Training Log Archive: GlenTIn the 31 days ending Jul 31, 2010:
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Saturday Jul 31, 2010 #
10 AM
Field Checking 7:41:34 [1] *** 10.68 mi (43:13 / mi) +519m 37:33 / mi
Wandering (and wondering) around at Moreau. Checking controls for White, Yellow and Orange courses for both days. Plus some advanced control scoping. Visited ~45 points! Fabulous weather - sunny, dry, 70's. Didn't do the CNYO Rogaine (which was this weekend) but this came close.
Discovery: Saw a bird which looked and acted like a great blue heron but was all white (with yellow legs). Didn't have binoculars so couldn't get a good look at all the details. Apparently there's a "great white heron" variant, but sightings of them outside of Florida seem to be rare. There was also a more normal looking great blue. Both were feeding in Mud Pond, the northernmost lake/pond on the Moreau Map.
Discovery: Saw a bird which looked and acted like a great blue heron but was all white (with yellow legs). Didn't have binoculars so couldn't get a good look at all the details. Apparently there's a "great white heron" variant, but sightings of them outside of Florida seem to be rare. There was also a more normal looking great blue. Both were feeding in Mud Pond, the northernmost lake/pond on the Moreau Map.
Friday Jul 30, 2010 #
6 PM
Road Run 37:29 [3] 4.25 mi (8:49 / mi) +84m 8:19 / mi
shoes: NB878 - #9
66N, Bacchus, Pratt, 66S. Cooler (upper 70s) and drier than it's been.
Wednesday Jul 28, 2010 #
6 PM
Road Run 31:10 [3] 3.57 mi (8:44 / mi) +68m 8:15 / mi
shoes: NB878 - #9
66N, Albany Tpke and back. Mid 80's and muggy.
Thursday Jul 22, 2010 #
6 PM
Road Run 37:53 4.41 mi (8:35 / mi)
shoes: NB878 - #9
66N, Albany Tpke, Howes, Pitt, 66S. Tempo pace for three relatively flat segments of about 0.25 mi each (total 0.8mi, ~7:10 avg pace). Upper 70's with humidity a bit lower.
Spotted (and heard) a red-tailed hawk surveying recently cut fields - easy pickin' rodents perhaps. Also saw him/her on Tuesday's run - may have a nest nearby. Other wildlife spottings later in the evening in the back yard: gray fox, deer (not unusual), three or four bats at dusk.
Spotted (and heard) a red-tailed hawk surveying recently cut fields - easy pickin' rodents perhaps. Also saw him/her on Tuesday's run - may have a nest nearby. Other wildlife spottings later in the evening in the back yard: gray fox, deer (not unusual), three or four bats at dusk.
Tuesday Jul 20, 2010 #
6 PM
Road Run 37:23 [3] 4.27 mi (8:46 / mi) +86m 8:15 / mi
shoes: NB878 - #9
66N, Bacchus, Pratt, 66S. Mostly flat for first two miles, hilly 3rd mile then down the big hill early in mile 4. Cooler (upper 70's) but still muggy. It looks like they may be starting work on the bridge over the Kinderhook Cr. which has been reduced to one lane (with traffic lights) for more than two years. Yeah!!!
Sunday Jul 18, 2010 #
10 AM
Field Checking 3:04:27 *** 5.27 mi (35:02 / mi)
shoes: NB 874
Wandering around the northeast part of Moreau checking out trails, one newly added to the park map (which existed but doesn't have trail markers). Also found a mtn bike trail and GPSed it. Scoped out another viable descent route and some potential control sites. Contour lines will click off pretty fast on the downhill! :-)
Saturday Jul 17, 2010 #
11 AM
Road Run 39:00 [3] 4.3 mi (9:04 / mi)
shoes: NB878 - #9
Ran just before noon. Bleeping hot. Mid 80's and sunny. 66N, Shaker Museum Rd and back.
Wednesday Jul 14, 2010 #
Road Run 28:10 [3] 3.15 mi (8:57 / mi)
shoes: NB878 - #9
66S and back. Sunny, 80 with DP=70. Lots of sweat.
Saturday Jul 10, 2010 #
Note
Travel day 2. Flying GEG-MSP-BDL then drive home. Generally smooth. Home ~1am local time - back to humidity.
