Training Log Archive: anniemac

Event: DVOA Gould Run
 

Hickory Run - Gould Run - Green...WOW! What a beautiful day. Great course. Lovely woods. I loved all the little clearings and rough open areas with trees. It was like some version of heaven, really.

My orienteering was only okay, made a lot of little mistakes and wasn't going very fast, but I got everything okay and most importantly, I had fun! I listened to my fellow TNTers advice and kept my pace counting and compass close. Still, I was just a little off quite a bit.

1- huh? what spur? had trouble spotting this one but luckily not too far off. brandon went running by me to his first orange control here.
3-reentrants give me trouble sometimes. my bearing was off by a lot and i was having trouble relating the contours to what i was seeing. luckily i heard some people crashing around and got back on course. most time lost was on this control, i think.
6- climbed straight up a cliff on this one. haha. then i went right past the control on the next cliff - hmmm clue sheet said western foot of cliff....i got mixed up and went too far looking
9-down trail w plan to cut in at reentrant but then didn't want to go down just to go up again, so i went in after the top of the hill and used reentrant as handrail staying to north of it. kinda slow going. saw my control and then lost eye contact with it and it disappeared....like a mirage. not too much time lost, but some.
10-the big leg. chose to go to trail and cut in after the most southern bend in trail. got a good bearing from open reentrant, and got really lucky on this one, which was in a pit and not visible unless you were on top of it.
11-oops a little too far to the south was looking in the wrong veg boundary, readjusted.

Brandon came with me and did the Orange. Not sure his experience was entirely positive but I was really impressed with how fast he can go through the woods. When I asked him about his route choice afterwards, he said "oh I was just following the red lines." So he chose woods over trails much of the time, with only one major bobble (50 minutes, got turned around, didn't use compass.) Without that mistake he would have won the course and could be a better orienteer than I am in no time with a little compass and pace counting work. He is really a natural at it. But..I don't think he'll be back any time soon. :( He thinks he will be too prone to injure himself, since he rolled his ankle a few times and fell once, and since his job requires such physicality, he doesn't want to risk it. I told him with the right shoes, and slowing down a little while he learns, he would be fine. But...spouses never listen do they? :)

Oh and lots of folks asking after hughmac3!

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Green - Splits

In the backyard...two mats. Quite nice!

Yesterday I was just going to wuss out and do the Core DVD (thought that in itself is pretty hard...just in the nice A.C.) but it rained and cooled off a bit AND my new sports bra came in the mail. So, I had to try it out! I have to say, ladies, if you've had trouble finding something that will do the job - and by that I mean restricting jiggling, hiding headlights, and being comfy - look no further. I have found the answer, upgrading from my Target-bought cheapies. Yes, it's a bit on the expensive side but aren't *they* worth it?? This is the iron maiden, anti-gravity bra you've been looking for!!

http://athleta.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=46915...

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Core DVD and leg stretches

TNT hike with Sandy and Dasha...with a few sprints at beginning while waiting for people and again at end. Delicious dinner w S+D+Clem afterwards!
TNT!



Hungry for Clem and Dasha's monster Dahlias!

Got over the 20-mile mark for this week! Haven't done that since in a week Jan of this year.

My very own Crum Loop. It was "cute dog" day in the woods! Had to stop to say hi to them all, including an 11-week old puppy named Henry.

But I also had to HTFU a little today too... ;)

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Tired today. Skipped Core dvd workout.

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mostly walking with a bit of jogging thrown in. stop at parents to water myself and their plants.

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To and From Gym