Training Archive: disorienteerIn the 7 days ending 2006-11-12:
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Sunday Nov 12 | ||
| orienteering race 58:55 [4]4.85 km (12:09 / km) +42m 11:39 / km | |
| shoes: VJ Falcons | ||
| A personal best for me in terms of per-k time for a non-sprint event. I benefitted from the relatively easy navigation -- lots of attackpoints thanks to all those fire ditches -- as well as all the "trail" running. No matter. After Saturday's difficulty, it was fun to do well and go fast (for me -- there were speedy people passing me coming and going).
Had only two controls with significant time loss. At #2, I took the wrong ditch for about 10 m, then saw the error in direction and corrected. Once I started running, though, I just had to pee. Don't you hate that? The perils of overhydration. So I had to take care of that before too long. The woods were open, so some Fork Union cadet might have gotten an eyeful. Oh well. O isn't always pretty. At #7, I drifted left, as I had on Saturday. But I was at the outer edge of the control circle, and was able to correct without too much difficulty. Fun weekend, great meet. Thanks, DVOA! | ||
| C • FUMA & peeing 2 | ||
Day 2 Green Y - Splits | ||
Saturday Nov 11 | ||
| Event: BATONA 500 | ||
| orienteering race 1:57:03 [4]5.05 km (23:11 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Falcons | ||
| Oh, the humanity!
Spent all day drifting left, and paid the price on #11 -- a horrifying 45 minutes. Problem was, I must have drifted into the dark green area (which extended further into the map than perhaps indicated; it's pretty subjective stuff). I probably spent half of that time snared in briars, trying to get out so I could drop down to the trail and re-attack. Once I did that, I still missed the control and had to look for about 5 minutes. I pushed hard on the last few controls so I could at least finish under 2 hours. I did, barely. Very disappointing result. | ||
| orienteering race 13:55 [5]1.3 km (10:42 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Falcons | ||
| Sprint A -- easy and fast. I was scheduled to do a long run this weekend but couldn't do so because of this meet. So, I needed to spend some more time suffering -- I mean, more time on my feet. I ran this course and it was fun. | ||
| orienteering race 31:25 [3]1.75 km (17:57 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Falcons | ||
| OK, I was pretty tired by the time I went back for Sprint B. But Sprint A was fun, and I needed even *more* time on my aching feet. So I mainly walked this one -- when people went running by, I felt compelled by peer pressure to jog a bit. But that never lasted long. Had trouble with #4 -- when I hit those briars, after my close encounter with them earlier in the day, it kind of took the fight out of me.
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Day 1 Green Y - Splits | ||
Wednesday Nov 8 | ||
| running 1:00:00 [3]4.0 mi (14:59 / mi) | |
| Start out OK, then hit the wall at 3 miles. Bonked. I'm having some issues with my diet. After talking with my doctor last week -- about my increasing weight and then my suddenly high cholesterol number -- I decided to take her advice and pursue the South Beach diet, or a facsimile thereof. She said that I didn't have to do the strict Phase 1 part that restricts most carbohydrates. But I decided to go most of the way and remove pasta, potatoes, rice and most bread from my diet for 10 days (in addition to the obvious no-nos like candy, cookies, etc.)
The first couple of days -- leading up to my 12-mile run last Saturday -- I felt great. But since then, I have felt less great. I've been eating a fair amount of calories, including low-fat dairy, nuts, turkey/chicken and other high-energy foods. I have also enjoyed a piece of whole-wheat toast with peanut butter for breakfast, along with the usual fat-free yogurt. Plus, lots of vegetables, of course. But no fruit during these 14 days. The thing is (there's always a thing) -- I rarely ate potatoes anyway, had had pasta maybe once a week? The main starches I'm missing are breakfast cereal and rice. And bananas. (I've always eaten more veggies than fruit, though.) Could that make such a huge difference? Anyway -- I'm going to follow Tom's advice and talk to a nutritionist about how I can safely lose weight while continuing to train for this marathon. | ||
Monday Nov 6 | ||
| running 50:00 [3]4.0 mi (12:29 / mi) | |
| It's a beautiful night in the neighborhood, a beautiful night for a beauty, won't you be mine? Won't you be mine? Won't you be my neighbor! | ||