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Saturday May 2, 2015 #
Event: West Point A-Meet
11 AM
Orienteering 1:19:27 [4] *** 7.38 km (10:46 / km) +275m 9:04 / km
spiked:10/14c shoes: VJ Falcons 5
West Point A-meet, Day 1 on Black Rock Forest map. Green X (5.5km SL, advertised at 130m of climb, but that was wrong by a factor of 2 or so). Map is almost all more heavily vegetated than mapped, mostly with blueberry bushes. Courses were very physical with several instances of gratuitous climb. All of the advanced courses were much longer than their target winning times. W, Y and O seemed to be OK. Consultant fail?
Raced OK until I went brain dead after the viewpoint control (as Phil said, we're not doing this for the views). Blew the next (yellow level) control then bobbled around a while looking for 12. Had smaller mistakes earlier getting into too much mountain laurel on the way to 3 and then coming out of 4. AP has about 6 minutes of error. Still a top 10 finish on Green X (9th), 3rd on M60, 20 seconds behind Phil.
Physicality of the course aggravated my left knee which had been complaining off and on for the past week. I had banged it on a log while running trails last weekend in about the area where it now hurts but it hadn't really bothered me much. Tommorow is a possible DNS at this point (Sat evening).
Raced OK until I went brain dead after the viewpoint control (as Phil said, we're not doing this for the views). Blew the next (yellow level) control then bobbled around a while looking for 12. Had smaller mistakes earlier getting into too much mountain laurel on the way to 3 and then coming out of 4. AP has about 6 minutes of error. Still a top 10 finish on Green X (9th), 3rd on M60, 20 seconds behind Phil.
Physicality of the course aggravated my left knee which had been complaining off and on for the past week. I had banged it on a log while running trails last weekend in about the area where it now hurts but it hadn't really bothered me much. Tommorow is a possible DNS at this point (Sat evening).
Thursday Apr 30, 2015 #
Strength and Flexibility (Pilates) 50:00 [2]
4 PM
Road Run 34:18 3.6 mi (9:32 / mi) +37m 9:15 / mi
ahr:138 max:151 shoes: NB878 - #12
Down the road and back.
Tuesday Apr 28, 2015 #
Strength and Flexibility (Pilates) 50:00 [2]
4 PM
Road Run 31:33 3.33 mi (9:28 / mi) +53m 9:02 / mi
ahr:132 max:160 shoes: NB878 - #12
Easyish run, until I got attacked by a dog (where the HR spikes in the third mile). Owner was in the yard but the dog came charging out, growling and nipping at my feet - I gave it a kick (fortunately it was a small dog). It retreated but then came out again, so he got what I think was a more emphatic kick. The owner "apologized" - my (hopefully not audible) response was "keep your f*ing dog under control". Irritating things (your choice - dogs or owners who can't control them). No damage done - if it did actually nip me, it was on a shoe.
Monday Apr 27, 2015 #
Strength and Flexibility (Yoga/Pilates) 50:00 [2]
This wasn't as hard as I thought it might be after yesterday's outing.
Sunday Apr 26, 2015 #
Event: WCOC Fairfield University
3 PM
Trail Run hills 1:29:46 7.18 mi (12:30 / mi) +480m 10:21 / mi
ahr:133 max:149 shoes: NB 1210 "Leadville"
From Olivia's Overlook parking. Up a hill, down a hill, up another hill, down a big hill, flat for a bit, up a big hill, down a hill and ended up where I started. Trails mostly in good shape except for some soft, wet spots. Saw a few remnant patches of snow in the woods. Overcast and low 50s. Heard a barred owl early in the run and then later saw a pileated woodpecker flying through the woods (the bird was flying, not me).