Training Log Archive: Mr WonderfulIn the 7 days ending Nov 10, 2012:
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Saturday Nov 10, 2012 #
7 AM
Walking 28:00 [2] 2.0 mi (14:00 / mi)
shoes: Brooks Ghost Blue
Hills on treadmill. No headphones, kinda wish I had figured out an outdoor jog.
Friday Nov 9, 2012 #
10 AM
Running 26:41 3.02 mi (8:49 / mi) +4m 8:47 / mi
ahr:156 max:169 shoes: Brooks Ghost Blue
Woo hoo! Swamp is dry and someone created a path to the dirt roads. Now I only have to do two blocks on roads before I'm comfy soft.
Bit of a run up after the two mile mark, just to see what it felt like.
Much of the run at slower speeds felt easier than the heart rate suggests.
Bit of a run up after the two mile mark, just to see what it felt like.
Much of the run at slower speeds felt easier than the heart rate suggests.
Wednesday Nov 7, 2012 #
Note
I know I've read about it before, but I seemed to not do it, so yesterday sometimes off trail I concentrated on running tree-to-tree on my bearing and it was working well. Maybe that will help with my wild wandering (eg, to #6 at PLRA, exiting #10....)
Tuesday Nov 6, 2012 #
3 PM
Orienteering 1:46:40 ** 5.62 mi (18:59 / mi) +196m 17:07 / mi
ahr:121 max:158 spiked:14/16c shoes: Brooks Cascadia
Course checking for Peach Mountain. Started to wander at one when I was thinking about distant features and their usability for other meets. Fully overshot one, not sure if I misread the angle of my trail turn off feature or what, but quickly recovered. Should have used contours instead of the other cue I was using.
I wanted to run the actual loops, but I ran the last two days in a row, plus I was running short on time, so I treated it like a score o.
Oleg has chosen some absolutely fantastic sections of woods - there should be some very fast running at times. Wish I was competing!
I wanted to run the actual loops, but I ran the last two days in a row, plus I was running short on time, so I treated it like a score o.
Oleg has chosen some absolutely fantastic sections of woods - there should be some very fast running at times. Wish I was competing!
Monday Nov 5, 2012 #
Note
11/4 PLRA red routegadget:
http://smoc.fivebean.net/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi?act=ma...
preloaded with Ali, Igor, and Jens
http://smoc.fivebean.net/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi?act=ma...
preloaded with Ali, Igor, and Jens
6 PM
Running 1:02:08 5.06 mi (12:16 / mi) +3m 12:15 / mi
ahr:139 max:227 shoes: Brooks Ghost Blue
Might be time for a new hrm battery - I don't remember going into some sort of cardiac event at 211 bpm.
Dear wife is clearly in better shape than a month ago - she used to be in pain at 9:40, and occasionally dipped below today without complaint.
Dear wife is clearly in better shape than a month ago - she used to be in pain at 9:40, and occasionally dipped below today without complaint.
Sunday Nov 4, 2012 #
Event: SMOC Pontiac Lake
1 PM
Orienteering 1:17:59 *** 6.03 mi (12:56 / mi) +186m 11:48 / mi
ahr:164 max:188 16c slept:7.0 shoes: INOV8 285
Wow, what a difference a week makes! Totally difference experience than last week. Things made much more sense today. Also, I think the fall back hour helped a lot. The furnace being dead did not help, and I almost didn't go.
QuickRoute
1 - trivial route, straight across the valley. Went through #1, figuring that would make it easier
2 - Caught up to Cooper as he exited #2, made for some excitement. He exited south, and I started to, but reconsidered and went north to the trail
3 - Some luck here - I was trying to roughly follow a bearing while dodging thicker clumps, hoping to see the swamp, nearly tripped on it. Amazingly, given the company, very briefly had the lead by six seconds. Ego pumped.
4 - On my route I saw a sweet fat raccoon just a dozen feet away. It stared, then did that fat raccoon scamper off to a tree. Paused for a bearing at the trail bend, and managed to hold it
5 - wanted the west trail, but didn't see it so I took the east trail, then followed a bearing and was trying to count hill/depressions, and nearly tripped over it again
6 - I will be practicing rough speed bearing running in the off season! Not sure why I got sucked west. And doing so, I should've just gone to the trail, and I wasn't running that fast off trail, and the exit to the trail was bad, some fight. Line of rocks was hardly visible on the approach, but the woods were open so I chanced moving south, hoping to spot the swamp at the end, and did.
