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Training Log Archive: hamlet

In the 31 days ending Mar 31, 2021:

activity # timemileskm+m
  Biking7 10:49:06 110.35(5:53) 177.59(3:39) 1369
  Hiking2 8:12:04 18.49(26:37) 29.75(16:32) 1263
  Orienteering6 6:59:50 20.12(20:52) 32.38(12:58) 82573c
  Walk8 4:28:29 11.86(22:39) 19.08(14:04) 232
  Running6 2:57:38 15.66(11:20) 25.21(7:03) 369
  Strength Training4 40:00
  Commute Biking 2 20:03 2.68(7:29) 4.31(4:39) 62
  Total31 34:27:10 179.15 288.32 412073c
  [1-5]31 34:23:54

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Saturday Mar 27, 2021 #

11 AM

Hiking (Green Ridge State Forest) 3:11:52 intensity: (3:11:45 @1) + (7 @2) 12.15 km (15:47 / km) +274m 14:11 / km
ahr:91 max:122

geocaching

Thursday Mar 25, 2021 #

3 AM

Note

woohoooooo not feeling great so i didn't do anything, well, yesterday I guess

Tuesday Mar 23, 2021 #

6 PM

Walk (Wheaton) 39:15 intensity: (38:52 @1) + (23 @2) 1.8 km (21:48 / km) +20m 20:39 / km
ahr:107 max:124

7 PM

Biking 1:15:07 intensity: (51:58 @2) + (22:44 @3) + (25 @4) 22.25 km (3:23 / km) +95m 3:18 / km
ahr:138 max:171

Monday Mar 22, 2021 #

Note

things are just getting worse so no leaving the house today

Sunday Mar 21, 2021 #

10 AM

Hiking long (whiteoak/hawksbill) 5:00:12 intensity: (32:13 @1) + (2:21:02 @2) + (1:46:37 @3) + (20:20 @4) 17.6 km (17:03 / km) +989m 13:19 / km
ahr:141 max:181

so i slept maybe 3 and a half hours before this, and I couldn't get myself to eat until afterwards. Lots of fun.
It was nice to see my friends again, there was a group of 5 of us that were ahead of the others, so it was kind of chill. I was just not feeling the best cuz, well, I had no source of evergy.

Saturday Mar 20, 2021 #

2 PM

Walk warm up/down 8:06 [1] 0.6 km (13:30 / km)
ahr:107 max:117

Orienteering (Mason Neck - Green) 55:04 intensity: (10 @1) + (1:24 @2) + (12:46 @3) + (39:53 @4) + (51 @5) *** 5.75 km (9:35 / km) +26m 9:22 / km
ahr:167 max:190 11c

My pace was under 10 minutes per km :D The course was 5km long, so if I use the course distance, I ran around 10:30/km, which is really good for me. I mean, I'm not surprised I was that fast, it is Mason Neck after all, so there's no hills so I can actually run most of it.
I only made one big mistake. At 4, I saw my mom, and I kind of got distracted I guess, since I was planning too far ahead, so I thought I was at 5 instead and I tried to take a bearing of what I thought I was going to 6. I ended up at 7, where I realized my mistake, so I ran over to 5 and then ran cleanly for the rest of the course.

Thursday Mar 18, 2021 #

4 PM

Running 41:31 intensity: (16 @1) + (3:17 @2) + (4:33 @3) + (19:42 @4) + (13:43 @5) 6.1 km (6:48 / km) +58m 6:30 / km
ahr:174 max:194

oh how i've missed running in the rain with my glasses

Wednesday Mar 17, 2021 #

Note

felt like crap today (not sick, i doubt it was symptoms of covid-) so I ended up just eating and chilling all day. whoops. might still do some strength, idk

Tuesday Mar 16, 2021 #

Note

turns out a person who visited last thursday has covid. I was barely in contact with her since I was in my room mostly, but my mom was with her the whole hour or two (idk I wasn't paying attention to how long she was there).
Pretty concerning, so far I don't have any symptoms though, and the only shortness of breath I've had was because of running (which is very very normal for me-)
Still, I'm concerned and I don't want to spread it if I'm asymptomatic, and I hope I can get a test done asap. At least I'm at my dad's house where I don't see anyone other than my dad, so I won't endanger anyone this week.
5 PM

Running warm up/down 7:44 intensity: (16 @1) + (7:21 @2) + (7 @3) 1.01 km (7:39 / km) +23m 6:52 / km
ahr:134 max:142

Running intervals (fartlek 1min on, 1min off) 19:02 intensity: (18 @1) + (4:17 @2) + (1:12 @3) + (4:24 @4) + (8:51 @5) 2.9 km (6:34 / km) +40m 6:08 / km
ahr:171 max:199

AAAAAAA

some much needed intervals, and they went better than last time. I expected to only do 8, but I ended up doing 12 so pretty glad about that.

On my 1 min on I typically ran ~200m, and when I ran less than that it was because hills came into play. For the most part my pace for each leg was around 5min/k, with only two legs being about 30sec/k slower because they were uphill and I was dying. Other than that I was pretty consistent, with the exception of my second interval where I ran a 4:30/km pace. But yeah, not bad. ]

Also I actually jogged most of the rests- after the 4th interval I walked that whole rest minute (uphill), and then after the 5th interval I tended to walk the first 30 seconds and jog the next 30 seconds, so pretty glad about that.

