Training Log Archive: kissy

Training session at Fountainhead with the QOC F45s. peggyd and I ran together for a bit on the trails, heading out to hang our controls. We had the controls that were furthest away.

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This was one of my first attempts at adding non-event orienteering hours to my training. I had decided a while ago to do this and invited vmeyer along. Then, we added peggyd, Heidi and Kathleen. Such fun. However, the local event that I was supposed to set courses for and that had been cancelled, was reinstated again, which meant I had only this weekend to streamer for the controls. Since Fountainhead is right next to the meet site (Hemlock Overlook), I decided I could still do the training *and* streamer the controls. Suffice to say, I am writing this is a state of near exhaustion!

Anyway, the training was super fun. I designed a 6.3 k course, throwing in a few long legs and a little bit of trail running. Unfortunately, one of the control locations I had planned was now right in the middle of someone's backyard (alot of new houses on this map). Luckily, I was the person hanging that control, so I tried to hang it high on the route that I thought everyone would be running. That worked except for Valerie (sorry!!). See vmeyer's log for a link to the course.

I had a really good time out there. I didn't have any troubles navigating. I couldn't find #2, but didn't spend much time looking for it since I knew I was in the right gully. This was also a good course for hill training! And it wasn't as cold as I thought it would be. Once I got going, I was perfectly fine.

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Running back to the cars after retrieving my controls.

Ater Fountainhead, I headed over to Hemlock Overlook to streamer for controls for our local event next weekend. There were 21 controls, all scattered south of the Environmental Center. When I started out on this, I really didn't feel like doing it. I had gotten chilled from the training and my legs had started to tighten up. But I knew it was today or never, so I trudged on. I jogged for the first 10 controls, but then the rest was just walking. I was very mad at myself that I hadn't brought any water or Gu or bars or anything, and I could feel it. I had only had an oatmeal cookie and some coffee after the training, and that was not enough, By the end, I was so glad to see my car and get something to eat and drink. Lesson learned!

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I did this early in the day because I won't be able to do it tonight since it's Trash TV Thursday.

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A tad shorter today since the boys were just getting off the school bus as I was running by, so I walked home with them instead. It was mighty cold out today. I wore two pairs of pants, a la PG. Toasty!

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Thankfully, I was deterred. It was the coldest day so far this winter, which isn't saying much, but it was definitely cold enough to keep me inside. And the "s" word has crept into the forecast for tomorrow, but I totally don't believe it. Seriously!

An early morning run before the very cold weather came in. No ice storms or power outages have been predicted.

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For some reason, my leg muscles (mainly inner thighs) kept cramping up all night, so I decided to do a Power Yoga session this morning to try and loosen things up a bit. It felt like it did some good. We shall see.

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A trainer session while watching the Golden Globes. Boy, oh, boy...what was Warren Beatty rambling on about?!? I thought he would never shut up!

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Blue course at QOC meet in Patapsco State Park, MD. I decided to run the Blue course to help meet my 2007 orienteering goal...plus, it was a long way to drive and I wanted to get my money's worth. I started out feeling pretty sluggish, and the massive climb to the first two controls did not help. I also missed #2 by a bit, stopping one reentrant too soon. After that, though, things went better. Controls 3 - 13 were all pretty much on top of the escarpment, with not too much climb and no big misses. But then 14-16 were placed on the steep slopes down to the Patapsco River, so if you made a mistake by dropping too low, you paid dearly. There was also a particularly nasty climb from 15 to 16, made nastier by the fact that one of the route choices to 15 brought you right by 16, only to then have to look waaaayyy down the hill to see 15, go get it, and climb right back up. I was getting tired towards the end, and that coupled with the fact that I hadn't brought my spikes, led to quite a few spectacular falls on the rocks. All in all, though, a fun time.

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