Training Log Archive: BigWillyStyle

I don't widely advertise it, but I'm something of a closet sci-fi aficionado/nerd. My current long-term project is reading all of the Hugo Award for Best Novel winners, of which there are 70 (including Retros). I'm working on my 19th at the moment. Some faves so far include The Forever War by Joe Haldeman, The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (now an Amazon show), A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr, and The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon.

C • Your systematic approach... 7

SECRET orienteering :O

What goes up Amabilis Mountain

Must come down Amabilis Mountain. Turns out there's nothing at the top except snow and pine trees.

This was my sorry excuse for a Jornet tribute in which I drive most of the way up the mountain and run the last 2.5 miles. I hit the snow level after about a mile which slowed me down a lot but also alleviated the 85+ heat. Fun fact: according to Google the most famous Killian is not Jornet but rather current Gonzaga basketball player Killian Tillie.

Mountain biked it down through Watershed and over to Wilburton Hill.

Ran the long course from the Wednesday event I designed last week. Legs a bit tired from the Street Scramble; I was aiming for sub-35 but didn't quite make it. Was bested on nine splits - props to those who beat me on my own course :)

1. 0:49 (+2 - Ledins)
2. 0:16 (-1)
3. 1:47 (+1 - Szymanski)
4. 1:44 (-8)
5. 0:54 (-5)
6. 0:27 (+1 - Szymanski)
7. 1:04 (+7 - Szymanski)
8. 0:33 (-4)
9. 0:41 (-9)
10. 2:14 (-21)
11. 1:09 (-1)
12. 1:08 (+3 - Szymanski)
13. 1:29 (-5)
14. 0:39 (-1)
15. 1:01 (+4 - Ledins)
16. 1:54 (-9)
17. 3:46 (-4)
18. 0:44 (-1)
19. 1:22 (-2)
20. 5:31 (+3 - Olson)
21. 1:04 (+2 - Harvey)
22: 1:37 (-12)
23. 1:37 (-7)
24. 0:53 (-1)
25. 0:50 (+4 - Olson)
26. 0:11 (-1)

After running, I did some map-updating. It's ideal to do that after the event is held, right? The main issue is that a number of minor social trails have formed, which pose a dilemma. Generally they lead nowhere and peter out sooner than later (usually with some form of teenager debris at the terminus) and are therefore useless for course planning. However, the junctions are sometimes quite apparent, and the first five or 10 meters of the trail can appear perfectly legit. Ergo, an orienteer may easily discern an unmapped trail and be understandably confused - especially as trails are the main navigational aid of said orienteer in this situation (i.e. when most of the map is medium or dark green). In addition, these trails are invariably not "approved" by the powers-that-be, and it feels like legitimizing their existence to recognize them on the map. You know, kinda like how Murica & co. refuse to recognize Palestine.

Ride home. Hot and tired.

Gig Harbor Street Scramble. No Nikolay to battle against :(

34 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 28 - 23 - 53 - 11 - 41 - 52 - 51 - 31 - 44 - 45 - 26 - 25 - 43 - 35 - 54 - 47 - 21 - 22 - 55 - 46 - 32 - 27 - 18 - 42 - 33 - 36 - 56 - 16 - 17 - 24 - 15

Wow, incredible results by the Swedish men at the World Cup - six of the top 10 in the Long, all eight (!) in the top 14 in the Middle.

C • Sweden 3

C • Practice elsewhere 3

No matter what you been through
No matter what you into
No matter what you see when you look outside your window
Brown grass or green grass
Picket fence or barbed wire
Never ever put em down
You just lift your arms higher
Raise em til your arms tired
Let em know you're there
That you strugglin and survivin
That you gon persevere
Yeah ain't nobody leavin
Nobody goin home
Even if they turn the lights out the show is goin on

Evening commute + exploring yon Trail to its northern terminus across from the DC. Might have found a feasible place to park for a slightly longer (~9mi) commute.

Came across this gem in the WCOC thread. 23rd place M21 - Dave Enger. Looks like ol' dad had a tough go on the first day but came back with a very respectable 12th-place run on Day 2. In August 1982 he would've been just shy of 29 (younger than I am right now...) and still a year or so from meeting my mom. Crazyyy