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Tuesday Mar 31, 2015 #
6 PM
Strength 12:01 [1] 0.22 mi (54:38 / mi) +4m 51:43 / mi
12 min core, before heading out to a talk by Janine Antoni, which was awesome. She's an artist who is very interested in the connection between body and the process of creation of the art itself. Just neat. Yay for sculpture professor housemate giving me the nudge needed to go.
Monday Mar 30, 2015 #
Note
(sick) (rest day)
Slept the whole 4h flight from Chicago -> Portland, so arriving home at 1am was really just a brief interruption in the night's sleep. But another fully day off to try to beat the illness. Feeling better than yesterday.
Sunday Mar 29, 2015 #
Note
(sick) (rest day)
Finally the miserable caught up to me after days of sore throat + cough but otherwise feeling ok. Still agonized over the call to not race in the morning (sorry to roommate Alex who had to put up with the upset me most!), but in the end put on jeans instead of o-pants and drove over to the race ready to write a petition instead of playing in the cool limestone cliff + cave terrain. =(
Still fun to hear how the race went for others and just hang out with the extended orienteering family from all over!
And I'm happy to be racing the spring, long and relay at WOC. Those races were my top choices and the ones I'm most excited to train for and try to have good results in, so here goes!!
Still fun to hear how the race went for others and just hang out with the extended orienteering family from all over!
And I'm happy to be racing the spring, long and relay at WOC. Those races were my top choices and the ones I'm most excited to train for and try to have good results in, so here goes!!
Saturday Mar 28, 2015 #
8 AM
Orienteering 9:05 [1] 0.56 mi (16:13 / mi) +7m 15:37 / mi
Running 1:21:58 [3] 7.05 mi (11:38 / mi) +482m 9:35 / mi
TT Long
Woke up with the sore throat a bit worse, but still had good energy, so decided to go for it. But knowing I was at least somewhat sick, I raced conservatively, never letting myself fully push on uphills or trail runs. That worked out alright, as I ended up winning by a bunch after a pretty clean race.
Biggest issues were:
2 - Initially overshot, not having gone high enough on the slope. Backtracked when I found a pit instead of a depression.
7 - Got confused at the beginning of the trail run, when the trail split in two and I hadn’t been paying enough attention to realize either was ok, it was just a short fork.
12 - My contact got torn in two by a tree branch and made it really hard for me to see through my left eye. I tried to take it out, to no avail. Then Kseniya and West Pointer passed me, and I knew going to my next control so I followed. But we all got lost, heading too high from the (unmapped) stream bed. Afterwards, I coped with my eye and orienteered on my own, albeit a bit slower.
Woke up with the sore throat a bit worse, but still had good energy, so decided to go for it. But knowing I was at least somewhat sick, I raced conservatively, never letting myself fully push on uphills or trail runs. That worked out alright, as I ended up winning by a bunch after a pretty clean race.
Biggest issues were:
2 - Initially overshot, not having gone high enough on the slope. Backtracked when I found a pit instead of a depression.
7 - Got confused at the beginning of the trail run, when the trail split in two and I hadn’t been paying enough attention to realize either was ok, it was just a short fork.
12 - My contact got torn in two by a tree branch and made it really hard for me to see through my left eye. I tried to take it out, to no avail. Then Kseniya and West Pointer passed me, and I knew going to my next control so I followed. But we all got lost, heading too high from the (unmapped) stream bed. Afterwards, I coped with my eye and orienteered on my own, albeit a bit slower.
Friday Mar 27, 2015 #
1 PM
Running 12:21 [2] 1.35 mi (9:09 / mi) +3m 9:05 / mi
Warming up in the much colder weather! Partly a-chatting with Alex.
Orienteering 19:51 [4] 2.75 mi (7:13 / mi) +49m 6:50 / mi
TT Sprint
Happy to have won! Not beautiful orienteering, not yet full speed, but for March and having a bad sore throat, ok.
Started in a minor kerfuffle due to having grabbed the wrong control descriptions (9 Red instead of 7 Green J/ 10 F 21+), but I realized as I took the map from the map bin, so sorted out in time.
1 - Ok, slightly disturbed passing by the very early uncrossable fence without really noticing, but then everything added up.
