Training Log Archive: tdgood

Event: 2012 Western States Orienteering Championships
 

Very open courses with lots of non navigating field running. Navigations wise I lost 1.5 minutes on control three. Rest was clean (some hesitations). Generally just slow. I wanted to run harder today but the lungs just wouldn't allow it. Leif passed me at control 4. Eric at control 6 just before the long field runs. Eric just ran away from me across the fields. about 3/4 of the way through the course I just ran out of energy. I not only had to walk but I had to stop and just rest on some of the uphills. It was very slow going the last few controls. Tomorrow is going to hurt.

Day 1 (Saturday) - Blue - Splits

Another mass start. I thought the map was going to be 1:10,000 but it was 1:15,000. Fortunately Sam Listwak set me straight before the start. Since it was supposed to be an open course I figured I could get away with running without a manifyier.
I had no plan other than don't burn myself out the day before the A meet. First leg was 1.7K. I started off easy but soon started breathing really hard again. The initial leaders drifted right. Then Eric Bone came jogging by. We were following the same route so I mostly just ran his general direction. the other people caught up to me at control 2. There were then people to follow/run with the rest of the course. Leaving three, one person started off in the wrong direction. I realized it and said no, go throught the green to make sure you go the right way. What I didn't realize that the green was also a marsh. I waded through this icky muddy marsh area. Another person followed me cursing the whole way. Everyone else ran around the marsh which made more sense. I still beat them to the control 4 though. I went straight to control 5 and there was a lot of sage which slowed you down considerably. As I approach the control I looked to my left and see everyone else running down the unmarked trail. The rest of the course was open running across the fields. I tried to run evenly but had to walk some and the other people I was with slowly pulled away. Part of the way to the finish was down hill so I actually opened up my stride and ran that part.
Per K time was pretty fast. My legs weren't pushing it but I don't think my lungs could go any faster.
I forgot to wear my heart monitor so don't know how hard I was going.

Mass start with 5 loops. The first four would be done in different order with everyone doing the same last order.
Loop C 0,9 K
Loop A 1.3K
Loop D 0.9K
Loop B 1.2K
Loop Z 1.6K

We were on the gate of AMT Hell map 1:10,000. It is more technical with lots of rock features.
Generally I spiked every control but was wobbly in getting there. On my third loop I ran to the control but misread my clue sheet. I thought I was looking for a different control so ran away. I kept coming back to that area. The third time I realized it was my control. I lost several minutes there. Ont he last loop I had several people with me. I was trying to plan ahead so I could stay ahead of them. Unfortunately I planned to far ahead and leaving control 5 started running to control 7. some of the people followed me but not all. I dropped a place as a result. But I was still in the top 8 so won a bottle of perier. I don't know what I am supposed to do with it.

1:15,000 map. Hard for me to read some of the details but I did ok. Two long trail legs and some short more detailed ones. I felt the altitude more today than yesterday. I was thinking of actually running some today instead of jogging but just didn't have the lungs for it. I was faster per K but there was a lot more just trail run.

Event: 2012 Laramie Daze
 

First real run in over a month since whatever it was that I had (flu/virus...). Ran at altitude. Intent was to run very easy and see how things felt. I was out of breadth some but generally, the lungs felt good. I started coughing after the race due the dry air.
It was mass start. I made sure I wasn't up front. trail run to # 1 then people cut in the wrong direction so I passed a bunch. by the time I got to #2 the leaders were gone and I was in third. Clean but slow to #3 and 4. some hesitations to #5. pulled up way short going to 6 and got thrown off my game. Kevin Techendorf passed me. I passed him back going to 7. We went different routes to 8. I was low and saw Kevin leaving the control which helped. Rich Bressman behind me. Finished fourth overall. Good first day back to running.
Generally did a good job of running an even pace.

Picking up controls from Squirrel Kill. I rode my street bike through all 4 exercises. It was raining by the end. I don't bike enought and my butt is sore now.