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Training Log Archive: GlenT

In the 28 days ending Feb 28, 2013:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m				load
Hiking	5	9:32:27	13.66	(41:54)	21.99	(26:02)	1090				57.2
Orienteering	4	3:40:34	12.83	(17:12)	20.65	(10:41)	311	31 /	42c	73%	78.3
Erging	3	52:55									15.9
Stationary Bike	3	51:00									13.7
Total	12	14:56:56	26.49		42.63		1401	31 /	42c	73%	165.1
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Saturday Feb 23, 2013 #

Event: WMAC Moby Dick Snowshoe Race

Event: EMPO Ski-O Pineridge XC

Monday Feb 18, 2013 #

12 PM

Orienteering race 45:54 *** 5.31 km (8:39 / km) +113m 7:49 / km
ahr:142 max:162 spiked:7/11c shoes: VJ Falcons 4 (yellow)

Green "Classic" course at Catalina SP. More orienteering in the desert. Managed to encounter more spikey vegetation today plus took a pretty hard fall resulting in a skinned knee and a bruise on my upper right quad where I impacted a rock. Bobbled the first control (again!) for a couple of minutes lost. Other errors were mostly being off on bearings and then not being sure which way to turn when I hit a crossing linear feature (I know, I know - aim off!). Total errors less than 5 min. Another day with temps in the 60's, climbing to low 70's later. Straightline distance 4.1 km.

Orienteering race 23:58 *** 3.16 km (7:35 / km) +56m 6:58 / km
ahr:145 max:160 spiked:5/7c shoes: VJ Falcons 4 (yellow)

Ran the Brown course unofficially after removing spikes and patching up various holes in me from the previous run. Missed slightly on two controls I had visited on the Green course. Doh! Fewer spikey encounters. Straightline distance 2.7km.

Sunday Feb 17, 2013 #

Note

As I write this, AP reports the weather in Malden Bridge as 15F (Feels like -5F). Currently in Tucson it's 73F (Feels like 73F). I missed the Moody Spring snowshoe race today, but not much.

12 PM

Orienteering race 31:09 *** 3.93 km (7:56 / km) +60m 7:22 / km
ahr:145 max:163 spiked:11/13c shoes: VJ Falcons 4 (yellow)

Green middle distance course at Catalina SP. Another great day weatherwise, 60's and sunny. More rocky and prickly terrain. Fairly flat except for one pointless steep climb to a "top of hill" control. Somewhat lower visibility today due to vegetation, which increased the technical difficulty. One contol with nothing but white in the circle, described as a terrace. Missed a bit on that one since the bag was folded up on a branch and hard to spot (I was about 10m from it). Straightline distance 3.3km.

C • Maps 3

2 PM

Hiking 1:32:56 [1] 5.12 km (18:08 / km) +109m 16:24 / km
shoes: Scarpa Spark Trail Shoes

Hike at Catalina SP on Canyon Loop trail with a short side trip to Montrose Pools. More desert. Sunny and 70's.

Saturday Feb 16, 2013 #

Event: Southwest Spring B-Meet in the Sun

Orienteering 1:00:00 [0] ** 1.0 mi (1:00:01 / mi)

Strolling around the U of Arizona campus with a copy ot the sprint map. No controls, but matched terrain features with the map and more or less kept map contact (or practiced relocating). Great sprint area as there are plenty of corners to tuck controls into and some multi-level stuff to keep you thinking.

12 PM

Orienteering race 59:33 *** 6.64 km (8:58 / km) +82m 8:27 / km
ahr:140 max:165 spiked:8/11c shoes: VJ Falcons 4 (yellow)

Green course at Catalina SP north of Tucson. Desert-O! A little rusty to start and lost ~12 min on the first two controls, then got properly into the map and did OK for the rest of the course. ~60F and bright sunshine - so fine! Map was OK (printing was fuzzy), terrain was spikey and rocky (as expected), not much climb. More of same tomorrow. Straightline distance 4.5 km.

Thursday Feb 14, 2013 #

2 PM

Hiking 2:11:13 [1] 5.5 km (23:51 / km) +292m 18:51 / km
shoes: Scarpa Spark Trail Shoes

In Saguaro NP west of Tucson. Up to a ridge, along the ridge for a while, then back. Typical February day - low 60's, brilliant sunshine and dry - very nice. Lots of cacti, some birds, a few lizards, and no snakes.

Hiking 16:01 [1] 0.33 mi (48:44 / mi) +18m 41:39 / mi

Wednesday Feb 13, 2013 #

11 AM

Hiking 2:20:48 [1] 5.39 km (26:07 / km) +264m 20:59 / km

Fay Canyon near Sedona, AZ. Up the canyon as far as we could go without an unreasonabl effort. A side trip (with some climb) to a stone arch on the return. Sunny and 50ish.