Training Log Archive: Run_Bosco

Event: The 34th Annual Bog Slog
 

Started with too high a heart rate, suckered into unhelpful social orienteering, sloppy compass, poor route choice, lots of hesitation (as usual). Terrible "performance"...

But I still had FUN!! It was an adventure, after all. And a CHALLENGE! Orienteering is great like that.

Think I found a lifetime sport.

Ok, think of something I did well... Hmm...

Oh- once I realized my HR was crazy, I did keep it under control. And now that I review the map- I had a lot of decent route choices, but of course, the bad ones stand out! (I climbed a cliff, WTF?) I even chose trail over schwacking a few times, which may not have been the fastest route for a faster person (Eric Bone)- but it was the right route for me at the time.

How to improve:

-More armchair orienteering after workouts to improve route choice, decrease hesitation
-Set a vibrating alarm for when my HR goes over X
-Work on compass skills... somehow...

Oh- and my hip thing is still bothering me. I need to back off my running miles.

C • social O 2

Picked up controls with my old roomie! He did the intermediate course, so it was a nice opportunity to take him to some advanced controls, and to chat too.

Calves are TIGHT from yesterday's stairs! Sheesh.

Thanks to my Garmin- I can now record "moving time" instead of elapsed time!

Ran to Seven Hills, picked up some new shoes (!), then trotted up to Discovery Park. 4 repeats on the stairs. Was trying to stay under 175, but kept hitting 185 on the last flight. I even hit 191 somewhere.

C • Which shoes? 3

Yep, Christmas morning at my parents' house! ...and my mom filmed me doing it. Oy!

Around the 'hood. Right outer hip very tight still, but my feet are good!

F#$% that was hard! Heart rate up and sweating profusely.

Wow, Jillian Michaels is cake compared to this.

Sweet!