Training Log Archive: iansmith

Orienteering! Mass start O-cup race with a dogbone section. I met Christian, the DGL Junior, and Michael, another 30-something. A nice feature of the O-cup is that with the age group handicaps, in principle different age categories can finish together. Nick Duca executed the last two controls better than I did and he and Andrei Logvin finished just ahead of me. Andrei described me as a moose because I am indifferent to vegetation. A fun day, and a great course by Klepperton.

Cool down jaunt with Christian and Michael. Christian is about to finish high school and was discussing taking a semester abroad in Denmark, where he has dual citizenship. I don't think we've ever met, but we have many mutual friends. Michael has a pair of munchkins, one of whom cheered for him in the middle of the race when I was nearby.

A quick interval workout. I guess I wasn't really recovered from Wednesday, as I felt sluggish. I ran 3x800m on the 200m track; as the "speed lane" is apparently lane 4, the distance may have been slightly greater, about 870m.

Warmup on elliptical before jumping onto the track.

Quick trip to the gym for indoor track. It's getting warm enough (le sigh) that this may not be necessary soon. I ran 2 km easy, then 8x400m with 2:00 rest between them, then a 1.2 km cooldown. Apparently lane 4 of the track was the speed lane, so the intervals were probably 435m. I ran 86-90s.