Sunday Feb 25 |
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| Event: FUMA/QOC B Meet & Interscholastic Invitational
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 | trail running warm up/down 9:44 [2] 1.0 mi (9:44 / mi) | |
| (injured) shoes: Jalas hi-top O' shoes |
| warm-up jog on logging road to start of FUMA meet, Fork Union, VA. Temp barely above freezing with periods of light rain & sleet. leg injury still causing mild discomfort & slower running, conservative in jumping, etc. |
| orienteering race 1:22:20 [3] *** 6.12 km (13:27 / km) +195m 11:36 / km | |
| (injured) shoes: Jalas hi-top O' shoes |
| Fork Union "B" meet, Fork Union Military Academy, Virginia. Woods were generally fairly brushy... a lot of logging slash & deadfall. Constant problem with glasses fogging, & with the leg injury I was generally pretty slow & careful. |
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Saturday Feb 24 |
| road running warm up/down 3:35 [2] 0.35 mi (10:14 / mi) | |
| (injured) shoes: Icebugs |
| short warm-up & cool down at PWFP. |
| orienteering 55:15 [2] *** | |
| (injured) shoes: Icebugs |
| slow test run checking route choices on several legs of blue course for 2007 US Champs. Muscle pull still forcing me to go slower & more carefully, but slow jog felt ok most of the time. |
Friday Feb 23 |
| walking 4:22:00 [1] *** | |
| (injured) shoes: Icebugs |
| This represents a 9 hour day in the forest at PWFP (Event Consulting / Controlling for 2007 U.S. Champs). The leg muscle (hamstring?) felt ok although noticeable when I walked, but pulled a little whenever I tried to go above a walk, so this was a slow paced day. |
| trail running 17:25 [2] * 1.5 mi (11:36 / mi) | |
| (injured) shoes: Icebugs |
| by late in the day, muscle pain was almost gone while walking, so I tried some slow trail running (50% gravel road, 50% athletic fields, trails & power line right-of-way). Noticeable pain when running, this represents 4 segments of slow running of about 4 minutes each, separated by walking & fieldchecking. I tend to be super-conservative when it comes to medicating, but took an ibuprofin at bedtime & seemed to feel better both that night & next morning. |
Thursday Feb 22 |
| orienteering 2:07:00 [2] *** | |
| shoes: Icebugs |
| Event Consulting for 2007 U.S. Championships at Prince William Forest Park, Triangle, Virginia. Most of this was slow jog or walk, since I was checking precision and detail. I didn't count any time (another couple hours) stopped and checking immediate vicinity of controls, making notes, etc. |
| trail running 5:23 [3] * 0.5 mi (10:45 / mi) | |
| (injured) shoes: Icebugs |
| PWFP. short section of trail run. Unfortunately, I caught my toe on a root or stump & hyper-extended my other leg, pulling a muscle in the back of the leg where it attaches to the buttock (is that what they call the hamstring?) Anyway, it bothered me the rest of the day, but I continued to do some jogging, probably more than I should have.
Note to trail builders: you NEVER cut a sapling off at ground level... as the soil compacts and erodes, a trip hazard will be exposed. Experienced trail builders cut trees leaving a 3 or 4 foot trunk, then follow up by digging out the root ball (the taller trunk means that you don't miss seeing it & also gives leverage for prying/pulling once you've chopped thru roots). |
| road running 6:12 [3] 0.6 mi (10:19 / mi) | |
| (injured) shoes: Icebugs |
| finished up the day at PWFP with a jog back to the rental car on a gravel road. |
Wednesday Feb 21 |
| weights / strength (snow removal) 10:00 [3] | |
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| Broke up the last ice sheets on the driveway. Warming temperatures are at last melting the crusty snow... should be a lot easier to get back into the woods in the next day or so, but it is going to be real wet & sloppy for a while. |
Tuesday Feb 20 |
| weights / strength (snow removal) 20:00 [3] | |
| weight:159lbs |
| Took it pretty easy today. Lots of catching up on computer & related work. |
Monday Feb 19 |
| weights / strength (snow removal) 30:00 [3] | |
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| bicycling - stationary 21:28 [3] | |
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