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Friday Feb 24, 2006 #
Event: US Team Fundraiser
orienteering race 16:10 [4] 2.9 km (5:34 / km)
shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
Sprint at the Florida A mmet. Good run, good effort.
Up at 3:30 am to get to Boston to catch a plane to Orlando. Didn't think we'd make our starts -- we could have started late, but it's both more fun and also an advantage to have folks starting just before and after. Got to the meet site with 20 minutes to spare, a fast change, enough warm-up and then time to go.
Orienteering was easy -- very good visibility, subtle but good contours, the "woods" (sparse trees, a variety of not bad ground vegetation all on a very sandy soil) were fast. So the idea was to run as fast and as straight as possible.
This may have been the first time I've ever beaten my age (age vs. minutes per 10 km), certainly a while since my kilometer time had started with a 5.
Up at 3:30 am to get to Boston to catch a plane to Orlando. Didn't think we'd make our starts -- we could have started late, but it's both more fun and also an advantage to have folks starting just before and after. Got to the meet site with 20 minutes to spare, a fast change, enough warm-up and then time to go.
Orienteering was easy -- very good visibility, subtle but good contours, the "woods" (sparse trees, a variety of not bad ground vegetation all on a very sandy soil) were fast. So the idea was to run as fast and as straight as possible.
This may have been the first time I've ever beaten my age (age vs. minutes per 10 km), certainly a while since my kilometer time had started with a 5.
trail running 8:00 [2]
shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
Warm-up. First couple minutes felt terrible, but then the heart got going and I felt a lot better.
Wednesday Feb 22, 2006 #
trail running 54:55 [3]
weight:136.5lbs shoes: Pegasus 10/05
Usual trails, relaxed pace. Felt not so good the first half, depleted, as if my blood sugar was low, then no problem the second half.
Nothing tomorrow, then orienteering for the wekend. The plan is to focus on good orienteering, let the running take care of itself. We'll see.
Nothing tomorrow, then orienteering for the wekend. The plan is to focus on good orienteering, let the running take care of itself. We'll see.
Tuesday Feb 21, 2006 #
trail running 1:04:06 [3]
weight:137lbs shoes: Pegasus 10/05
Same as last Friday, relaxed pace, trying not to do any hard beathing. Success!
Monday Feb 20, 2006 #
trail running 1:03:42 [3]
weight:137lbs shoes: Pegasus 10/05
Back on Greenfield ridge, different selection of trails than usual, a bit more hills. Legs felt a little sluggish.
More dogs and their owners out due to the holiday I suppose. All well-behaved, which is not usually the case.
More dogs and their owners out due to the holiday I suppose. All well-behaved, which is not usually the case.
Sunday Feb 19, 2006 #
trail running 1:00:34 [3]
rhr:47 weight:137lbs shoes: Pegasus 10/05
Went over to run the snowmobile trails in Montague, not that I expected any snow, but I figured the cold weather the last couple of days would at least have solidified the normal wet spots. And that turned out to be the case, footing was fine. Legs felt good but didn't push the pace, just out to run for an hour. Only downside was the cold, biting wind, which has been missing most of this winter.
Saw one other person, an old guy out for a walk. Saw him from a ways off, he had his back to me so I yelled (I don't like to get real close unannounced in case the person is carrying a gun and does a Cheney on me), but he didn't hear me, so I yelled again as I was getting closer. He turned and saw me and as I was passing he said, "An old man, still running, huh," and then, "Way to go." And of course I had been thinking, he's an old man out for a walk on a cold and windy day, good for him.
Little did he know that I'd be running M21 next weekend because they refuse to put M60 (along with M35) on the Blue course.... :-)
Saw one other person, an old guy out for a walk. Saw him from a ways off, he had his back to me so I yelled (I don't like to get real close unannounced in case the person is carrying a gun and does a Cheney on me), but he didn't hear me, so I yelled again as I was getting closer. He turned and saw me and as I was passing he said, "An old man, still running, huh," and then, "Way to go." And of course I had been thinking, he's an old man out for a walk on a cold and windy day, good for him.
Little did he know that I'd be running M21 next weekend because they refuse to put M60 (along with M35) on the Blue course.... :-)