Training Log Archive: Mr Wonderful

Franke Park in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Snuck away from my daughter, who hopefully studied while I was gone. Some afternoon snow rendered the trails slick, and they were twisty (think Maybury) so I kept a modest pace. And considered studs for this season.

I mostly stuck to the easy green - I had no traction to go up hills anyway. Except when the choice was go to straight...or through a creek! Such a highlight!!!! It was just deep enough that when you pedaled to keep your momentum, you got your foot in, which would eventually freeze given the ~28 deg temps. Sooooo worth it!

Hopefully jogging some of it tomorrow, but maybe not the creek crossing...or maybe.............................



Pic and track once back in civilization.

Those who can't do, host.

Spiked #57 on night memory no compass o, but then tried to loop around the pond for variety, missed the through trail, and got tangled up in extremely thick crap, and struggled to find an exit.

A few hundred yards below 7/mile on the way back for fun. Perhaps very slightly downhill.

C • what, nobody visited that l... 3

Suprising turnout for the Infiterra clinic last night - over a dozen? The last one at REI was more like 3-4. Some are doing the Chill with their trainer, which is a good fit - fit people with someone to help them through the nav. W4J who is awesome and always prepared brought some flyers so we played up SMOC and passed out some coupons. Trainer will add SMOC events to his 6k person email list, woo woo. He's east side (by my standards), so that means perhaps we should really play up PLRA (and be sure to have a spring meet there) and work up some other east side activities.

C • Who is 3

I plan to attend the AR clinic in fashionable Ferndale, so dear daughter and I opted to go in later, so I squeezed this in.

0.5 @ 6 mph
2 @ 7 mph
0.5 @ 6 mph

I may have found a turkey trot - medals go three deep, and 3rd M35 was ~21:25 - I think it could be done, unless the race grows in popularity over its inaugural year. The cooler one (state park near my high school) is unfortunately the weekend before. :(

I am glad I went with charging the extra $2 for e punch sticks. I did the rough numbers yesterday, and after maps, permit, insurance and snacks, Night O was only very, very slightly positive, which means it was really negative once you give some contribution to the map fund.

We only had 31 starts versus I think 36 last year. I'm not sure what I/The Club am/are doing wrong.

A couple people expressed dismay at the punch fee; not sure if this was largely because they didn't expect it as several of us did not bother to collect this fall. If anyone thought $7 or $12 wasn't good value for the event, then that would be a bit disappointing because if I lined the main Badlands hill route with reflectors and called it a "four mile sand run under the stars", I could've charged $50 and no one would've batted an eye.

I'm wondering about next year - with the second set of equipment, I could do 3 x 1-1.5 hour events once a month if there was sufficient interest, or I could do the single night O again. I also think it would be fun to experiment with a point-to-point format for an evening.

I wonder if Maybury at night would be good - should be few horses, the confusing trail network would be really great, and it's no hunt so perfect for this time of year.

Also, next year I will look for something with working outlets, or see about if my truck+inverter can power the water heater for hot chocolate. I had everything I needed except juice.

C • SMOC meets are the best deal out there 10

C • Maybe we should have a more... 6

So the Garmin won't record HR without a signal? Lame. :(

Felt beat today. Took a nap. Then this run felt rough. HR was fine for the pace (~147 bpm @ 6.7 mph), but subjectively I wanted to stop. It is crazy warm in the basement - can't decide if I should use the heat to toughen up or just get a fan.

1 @ 6 mph
3.75 @ ~6.7 mph

Quite warm, so I cooled it down a little.