Friday Jul 9, 2010 #
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Travel day. Driving from Golden, BC to Spokane. Following the Columbia River to its source just north of Canal Flats and then crossing to the Kootenay River drainage passing through a very broad, flat saddle. Stopped in Cranbrook for lunch and a Starbucks fix then back to the US (10 - 15 min at the border).
Thursday Jul 8, 2010 #
1 PM
Hiking 2:51:01 [2] 9.35 km (18:17 / km) +250m 16:08 / km
Hike in Yoho NP from Emerald Lake (where the tourist buses can drive to) to Emerald Basin (where they can't). Spectacular place at the base of an 800m headwall (meters, not feet) with several snowmelt waterfalls and a glacier or two.
Hiking 38:36 [2] 1.75 km (22:04 / km) +100m 17:10 / km
A "cooldown" hike to Hamilton Falls (from the Emerald Lake parking lot). More climb than we expected and no really good viewpoint of the
falls. Interesting nonetheless since the water falls sideways recessed in a slot (picture needed!).
falls. Interesting nonetheless since the water falls sideways recessed in a slot (picture needed!).
Wednesday Jul 7, 2010 #
Hiking 2:30:00 [1] 7.0 km (21:26 / km)
Several short hikes in Glacier and Revelstoke NPs the most vigorous of which was the 1 km (each way) from the parking area to the summit of Mt. Revelstoke (after a 23 km drive with ~1600 m climb). Spectacular stuff! Hot in the valleys, comfortable on the top.
Tuesday Jul 6, 2010 #
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IOF Advisor Clinic.
Orienteering 1:00:00 [1] *** 2.0 km (30:00 / km)
7c shoes: NB 874
Controlling exercise at IOF Advisor Clinic. We visited seven sites in the field to determine what was wrong with them (choice of site, bag placement, control description, etc.). A nit-picking exercise - we excelled! :-)
After six days of injury-free racing over the previous week, I managed to strain my left calf muscle during this physically low key exercise. WTF? Still sore three days later (Friday) but improving. Travel day tomorrow, so more rest.
After six days of injury-free racing over the previous week, I managed to strain my left calf muscle during this physically low key exercise. WTF? Still sore three days later (Friday) but improving. Travel day tomorrow, so more rest.
Monday Jul 5, 2010 #
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IOF Advisor Clinic.
Sunday Jul 4, 2010 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 12:50 [5] *** 2.0 km (6:25 / km) +30m 5:58 / km
spiked:14/14c shoes: NB 874
NA Champs on College of the Rockies map in Cranbrook, BC. Mostly a woods sprint in very open woods on an ISSOM map. 5th overall in M55, 4th NA. 17 seconds behind 1st NA (Charlie S), 6 seconds out of 3rd (Tom Strat). FR measured 2.2 km.
Saturday Jul 3, 2010 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 51:22 [0] *** 5.4 km (9:31 / km) +225m 7:52 / km
spiked:12/13c shoes: VJ Falcons 3 (yellow)
NA Champs Long on Double Duck Flats East map. Excellent map and course. Very good run. 5th overall, 3rd NA (~3 min behind 1st). Lost 2 min on very short #7 leg, hesitated a bit on #5.
FR measured 6.24 km.
FR measured 6.24 km.
Friday Jul 2, 2010 #
1 PM
Orienteering race 25:13 [4] *** 2.8 km (9:00 / km) +120m 7:25 / km
spiked:9/11c shoes: VJ Falcons 3 (yellow)
NA Middle Champs on Double Duck Flats map.
2nd NA in M55 3rd overall. Small errors on 6 and 7 (off on compass bearing), ~1 min total. Lost 10 sec on # 10 by running past it. 26 sec behind NA Champ. Coolish day with some light rain showers. Good for running.
Not logged, but hike from parkinng to assembly was about 1.5 km, then another 400m to start.
FR measured 3.364 km.
2nd NA in M55 3rd overall. Small errors on 6 and 7 (off on compass bearing), ~1 min total. Lost 10 sec on # 10 by running past it. 26 sec behind NA Champ. Coolish day with some light rain showers. Good for running.
Not logged, but hike from parkinng to assembly was about 1.5 km, then another 400m to start.
FR measured 3.364 km.