2 - Easy, went right.
3 - Again easy, read ahead to 4 and 5.
4- Fine on way there, then ran by it and had to turn around! Just a few paces.
5- Fine.
6- Saw that I had to go south and around, but then was too scared to cross the biggish wall-fence even though it was marked as crossable. Bad.
7 - Fine.
8 - Went back down the super-steep hill I went up to get to 7. Perhaps not as good as right route choice without super steepness? Unsure.
9 - Good.
10 - Worst leg! Saw that the closest maybe-way through was a trap, but not the next narrow passage to the left, so attempted that and lost a bunch of time.
11 - Chasing down Alison, unhappy to have lost time to her on 10.
12-13-14 - All fine.
16 - Wrong route choice, Alison caught me again (I went right, she went left). A bit longer my way.
17 - Fine.
18 - Went right, but looks pretty equal?
19 - 20 Fine.
21 - Blah! Did not see the trap at all! So got to the wall E of 21 and stopped and stressed and then ran around north.
22 - Fine.
23 - Read control description carefully, saw it was in N inner corner, thus up, so correctly went over bridge.
24 - Initially thought ropes course was a graveyard, quickly figured out.
Happy to have won! Not beautiful orienteering, not yet full speed, but for March and having a bad sore throat, ok.
Started in a minor kerfuffle due to having grabbed the wrong control descriptions (9 Red instead of 7 Green J/ 10 F 21+), but I realized as I took the map from the map bin, so sorted out in time.
1 - Ok, slightly disturbed passing by the very early uncrossable fence without really noticing, but then everything added up.
2 - Easy, went right.
3 - Again easy, read ahead to 4 and 5.
4- Fine on way there, then ran by it and had to turn around! Just a few paces.
5- Fine.
6- Saw that I had to go south and around, but then was too scared to cross the biggish wall-fence even though it was marked as crossable. Bad.
7 - Fine.
8 - Went back down the super-steep hill I went up to get to 7. Perhaps not as good as right route choice without super steepness? Unsure.
9 - Good.
10 - Worst leg! Saw that the closest maybe-way through was a trap, but not the next narrow passage to the left, so attempted that and lost a bunch of time.
11 - Chasing down Alison, unhappy to have lost time to her on 10.
12-13-14 - All fine.
16 - Wrong route choice, Alison caught me again (I went right, she went left). A bit longer my way.
17 - Fine.
18 - Went right, but looks pretty equal?
19 - 20 Fine.
21 - Blah! Did not see the trap at all! So got to the wall E of 21 and stopped and stressed and then ran around north.
22 - Fine.
23 - Read control description carefully, saw it was in N inner corner, thus up, so correctly went over bridge.
24 - Initially thought ropes course was a graveyard, quickly figured out.
Running 5:36 [1] 0.55 mi (10:10 / mi) +2m 10:03 / mi
Wednesday Mar 25, 2015 #
2 PM
Orienteering 1:53:14 [1] 7.2 mi (15:44 / mi) +164m 14:41 / mi
Yay for other astronomer-orienteers! Got an email last week or so from Ann Marie saying she'd seen my name on the conference list and asking if I'd be interested in orienteering at Catalina on the afternoon off- of course!
So Ann Marie, Tom and I headed down after hearing about exoplanet formation theory all morning (the streaming instability and pebbles are all the rage) and geared up for some more desert orienteering.
Scariest things: Hearing a rattle snake! Eep! And got a cholla pod stuck to me for the first time.
Southwest Spring Blue Long (8.3k)
1- Saw a dead snake in the first meadow, eep! Trail to reentrant to second set of double boulders.
2- Bearing and long reentrant right before.
3 - Not sure I ended up in the right small reentrant, or perhaps was in right one just too low. I didn't feel in great contact approaching circle. Deflecting left earlier would have made a surer approach.
4- Used the trail mostly, because so tough to pick ones way amongst the rocks and cacti! Then spotted the proper saguaro and ran to it.
5- Good.
6- Daintily going around cholla forrest. Didn't do a great job of going the right direction on nose, should have noticed change in direction of contours earlier.
