Training Log Archive: P.StrommeIn the 7 days ending May 10, 2014:
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Saturday May 10, 2014 #
Event: MNOC Interstate State Park
Miscellaneous Activity (Warm Up; Cool Down) 20:00 [2]
shoes: La Sportiva C-Lite 2.0
2 PM
Orienteering race 1:34:56 ***** 5.07 mi (18:44 / mi) +726ft 16:29 / mi
ahr:164 max:185 spiked:8/13c shoes: La Sportiva C-Lite 2.0
Not a great race overall, on very challenging terrain. Planned to run red, but a map shortage resulted in running green instead (thanks, BP, for leaving your map).
Started fine on #1 and #2.
Missed my intended trail toward #3, and took a parallel trail instead. Lost some time when the trail split unexpectedly (not shown on map). Now in the comfort of home, I see that the map shows the trail disappearing across a marsh, and picks up on the other side, but the trail was clearly visible (but wet) across the marsh.
Thought I was a bit right going to #4, so I angled back to the left. It turns out I was actually too far left, and just made it worse. I ended up more than halfway to #5 and had to backtrack to #4.
Did fine on #5 and #6. I took the road to #5 so I could regroup, and I think it helped.
Skirted the south of the marsh to #7, and met up with Julia on the trail leading to the control. We punched together and then parted ways, as she was on the red course.
#8 and #9 were no trouble.
Helped a couple of juniors relocate on the way to #10 (they were going to #8). I lost a big chunk of time going to #10, as I stayed on the trail too long. I ended up almost all the way back to the parking lot.
#11 was OK.
#12, I was in the right spot, but didn't see the control. I then proceeded to lose almost 10 minutes searching all over the place, before finally finding the control back where I was originally.
#13, I feel like it might have been mapped on the wrong boulder, but I'm not sure.
The finish clearing was visible from #13, so I was able to sprint to the finish, and imagine that I had a better race than I actually had.
Started fine on #1 and #2.
Missed my intended trail toward #3, and took a parallel trail instead. Lost some time when the trail split unexpectedly (not shown on map). Now in the comfort of home, I see that the map shows the trail disappearing across a marsh, and picks up on the other side, but the trail was clearly visible (but wet) across the marsh.
Thought I was a bit right going to #4, so I angled back to the left. It turns out I was actually too far left, and just made it worse. I ended up more than halfway to #5 and had to backtrack to #4.
Did fine on #5 and #6. I took the road to #5 so I could regroup, and I think it helped.
Skirted the south of the marsh to #7, and met up with Julia on the trail leading to the control. We punched together and then parted ways, as she was on the red course.
#8 and #9 were no trouble.
Helped a couple of juniors relocate on the way to #10 (they were going to #8). I lost a big chunk of time going to #10, as I stayed on the trail too long. I ended up almost all the way back to the parking lot.
#11 was OK.
#12, I was in the right spot, but didn't see the control. I then proceeded to lose almost 10 minutes searching all over the place, before finally finding the control back where I was originally.
#13, I feel like it might have been mapped on the wrong boulder, but I'm not sure.
The finish clearing was visible from #13, so I was able to sprint to the finish, and imagine that I had a better race than I actually had.
Monday May 5, 2014 #
Strolling 1:40:00 [1]
Went for walks with 4 of my classes.
Sunday May 4, 2014 #
Event: MNOC AR Tune-up
10 AM
Adventure Racing race 4:02:11 [5] *** 25.5 mi (9:30 / mi)
ahr:162 max:189 spiked:29/31c shoes: La Sportiva C-Lite 2.0
My first adventure race. The biggest challenge of the race was finding a teammate. I went from zero teammates to 3 within the span of 1 1/2 days. Then I went back to zero a few days later. Fortunately, I got Rocky back on board 4 days before the race. We were team "Sham and Bacon" (the name was part of a deal to get one of my other potential teammates to commit, and it stuck).
When Rainbow Unicorn showed up at the start after hanging flags, I noticed that his pants were wet to the top of his thighs. Sure enough, we got wet just a couple of minutes into the race when the first control, and the trail leading to it, were under water.
4 hours is a long race, given my fitness level, and my quads were on the verge of seizing up. It was great that Rocky was able to lead on the bike, and then I led on the trek.
NOTE: I forgot to start my Garmin until halfway through the first bike section. I stole the distance from Space Monkey's log. For a point-to-point race, I think we were probably close enough to the same distance. His gps track looks fairly similar to what we did.
Splits are posted on the event page.
When Rainbow Unicorn showed up at the start after hanging flags, I noticed that his pants were wet to the top of his thighs. Sure enough, we got wet just a couple of minutes into the race when the first control, and the trail leading to it, were under water.
4 hours is a long race, given my fitness level, and my quads were on the verge of seizing up. It was great that Rocky was able to lead on the bike, and then I led on the trek.
NOTE: I forgot to start my Garmin until halfway through the first bike section. I stole the distance from Space Monkey's log. For a point-to-point race, I think we were probably close enough to the same distance. His gps track looks fairly similar to what we did.
Splits are posted on the event page.