straight through 1 was the way to go to 8; I went past my control-1 attackpoint and tried to keep a bearing but was too far west and came across a flag at a boulder south of the marsh (142, #1 on green X). Went east and found the large double boulders (actually a large erratic that had split, with about 1.5' between the halves that I passed through (what fun!) to the flag). Stayed mostly straight to 9 but edging right of the line to make sure I went off the stone wall about halfway. Smooth the rest of the way in, though somewhere between 8 and 9 I was poked in the bridge of the nose by a branch; and I was thankful it did not continue on into my eye. Nice bruise there now.

I was one of the earlier finishers on BrownX so I could watch the times of the others as they finished. Pleased to have held it together enough to edge out all the really good, fast orienteers like Tony F, Linda, Mary Jo, and Sandy today. It was tough out there!

Third overall in F60 for the two-day total. Now I just have to try to remember all the lessons I learned. It really helped me this weekend that there really wasn't a whole lot of climb either day.

And it was fun to toast Gail's win over Sharon (F65) this weekend. :-) Nice prizes: beer glasses with the event logo and date/location to the top three in each age group (and OUSA medals to the top three US); the winners' glasses have gold edging.

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C • Kudos to you 8

Day 2 - Brown X - Splits

Event: UNO Boulder Dash
 

Found a tick when I was cleaning up. Don't forget to check!

Wore a short sleeved shirt to run in, but my hands were cold when I reached the start despite my sweatshirt. Decided a warm up run would be a good thing today; I usually don't bother with more than a few minutes. Talked with several people on their way to start. :-)

BrownX day 1, 3.2 km, 65m climb nominal
Bear Brook State Park near Hookset, NH
Sunny, with temps in upper 50s warming into the 60s

Did well on most of them, with a bit of help on some because Bob Bullions was just ahead from 4 to 6, and many folks were in the area for 8 (shallow reentrant in the green/pine saplings). Biggest error was to 3 where I didn't see the spur from the hillside above it and went too far east, correcting from the depression due east of the saddle; lost several minutes. Not quite clean to 1 but found it without too much trouble when I was on the hill; at 8 I was in the area but not seeing it until the crowd came through (there must have been a half dozen) to help me out.

Nice course, though it used a small portion near thr east edge of a large map.

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Day 1 - Brown X - Splits

Model map of Bear Brook State Park in NH with 8 available controls in a small area. Decided to walk and look around rather than trying to do it at race pace (whatever that is). :-) Mid 60s and mostly sunny. Checked out the levels of green; dark is small saplings, and I think the others seem to indicate visibility more than runnability. Boulders hard to see because they're largely moss-covered and they blend in.

Extra focus on legs with lots of stepping, and 2 x plié squats. A small class; only 6 students, so I guess Jennifer thought she needed to work us (long-time class members) hard.

Distance estimated from my total time, as I neglected to bring my FR along. Pine Bush @ Madison Ave Ext. while Glen ran trails. Parts of some of the trails were quite sandy (loose, like at the beach). Though I saw fresh horse hoof prints, I never saw the horse (until back at the parking area); just one runner with two well-behaved dogs (I.e., they ignored me).

I never got out for my walk yesterday, and need to get cracking on finishing a small wall hanging for my quilt meeting tonight (which is what kept me from walking yesterday).

Class was good and challenging. We used only weights as our supplemental tool today. Ellen will sub for Mary on Thurs. so I may skip the Pilates class....

Hill interval program, while watching CNN and Fox subtitles about the non-vote in Congress because Boehner can't convince the tea partiers to be somewhat reasonable.

Pulldowns (10!) and adductors.