Training Log Archive: David_WallerIn the 29 days ending Feb 29, 2012:
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Wednesday Feb 29, 2012 #
4 PM
Trail running 45:00 [3] 5.0 mi (9:00 / mi)
shoes: MudClaw I
Slow run around MUNA. Great day to be out.
Monday Feb 27, 2012 #
5 PM
Trail running 54:00 [3] 6.0 mi (9:00 / mi)
shoes: Inov8 - MudrockII
I had intended to get over to Mounds to run with Mike and the Union County kids, but got held up at shcool. Did manage to get a trail run in around MUNA. It's nice that the days are getting noticeably longer.
Friday Feb 24, 2012 #
9 AM
Note
Noga got word this morning that her internship (and hence my sabbatical) next year will be at Duke medical school. So now I'm seriously contemplating registering for the US Champs in NC in March.
11 AM
Field checking 2:00:00 [1] 5.0 mi (24:00 / mi)
shoes: Patagonia trail runners
Putting up a couple dozen controls, mostly yellow and white, for tomorrow's meet.
Thursday Feb 23, 2012 #
3 PM
Field checking 3:00:00 [1] 5.5 mi (32:44 / mi)
shoes: MudClaw I
Setting out the advanced controls at the Mounds for Saturday's meet. All of my streamers survived intact!
Wednesday Feb 22, 2012 #
5 PM
Trail running 50:00 [3] 5.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
shoes: MudClaw I
Very sluggish run around MUNA. I have a lot of work to do to get back into anything resembling good running shape.
Sunday Feb 19, 2012 #
12 PM
Orienteering 1:52:00 [4] 9.8 km (11:26 / km)
shoes: MudClaw I
Purple course at Possum Creek, set by dersu, who did a very admirable job setting a long course in a smallish green park. There was a lot of back-and-forth to include some longer legs, and these legs had some very good route choice. (I'm eager to see some of mikeminium's route choices -- can we get this meet up on RG?) Dayton Metroparks seem to be taking honesuckle eradication more seriously than other park systems. Going through some of the rough-open left by the eradication efforts is eerie, but hopefully will be very nice in a few years.
I ran fairly well, though pretty slow. Made a couple of dumb mistakes very early, on #1 and #2, and cursed the map a couple of times (the area east of the 'marsh' at #11 could be updated with vertical green lines [and wasn't that control on the east of the marsh -- not the south?], and I wished I had a 1:5000 map for all of the fences between #17 and #18.) Putting the 17-18 leg at the end was ruthless; I probably would have done it differently -better - if I hadn't been so tired.
I ran fairly well, though pretty slow. Made a couple of dumb mistakes very early, on #1 and #2, and cursed the map a couple of times (the area east of the 'marsh' at #11 could be updated with vertical green lines [and wasn't that control on the east of the marsh -- not the south?], and I wished I had a 1:5000 map for all of the fences between #17 and #18.) Putting the 17-18 leg at the end was ruthless; I probably would have done it differently -better - if I hadn't been so tired.
C • RG 3
Wednesday Feb 15, 2012 #
3 PM
Trail running 18:00 [3] 2.2 mi (8:11 / mi)
shoes: MudRock IV
Road running 12:00 [3]
shoes: MudClaw I
Sunday Feb 12, 2012 #
Event: OCIN / TROL #10 Armco Park
12 PM
Orienteering race 55:32 [4] 6.1 km (9:06 / km)
shoes: Inov8 - MudrockII
A runner's course nicely set by Steve Vaughan at ARMCO park. This is really a sprint venue, and because of its size, it's really not possible to get super challenging control sites. So the best you can do as a designer is put out some interesting or difficult route choices. I thought that Steve did this quite well. Looking at the map in retrospect, I'm sure that I made a couple bad route decisions. I made a bad mistake at #20, and a worse mistake by not bringing a change of shoes. But a really fun day, and a great workout. Thanks Steve!
