Training Log Archive: Spike

Scary moment of the day...I was driving about 65 mph on the SLT on my way to Antioch Park. I spotted a car entering the highway ahead of me and driving the wrong way. Of the cars around me, I'm pretty sure I was the first one to spot the wrong way driver. I'm not really sure what's the best thing to do in that situation, but I moved my car as far away from where the driver seemed to be heading. I was on the left shoulder, slowing and thinking that I could drive into the median if the driver headed toward me. It was scary and as best I can tell the driver realized their mistake and pulled off.

PTOC sprint at Antioch Park. I really like the park - more interesting that it looks on the map. The course was fun, too. The start and the playground required some careful map reading and there were places where you needed to push to keep a high pace. Well, I never really go at a high pace, but an effort that at one time would have resulted in a decent pace.

I felt like I was orienteering pretty well - navigating cleanly, making good decisions, and working hard. Maybe watching the YLE coverage of the spritn race in Finland while I ate breakfast helped.

Thinking back to my M21 days and wondering what I'd have thought if you told me a big elite race in Sweden would be won by a woman from Canada and a man from Belgium....

5

Paul had a second course. The course re-used a bunch of the controls from the first sprint. I ran around it, but not pushing as hard. Though looking at the h.r. data I guess I was working harder than I'd expected.

Fun.

5

Warming up and some jogging while picking up controls.