Training Log Archive: pfcIn the 8 days ending Aug 29, 2011:
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Monday Aug 29, 2011 #
Hiking 1:50:00 [2] 8.7 km (4.7 kph) +280m
Hike up the Wild Basin area of RMNP to Ouzel Falls. Slow and easy with photos along the way.
Sunday Aug 28, 2011 #
Orienteering race 1:25:44 [4] *** 13.6 km (6:18 / km) +130m 6:01 / km
spiked:25/27c
Rocky Mountain Goat - as before at Remarkable Flats. Wicked fast running, and I kept Graham and Andrei in sight until #6. After that I ran together with our Swiss guests Martin and Roland. A minute or so mistake at #15 let JP catch up and pass, then Tom S caught me at #22 and I wasn't able to reciprocate. Finish order was Graham, Craig, JP, Tom, me.
This is why I love coming to Laramie - great courses, great weather, great maps, and competition that doesn't totally outclass me. Only by a little bit.
This is why I love coming to Laramie - great courses, great weather, great maps, and competition that doesn't totally outclass me. Only by a little bit.
Saturday Aug 27, 2011 #
Orienteering race 39:29 [4] 6.0 km (6:35 / km) +150m 5:51 / km
One Cowboy Relay, an OK run although my first loop was slow. Got better as the race went on and was a little surprised at being the 6th in.
Friday Aug 26, 2011 #
Orienteering race 44:11 [4] *** 5.3 km (8:20 / km) +200m 7:01 / km
spiked:9/10c
Telephone Song. Once again, one big boom during the transition from the fast start to my normal pace. A three minute mistake was fatal on a fast course like today's.
Orienteering (memory, picking) 1:15:00 [3] *** 5.0 km (15:00 / km) +100m 13:38 / km
spiked:5/6c
Memory-O on Pitcher Hill with Erin and Charlie, then picked up Andrei and ran with him until we got thundered on and headed straight back to the car.
Thursday Aug 25, 2011 #
Orienteering race 47:13 [4] *** 5.3 km (8:55 / km) +220m 7:23 / km
spiked:11/13c
Good run at the new Yellow Pine map, but I felt like I was dragging. Ran with JP for most of the middle of the course, but he pulled away as I made a mistake going 9-10.
Hiking 1:48:00 [2] 4.5 mi (2.5 mph) +400m
Back up Medicine Bow Peak with Andrei. It was a stormy afternoon, sketchy weather but no close calls. No lingering on top.
Wednesday Aug 24, 2011 #
Orienteering race 52:50 [4] *** 6.3 km (8:23 / km) +80m 7:53 / km
spiked:11/14c
Mass started race at Pelican Bay. I started out running well, feeling pretty good, and navigating (not just following) Andrei, Tom S, and the Swiss guy through the first four controls. However, I veered too far right on #5 and had to come back to the east, and by then many of the runners had gone through. I also boomed #6, probably more a consequence of anoxia than trying to hurry and catch up. Yeah, I'll call it that. 6-7 was an easy leg to get back on track, and then I spiked 7-8, overtaking Ludwig. The rest of the legs were solid, and I tried to bring the effort level up to 5 on the open running prairie of 11-12-13-14, with enough success to pass several people, including Ian and Charlie, and finish 6th.
Ice may have the map posted shortly.
Ice may have the map posted shortly.
Orienteering 1:26:00 [3] 7.8 km (11:02 / km) +80m 10:29 / km
After lunch, did a (hot) afternoon training course with Andrei, at Plains of Despair. We basically jog/run/walked the whole course, but at each control we would stop, tell each other our planned routes, and agree on one to take. With the good visibility on that map, we could also point out map features before and during each leg, and went slow enough to check off nearly every feature. So it was good for getting used to the maps (for me, again; for Andrei, the first time here)
Ian helped Ice with slow, no-compass terrain awareness drills. Charlie and JP did a switch-off memory-O, with one beer owed for each map look during the leg.
Ian helped Ice with slow, no-compass terrain awareness drills. Charlie and JP did a switch-off memory-O, with one beer owed for each map look during the leg.
Tuesday Aug 23, 2011 #
Event: 2011 Laramie Daze
Hiking 2:10:00 [3] 5.0 mi (2.3 mph) +400m
Medicine Bow Peak in the morning.
Orienteering 1:03:00 [3] *** 5.4 km (11:40 / km) +100m 10:41 / km
spiked:9/13c
Practice course at Middle Crows Toe.
Monday Aug 22, 2011 #
Running (trail) 2:00:00 [3] 7.0 mi (17:09 / mi) +400m 14:34 / mi
Up and down Harney peak early in the morning, before most folks started out on the trail. More of a fast walk/jog, although I did pick up the pace on not-too-rocky downhills. Hurried it up to get down and get to Laramie and get my car checked out. Luckily it seems to be OK, 2 hrs and a tire rotation later.