Training Log Archive: GlenTIn the 7 days ending Sep 1, 2018:
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Saturday Sep 1, 2018 #
9 AM
Orienteering race 32:46 *** 4.2 km (7:48 / km) +78m 7:08 / km
ahr:135 max:153 spiked:10/10c shoes: VJ Falcons 9
Brown course on Pelican East map. 4.0k, 120m climb. Smokin’ fast! Mostly follow a straight line and find the piece of rock with a bag hanging by it. Another fine weather day - 60s and sunny.
Very good run, hitting all of the controls with occasional hesitations to read the fine details. Second overall on Brown, 1:02 behind Sverre.
Very good run, hitting all of the controls with occasional hesitations to read the fine details. Second overall on Brown, 1:02 behind Sverre.
Friday Aug 31, 2018 #
9 AM
Orienteering race 28:03 *** 3.38 km (8:18 / km) +75m 7:28 / km
ahr:141 max:153 spiked:15/16c shoes: VJ Falcons 9
Middle distance Brown on Granite Planite map. 3.1k straightline, printed at 1:7500. Lots of rock detail along with some speedy running and a fine course by Mikell. Lots of fun. Sunny, dry and upper 60s - just about perfect.
Had a good run. Started 4 minutes behind Dennis W and caught him at #4. We flip-flopped until #10. Lost about 45 sec on 12 by staying too close to the aspens, resulting in going through some junkiness and side-hilling - up and over the hilltop would’ve been faster. Off on my bearing going to 14 and misread the rocky hill I planned to attack from so puzzled a bit to figure things out - 1:15 or so. Out of oxygen so had to walk more on my way to 16 than I wanted to. Fastest on Brown (and in M65), only 33 seconds up on Sverre.
Had a good run. Started 4 minutes behind Dennis W and caught him at #4. We flip-flopped until #10. Lost about 45 sec on 12 by staying too close to the aspens, resulting in going through some junkiness and side-hilling - up and over the hilltop would’ve been faster. Off on my bearing going to 14 and misread the rocky hill I planned to attack from so puzzled a bit to figure things out - 1:15 or so. Out of oxygen so had to walk more on my way to 16 than I wanted to. Fastest on Brown (and in M65), only 33 seconds up on Sverre.
Thursday Aug 30, 2018 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 1:21:42 *** 8.06 km (10:08 / km) +198m 9:02 / km
ahr:133 max:150 spiked:25/30c shoes: VJ Falcons 9
One Cowboy Relay on Rattlesnake Hill map. Five loop motala with the first four loops shuffled and then everyone doing the same final loop. Lots of sage and brittle brush plus hills and rocks. More navigational challenge than yesterday. Tried to not push hard and intended to walk the final loop, but then people appeared and so more running happened. Finished 21st or 22nd I think. Three of the first loops were very similar and a few times I found controls from other loops. Missed on two controls in the final loop but got saved by others. Low 70s, dry, sunny.
Wednesday Aug 29, 2018 #
4 PM
Orienteering race (Mass Start) 50:54 ** 6.24 km (8:09 / km) +83m 7:39 / km
ahr:141 max:154 spiked:12/12c shoes: VJ Falcons 9
Mass start Red course on Lights of Cheyenne map. Welcome to running at 8200'! Nominally 7.7k but I cut the course short by going from control 9 to 13. Straightforward navigation since there was a train to follow most of the time. Nice to be running in dry air.
Monday Aug 27, 2018 #
Strength and Flexibility (Yoga) 50:00 [1]
Sunday Aug 26, 2018 #
Note
Grings Mill 5k/10k
8 AM
Road Run warm up/down 12:05 1.16 mi (10:25 / mi) +1m 10:23 / mi
ahr:142 max:190 shoes: New Balance 880
Warming up running along the first part of the race course. Heart rate mostly bogus.
Road Run race 26:03 3.06 mi (8:31 / mi) +24m 8:19 / mi
ahr:161 max:190 shoes: New Balance 880
Grings Mill 5k race northwest of reading. Out and back course, mostly along a canal towpath following the Tulpehocken Creek. Surface was about 10% asphalt and the rest was gravel. The race had been postponed from three weeks ago when at least part of the course was flooded (start/finish location was also changed, but facilities were excellent). Temperature in the 70s but most of the course was in the shade. 49th overall (out of ~195). First M65-69 (3rd among the 60+ crowd). There was a concurrent 10k, so that may have thinned the 5k field some. Probably could have been a bit faster had I been willing to suffer more. Doing real speed work might help too.