Training Log Archive: Wyatt

1st day of a well put together training week by ROC. Oh, and there's a convention too in the AM (Youth Camp of which is why I'm even here...)

Dusk to Dark Night Score O, Shadowing AJ & Thomas Laria, with a little advice, especially as we neared the end, and arriving late became a serious risk.

Event: 2011 OUSA Convention
 

After a long race yesterday, and no food after that, until 2 packets of oatmeal on a still unsettled stomach at breakfast, I knew I'd have trouble with speed. That, and the L-achilles was still pretty sore.

So plan was for a really clean smooth jog through the forest, to see if that might be enough to hang on for 3rd, if I could somehow go 13.4k in this tough forest.

The L-achilles did slowly warm up to less painful, but even with never running aggressively - barely more than a bug-swarm fleeing jog - I ran out of gas steeply around 75-85 minutes in. With 4+km of forest to go, and heavy nausea from plenty of water but too little salt (I think now), I decided a walk-jog back around on the roads was more prudent, so other competitors and medical crews would have easier access to me, should I drop completely. That never quite happened, and with 2 Excedrin before + 2 After, plus food after (naused seemed better after a GU in the car and some dry cereal snacking), I recovered okay. Should've taken more salt, as the pickling brine I drank about 4pm that afternoon was utterly delicious, and the beginning of a recover that moved from barely tolerating food, to a good appetite later.

From what I recall (though amazingly the Splits still aren't posted anywhere I could find, 2.4 days later), my total time when I bailed wasn't ridculously bad, thanks to reasonably clean navigation.

Good news is the L-achilles appears to be recovering, and while less important for a single race (as the major effect is after), hopefully France will be cooler.

The survive-the-nausea walk/jog back along major roads, only L1+ portion.

On a side note, the bugs were awful today on the first half. Turning around to look I could see a swarm for 30+ flies following me, despite the DEET. When I finally got near other competitors however, they swarm dispersed. I wonder if I really did slowly assemble a huge following, that only dispersed in the presence of other warm bodied insects?

And finally, these shoes suck for me, as to heel blisters. Even taping over the heel both days this weekend didn't prevent some non-trivial wreckage - and I wasn't even moving full speed! When laced really tight (incl. extra loops to keep the large toe boxes tight when wet, they are great for racing grip, but the heels...

Event: 2011 US Classic Championships
 

A lot sloppier than an average DVOA event, and a L-achilles pull on some under-fern deadfall at the 1km point made for a far sub-par performance physically, and not super satisfying technically.

Still, the competition was quite thin, and my navigation avoided major blunders, which resulted in a 3rd on the day.

Bugs sucked (and much worse so on Sunday) despite a reasonably heavy spray coat of DEET.

Later, the heat of the day, and/or my over-water under-salt re-hydration, (and failure to take pre-race Excedrin on this warm, humid, long race) contributed to a Migraine that had me nauseated strongly for about 12 hours, w/residual effects for 36 hours...

New York summer orienteering is rather risky in the heat/bug regard...

Day 1 Blue - Splits

taper

Socks on grass

Intervals. Took it easy given US Champs coming up
600's, 200 rest:
2:42, 2:36, 2:23, 2:26, 2:25, 2:22, 2:23?, 2:24
200's 200 rest
43, 40

Joy & Misery, with some extra loops, and a slow jog to the new VF Middle track and back with the kids earlier on.

VF Middle track is being repaved. With red-colored mushy gravel/mud crap to cover the grey mushy gravel/mud track they had before. Disappointed with the chosen material, so far... Angelica's even claiming skepticism of motives in this endeavor.

Some barefoot (socked) strides on grass, followed by the basic 4 active stretches, and, late evening some DT on roller.