Training Log Archive: Mr Wonderful

Leisurely sub stroll. Both thought a rest day was in order. Tomorrow...a bike ride.

Event: SMOC Silver Lake
 

I think pre o meet prep should include: not staying up to midnight looking at bicycles on the internet; also, maybe better lunches on the way to the meet.

Silver Lake map scale is 1:12500 (Igor's guess, iirc), verified by:

* Scanning at 200 dpi, loading into Purple Pen assuming 1:12500, and measuring from the Silver Lake dead end to the entrance off Dexter-Townhall.

* Measuring the same distance in Google Earth

Discrepancy using that method was 5 m over ~2210 m.

Tough Lew Kidder course.

#1 - Figured I was in the right place, but couldn't make sense of where to go next

#3, misread the "hammerhead" spur and veered a bit, but corrected off the indistinct trail, phew

#5 - tried to pro line it without a bearing and misread the contours. Also misread the clue sheet and looked for a rock pile instead of a clearing. Figured once I hit the trail I may as well shortcut the powerlines back and then use the strong trail corner. It started off runnable - some sort of game trail. Then it got thick, but I felt committed and tried to push through, collecting pounds of burrs. Pretty easy from that trail corner!

#6 - had a good line going until 100 m to go, then choked and ignored compass, luckily tripped on the fence and used that to relocate. ARGH

#7 - missed west, but the ridge was subtle. Happy I caught it and doubled back and correctly guessed I missed west.

#8 - I had a good run going until I somehow missed it. I thought I went up the west reentrant, but gps says otherwise. So I just didn't see it?? ARGH. I was flying for the first half. Fun swamp shortcut was mid thigh!

#9 - seemed short of the center of the circle, and that matches up well with gps.

#10 - I lucked out and approached from the road, so I nearly tripped over it en route to the marked reentrant, so I suffered no time penalty for the misplaced flag.

#11 - took via #12 to make sure I could find 12. It worked! Saw Mark V and tried to hold him off.

#13 - the clearing looked wet, so I fought around it.

#14 - I may have sandbagged just a tiny bit to pad my finishing leg. :-)

Quick Route

C • Misplaced flag 6

Oddly hard to get out the door today. I knew I would feel good once rolling (and did), but I just struggled to grab my junk and move. Not sure if sleepy, poor food choices, etc. I should really just go in the morning!

Biked up to my bike shop to get a couple blue cable ferrules, since one fell off and I knocked one off on the way over. Cut through Island Lake. It's only 9 and 1/4 there, so this could be done more regularly.

It was very odd to bike during daylight hours!

Bike home from bike shop via Island Lake. Did all of yellow, and a chunk of blue, but I was getting behind schedule so I skipped out of the last bit from Spring Mill to the Bishop entrance.

So thirty miles today. I started off easy, but started to push a bit out of habit towards the end. Kept out of the big ring as a token nod to knee preservation. Hopefully it likes what happened today and we can get back to more of it.

Dear daughter rocked out room cleaning, so she was rewarded with iCarly in the basement while I hit the treadmill behind her.

1/4 mile @ 4 mph (3:45)
1 mile @ 7 mph (8:34)
1 mile @ 8 mph (7:30)
1/4 mile @ 10 mph (1:30)
1/4 mile @ 4 mph (3:45)

Felt good to run a bit faster. Effort was high though, so I need to keep on that gradual base building.

Event: 2012 North American Orienteering Championships
 

Very, very easy ride to see what Mr. Left Knee Quadricep Attaching Tendon says about it today and tomorrow.

I hope it says, "get it on", as the hundred minute hammerfests are more fun than idling around.

Nice weather for it. No rain, bit of a southerly breeze.

Mixed it up by driving over to the middle school, then doing that loop.

I stayed on the shoulders or dirt roads the entire time. Jennings felt serene - not too much traffic noise from 23...peaceful.

1 @ 3.8
4 @ 5.6
.8 @ 3.9

Torn Shirt at Bishop Lake might also get restructured.