Training Log: Spike

running 40:00 [2]

Jogging the trail network at Dad Perry Park. Slushy and muddy. Wearing neoprene socks was a must.

I carried a basemap - lidar contours + lidar intensity image.

After jogging the trails, I did about 90 minutes of fieldchecking. Dad Perry will make a nice little sprint area. The forest is generally crappy, but the trail network is dense.

running 1:20:00 [2] 4.9 mi (16:20 / mi)
ahr:127 max:159

Mary and I went to Clinton S.P. I took it pretty easy. I ran with the contour+trails map and read it a good bit.

The plan, when I went to bed last night and set the alarm, was to run the trail race at Perry. I got up in the middle of the night and looked out the window. Snow covered everything, as forecast, but not really as I'd expected. I decided I didn't want to deal with driving up to Perry with the roads covered in snow. So, I turned off the alarm and went back to bed...wondering what Tom would have done...

Running in the snow at Clinton was a blast. The trails were snow covering mud/slush.

A couple of snapshots from the run:

C • Northern Iowa 5

C • What Tom would do. 1

other 1 [0]

Just testing the GPX upload feature. The track shows a bit of my walk back to the office after a trip to Wheatfields to get a loaf of bread.

cycling 45:00 [1]

Work commute. Interesting weather today. Chilly in the morning, then temp in the 60s around lunch, then back to the upper 30 by trip home.

rowing 20:00 [1]

On the land boat. This was my first serious effort at trying to "think like Tom." I would have done some pause drills if I knew what they were.

cycling 45:00 [1]

Nice day. Spent the last half hour of the workday on the phone with a state auditor (not from Kansas) chatting about performance auditing. The call was unexpected and really interesting. Then, met Mary downtown for dinner at Esquina. I had the fish tacos. Biked home after dinner. The KU game will start soon. Nice day.

cycling 45:00 [1]

Bike commute. I noticed a few Deffenbaugh recycling bins out on the streets. I wonder how many people are using them for curbside recycling.

Note

Sometimes I think orienteers are nuts (like when I read the thread about the logo)...Then I realize that people are nuts and orienteers are people.

orienteering 50:00 [2] 3.97 mi (12:36 / mi)

Jogging on muddy trails at Clinton SP. I carried a map - half O' map and half contours only.

Near the end I did a few hundred meters with some Trail Hawks.

cycling 1:15:00 [1]

Work commute followed by half an hour on the trainer when I first got home.

cycling 45:00 [1]

Work commute. It is spring break this week, so the traffic was especially light.

On the return trip I saw Mary. That was unexpected. I also saw Baby Jay playing with a hula hoop on the lawn in front of Strong Hall. That was also unexpected.

rowing 20:00 [1]

A bit on the land boat. My legs felt petty good today, but I thought an easy day was wise. Or maybe it was just lazy?