Training Log Archive: cmorse

Event: WCOC Sessions Woods
 

Late start out the door, got to Sessions at noon so just did a very leisurely yellow course with the family. The boys were ornery and dragging but Anna was getting into it and did most of the navigation (with assistance). Teaching orienteering to the kids one on one works well, trying to do it in a group of 5 isn't as effective. Funny thing is, once in the woods Anna was the one having the best time, but she was the one we pretty much had to drag kicking and screaming from the house this AM. Go figure.... At least we got out...

C • Kids!? 1

Cool overcast morning, around freezing. Ran Sampler with Dave & Ginny - Ginny dropped back after the pond, and I opted to push hard over woodchuck at the end. Legs felt very reluctant to run the whole way around. Took one good face plant going up woodchuck, initially both feet, both knees and both hands really hurt but shook it off after a couple minutes continued running. But after getting home its my left shin that really hurts now. Some minor bloodletting under the tights.

just using the AP rankings to get a relative sense of where I'm at with my orienteering. Hadn't done much (any?) up until September, then made a committment to myself to do more. And post US Champs seems a good time to reflect although there is still more than a months worth of good O still to come this season.

Currently in sprints I'm on par with Nadim at 80.1 points up from 76 points at this time last year. In the classic I'm on par with J-J at 60.3 which is down from 63.5 last year. But I rarely get out for long runs these days so its likely a matter of fitness combined with my propensity for making huge errors on longer legs.

I think a large part of that is a tendency to pick out intermediate targets enroute on longer legs but then go into autopilot and drift due to lack of constant focus on the navigation. Just sloppy on my part and something I need to work on.

Perhaps more line-O type training - draw a specific route on a map and then go out and execute that route, rather than just choosing 'controls' and running random routes between them. Perhaps the line-O type training would help me to concentrate on the entire route more than I do currently.

Its a plan anyway, we'll see if I can follow through on it...

C • drifting 9

moved the other ton, in daylight this time which might explain the speedier time. Sweating pretty good by the time I was done.

moved the first of two tons of stove pellets from the backyard where they were delivered last night and down into the basement. Didn't feel like tackling the other pallet so I decided thats a task for tomorrow night.