Training Log Archive: David_WallerIn the 30 days ending Sep 30, 2012:
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Sunday Sep 30, 2012 #
Event: State to State Half Marathon
8 AM
Road running 1:54:18 [4] 13.1 mi (8:44 / mi)
shoes: Inov8 - Xtalon 212
10th annual State-to-state half marathon, and my 10th time doing it. Ran solidly, pretty steadily, but not too speedy. Put about a month's worth of road miles on my legs, and they feel thrashed all to hell. I'll be happy not to run on a road again for a long time.
I don't expect to run much next week, resting for the Highlander (assuming that it will happen.)
I don't expect to run much next week, resting for the Highlander (assuming that it will happen.)
3 PM
Control. pickup 20:00 [1] 1.0 mi (20:00 / mi)
Very easy stroll around parts of HW with Sadie. Grabbed about 4 controls along the way. I'll get the rest tomorrow.
Saturday Sep 29, 2012 #
8 AM
Field checking 2:00:00 [1] 3.5 mi (34:17 / mi)
shoes: Inov8 - MudrockII
Getting all but three of the last controls out at HW, a couple of water drops, plus the stealth cams.
11 PM
Note
I was pretty pleased with how the Night-O went. Yeah, the course was not really clearable in 4 hours -- but I warned people that it was long! I figured that much more en route strategy is required when the course isn't clearable.
I was glad to see that good orienteers took off in all directions, and each of the viable race strategies (no north [Mike], go south [Tom], go east [Stephanie]) were represented by some of our region's best orienteers.
I was glad to see that good orienteers took off in all directions, and each of the viable race strategies (no north [Mike], go south [Tom], go east [Stephanie]) were represented by some of our region's best orienteers.
Friday Sep 28, 2012 #
9 AM
Field checking 7:00:00 [1] 8.0 mi (52:30 / mi)
shoes: MudClaw I
Setting most of the controls for Saturday's event. Things are looking pretty good
Thursday Sep 27, 2012 #
11 AM
Trail running 37:51 [2] 4.0 mi (9:28 / mi)
shoes: MudClaw I
Slow run out at HW, felt pretty crappy
Sunday Sep 23, 2012 #
12 PM
Orienteering 1:43:56 [3] 6.7 km (15:31 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc
BOK advanced meet at Umstead West. After a God-aweful first three controls, I managed to pull things together and have a fairly decent run. But the horrendous mistakes at the beginning are very hard to forget. In sum, they lost me at least 25 minutes. The highlight of these mistakes included punching #3 but thinking that I was punching #2, running off the map afterward and then having to retrace my steps back to #2 to verify that it was the wrong control. Exceptionally aweful compass work there.
I have not yet come to enjoy the standard BOK method of course-setting, which tends to involve hiding bags flush against the ground at the control site. Twice today I was within 5 meters of the bag, thinking "WTF, I'm pretty sure that I'm at the right spot. . .WTF. . .where else could I be?. . WTF...hmmm. . .I guess maybe I'll head over this way. . .oh. . .there is the control, right next to where I was just standing." I don't think that putting the bags on the ground is helpful -- just an annoying time-waste.
Unbeknowst to competitors today, our coursetter put one dummy decoy control (with a bogus SI unit) in an adjacent reetrant to the proper control (which was in a gully). The proper control location was quite technical, too -- and it was very easy to make a parallel error there. The bogus control fooled quite a few very good orienteers who ended up mp'ing their course. To me, it didn't seem necessary -- especially because we were not warned about the possibility of decoy controls beforehand. Even then, there was no need to put an SI unit on it -- it would have been fine to inform people when they tried to 'punch' that they were not in the right place.
I will approach BOK soon with an offer to set some courses for a local event here. Perhaps I can show them what courses set under Midwestern values are like.
I have not yet come to enjoy the standard BOK method of course-setting, which tends to involve hiding bags flush against the ground at the control site. Twice today I was within 5 meters of the bag, thinking "WTF, I'm pretty sure that I'm at the right spot. . .WTF. . .where else could I be?. .
Unbeknowst to competitors today, our coursetter put one dummy decoy control (with a bogus SI unit) in an adjacent reetrant to the proper control (which was in a gully). The proper control location was quite technical, too -- and it was very easy to make a parallel error there. The bogus control fooled quite a few very good orienteers who ended up mp'ing their course. To me, it didn't seem necessary -- especially because we were not warned about the possibility of decoy controls beforehand. Even then, there was no need to put an SI unit on it -- it would have been fine to inform people when they tried to 'punch' that they were not in the right place.
I will approach BOK soon with an offer to set some courses for a local event here. Perhaps I can show them what courses set under Midwestern values are like.
2 PM
Trail running 30:00 [3] 3.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc
Easy jog over to Reedy Creek trailhead to meet Noga and Raven. Checked the controversial 'proper' and 'bogus' controls on the way, because there was some question about whether the 'proper' control was even placed correctly. After a period of thinking that the control had been misplaced, I ended up deciding that it was actually correct. But the gully for the control was very shallow and probably should not have even been mapped.
Friday Sep 21, 2012 #
5 PM
Trail running 22:58 3.0 mi (7:39 / mi)
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc
Very hard run around the Buehler trail. Went out at a crazy unsustainable pace, passing the quarter-mile post right at 1:30. Continued with a hard first mile, but the second hilly mile always beats me down.
