Training Log Archive: TimGood

Event: QOC Combat Village
 

QOC orienteering meet at Combat Village at Quantico. Brown course. Hoping to slowly get back to running and not coughing. Took the cough suppressant 10 minutes before starting and was very careful not to get out of breath early (or late) so essentially no running beyond a shuffling jog and a lot of walking. At those speeds the navigation was not hard. Probably should have not taken the road to 1, I wanted to ease into any hard work and had no trouble with the control, but the extra distance cost a lot of time and the woods were open. Had trouble on the control near the water stop. I heard after I ran there was a meet note somewhere about the field being very different than mapped which would explain my problems. I did not see the trails so just headed straight for the road thru the light green. Light green turned into thorns and by the time I had fought my way thru, I was at the stream crossing. Missed the water stop, but was right on line for my control which I had no trouble reaching now.
Felt much better than last week and went at a faster pace on a longer and more technical course, so I was happy.

Brown - Splits

Since I am so out of shape, I guess any exercise should count. Worked in the yard for a few hours saturday morning. Only counting the time spent cutting the grass but since I have a fully manual mower, it does take some effort to push around. No idea of the actual distance since it is just back and forth across my front yard. Totally beat after 20 minutes and stopped without finishing the side yards. Only did the front.

Caught another mouse overnight, but this time I drove to drop him off with the rest of his family.

Another mouse walk after catching another one in the evening.

Training has to start somewhere - so I went for a walk. Shiplett loop which I think is 2.3 miles. Did it at 9:30 pm so was blinded most of the way by facing traffic.

Short walk to get to the stream/wooded area in the neighborhood.

Have had a mouse making occasional appearances the last few months but he is a wily one and had avoided the traps. Looks like he has multiplied but not passed on his intelligence. Normally I release any caught mice at Burke Lake but Iolanthe woke me at 2am to tell me about this one. Figured the walk would be good for me and Burke Lake is closed at night.

Although I have been tired and sleeping a lot recently, I must have been getting enough sleep. Could not get back to sleep after this.