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Training Log Archive: BigWillyStyle

In the 11 days ending Feb 24, 2020:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Orienteering	5	4:42:52	27.63	(10:14)	44.47	(6:22)	907	71c
Cycling	2	1:07:33	19.72	(17.5/h)	31.74	(28.2/h)	151
Running	4	33:44	3.2	(10:33)	5.14	(6:34)	68
Total	7	6:24:09	50.55	(7:36)	81.36	(4:43)	1126	71c

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Saturday Feb 22, 2020 #

Event: CascadeOC Winter League Championships – Point Defiance Park

11 AM

Orienteering race 51:29 *** 8.59 km (6:00 / km) +158m 5:29 / km
ahr:129 max:177 20c

Winter League Champs @ Point Defiance. Had a pretty great race through 16, despite a couple bobbles, with a number of really well-executed legs like 4, 10, 13, 15, which allowed me to build a nice lead. However, the wheels fell off a bit starting with 17 and I gave some 3min back from then till the end via a cheekily-placed flag, a classic 180 degree error, and a heroically ill-advised route choice which I feel great pride in.

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C • LOL 10

Running warm up/down 11:18 [2] 1.04 mi (10:55 / mi) +60m 9:15 / mi
ahr:111 max:129

C • I always have issues with D... 2

8-LongAdv/IntColl - Splits

Friday Feb 21, 2020 #

3 PM

Orienteering 31:20 5.96 km (5:15 / km) +90m 4:53 / km
ahr:153 max:175

test test test

Running warm up/down 3:33 0.45 mi (7:53 / mi)
ahr:126 max:138

Running warm up/down 4:57 [2] 0.45 mi (11:00 / mi)
ahr:101 max:144

Thursday Feb 20, 2020 #

7 AM

Cycling 18:41 5.05 mi (16.2 mph) +64m
ahr:90 max:154

RED I feel my soul on fire
BLACK my world when she's not there
RED the color of desire
BLACK the color of despair

C • Les Mis! 3

4 PM

Cycling 48:52 [3] 14.67 mi (18.0 mph) +87m
ahr:142 max:156

Monday Feb 17, 2020 #

9 AM

Running warm up/down 6:12 [2] 1.04 km (5:57 / km) +6m 5:47 / km
ahr:123 max:135

Orienteering race 41:20 *** 7.04 km (5:52 / km) +135m 5:21 / km
ahr:161 max:177 13c

Handicapped mass start race back at Catalina SP with a box of up to seven controls based on age/gender; unfortunately I was assigned all seven. In the end I was defeated by Boris (6) and Jeff (5); I lost some 90s on my first control, and due to careless planning (i.e. "make it up as you go") had an inferior route which involved a bit of bonus climbing. Still, I avoided major cacti encounters, so that's a win. I felt hot and tired even at the start, but my legs felt healthier and not as rekt as after the first day at Anza-Borrego, so hopefully I am recovering some fitness.

Cholla Chaser - Splits

Sunday Feb 16, 2020 #

9 AM

Orienteering race 1:32:32 *** 12.02 km (7:42 / km) +220m 7:03 / km
ahr:154 max:175 19c

Classic @ Catalina SP. This terrain was far less friendly than the first day, but still enjoyable in its own way. Much rock and cacti abounded, and for some reason I found myself fighting my compass at times, which, for example, led to me bungling the second control impressively, losing some 10-12 minutes searching in an area some 500m from the actual control location.

Also lost time on 14, and took a critical hit from a cholla on the way to 18 - the worst cacti encounter I've had. I veered left to go around two large cacti in my path, only for my right knee to collide with a smaller, unseen knee-high cholla when I pivoted back to the right to correct course. Two of four pods were readily removable, but the other two were quite large and embedded deeply enough that I could not remove them with map and compass. Luckily, the backside of these pods were free of spines such that I could get a decent hold to pull them out with brute force - until the pod itself proved to have a lower breaking point than the spines' hold in my skin, and came apart in my hand. However, I had then undermined the integrity of the spines' base so that I was able to divide and conquer, removing the pods in pieces, a smaller number of spines coming free with each piece.

Running warm up/down 7:44 0.99 km (7:50 / km) +2m 7:45 / km
ahr:107 max:146

Blue - Splits

Saturday Feb 15, 2020 #

Event: Southwest Spring Week 2020

9 AM

Orienteering race 1:06:11 *** 10.86 km (6:06 / km) +304m 5:21 / km
ahr:160 max:182 19c

Mapa

First day of SWSW. Good vibes all around: perfect weather, great company, really pleasant terrain and fun course. This was what I wish every day orienteering could be. Or I guess just every day really.

I made one ~90s mistake at 3, due to simple loss of concentration. But mainly I was just enjoying finding controls, doing my thing. I felt unencumbered by the usual unproductive associated distractions: seeing other runners around, contending for a result, etc. It was as if I had fleetingly accessed the purest, most beautiful form of orienteering - a nirvana which I've only reached a few times under a rare confluence of circumstances.

LONG - Splits

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