7 - Looong leg. Eep! Heard a rattle of a rattle snake. But was already on my way running past the sound, so just kept going. Deflected onto an unmarked trail at one point, had to descent to get back to desired trail. Good after leaving trail, but following indistinct trail was slow.
8 - Easy.
9 - Adventures in washland. Had to get used to what was mapped as what, but then made sense.
10 - Ran past because mini-reentrant itself was nearly invisible, but later trail emerging from wash let me know I went too far.
11 - Good.
12 - Initially too close to road.
13 - Think I must have been one reentrant north...
14 - Initially one reentrant off to the northwest.
15, 16, 17 - Fine, back in washland/campground.
So Ann Marie, Tom and I headed down after hearing about exoplanet formation theory all morning (the streaming instability and pebbles are all the rage) and geared up for some more desert orienteering.
Scariest things: Hearing a rattle snake! Eep! And got a cholla pod stuck to me for the first time.
Southwest Spring Blue Long (8.3k)
1- Saw a dead snake in the first meadow, eep! Trail to reentrant to second set of double boulders.
2- Bearing and long reentrant right before.
3 - Not sure I ended up in the right small reentrant, or perhaps was in right one just too low. I didn't feel in great contact approaching circle. Deflecting left earlier would have made a surer approach.
4- Used the trail mostly, because so tough to pick ones way amongst the rocks and cacti! Then spotted the proper saguaro and ran to it.
5- Good.
6- Daintily going around cholla forrest. Didn't do a great job of going the right direction on nose, should have noticed change in direction of contours earlier.
7 - Looong leg. Eep! Heard a rattle of a rattle snake. But was already on my way running past the sound, so just kept going. Deflected onto an unmarked trail at one point, had to descent to get back to desired trail. Good after leaving trail, but following indistinct trail was slow.
8 - Easy.
9 - Adventures in washland. Had to get used to what was mapped as what, but then made sense.
10 - Ran past because mini-reentrant itself was nearly invisible, but later trail emerging from wash let me know I went too far.
11 - Good.
12 - Initially too close to road.
13 - Think I must have been one reentrant north...
14 - Initially one reentrant off to the northwest.
15, 16, 17 - Fine, back in washland/campground.
Tuesday Mar 24, 2015 #
6 AM
Running 55:00 [2] 6.5 mi (8:28 / mi) +120m 8:00 / mi
Morning run with 4 other astronomers (woo!) in Oracle State Park. Tom's boss came back alive, a good thing! Washes apparently can count as trails. Sandy!
Monday Mar 23, 2015 #
6 AM
Running 30:06 [1] 3.09 mi (9:44 / mi) +65m 9:09 / mi
Putter around the grounds of Biosphere 2. Still at a bit of altitude 4500, but legs are just tired from past 2 days.
Sunday Mar 22, 2015 #
11 AM
Orienteering 1:59:44 4.71 mi (25:25 / mi) +405m 20:04 / mi
Wow, first desert orienteering experience. At Rock Spring with leftover controls from last weekend that Tom and I went out to collect in.
Cacti are difficult! All over so it's just a constant dance around them and then there are the particularly evil cholla with their stick-and-become-fishhooks behavior. Had to take my shoes off twice because I just couldn't bear their attack into my skin with every step.
But, there are also some super cool things, like slot canyons and multi-color rock and fantastic visibility and the saguaro cacti which are impressive and don't really get in your way.
I totally was not in touch with the map at the beginning and flung myself way to far to get to the first control, which embarrassingly and due to mistakenly going through some dark green took a half hour, whoops! After that, I modified my plan to basically just include the controls I needed to get, not the ones Tom was in charge of, like my original plan, so did that. Even doing that was out far too long and was super dehydrated at the end, not good!
Cacti are difficult! All over so it's just a constant dance around them and then there are the particularly evil cholla with their stick-and-become-fishhooks behavior. Had to take my shoes off twice because I just couldn't bear their attack into my skin with every step.
But, there are also some super cool things, like slot canyons and multi-color rock and fantastic visibility and the saguaro cacti which are impressive and don't really get in your way.