7 - should been more confident - features made sense but I checked and hesitated a little. I have not been drinking, but I did stop for some water since I was dehydrated a little coming in (furnace debacle, skipped lunch)
8 - Had a hard time moving fast north from 7. The trail I picked up between the two swamps is pretty hard to see! I thought I bore more NE from the trail bend, and then was struggling to make sense of the hills, and was getting ready to look east a bit and then Igor passed and helped me out.
9 - very educational to watch Igor - I assumed he always ran, but he checked up more often than I would've guessed. It makes sense though, and I should maybe do that as well. I was happy that I read the last reentrant and then contoured around and hit it.
10 - almost a big mistake, was on a good line then fell off. Heard Igor and saw two people at the control so I ran over. Doh.
11 - Not a clean exit, and I'm wondering if through the campground isn't faster because of all the climb over that peak on the trails.
12 - the features just made complete sense. I was jumping logs, crashing through the woods, and having a blast
13 - the trail looked faster. I almost think 100% trail would be the fastest - I cut up through the valley but it was a little slow and steep. Saw Igor again converging.
14 - Hard to choose a good line, finally saw the big reentrant, dropped over, a little help from Igor again
15 - Mostly what I wanted, certainly not hurt by Igor's presence.
16 - Dropped immediately to trail, off trail was probably okay, but it seems to have worked.
Finish - Gave all I had, lost maybe 1 second dodging people crowding the table. Missed the win by 3 seconds to Tom - he must've been flying!
Such an awesome time. Mixing it up with Igor was fun - makes me wonder about making a goat event for my spring meet.
QuickRoute
1 - trivial route, straight across the valley. Went through #1, figuring that would make it easier
2 - Caught up to Cooper as he exited #2, made for some excitement. He exited south, and I started to, but reconsidered and went north to the trail
3 - Some luck here - I was trying to roughly follow a bearing while dodging thicker clumps, hoping to see the swamp, nearly tripped on it. Amazingly, given the company, very briefly had the lead by six seconds. Ego pumped.
4 - On my route I saw a sweet fat raccoon just a dozen feet away. It stared, then did that fat raccoon scamper off to a tree. Paused for a bearing at the trail bend, and managed to hold it
5 - wanted the west trail, but didn't see it so I took the east trail, then followed a bearing and was trying to count hill/depressions, and nearly tripped over it again
6 - I will be practicing rough speed bearing running in the off season! Not sure why I got sucked west. And doing so, I should've just gone to the trail, and I wasn't running that fast off trail, and the exit to the trail was bad, some fight. Line of rocks was hardly visible on the approach, but the woods were open so I chanced moving south, hoping to spot the swamp at the end, and did.
7 - should been more confident - features made sense but I checked and hesitated a little. I have not been drinking, but I did stop for some water since I was dehydrated a little coming in (furnace debacle, skipped lunch)
8 - Had a hard time moving fast north from 7. The trail I picked up between the two swamps is pretty hard to see! I thought I bore more NE from the trail bend, and then was struggling to make sense of the hills, and was getting ready to look east a bit and then Igor passed and helped me out.
9 - very educational to watch Igor - I assumed he always ran, but he checked up more often than I would've guessed. It makes sense though, and I should maybe do that as well. I was happy that I read the last reentrant and then contoured around and hit it.
10 - almost a big mistake, was on a good line then fell off. Heard Igor and saw two people at the control so I ran over. Doh.
11 - Not a clean exit, and I'm wondering if through the campground isn't faster because of all the climb over that peak on the trails.
12 - the features just made complete sense. I was jumping logs, crashing through the woods, and having a blast
13 - the trail looked faster. I almost think 100% trail would be the fastest - I cut up through the valley but it was a little slow and steep. Saw Igor again converging.
14 - Hard to choose a good line, finally saw the big reentrant, dropped over, a little help from Igor again
15 - Mostly what I wanted, certainly not hurt by Igor's presence.
16 - Dropped immediately to trail, off trail was probably okay, but it seems to have worked.
Finish - Gave all I had, lost maybe 1 second dodging people crowding the table. Missed the win by 3 seconds to Tom - he must've been flying!
Such an awesome time. Mixing it up with Igor was fun - makes me wonder about making a goat event for my spring meet.