Training Log Archive: AliC

Little warm up.

CSU Pine Hill Event

This went pretty well, with one major problem- after the shared 11/21 control, went to 20 instead of 12 the first time... oops...

Otherwise, was much happier with my running + navigating than yesterday, much less headless-chicken-running. Had plans which mostly worked. Was also running decently, but got tired around 18. Really enjoyed it!

Let's see, what to work on based on this race- I still need to get more ferocious through terrain. Also, for cliffs, need to think a bit about the fact taht the controls are almost always at the foot. I found my self at the top so often, and once couldn't see the control just below, which confused me for a bit.

C • O-action 4

Pine Hill
No trails 3.1 k course. (Meaning no trails printed on map!)

Lori mentioned yesterday that there'd be a map like this, so after a few cookies and some water after the Blue, I decided to head back out and train on this course.

Trickier with no trails! Definitely worth doing. A bit easier because I'd been to most of the controls before, so the within-the-circle was easy, but that's not where missing the trails is hard anyways. Did decently well getting from point to point. Worst on 8, where I drifted, entranced by another reentrant and on 10, where I was just somewhere on the hillside, and didn't have much to go by and was super-tired...

Event: CSU Orienteering Weekend
 

Good warm up, didn't want to pull anything after I've been so sore all week.

Started, and ran really badly for the first 4 controls or so. Okay, mostly the 2nd and 4th. Missed the right way over the fence to 2, then picked the first hill on the way to 4, not the 2nd one, and searched all over it for awhile. Partially knew that it felt too early, but it seemed so right for a bit.... argh! Went better after those, but still not super-on. Maybe just haven't been orienteering enough- been since the Highlander?

Middle - Splits

Just a little morning jog. After running hills on Wed, my body freaked out again and had a super-duper sore quad. Think my hamstring wasn't quite back to normal on Wed, and was probably running wierd which aggravated the quad. Argh! Felt the quad even just on the jog, but not nearly as bad as yesterday!

Amity Hills. Good little session, hamstring tolerable. Nice that it was in the light and not in the rain this week!

Hamstring more normally sore today. So I can walk with just a bit of pain, not limp-inducing pain. Think it'll be ready for jogging tomorrow... Maybe some circuits this afternoon.

Some ab work while cooking dinner.

Broken body. Yee-ouch! Right inner hamstring is way way painful. Doesn't want to walk at all. But thing it's just a strain, not a pull. Feels like that anyways. Will take a few days prob, but not more I'm guessing... Suppose I knew I was doing this to myself yesterday...!