I totally was not in touch with the map at the beginning and flung myself way to far to get to the first control, which embarrassingly and due to mistakenly going through some dark green took a half hour, whoops! After that, I modified my plan to basically just include the controls I needed to get, not the ones Tom was in charge of, like my original plan, so did that. Even doing that was out far too long and was super dehydrated at the end, not good!
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2 PM
Orienteering 53:30 [1] 3.49 mi (15:20 / mi) +199m 13:01 / mi
After a lot of restoring water, an orange juice and an ice cream sundae (thanks goodness for the cafe there!), headed back out to pick up three of the controls for the adventure race. Got to see some new areas and then had my own adventure, coming back through the creek for fun, but initially missing the trail turn off back to the dirt road. Gosh-a-roni it is not easy.
Saturday Mar 21, 2015 #
11 AM
Drills 2:06 [1] 0.16 mi (13:09 / mi)
A round of drills in the parking lot, waiting for Tom to ready his brand-new day pack for the hike!
Hiking 1:16:22 [1] 2.83 mi (26:59 / mi) +742m 14:52 / mi
Mt. Elden hike with Tom!
The trail started just across the highway from the Flagstaff Mall. So very proximate to town... And the highway noises most of the way up were probably the only downside.
A great and well-maintained trail, neat lava rocky stuff and closer to the top, snow! The final 0.2 miles were slippy, but luckily not post-holey. Summit at 9,301 ft and could easily see Humphries Peak, all of Flagstaff and both the forest and desert beyond.
Also neat: alligator juniper. Notably gnarly trees with scaly-looking bark. They are hearty things, most look like they'd survived a fire or two.. Despite the promise of a few varieties of cactus, we only saw two. An aloe-plant shaped thing and a prickly-pear looking thing.
The trail started just across the highway from the Flagstaff Mall. So very proximate to town... And the highway noises most of the way up were probably the only downside.
A great and well-maintained trail, neat lava rocky stuff and closer to the top, snow! The final 0.2 miles were slippy, but luckily not post-holey. Summit at 9,301 ft and could easily see Humphries Peak, all of Flagstaff and both the forest and desert beyond.
Also neat: alligator juniper. Notably gnarly trees with scaly-looking bark. They are hearty things, most look like they'd survived a fire or two.. Despite the promise of a few varieties of cactus, we only saw two. An aloe-plant shaped thing and a prickly-pear looking thing.
Running 32:16 [2] 3.65 mi (8:50 / mi) +136m 7:55 / mi
And a bit of a run afterwards, discovered a route that is nearly all trail and doesn't immediately climb all the way up Mars Hill. Win!
Friday Mar 20, 2015 #
6 AM
Running 50:02 5.28 mi (9:29 / mi) +126m 8:49 / mi
Morning run with Tom around Flagstaff, then a little bit extra on my own.
A research-only day, which hasn't happened in ages! Gave full effort to a new project on very young star clusters in some early-type galaxies with molecular gas. Also had a great chat with one of the staff astronomers about many things dynamics, from galaxies within clusters to exchanging Oort cloud bodies with exo-Oort clouds. He also said it would be ok to bug him with questions as I attempt to resurrect the Reed telescope this summer... could be very helpful!
A research-only day, which hasn't happened in ages! Gave full effort to a new project on very young star clusters in some early-type galaxies with molecular gas. Also had a great chat with one of the staff astronomers about many things dynamics, from galaxies within clusters to exchanging Oort cloud bodies with exo-Oort clouds. He also said it would be ok to bug him with questions as I attempt to resurrect the Reed telescope this summer... could be very helpful!
Thursday Mar 19, 2015 #
4 PM
Running 47:06 [2] 5.0 mi (9:25 / mi) +173m 8:30 / mi
And at altitude! Made it to Flagstaff last night, gave my talk at Lowell Observatory today (not so many extragalactic astronomers here, but everyone was paying attention and a few questions at the end from those who are, so ok!).
Also participated in morning's science tea. Potential young hot Jupiters, rings around asteroids and really awesome bagels. It can't possibly be that Flagstaff has better bagels than Portland can it? Maybe I haven't searched hard enough.
The run pretty much took me back up to Lowell and a bit around the plateau. Nearly got knocked out by a frisbee golfer on the way up...
Scrumptious Italian dinner with Tom afterwards.
