Training Log Archive: Ari-oIn the 7 days ending Mar 16, 2014:
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Sunday Mar 16, 2014 #
9 AM
Ski-O race 1:25:00 [3] 10.0 mi (8:30 / mi) +400m 7:34 / mi
Humbug.
I felt good going in to this race, but then goofed on the first control, lost 3+ minutes, and wound up way behind the rest of the way. Poo.
It was really cold at the start and somehow I didn't even read what I needed to read on my map in 15 seconds (lowest trail off the field) and went two higher, lost contact, then compounded that with two wrong turns and a lot of climb. I should have been at the control in a minute, instead it took me 4:15 and I had some extra climbing. And a lot of cursing. Plus, this put me behind a bunch of people I had to pass on several out-and-back legs to controls on narrow trails, necessitating stopping to let them by or going slowly as they stood off to the side.
Probably that alone was good for 5 minutes. If I had been 7 minutes back and not 12, I'd have been a much happier camper. As such, I just skied, pretty well and made some good route choices, actually, the rest of the way. Which makes the first huge goof sting even more. Unhappy with how I did. Harrumph.
I felt good going in to this race, but then goofed on the first control, lost 3+ minutes, and wound up way behind the rest of the way. Poo.
It was really cold at the start and somehow I didn't even read what I needed to read on my map in 15 seconds (lowest trail off the field) and went two higher, lost contact, then compounded that with two wrong turns and a lot of climb. I should have been at the control in a minute, instead it took me 4:15 and I had some extra climbing. And a lot of cursing. Plus, this put me behind a bunch of people I had to pass on several out-and-back legs to controls on narrow trails, necessitating stopping to let them by or going slowly as they stood off to the side.
Probably that alone was good for 5 minutes. If I had been 7 minutes back and not 12, I'd have been a much happier camper. As such, I just skied, pretty well and made some good route choices, actually, the rest of the way. Which makes the first huge goof sting even more. Unhappy with how I did. Harrumph.
Ski-O warm up/down 32:01 [1] 4.1 mi (7:49 / mi) +196m 6:48 / mi
Went skiing. Snow was good but my legs/arms/body was very tired.
Saturday Mar 15, 2014 #
9 AM
Ski warm up/down 20:41 [1] 2.5 mi (8:16 / mi) +90m 7:27 / mi
Quick warm-up before the middle.
10 AM
Ski-O race 47:00 [3] 7.0 mi (6:43 / mi)
Meh on the middle. I made a lot of little mistakes and forgot to ski fast for a while. The section up in the snowshoe trails was a bit rough, as were some of the out-and-back-on-a-narrow-trail segments where I just don't have the mad skillz (or confidence, or something) to make jaunts on narrow trails under sap lines. Or something.
12 PM
Run warm up/down 9:00 [1] 1.0 mi (9:00 / mi) +40m 8:00 / mi
Ran to get lunch, decided it would take too long, ran back and ate brownies. Best route choice of the weekend.
Friday Mar 14, 2014 #
Event: US Ski-O Championships
1 PM
Ski warm up/down 20:38 [1] 2.6 mi (7:56 / mi) +87m 7:11 / mi
Warming up for Ski-O. So perfect conditions, sad we couldn't ski all the trails! I went back and forth a bit looking at controls in the model area which was basically not groomed, and then went and skied a short loop before my start.
Ski-O race 18:16 [3] 2.9 mi (6:18 / mi) +142m 5:28 / mi
Ski-O! I did pretty okay in the race today; 4th overall and 3rd US. I had a few bobbles but no big mistakes (or mispunches) and it's probably the most technical of the courses, so maybe I can throw down some skiing tomorrow. Really fun course to ski. I did not Strava it because that would not be okay, so here is what I think I did (subject to revision and seeing the map).
I did okay to 1 and 2, although I maybe should have stayed up on the hill for 1 and should have cut through fresh snow to 2. Took the big trail to 3, then across to 4 and 5. Good at looking at the map and saying the controls out loud so I didn't mispunch. Lost time in to 6 as I skidded in to the snow but decided there was way too much to go wading through the woods with skis off, and apparently lost time from 7 to 8 when it took me a while to figure out that I needed to duck through the woods.
I lost time to Adrian et al the rest of the way in, especially it seems on the more navigatey legs, so hopefully tomorrow I can ski a bit more but still navigate cleanly. Ski-o is fun!
I did okay to 1 and 2, although I maybe should have stayed up on the hill for 1 and should have cut through fresh snow to 2. Took the big trail to 3, then across to 4 and 5. Good at looking at the map and saying the controls out loud so I didn't mispunch. Lost time in to 6 as I skidded in to the snow but decided there was way too much to go wading through the woods with skis off, and apparently lost time from 7 to 8 when it took me a while to figure out that I needed to duck through the woods.
I lost time to Adrian et al the rest of the way in, especially it seems on the more navigatey legs, so hopefully tomorrow I can ski a bit more but still navigate cleanly. Ski-o is fun!
Ski warm up/down 24:26 [1] 3.2 mi (7:38 / mi) +137m 6:44 / mi
Decided to ski more. Went down and did the non-embargoed loops again. Pretty perfect skiing. Fast and smooth and shiny and pretty. Hills, too; got hot.
Thursday Mar 13, 2014 #
Run 29:00 [2] 1.5 mi (19:20 / mi) +419m 10:21 / mi
All the way around the stadium. Not all the stairs, but still. Looking to get back to full stadia after ski season.
Tuesday Mar 11, 2014 #
Run 14:19 [2] 1.9 mi (7:32 / mi) +20m 7:18 / mi
Shorter than anticipated; went to help my dad make brisket, so ran to Coolidge to eat pizza first. Turns out that this is a short run to Coolidge Corner—two miles flat. Okay then. Seems longer when you're driving.