Training Archive: BorisGr

Orienteering race 1:05:12 [4] **** 8.5 km (7:40 / km)
spiked:12/14c shoes: Fall 2009 VJ Falcons

Anza Borrego Day 2 - Blue course
Much better today. Two small mistakes. Didn't lose too much time searching for the missing control, but still a little frustrating. Map and analysis later. The desert is awesome, but I still have a lot to learn about orienteering here.

Orienteering 30:00 [1]

Maze-O with Sandra and Peter Zurcher

Event: Georgia Navigator Cup
 

Orienteering race 1:42:42 [4] ***** 7.8 km (13:10 / km) +380m 10:35 / km
spiked:8/13c shoes: 2009 VJ Falcons

Anza Borrego Day 1 - Blue course
Total disaster culminated by a massive 22 minute mistake. Map and embarrassing analysis later.

Orienteering 1:07 [5] *** 0.18 km (6:21 / km) +4m 5:42 / km
shoes: Blue Asics 2009

Western Regional Ultimate String-O Championships:
http://usa-orienteering.blogspot.com/2010/01/weste...

Orienteering 20:00 [1]

Picking up some controls with Biggins

Event: Anza-Borrego Orienteering Festival at Buttes Pass
 

Orienteering 24:43 [2] ***** 2.47 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: 2009 VJ Falcons

Anza-Borrego model event, together with Biggins. Had trouble interpreting the map - bad omen for the following day.

Note
(rest day)

In Tucson.

Skiing 40:00 [2]

Skiing race 15:20 [5] 4.5 km (3:24 / km)

An actual ski race! Well, almost. Drove up to Winding Trails in Farmington with Kat and two people from the Yale ski team, Will and Holly. Winding Trails does a weekly Wednesday night race whenever they have snow, and tonight they had some - a loop of man-made snow about 750m long. I was completely unprepared to race, as I hadn't done it since 2002, and it sure felt hard. I got my butt kicked by Will by nearly two minutes, and my technique was pretty crappy, but it was fun in that same painful way I recall it being fun from my racing days. This winter is pretty much over for me as far as skiing as concerned, but I am motivated to do some ski-specific training for next winter, as skiing seems to hurt my butt a lot less than running/orienteering.
Oh yeah: Winding Trails seems like a great place for orienteering, and the guy who runs the place said he'd totally let us use it for events if we mapped it. WCOC mapping project?

C • That's too bad 9

Soccer 1:00:00 [3]

Soccer! Didn't play very well tonight, butt hurt.

Running 15:00 [2] 2.5 km (6:00 / km)

Cool-down (with rollerskis in hand!)

C • rollerskis! 6

Running 28:08 [2] 4.33 km (6:30 / km)
shoes: Blue Asics 2009

Around a snowy field at East Rock with Kat in the dark.

Strength 10:00 [1]

Strength at home after running