Also participated in morning's science tea. Potential young hot Jupiters, rings around asteroids and really awesome bagels. It can't possibly be that Flagstaff has better bagels than Portland can it? Maybe I haven't searched hard enough.
The run pretty much took me back up to Lowell and a bit around the plateau. Nearly got knocked out by a frisbee golfer on the way up...
Scrumptious Italian dinner with Tom afterwards.
Wednesday Mar 18, 2015 #
3 PM
Strength 11:02 [1] 0.14 mi (1:18:55 / mi) +1m 1:17:12 / mi
10 min abs and 1 min back after teaching conference, before jumping on flight to AZ!
Monday Mar 16, 2015 #
5 PM
Running 46:46 [2] 5.5 mi (8:30 / mi) +92m 8:05 / mi
Evening run after a wonderfully short department meeting. Students all passed the junior qual, thus no drama. Nice evening, yay for daylight!
Sunday Mar 15, 2015 #
8 AM
Running 8:35 [2] 1.02 mi (8:25 / mi) +12m 8:07 / mi
Parked on Clay and then refused to get out of my car for about 15 min because of the pouring rain. Then kicked myself and ran across the Hawthorne bridge to the race. Others definitely had the same idea.
Drills 2:03 [1] 0.1 mi (20:29 / mi) +1m 19:52 / mi
A few drills under the highway overpass, to stay dry.
Running 4:18 [1] 0.53 mi (8:10 / mi) +23m 7:12 / mi
Running race 29:48 [4] 5.03 mi (5:55 / mi)
Shamrock 8k - This series of races in Portland (there's a 5k, 8k, 15k and half marathon) apparently makes the day the biggest race in Oregon for the year. There were certainly lots of people at least half of which were wearing green. Green tutus specifically were a pretty common sight.
Started in the elite zone, totally intimidated but the underwear-only clad girls, as usual. But finished 7th or 8th, about 1:30 back, I'd guess. Started at 5:45ish pace, then held it under 6 min/mile which was the goal, so happy! No major battles, passed a flagging teenage guy between 3 and 4.
Started in the elite zone, totally intimidated but the underwear-only clad girls, as usual. But finished 7th or 8th, about 1:30 back, I'd guess. Started at 5:45ish pace, then held it under 6 min/mile which was the goal, so happy! No major battles, passed a flagging teenage guy between 3 and 4.
Running 16:56 [1] 2.02 mi (8:23 / mi)
Cool down back to the car and a little bit more scampering around the industrial inner eastside, to make it a 2 mile cool down.
Saturday Mar 14, 2015 #
12 PM
Running 38:45 [2] 5.04 mi (7:41 / mi) +117m 7:10 / mi
It decided to rain, but it's warm, so not bad to run it. Was worth switching to contacts at least. Other spring thing: the camellia out front my house is dropping flower bombs!
Also, while waiting for qualifying exams to grade, finally solved my entropy derivation problem. Can now fluidly go from Boltzmann/microcanonical entropy (S = k ln Omega) to canonical ensemble entropy (S = U/T + k ln Z) without using the Gibbs entropy definition. Ta-da!! It felt contrived when I turned to do it that way in class on Thursday. So a bit too late, but may still redo, like this way better... (This is not gibberish to what fraction of people who read my log?)
Also, while waiting for qualifying exams to grade, finally solved my entropy derivation problem. Can now fluidly go from Boltzmann/microcanonical entropy (S = k ln Omega) to canonical ensemble entropy (S = U/T + k ln Z) without using the Gibbs entropy definition. Ta-da!! It felt contrived when I turned to do it that way in class on Thursday. So a bit too late, but may still redo, like this way better... (This is not gibberish to what fraction of people who read my log?)
Friday Mar 13, 2015 #
11 AM
Running 12:05 [1] 1.5 mi (8:03 / mi) +3m 8:00 / mi
Treadmill, because I was tied up with my entropy problem and delaying going to the gym.
Aerobics 33:01 [1] 0.0 mi +49m null / mi
Zumba! But had to leave early to discuss a paper about one of the formation pathways of hot Jupiters being hostile to any inner planets previously formed. Except, in some cases, the little inner planets can gang up and eject the hot Jupiter- cool!
