Training Log Archive: David_Waller

Event: OCIN - FAST-O - Miami Univ. Western Campus
 

Nice walk with Noga along the mediterranean from yarkon to Jaffa and back. Very nice atmosphere

Istanbul: topkapi, hippodrome, San Sophia, spice market, blue mosque and more. A lot of walking

Treadmill in kusadasi

Treadmill in bodrum

Treadmill in rhodes

Treadmill in santorini

Walk from santorini to fira and back, including the infamous 588 steps up from the shore

Event: NEOOC - Score-O at Cuyahoga Valley Nat Park
 

Easy run around MUNA.

Nice walk with Noga and Rebecca out at Gov. Bebb.

Cleaning-up at HW. Set a new PR for most controls carried out at once: 16.

Event: OCIN FAST-O Hueston Woods
 

Some very slow jogging between control sites at HW. Still pretty sore from Sunday's run.

Re-checking a few slightly-more-subtle control locations for Thursday's meet. Of course, after the maps are printed, I suddenly became pretty dissatisfied with two areas of the map. I hope they don't cause confusion on Thursday.

C • Every time! 2

Event: Ohio City Map 4 hour foot or 3 hour bike Score Event
 

NEOOC's FallsQuest. I have a lot of feelings about this event. Most of all it was a blast. I came to orienteering as a trail runner and a road runner, and picked up navigation along the way. So I tend to appreciate O-courses that are running-heavy and navigation-light more than most orienteers seem to appreciate them. This event was definitely running-heavy. The navigation was simple, and I was never even close to being in danger of being out of contact with the map. One could just run as much and as fast as one wanted for four solid hours. Why would anyone in their right mind prefer to run the over-hyped Flying Pig Marathon than an event like this? BoulderBob did a fantastic job of setting a challenging course, and his map is excellent. There was no point during the entire 4 hours that I ever felt like the map was problematic.

Of course, I am so out of shape that running for four solid hours wreaks havoc on me. I was okay for about two, pretty slow from two to three, and just a disaster from three to four. It's the first Score-O that I have ever finished over time, just because I couldn't get the last mile in under about 15 minutes. I was in very sorry shape at the end, and it took me several hours to really recover. (On the plus side, I picked up 110 points on the way in, and only lost 50 points for being 5 minutes late.) I forcibly voided the contents of my stomach (about a pint of water) shortly after finishing -- something I haven't done since running my mile PR in high school. My weariness kept me from socializing properly with the NEOOC crowd, which I regret.

As many on AP have noted, urban-O can be a great way to attract runners to our sport. OCIN should seriously consider putting on an annual urban O event, and I'll be happy to help make it happen. Lebanon, Middletown, or Hamilton seem to me like good places to do this.

C • socializing 3

HW jog, felt like ass