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Training Log Archive: possum

In the 7 days ending Feb 22, 2020:

activity

time

miles

Orienteering

8:05:24

15.0

(32:22)

24.14

(20:06)

464

8 /

40c

20%

Dog Walking

6:02:26

12.35

(29:20)

19.88

(18:14)

149

Total

14:07:50

27.35

(31:00)

44.02

(19:16)

613

8 /

40c

20%

3:37

0:00

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Saturday Feb 22, 2020 #

Note

Pouring rain which pounding. We went out to Needle Vista, and I decided a rest day was in order. I figured the washes would be full of water, and I didn't want to get me and all my gear wet before packing for the trip home. So we visited the library a d I'm washing enough clothes to get home, while resting.

Friday Feb 21, 2020 #

9 AM

Dog Walking 21:53 [2] 1.68 km (13:02 / km) +41m 11:37 / km
ahr:92 max:119

Walk to start.

10 AM

Orienteering 1:21:42 [4] 3.38 km (24:10 / km) +78m 21:40 / km
ahr:102 max:135 shoes: INOV-8 X-Talon 212

Day 7 of SWSW. A Score-O type event at Tucson Mountain Park. I did not do well on this one, and got some prickly pear buds stuck in my Falters. Ouch. Map cases are good for taking them out.

11 AM

Dog Walking (Dog walking) 22:49 [2] 1.69 km (13:30 / km) +11m 13:05 / km
ahr:103 max:132 shoes: INOV-8 X-Talon 212

Walk back from the Tucson Mountain event.
The best news was that my VO2max is now 33.

Thursday Feb 20, 2020 #

10 AM

Orienteering race 1:32:55 [2] ** 6.45 km (14:24 / km) +3m 14:22 / km
ahr:99 max:128 20c

Sprint training at the Univ of Arizona. First we did a corridor map for a warm-up, then the sprint. The total time includes both maps, but the first one took about 32min. and the Sprint about an hour. We did both as a group effort and it was lots of fun.

1 PM

Dog Walking 1:12:28 [1] 2.62 km (27:40 / km) +17m 26:47 / km
ahr:104 max:140 shoes: INOV-8 Roclite 270

After lunch, Bob and I went to the Reid Park Zoo, and walked and looked at the animals.

Wednesday Feb 19, 2020 #

2 AM

Dog Walking 2:19:00 [1] 9.25 km (15:02 / km) +59m 14:34 / km
ahr:94 max:141 shoes: INOV-8 Roclite 270

Rest day for SWSW. Bob and I went to the Boyce Thompsum arboreteum. We had been here a really long time ago. Now it is a state park. We wandered around looking at cacti, etc., then walked the Picketpost Trail. We took the hot sunny part first, and finished on the cooler, shady side.

Tuesday Feb 18, 2020 #

10 AM

Orienteering 1:54:00 [3] *** 5.86 km (19:27 / km) +175m 16:56 / km
ahr:107 max:145 12c shoes: INOV-8 Roclite 270

Street-o in Bisbee. We had to choose the correct descriptions for the control circles. We were using an aerial map, and some of the numbers and circles were hard to read in the purple. Amy and I walked around, enjoyed seeing the town, visited with people we knew, and tried to avoid climbing steep hills. We did climb up and down lots of stairs, and found 12 of the 21.

Then Bob and I tried to revisit Ramsey Canyon Preserve---at least 15 years since we were there, but it was closed on Tues.

Monday Feb 17, 2020 #

10 AM

Orienteering race 1:01:52 [4] ** 4.25 km (14:33 / km) +78m 13:20 / km
ahr:122 max:140 spiked:8/8c shoes: INOV-8 X-Talon 212

Cholla Chaser. Really fun. We started out with boxed controls, and you had to choose from 1 to 7, Score-O style, then we had seven regular point to points that everyone did. I was good with my route choices, except for the first control. I started out going up the wash, but EVERYONE else was going up the hill, so I followed. Then I had to go down the hill, very slowly. I came back down the wash and it was 6-7 minutes faster. After that, my route choices were really good. This was fun.

1 PM

Dog Walking 23:29 [1] 2.13 km (11:02 / km)
ahr:97 max:140 shoes: Skechers Walkers

After lunch, Bob and I went to the west section of Saguaro National Park, and walked two short trails, after viewing the exhibits in the Visitor Center.

Cholla Chaser - Splits

Sunday Feb 16, 2020 #

10 AM

Orienteering race 2:14:55 [4] **** 4.2 km (32:07 / km) +130m 27:49 / km
ahr:120 max:161 shoes: INOV-8 X-Talon 212

Catalina Classic at Catalina State Park. I did really badly today, on a venue totally different from any thing I had done before. Lots of rocks and more than lots of spiny things. Very difficult to read the terrain and my contact had slipped out of place so I couldn't really see this very technical map. I got 1 ok, and spent almost an hour finding 2. Then I got to do a bunch of almost vertical rock climbing on the way to 3, which I never did find. I did find 4 and found 5 easily--and it was a water stop. By this time, I was too tired to go back to 3, and because of parking issues, I hadn't had my candy bar or brought my Clifblocks, so I gave up and came in. I did learn a lot from this experience.

1 PM

Dog Walking 1:22:47 [1] 2.51 km (32:59 / km) +21m 31:39 / km
ahr:103 max:139 shoes: Skechers Walkers

Bob and I went to the Tohono Chul botanic garden and walked around.

Brown - Splits

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