Thursday Sep 20, 2012 #
1 PM
Field checking 1:30:00 [1] 3.0 mi (30:00 / mi)
Started in earnest field checking for the Duke map. This is going to take a very long time; good thing it's fun.
Wednesday Sep 19, 2012 #
1 PM
Trail running 1:08:55 8.25 mi (8:21 / mi)
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc
Three loops of Sal's trail at Umstead: moderate, hard, moderate. Felt great.
Tuesday Sep 18, 2012 #
5 PM
Road running 18:00 [2] 1.5 mi (12:00 / mi)
shoes: MudClaw I
Trail running 25:01 [4] 3.0 mi (8:20 / mi)
shoes: MudClaw I
Monday Sep 17, 2012 #
2 PM
Field checking 30:00 [1] 1.5 mi (20:00 / mi)
shoes: Inov8 - MudrockII
First day of checking the new lidar basemap of Duke West. I'm very impressed with its accuracy. The vegetation map from the lidar will also be very helpful. Many thanks to cedarcreek!
Sunday Sep 16, 2012 #
5 PM
Trail running 1:54:12 [3] 12.0 mi (9:31 / mi)
shoes: Inov8 - MudrockII
Long slow run, hoping to convince myself that I can finish the State to State in two weeks. I think I'll finish, but it won't be pretty. I don't even want to think about how the Hudson Highlander will go.
Saturday Sep 15, 2012 #
4 PM
Athletic activity not otherwise specified 15:00 [3]
swimming in Falls Lake
Wednesday Sep 12, 2012 #
1 PM
Trail running 1:26:12 [3] 9.0 mi (9:35 / mi)
shoes: MudClaw I
Slow, longish run. Felt okay, except for a stiff right hamstring that never completely loosened up.
Monday Sep 10, 2012 #
3 PM
Trail running 55:30 [4] 6.0 mi (9:15 / mi)
shoes: Inov8 - MudrockII
2 laps of the Al Buehler trail -- my first afternoon run since moving to NC. Felt great, though fairly slow -- probably a bit tired from yesterday.
Sunday Sep 9, 2012 #
11 AM
Orienteering 1:15:15 [4] 7.0 km (10:45 / km)
shoes: Inov8 - MudrockII
BOK's NOD event at Umstead (North side). Quite a clean run for me; I only made a few little bobbles that might have cost me a couple mintes altogether. The coursetter today (Ken) tends to hang the bags very low -- most were touching the ground. I was pretty lucky on a few, and hit them accurately, but am sympathetic to how these low hanging bags introduce a bit too much luck into the equation. Especially after Mikell's course-setting last week, these controls seemed pretty buried.
A really fun day, with lower temps and lower humidity. Very open woods on an excellent map. And national orienteering day to boot. It doesn't get much better than that.
A really fun day, with lower temps and lower humidity. Very open woods on an excellent map. And national orienteering day to boot. It doesn't get much better than that.
Wednesday Sep 5, 2012 #
4 PM
Trail running 45:00 [3] 5.0 mi (9:00 / mi)
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc
Terrible run. Blah.
Monday Sep 3, 2012 #
9 AM
Orienteering 2:22:31 [4] 12.2 km (11:41 / km)
shoes: MudClaw I
Rocky Mtn. Goat. Nice event. I ran with Glen Tryson and Soupbone for most of the course, trading off the lead among us. We diverged after #16 when I decided to take the road instead of the direct route to #17. It was a bad decision to go it alone that late in the race -- the six eyes among us had helped us collectively compensate for our individual mistakes. I had gotten quite tired on the trail run to #17 and didn't count distance well when I attacked it. I lost a ton of time and probably 10 places in the race. Otherwise, it was a fairly clean run.
Sunday Sep 2, 2012 #
10 AM
Orienteering 1:59:52 [3] *** 8.7 km (13:47 / km)
spiked:10/17c shoes: Inov8 - MudrockII
Day 2 of the Western Champs. Much more technical running. I did quite well on about 10 of the controls, but spent probably 20 minutes in or in-and-out of the circles for the other 7. I thought I did a very good job slowing down when necessary and choosing good attackpoints -- something that I had wanted to do given the more technical challenges given by this map. I don't have too many regrets about my route choices, either. But my performance in or near the circle was horrible -- something that I guess I need to practice.
I have really enjoyed and appreciated the course setting this weekend. The route choices today were excellent.
I have really enjoyed and appreciated the course setting this weekend. The route choices today were excellent.
Saturday Sep 1, 2012 #
9 AM
Orienteering 1:31:41 [3] 8.0 km (11:28 / km) +330m 9:30 / km
shoes: MudClaw I
Day 1 of Western States Championship. I ran several fairly good legs, but had three or four medium-sized mistakes that cost me probably 20 minutes in total. The worst was at #10, where I was supposed to climb a hill, dip through the top of a reentrant, and then climb to a rocky area on the next spur. When I got to the top of the hill, I stupidly thought that I was on the spur -- both were rocky, and looked somewhat similar. It took me probably 4 minutes to figure out my mistake, but only after I had gone back down the hill. So I had to re-climb everything. In retrospect, it was a pretty stupid mistake (especially because as I crested the hill, other runners that I knew were on the red course continued on through the reentrant toward the control.)