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Training Log Archive: mikeminium

In the 7 days ending Feb 10, 2008:

activity # timemileskm+m
  mapping - field checking2 5:00:00 7.0(42:52) 11.27(26:38)
  bicycling - stationary5 2:55:49
  orienteering2 2:37:22 10.02(15:43) 16.12(9:46) 24085c
  road running2 56:08 6.07(9:15) 9.77(5:45)
  walking1 20:00 1.0(20:00) 1.61(12:26)
  Total7 11:49:19 24.09 38.76 24085c
averages - weight:158.3lbs

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Sunday Feb 10, 2008 #

orienteering race 25:46 [4] *** 2.7 km (9:33 / km) +80m 8:19 / km
14c weight:157lbs shoes: Icebugs

Its a scary thing when the Course Setter names his sprint courses after notorious gangsters. "Scarface" was the first and longest of 3 short races at Twin Creek Metropark set by Tom Svobodny. Gullies and thickets made these a little tougher physically than many sprints, and although Tom did quite a bit of updating to the 1:10,000 map, its reincarnation at 1:5000 still was a little short of ISSOM. Not a bad map, but when you're sprinting, you notice when the grammar are slightly off.

The second scary thing was the weather, 15 degrees F (-9 C), and the first two legs were straight acoss open fields into the teeth of of a wind that reached 30 mph (50 km/hr) at times. And, because the previous days had been much warmer, the field was pocked with many nice puddles of icy water.

Be afraid... be very afraid...

orienteering race 22:35 [4] *** 2.57 km (8:47 / km) +85m 7:32 / km
13c shoes: Icebugs

"Bugsy" was the second course of the day. Same first control as "Scarface". Probably my cleanest run of the day, with only one control giving me a little hesitation.

orienteering race 19:07 [4] *** 1.82 km (10:30 / km) +75m 8:43 / km
9c shoes: O T Blaze III

There was nothing kinder or gentler about the hand that set "Machine Gun", and it didn't help that I was feeling overconfident when I started. The wind kicked up just as I punched start and set off to the same number one control used by "Scarface" and "Bugsy", and I was a full 15 seconds slower than on "Bugsy", mainly due to fighting the wind. Also, I discovered that going right of a waterhole which I had gone left of on the previous two courses led me splashing through more puddles than the other side. Brrrr.
On the way to #2, my epunch finger was going so numb that I pulled off the punch and just carried it in my compass hand for the duration of the course. Number 2 was my worst mistake of the day. I didn't go quite far enough, stopped 20m before the control and backtracked enough to bounce off #7 (75m away), before returning and looking farther ahead. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Or maybe just numb. After that, pretty clean except for a little bobble on #5.

walking 20:00 [1] *** 1.0 mi (20:00 / mi)

picked up 3 controls at Twin Creek.


Scarface - Splits

Bugsy - Splits

Machine Gun - Splits

Saturday Feb 9, 2008 #

orienteering 50:00 [1] *** 2.0 mi (25:00 / mi)
20c weight:158lbs shoes: O T Blaze III

checking control sites for 2008 US Sprint Championships (south course).

orienteering 19:10 [4] ** 2.9 km (6:37 / km)
16c shoes: O T Blaze III

South sprint. (red / blue)

orienteering 20:44 [4] ** 2.91 km (7:07 / km)
13c shoes: O T Blaze III

North sprint. (red / blue)

mapping - field checking 2:30:00 [3] ** 3.0 mi (50:00 / mi)
shoes: O T Blaze III

Field checking - map corrections for 2008 U.S. Sprint Championships. South course. A couple new paths, some minor vegetation changes, added a couple missing knolls and a few other minor adjustments.

bicycling - stationary 31:56 [3]

Friday Feb 8, 2008 #

bicycling - stationary 10:46 [3]
weight:158lbs

Thursday Feb 7, 2008 #

road running 23:35 [3] 4.3 km (5:29 / km)
weight:157lbs shoes: Brooks Accel

morning pre-breakfast run.

Wednesday Feb 6, 2008 #

mapping - field checking 2:30:00 [1] ** 4.0 mi (37:30 / mi)
weight:159lbs

checking control sites & making a few more minor map updates at Rentschler. Actual time in forest closer to 3 hours.

bicycling - stationary 37:38 [3]

Tuesday Feb 5, 2008 #

road running 32:33 [3] 3.4 mi (9:34 / mi)
weight:160lbs shoes: Sala Runner 3

to Oxford

bicycling - stationary 17:44 [3]

bicycling - stationary 22:12 [3]

while catching up on election results...

Monday Feb 4, 2008 #

bicycling - stationary 55:33 [3]
weight:159lbs

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