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Thursday Aug 3, 2017 #
Orienteering race 20:17 [5] *** 3.7 km (5:29 / km)
26c shoes: 2013 Asics White+Blue
COC Sprint - Perth, Ottawa
Dropped off Barney with Valerie, made the flight to Syracuse, rented a car, drove north. Everything was going according to plan until we hit the Canadian border at thousand islands. Apparently, we were not the only ones interested in escaping to the north that day. We were in line at the border for about an hour, which meant that by the time we got to Perth, I needed to immediately change and run to the start.
I was apprehensive about running the sprint because at the last one I ran, in Idaho, I felt dead slow and just plodded along. Of course, that was on zero training, and this was with at least some training going in. I felt ok from the start and was excited to see the course when I turned over the map.
The race went mostly ok. I think I chose the wrong routes on 10, 14, 19, and definitely 20, where I did not go through the water, losing about 20 seconds. I also had small time losses (3-8 seconds each) on 8, 11, and 14. On 14 I was running across the main street, expecting the crossing guards to stop traffic in both directions. As I was the first person crossing there, one of the crossing guards forgot to put up his stop sign, and a car had to slam on its breaks hard to avoid me at the last minute. I think they figured it out after that. :)
My speed wasn't terrible given the amount of running training I had done (none), so I was mostly satisfied. Certainly, losing about 1 minute total during the race is a lot for a sprint, but that's what I get for very rarely racing sprints these days. Damian's time of 14:41 was certainly impressive. I did win M35, but was 17th overall on the course, which included M20, M21, and M45. (Of other old guys, I was beaten by the eternally young Brian May, Jon T, and Wyatt).
RG: http://orienteering.ca/cgi-bin/reitti.pl?act=map&i...
Dropped off Barney with Valerie, made the flight to Syracuse, rented a car, drove north. Everything was going according to plan until we hit the Canadian border at thousand islands. Apparently, we were not the only ones interested in escaping to the north that day. We were in line at the border for about an hour, which meant that by the time we got to Perth, I needed to immediately change and run to the start.
I was apprehensive about running the sprint because at the last one I ran, in Idaho, I felt dead slow and just plodded along. Of course, that was on zero training, and this was with at least some training going in. I felt ok from the start and was excited to see the course when I turned over the map.
The race went mostly ok. I think I chose the wrong routes on 10, 14, 19, and definitely 20, where I did not go through the water, losing about 20 seconds. I also had small time losses (3-8 seconds each) on 8, 11, and 14. On 14 I was running across the main street, expecting the crossing guards to stop traffic in both directions. As I was the first person crossing there, one of the crossing guards forgot to put up his stop sign, and a car had to slam on its breaks hard to avoid me at the last minute. I think they figured it out after that. :)
My speed wasn't terrible given the amount of running training I had done (none), so I was mostly satisfied. Certainly, losing about 1 minute total during the race is a lot for a sprint, but that's what I get for very rarely racing sprints these days. Damian's time of 14:41 was certainly impressive. I did win M35, but was 17th overall on the course, which included M20, M21, and M45. (Of other old guys, I was beaten by the eternally young Brian May, Jon T, and Wyatt).
RG: http://orienteering.ca/cgi-bin/reitti.pl?act=map&i...
Running 10:00 [2] 1.67 km (6:00 / km)
Running to the start
Wednesday Aug 2, 2017 #
Cross-Training 30:00
Easy elliptical at work with some 30-second pick-ups thrown in.
PT 20:00 [1]
Mostly stretching, but some strength too.
Tuesday Aug 1, 2017 #
Cross-Training 1:05:00 [1]
A rare late evening workout, after dinner. Not the best feeling in the world. Planned to do 80 minutes, then 75, then dragged myself through 65. Need to eat smaller dinners if I am going to hit the elliptical in the evening.
Monday Jul 31, 2017 #
Cross-Training 50:00
Elliptical intervals at lunchtime at work. I did 4x4 minutes with a 2 minute rest.
Sunday Jul 30, 2017 #
Orienteering 22:53 [3] *** 3.5 km (6:32 / km)
15c shoes: 2013 Asics White+Blue
We spent the morning and early afternoon helping out and hanging out at QOC's Intro to Orienteering event at Wheaton. Alli helped Amy run the epunch, and I did some beginner instruction and some baby-minding.
It was a really fun event with a great atmosphere. I think that these beginner-only events are a really good way for the club to attract new people without intimidating them. Heidi and Dave do an excellent job organizing these. I wonder if Heidi would be interested in giving a talk on these at the Convention in November.
Over 70 people showed up, and most seemed to have a great time.
After the event we were allowed to run the white or yellow courses as part of QOC's Summer Short Series. Since the yellow course was the same as the year before, I ran by memory after spending a few minutes looking at the map. It mostly went well, and I purposely took simpler route choices to minimize mistakes. Still, I miscounted trail junctions going to #6 (I needed to count to 1, but I counted to 2) and ended up off the map (though I didn't realize it, since I didn't have a map). I remembered having seen a yellow blob to the left of #6. Now I was looking at a field to the right of me, so I figured I should run through it and keep going. Luckily, that worked, as I was only off in direction, not distance. I am guessing I lost about a minute and a half. No problems the rest of the way.
It was a really fun event with a great atmosphere. I think that these beginner-only events are a really good way for the club to attract new people without intimidating them. Heidi and Dave do an excellent job organizing these. I wonder if Heidi would be interested in giving a talk on these at the Convention in November.
Over 70 people showed up, and most seemed to have a great time.
After the event we were allowed to run the white or yellow courses as part of QOC's Summer Short Series. Since the yellow course was the same as the year before, I ran by memory after spending a few minutes looking at the map. It mostly went well, and I purposely took simpler route choices to minimize mistakes. Still, I miscounted trail junctions going to #6 (I needed to count to 1, but I counted to 2) and ended up off the map (though I didn't realize it, since I didn't have a map). I remembered having seen a yellow blob to the left of #6. Now I was looking at a field to the right of me, so I figured I should run through it and keep going. Luckily, that worked, as I was only off in direction, not distance. I am guessing I lost about a minute and a half. No problems the rest of the way.
Friday Jul 28, 2017 #
Running 31:00 [2] 3.9 mi (7:57 / mi) +70m 7:32 / mi
shoes: Asics with flames 2012
Running! In the rain! I didn't have enough time to make it to the gym and back and get a workout in, and it was pouring outside, so the obvious solution was to go run. It was fabulous! The Mall was one giant puddle, with tourists rapidly dispersing in all directions to hide from the torrential downpour. The Washington Monument loomed in the distance as an uncertain outline in the clouds, and neither Lincoln nor the Capitol were visible from the middle of the Mall. I was drenched from the very first steps and really enjoyed myself the whole time.
It was also clear that my body is not at all accustomed to running. I need to slowly start reintroducing it as a part of the routine, while taking care to not overdo it with my back.
It was also clear that my body is not at all accustomed to running. I need to slowly start reintroducing it as a part of the routine, while taking care to not overdo it with my back.