Training Log: PG

In the last 7 days:

activity

time

miles

climb

biking

3:48:45

65.15

(3:30)

104.85

(2:10)

trail running

1:37:48

10.0

(9:46)

16.09

(6:04)

nautilus

1:10:00

Total

6:36:33

75.15

120.94

1:37

0:00

Friday Aug 29
	nautilus 35:00 [1]


	biking 46:30 [3]13.6 mi (3:24 / mi)

	South Deerfield - Whately loop. Another beautiful afternoon, the lower humidity is definitely good for both energy levels and morale.
Thursday Aug 28
	biking 55:25 [3]15.3 mi (3:37 / mi)

	Leverett loop, counter-clockwise. A few hills for the first time, not so bad. And another nice late afternoon. Followed by a three-hour board meeting, always interesting, often challenging.
Wednesday Aug 27
	nautilus 35:00 [1]

	Been a while since I've been at the gym.... Legs sore from yesterday evening's run. But not awful.
	biking 41:58 [3]12.05 mi (3:29 / mi)

	Another mostly flat ride, South Deerfield, N Main-Mill Valley-Lee-Stillwater-Rt 116-Elm. Also another gorgeous late afternoon.
Tuesday Aug 26
	trail running 1:37:48 [3]10.0 mi (9:47 / mi)

	Mt. Toby Tuesday evening loop. Really nice evening, cooler, low humidity. Wasn't sure how much I'd do, but the energy levels were ok for once. And the aches were tolerable -- left hip still a little sore, bionic toe hurting some (but that is nothing new). Pace was actually a bit quicker at the end, trying to keep up with Dave and Phil while I contemplated what I determined was the question of the day -- "Is anti-social behavior while trail running something you are born with, or do you have to work to develop it?" Just thinking about that kept me going for the last 20 minutes.... :-)
	Note

	Once again on the non-orienteering front.... Perhaps a bit of clarity. So I'm back visiting my urologist, trying to figure out what to do, or at least trying to figure out a process to decide what to do. I've been leery all along of radiation. It's a totally irrational feeling, but it exists, and it's existed all along. But at my U's urging, I'd gone to investigate the seed treatment. So we talked about the results of last week, yup, just like I'd been told, prostate too big, access to it partially blocked by the pubic arch, get a hormone shot or two, shrink the prostate in 3 months, yup, just like I'd been told, then repeat the measurements of last week to see if the location was now such that the pubic arch was no longer in the way and if that's ok, then put in the seeds. Whoa, I hadn't been told that. So I asked, you mean, I could get the hormone shot(s), feel like shit for 3 months, and still not be able to do the seed treatment, so all that would be useless. Yup. Man, it pisses me off when people gloss things over. Never a mention of this from the radiation oncologist, despite specific questions about what the possible problems might be. Now, it was already clear I wasn't going back to her again. On the other hand, I've been trying to weigh treatments on the basis of expected outcomes and expected problems, and not on the basis of whether I like someone or not. So I didn't want to reject a treatment just because I had lost all faith in one of its practitioners. But in this case, the thought that I might go off on this road towards seed implants, and spend several months and feel quite miserable in the process, and then have it be all for naught, well, that seemed very unappealing, especially combined with my existing irrational fear of radiation. So the road is now headed toward surgery, my guess in a couple of months, not irreversibly so but pretty likely so. And I am getting an appointment with a guy at the Lahey Clinic north of Boston who is supposed is one of the top in the field of doing this. And we will see what happens. One step at a time.
Monday Aug 25
	biking 47:05 [3]13.6 mi (3:27 / mi)
	weight:137lbs
	Whately, South Deerfield, mostly flat. And something that is appreciated by almost all bikers, good pavement in general and a couple miles brand new. Nice late afternoon, fresh air after a front came through, breezes out of the northwest. I'd guess the summer humidity is winding down. Unfortunately that means summer is winding down too.
	Note

	More on the non-orienteering front.... Went to see a "radiation oncologist" last week to see if I was a good candidate for seed implants. And that depends on the size, shape, and location of your prostate. And to determine that they have to stick some sort of ultrasound probe up your rear. And to keep you AOWN while they do that, you take a couple of sedatives beforehand (and get someone to drive you there and back, thank you Gail). So I did that, and so by the time I stripped down to get on with things I was reasonably groggy. At which point, the doctor comes in and, first things first, she hands me a clipboard with some papers on it and asks me to sign. Well, over the years I've developed this annoying habit of reading things before I sign, even apparently when I'm quite groggy, and lo and behold, it seems I'm agreeing to not what they are doing right then, but to the whole seed implant process. Imagine my surprise, especially since I still have no f**king idea what I am going to do, or where or with whom. So of course I refused to sign. And then they just went on with what they were doing. Which determined that if I want to do the seed implant thing, then first I have to get a hormone shot (or two) to shrink my prostate and more or less turn me into an elderly female for 3 months complete with hot flashes. Isn't life wonderful sometimes! It wasn't until a day or two later that I really thought about the papers I was asked to sign. I believe the term is "informed consent." I can't conceive of a reason for waiting until I was loopy to get me to sign. The word "unethical" keeps popping into my mind. I doubt that I'll be going back to that doctor, no matter what I decide to do. ------------------------------------------------------------- On a totally separate subject, and certainly more pleasant, when I could have been driving up to Fundy and back and competing in the COCs, I was actually competing in something quite different, no, wait, I forget, it's virtually the same sport.... :-)

	C • yep, the term is 'informed ... 4
Sunday Aug 24
	Note

	I went to the Canadian Champs when they were last in Fundy National Park, in 2000. Fun trip, with a side excursion to PEI, some rogaine practice, and also some O' that was, well, not lacking for challenge. Mainly because the forest was hilly, rocky, rough, thick, low visibility -- and that was the part that was mapped white. :-) Not "life-threatening thick" like a bit of forest at the recent CNYO rogaine or the pricker fields at the Sons of Norway meet many years ago, just really rough going. If Laramie represents one end of the spectrum of runnability/visibility, then Fundy can't be far from the other end. Someone going to both the US and Canadian Champs this summer was certainly going to see some different terrain. Here are my maps from 2000: Day 1 and Day 2. Both were Course 5, M55-64 (and a few other classes). Day 1 I took 52:33 for 3.8 km, Day 2 was 54:18 for 4.1 km. Which works out to 13+ minutes/km. Not real speedy. I had sort of hoped that the woods had magically gotten more open for this year, but it looks from the results that they were still a challenge, and maybe more of a challenge than some cared for. On the other hand, orienteers tend to like to get good value for the dollar, and many folks seem to have had the chance to enjoy more time orienteering over the weekend than normal. Note that, since I got some flak for saying the the US Champs, day 2 at least, were less fun (for me) because it was so easy, I will not say that the Canadian Champs might have been less fun because it was so hard. I assume that everyone enjoyed themselves immensely.... :-)
Saturday Aug 23
	biking 37:47 [3]10.6 mi (3:34 / mi)

	Same as yesterday, in the opposite direction. Rear end was complaining within the first minute, but calmed down after a while.

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