Training Log Archive: mikeminium

setting up activities for UCMS training this afternoon. Hueston Woods.

No kids showed up for practice today. Basketball practice was moved earlier so Caleb couldn't make it; Brennan had stayed home sick, Sam and Hunter were busy with the robotics team. Headed to Hueston Woods anyway. Shadowed David_Waller while he did a line-O I had set at Hueston Woods.

Ran a 6 control course David designed on the spur of the moment at Hueston Woods, "Chase the Fox" style. I had to find the right spots and hang a streamer. David gave me two minutes head start, then took off in pursuit. I bobbled #1, lost a few seconds to fix a shoe, and aimed off way too far left, putting me on the wrong side of some miserable unmapped deadfall. Leaving 1 was a dogleg, and I could see David coming into 1 (and he saw me) as I ran to 2, dropped a streamer at 2, and took off over the hill for 3. At 3, there was another sharp turn to the left, and as I was climbing the hill away from it, I saw David coming in on the approach. This was going to be a fun race. Fortunately, I hit 4, 5 and 6 dead on, and David made a mistake going from 4 to 5, so I never saw him again. Entertaining way to get some training in.

Event: OCIN - TROL #9 Sharon Woods
 

Orange course at Sharon Woods. Fast course, with a sprint-like feel to it.

C • Orange then Green 2

Green course at Sharon Woods.

OCIN TROL 4-9 Sharon Woods3_Orange - Splits

OCIN TROL 4-9 Sharon Woods5_Green - Splits

Event: Cabin Fever Rogaine
 

more hauling dirt and setting brick pavers. finished with the pavers, but probably still need to move a few more loads of dirt to finish levelling alongside.

Misc. yard and garden: digging, hauling dirt, removing and re-setting brick pavers. Added enough dirt to increase and extend the slope away from the house and eliminate a puddling area a few feet out from the foundation. Imagine doing this kind of work on February 2 in Ohio! Normally the ground would be frozen solid.

Picked up a large bin-liner's worth of roadside trash from the edges of the forest and field along the road near my house. Amazing how many empty beer bottles and cans one finds, even in a state where having an open alcohol container in a vehicle is a pretty major offense. They are obviously consuming while driving, then discarding the evidence.

Brookville Lake Scenic Trail. Dusk. Running in shorts on Feb. 1. Saw several bats fluttering overhead and they actually appeared to be finding a few insects on which to feed. Cool.

Cool down.

Orange course at Indian Creek. Pretty clean run.

Picked up remaining controls at Indian Creek. Mix of walking and jogging.

Joyce Park bike path with Orunner. Then met Cedarcreek to hand off orienteering equipment for next Sunday's meet at Sharon Woods.