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Saturday Oct 16, 2010 #
Running 15:00 [2]
Run/hike up to the start
Orienteering race 1:30:01 [3] ***** 9.6 km (9:23 / km) +350m 7:56 / km
spiked:16/22c shoes: 2009 VJ Falcons
US Classic Champs - Lake Moreau SP, NY
Day 1 - Blue
Just like many others at this race, I was amazed as soon as I flipped over the map. The terrain and the course looked awesome! Much more exciting than I had expected of this random state park in upstate New York. At a first glance, it looked like Norway, only with better runnability.
As for my performance, what can I say? Of course, until the last moment I held out some hope that the back pain would magically disappear and the lack of training would not affect me, but that was not the case. I could never run above a quick jog - due to the lack of training and racing, and all the unevennesses in the terrain, especially the downhills and anything that involved jumping or bending down, hurt my back quite a lot. Moreover, my navigation was pretty poor, including very basic things that, after 20 years of orienteering, I should be able to do in my sleep.
It wasn't even the big things, like the 4 minutes lost on #4 and the 1.5 on #21 that piss me off, but the small things. Going to #3, I climbed an extra contour and cliff for no reason at all, only to drop back down to the control. To #5 I drifted off the line despite telling myself to watch out for exactly that on that leg. To #7, I didn't stick to the line of cliff tops that would have led me to the control, but instead ran into the vague area to the east of the control with no chances to relocate. And so on. My best bit of orienteering was probably 10-17. First, a few short, technical legs without big climbs or drops, which allowed me to be fairly smooth and then, the longer leg to 16, where running head to head with hammer somehow got my mind to sharpen up a bit, even if it turned out that he was on a different course.
A crushingly disappointing result in the end, since I didn't realize just how slow I had been running during the race. Even without mistakes, I would have been 15 minutes behind the amazing Ross and 8 minutes behind Neil.
Map part 1: http://www.dxdeluxe.se/linnekartparmen/show_map.ph...
Map part 2: http://www.dxdeluxe.se/linnekartparmen/show_map.ph...
261/2000
Day 1 - Blue
Just like many others at this race, I was amazed as soon as I flipped over the map. The terrain and the course looked awesome! Much more exciting than I had expected of this random state park in upstate New York. At a first glance, it looked like Norway, only with better runnability.
As for my performance, what can I say? Of course, until the last moment I held out some hope that the back pain would magically disappear and the lack of training would not affect me, but that was not the case. I could never run above a quick jog - due to the lack of training and racing, and all the unevennesses in the terrain, especially the downhills and anything that involved jumping or bending down, hurt my back quite a lot. Moreover, my navigation was pretty poor, including very basic things that, after 20 years of orienteering, I should be able to do in my sleep.
It wasn't even the big things, like the 4 minutes lost on #4 and the 1.5 on #21 that piss me off, but the small things. Going to #3, I climbed an extra contour and cliff for no reason at all, only to drop back down to the control. To #5 I drifted off the line despite telling myself to watch out for exactly that on that leg. To #7, I didn't stick to the line of cliff tops that would have led me to the control, but instead ran into the vague area to the east of the control with no chances to relocate. And so on. My best bit of orienteering was probably 10-17. First, a few short, technical legs without big climbs or drops, which allowed me to be fairly smooth and then, the longer leg to 16, where running head to head with hammer somehow got my mind to sharpen up a bit, even if it turned out that he was on a different course.
A crushingly disappointing result in the end, since I didn't realize just how slow I had been running during the race. Even without mistakes, I would have been 15 minutes behind the amazing Ross and 8 minutes behind Neil.
Map part 1: http://www.dxdeluxe.se/linnekartparmen/show_map.ph...
Map part 2: http://www.dxdeluxe.se/linnekartparmen/show_map.ph...
261/2000
Friday Oct 15, 2010 #
Physical Therapy 1:00:00 [1]
Went to Temple Physical Therapy on George Street and worked with Mike Cianculli, the general manager. He looked at me and pretty quickly decided that a super-tight hamstring is pulling on my lumbar vertebrae and causing the back pain. He did a lot of massage and mobility exercises on the hamstring and hip muscles and then made me do a bunch of exercises in the PT room.
I did (after a warm-up and stretches):
- leg curls
- leg presses
- one-legged dead lift
- sideways walk with resistance band
- one-footed balance exercise (blindfolded)
After this I went to the chiropractor again and was "adjusted" once again.
I did (after a warm-up and stretches):
- leg curls
- leg presses
- one-legged dead lift
- sideways walk with resistance band
- one-footed balance exercise (blindfolded)
After this I went to the chiropractor again and was "adjusted" once again.
Thursday Oct 14, 2010 #
Note
Halden SK hires a Russian coach. Pretty cool: http://haldensk.no/nyheter/elite/1439-halden-sk-ti...
Wednesday Oct 13, 2010 #
Orienteering 37:50 [3]
shoes: Fall 2009 VJ Falcons
Ansonia with feet and Marie in the early evening. Did an old control picking course to see if the back would hold up after the chiropractor adjustment. Felt stiff, but ok. Also very out of shape, so not setting any competitive goals for the weekend; just orienteer and enjoy as long as it is fun. Stop otherwise.
239/2000
239/2000
Tuesday Oct 12, 2010 #
Note
I think the back has reached a steady state of pain. When I get up in the morning, it's just stiff and not particularly painful. Then, after any amount of sitting, I am in pain as soon as I get up and have trouble unbending myself. Currently, trying to get up and walk around every fifteen minutes.
Note
Appointments made:
chiropractor tomorrow 9:30
pt friday 10:30
chiropractor tomorrow 9:30
pt friday 10:30
Note
So I am going to the CSU Corn Maze Championships tomorrow (edit: next Wednesday (oops)): http://www.attackpoint.org/eventdetail.jsp/event_6...
If anyone from New Haven wants a ride, give me a call. I doubt I'll run, but this seems too much fun to miss out on, and the company promises to be excellent.
If anyone from New Haven wants a ride, give me a call. I doubt I'll run, but this seems too much fun to miss out on, and the company promises to be excellent.
C • Date 3
Running 14:20 [2] 2.39 km (6:00 / km)
Training. Woooo!
Wanted to see if it was at all possible to run. It was mostly ok - back just feeling stiff - but there were also occasional bouts of stabbing pain, especially if I tried to straighten out or lengthen stride. Uphill felt significantly better than down.
Wanted to see if it was at all possible to run. It was mostly ok - back just feeling stiff - but there were also occasional bouts of stabbing pain, especially if I tried to straighten out or lengthen stride. Uphill felt significantly better than down.