Thursday Mar 12, 2015 #
12 PM
Running 51:39 [3] 7.0 mi (7:23 / mi) +80m 7:08 / mi
Fast Lunchrun! With Ueli and John and Jordan stringing us out ahead, holy smokes!
Wednesday Mar 11, 2015 #
5 PM
Running 8:46 [2] 1.0 mi (8:46 / mi) +16m 8:21 / mi
Drills 4:11 [1] 0.29 mi (14:16 / mi)
Running 38:58 [2] 5.59 mi (6:58 / mi) +142m 6:28 / mi
Intervals in the rain. 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1 with half as much rest. The crew team, such as it is here at Reed, was doing their calisthenics around the cinder track at the same time. Will it be jumps, sit-ups or pushups they're doing the next lap? Such excitement. Reminder: should bring maps to the track!
Tuesday Mar 10, 2015 #
6 PM
Strength 12:00 [1] 0.19 mi (1:03:07 / mi)
Hah, snuck in some core.
Monday Mar 9, 2015 #
6 AM
Running 42:11 [1] 4.72 mi (8:56 / mi) +85m 8:28 / mi
And the time changed, so it's back to dark for <7am runs. Bah. But sun rose enough to let the bike path part be light, so not a problem really. Go reflective vest!
Legs were pretty toast from night-o plus trail run weekend. Some connective things on outside of both knees are sore.
Lots of working with thesis students today, starting to have more and more writing coming my way, which is good! And the department decides who teaches what for next year - kinda determines my fate, we'll see what I get!
Legs were pretty toast from night-o plus trail run weekend. Some connective things on outside of both knees are sore.
Lots of working with thesis students today, starting to have more and more writing coming my way, which is good! And the department decides who teaches what for next year - kinda determines my fate, we'll see what I get!
Sunday Mar 8, 2015 #
9 AM
Running 1:02:16 [2] 6.35 mi (9:48 / mi) +1237m 6:07 / mi
Into the gorge and up Eagle Creek! So amazingly gorgeous. Made it up to tunnel falls, which is a waterfall that the trail goes behind. As in it's excavated into the cliff and you walk behind the waterfall. Very neat. Perfectly timed things to end up there for a picnic lunch with Sarah and her parents who had started 2h earlier and hiked. Homemade raspberry 'granola bars' a hit, but really, they aren't healthy. More like raspberry bar cookies...
Feel like this was good for ankle strength!
Feel like this was good for ankle strength!
Friday Mar 6, 2015 #
11 AM
Running 22:07 [2] 2.5 mi (8:51 / mi) +95m 7:55 / mi
Pre-Zumba run around the canyon on a beautiful day! All was well until I realized I lost my ID somewhere along the way. Luckily it was right out the door at home and thus easy to find in the end!
Aerobics 37:23 [1] 0.51 mi (1:13:17 / mi) +44m 57:48 / mi
And Zumba, but didn't stay for the whole thing because had to scamper to shower and grab lunch before learning seminar thingy.
Thursday Mar 5, 2015 #
1 PM
Running 54:42 [2] 7.36 mi (7:26 / mi) +76m 7:12 / mi
Longish run at lunch times, Springwater to Oaks Bottom loop.
Wednesday Mar 4, 2015 #
6 AM
Running 29:30 3.9 mi (7:34 / mi) +140m 6:48 / mi
Morning mini-intervals, although Garmin died partway through. So 6 x 2 min, or reasonably close to 2 min. Mostly around the Reed track.
Tuesday Mar 3, 2015 #
5 PM
Running 46:40 [2] 5.7 mi (8:11 / mi) +105m 7:44 / mi
Afternoon run after liberated from the administration committee meeting. Happy to have the daylight back!
Sunday Mar 1, 2015 #
11 AM
Running 39:48 [1] 4.56 mi (8:44 / mi) +136m 7:59 / mi
Woke up with a bit of sore throat, so took it easy. Read Patrick's devilish UW course as I did a tour de Sellwood. Beautiful sunny day. I think Portland skipped winter...
Major effort of the day: writing a thermal physics midterm. There are so many partial derivatives.
Major effort of the day: writing a thermal physics midterm. There are so many partial derivatives.