Saturday Oct 20 |
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| Event: Big Blues Ramble 2007
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 | biking 2:15:00 [3] | |
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| from Super 8 to Busse Woods O event, and the from meet north to Metra station at Arlington Heights, then from La Grange Metra Station, to a whole foods and the meet hotel |
| orienteering 55:00 [4] | |
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| For the first time, I felt very happy and relaxed at an A meet. Probably some sacrifice of speed and focus there, but I think very beneficial to just enjoy the process first and then work on getting faster and more precise. |
| running 10:00 [2] | |
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| warmup |
Friday Oct 19 |
| biking 2:45:00 [2] | |
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| Bike to Metro, then after arriving in Chicago via train, to Division Street for organic pizza, then CTA near O'hare airport onto more or less single track paths in forest preserves in big circle around airport and streets to Super 8 |
Thursday Oct 18 |
| biking 40:00 [3] | |
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| nursing home-lotta warm wind |
| biking 15:00 [2] | |
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| spinning around block, making sure front derailleur is working |
| running 22:00 [3] | |
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| ran to Wilmore and back, felt too beat up to make the long trek to Eric's adventure run, but at least finally got out the door in the twilight. |
Tuesday Oct 16 |
| yoga 20:00 [1] | |
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| biking 10:00 [2] | |
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| take recyclables to Wilmore |
| running 27:00 [3] | |
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| then run roughly 4 x 1500 intervals in wilmore terrain with 1 minute rest. roughly 7 min mile pace |
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| C • XC at Willmore 6 |
| biking 1:23:00  | |
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| to fathers house on grants trail. Swung by Bill L. to trade maps. Then back more direct route - couldn't shift into big ring, even though guy at shop assured me it was fine when i took it back yesterday, so I spun like crazy and attacked the hills. |
Monday Oct 15 |
| biking 35:00 [3] | |
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| nursing home on cross bike. a little stiff but no working parts afflicted. |
Sunday Oct 14 |
| biking race 1:25:00  | |
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| Cyclocross race at St. Vincents Park near a large incredibly turreted french provincial chateau thats a school or a convent or both just off metrolink stop. So rode to metrolink and then there, on gravel path - nice warm up. Started slowly, tired from the weeks activities, in a big cloud of dust at the start. Then started picking up speed, picking people off one after the other, and getting passed only once, by someone who was lapping the field. Set up well for a sprint on the last lap, still well behind multiple leaders, kept leaning on the turns on the pavement section more and more, and thinking,'boy these fancy tubeless tufos REALLY corner well, when, you guessed it, the tire rolled off the rim, and i crashed on my side. Me and a friendly bystander tried to pop it back on but it was flat, so I ran it in the last lap while everybody passed me. turns out it was a punture flat before it rolled off, so just bad luck, not bad tires.
got this rockabilly tune in my head, "Crashed on Friday, Rested on saturday, Crashed on sunday, keep rolling, keep rolling on." right bruised/scraped hip, thigh, elbow etc. on top of deep right thigh mucle bruise from friday. Left shoulder still sore. Wonder which side I'm going to sleep on tonight. |