Training Log Archive: MeanGene

AM/PM - jog to KU campus to field check. 20 min out, 17 back (shorter route).

Stayed up til midight working on map, but while Dee got up to do her 7 am run, I stayed in bed til almost 8:30.

Mostly walked, jogged some - but certainly nearly 3 hrs on my feet. So much for calling this a "rest" day. Good map work and making design decisions on what will or will not work on the sprint O map. (Individual trees on the basemap are very "creative" - onward with fieldchecking; the "good" base map is still a base map - a starting point).

Xterra Race: Landahl Park. Was supposed to be a 10K race; someone reported it being short. First race effort in awhile. Did not go out too fast, but could have started slower. Definitely raced today. Able to maintain pace with runners in front. Gaining time ws best on the rocky uphill (I walk faster) and the downhills (Integrator spikes rule!). 2nd in M50+ being Dan Kuhlman who did about 44 min.
Did not take my O' map but ran with their trail map. Had not been to park in 3 year (?) and went to the old start area on Argo Road. The old start area is now an archery range. Guessed correctly to go north to Truman Road (the northern park boundary). Course was 2 loops of trails on the north mid sectoin of the O'map.

AM - tried to sleep late - got up at 6 am.
PM - went with Dee to free Lied Center concert - Wailin' Jennys - a folk trio from Winnipeg we heard on Prairie Home Companion.

AM - Dog Days - stretching & calisthenics

Stayed up to 11 pm last night reworking the campus map; the new basemap is super! But the 20 mg file was too much for my computer; had to chop it down into sections. Still maintained Kevin Shipley's UTM coordinates (yes, saved something for the GPS fans).

1 mile on track
1x campanile hill

nice light workout today

AM - commute to work plus tooling around campus fieldchecking buildings on the fly (50 min);
PM - 15 min easy ride home

Also, easy walk around Union and museums fieldchecking. (no map)

am - Dog Days - 1st of the fall/winter workouts. Perhaps over 100 people showed up. KU added Dog Days to their list of Hawk Week activities. Looked like there were some students in attendance. Stretching at first got a pain at the bottom of my right foot - perhaps a new version of plantar fasciitis (more up the left side of mid sole). Can still run, but doing the mountain climb exercise can get a sharp pain.

AM - 400m
stadium steps to top (one at a time)
400m
stadium steps (2 at a time)
800m