3 PM
Control. pickup 20:00 [1] 1.2 mi (16:40 / mi)
shoes: Inov8 - MudrockII
Very slow control pickup, combination of walking and jogging. No compass, and one look a the map per control.
4 PM
Note
Hmm. . .another first place finish that results in lowering my AP strength rating. Perhaps we could pay an elite East Coast orienteer to come out to a local meet and perform badly. Or better yet, perhaps just competing with them head to head could boost our ratings?
Saturday Feb 11, 2012 #
9 AM
Field checking 6:00:00 [1] 7.5 mi (48:00 / mi)
shoes: MudRock IV
Completely re-worked my advanced courses at Mounds to avoid a wet foot crossing, and scouted-out a couple dozen control locations. The map is in pretty decent shape, and I'm more-or-less happy with how things are panning out. Brown, Green, and Red may have a leg or two that's a loser, but they should have a few decent legs, too.
Monday Feb 6, 2012 #
4 PM
Orienteering 35:00 [3] 2.8 km (12:30 / km)
shoes: MudRock IV
Some fun impromptu training at HW with Mike. After a couple easy memory-O warm-ups, Mike followed me on a line-O, then a short chase-the-fox course that I desgned on the spot. Mike was pretty impressive moving though it, and I made a huge mistake chasing him half-way through, so I never came close to catching him. Definitely a lot of fun, and something we should do again -- perhaps a more-or-less regular OCIN training session?
Sunday Feb 5, 2012 #
Event: OCIN - TROL #9 Sharon Woods
11 AM
Orienteering 44:25 [1] 3.0 km (14:48 / km)
shoes: MudRock IV
Easy walk over the yellow course with Noga. This would have been a very fun course to do at speed -- very sprint-like and potentially confusing around the pioneer village area. I was pretty tired from the rogaine on Saturday, though, so it was great to just get out and enjoy a stroll through the park.
Saturday Feb 4, 2012 #
Event: Cabin Fever Rogaine
10 AM
Orienteering race 5:56:00 [3] 15.0 mi (23:44 / mi)
shoes: MudClaw I
NSF's Cabin Fever 6-hour Score-O. I felt pretty sharp navigationally except for two mistakes. The first mistake was a parallel error that probably cost me 8 minutes. The other mistake probably cost me 3 minutes, though a huge stroke of fortune kept it from being much worse. As I was heading down the wrong trail, much further east of where I thought I was, I heard voices coming from the reentrant below, looked down, and spotted the control I was after, probably 200m away, through the woods. The fact that there were people there to attract my attention, and that I could see it was incredible, and quite a lifesaver.
Otherwise, it was a fairly clean run, although quite slow especially toward the end. Looking over the winners' routes, it's clear that I can do a much better job in the route planning stages. I probably did some unnecessary climb, which slowed me down considerably.
Otherwise, it was a fairly clean run, although quite slow especially toward the end. Looking over the winners' routes, it's clear that I can do a much better job in the route planning stages. I probably did some unnecessary climb, which slowed me down considerably.
Thursday Feb 2, 2012 #
3 PM
Field checking 3:20:00 [1] 5.0 mi (40:00 / mi)
shoes: Inov8-MudrockIII
Initial field checking at the Mounds. I knew that I was in trouble when I got to the park, started changing, and discovered that I had left my long pants at home. Grrr. I still tromped through the woods and was able to check most of the control sites, but my legs got much more torn up than I would have liked.
I'm pretty happy with the white course, start, and finish. But, as always, am starting to agonize over stream crossings. With my current courses, if it rains a lot before the event, advaced courses will have a crossable but annyoing stream fairly early in the course. There is probably time to re-design.
I'm pretty happy with the white course, start, and finish. But, as always, am starting to agonize over stream crossings. With my current courses, if it rains a lot before the event, advaced courses will have a crossable but annyoing stream fairly early in the course. There is probably time to re-design.
Wednesday Feb 1, 2012 #
4 PM
Trail running 45:00 [3] 5.0 mi (9:00 / mi)
shoes: MudClaw I
MUNA