Walk warm up/down 11:05 [1] 0.65 km (17:03 / km) +11m 15:43 / km
ahr:140 max:188

there was no way I was gonna run my cooldown. Also I think my HR was so high because I started my cooldown almost immediately after my last interval, so my heart was still recovering a bit from that. Looking at my HR graph that's definitely what it was.

Monday Mar 15, 2021 #

3 PM

Walk 24:01 intensity: (22:43 @1) + (1:18 @2) 1.6 km (15:01 / km) +30m 13:43 / km
ahr:106 max:165

finally got a rest day in

Sunday Mar 14, 2021 #

10 AM

Orienteering (Mckeldin - Green) 1:34:42 intensity: (19:37 @1) + (8:27 @2) + (26:38 @3) + (39:55 @4) + (5 @5) *** 6.43 km (14:44 / km) +270m 12:10 / km
ahr:147 max:184 17c

I did pretty well, just made some small mistakes on 3, 8, 14, 15, and to the finish.

3 was a relatively small mistake- I only lost about 30 seconds there because I didn't fully look at what the features are in the circle and didn't try to visualize it properly, so I got to the edge of the circle and got confused.

8 was also a relatively small mistake- especially compared to others. Probably also only cost me 30 seconds - 1 minute. I was running with 3 other people since control 4, and I was getting pretty psyched out about it and just wanted to lose them. At 8 I went to the wrong cliff, and it took me a bit to notice where it was on the map because it was exactly on the line of the circle. The others were a little further off and seemed just lost in the terrain which only had about 2 contours, and then those 2 cliffs, so I got lucky to have at least found that wrong one which I could use as an attackpoint. I then proceeded to completely lose them on my way to 9, which I think I executed really well, and I saw that one of the three people, the one that was up till then just in front of me, was way off so I was pretty proud of myself.

14, well, ignoring the fact that it was a really long leg and getting up the first hill onto the field took me too long because, well, ouch, I only made a mistake at the end where I started barreling down the wrong trail (which was at first parallel to the one I wanted to be on, just on the other side of the ridge). I noticed my mistake fairly quickly, but instead of smoothly crossing over the little bit of terrain between the two trails, I instinctively started running back on the trail before crossing over. Not the best mistake recovery, but oh well. I don't think I lost much more than about 30 seconds.

15 was definitely my biggest mistake. I was around a bunch of other people again, and after we left the trail and crossed the stream to go around the hill, I was thinking that they were wayyyy too high. I even thought I was too high, but since they were higher up I thought I was probably fine. Nope, I was about 1 contour too high which got me to a spot which really confused me. It looked like it was the right spot, just the control wasn't there. Even looking at my GPS track, I don't think I could've found where I was out there, it felt like it didn't match. So I decided to try going back to the trail, until I looked over and saw the control, so that was good. Now it makes sense that those other people were trying to hit the bend in the trail as an attack point, which was probably better than my strategy of contouring over and hoping I was on the right contour (especially given that the other times I contoured on the course I was always a little off).

And to the finish, well, I wanted to cut through the light green to the road instead of taking the trail, but I got sidetracked going on the rough open under the powerlines, and I noticed a little late and should've just stuck with the rough open but oh well. I was tired and i forgot to take a drink beforehand so that wasn't exactly the best-

Other than that I'm pretty satisfied with my course. Of course I could've run more, I always can, but I don't think I did too bad, especially looking at my past week of training. I do need to practice contouring more, but other than that I just need to pay attention. Also I need to stop getting so psyched out about other people if I want to stand a chance in competitions. Looking at my pace it looks miserable, but it is McKeldin after all so I can't be too frustrated.

It was a really fun course, probably the first course I ran at McKeldin that didn't just feel like a repeat of the course from the year before. It was nice that there was more of a focus on contouring, especially on that one steep hillside, rather than just sending the runners up and down over and over as I feel like usually happens. It's a hard park to set up a course that is more technical than physical, and I think this course definitely did the job.
2 PM

Orienteering (McKeldin - Yellow) 38:43 intensity: (57 @1) + (11:32 @2) + (16:34 @3) + (9:40 @4) * 2.8 km (13:50 / km) +110m 11:33 / km
ahr:149 max:180 10c

Ran the yellow course because someone lost their phone and I figured I might as well go look for it. I didn't find the phone, (someone else did), but I found some car keys instead soooo....

I really need to start wearing my O-socks when I go out on these second, easier courses. I thought it was gonna be mostly on trails, but the person told me that they went mostly straight for every control, so no trails for meee

also I know I was slow for the fact it was a yellow course, but I was tired and when I wasn't on a trail (which was most of the time), I was walking so I could look more carefully for the phone.

and I thought I wasn't gonna run that much today

also just a note if I actually had my epunch i would've won yellow so yay :) at least I can still win against 10 year olds and families with kids

Saturday Mar 13, 2021 #

9 AM

Orienteering (Little Bennett) 58:55 intensity: (5:00 @1) + (16:44 @2) + (20:00 @3) + (17:10 @4) + (1 @5) ** 5.21 km (11:19 / km) +134m 10:01 / km
ahr:149 max:183 14c

on my own- tryng out the permanent course there but instead of doing one of the courses I made my own course to get all of the controls, but it was very similar to the intermediate one.
11 AM

Orienteering (Little Bennett) 1:30:14 intensity: (17:45 @1) + (57:59 @2) + (11:24 @3) + (2:51 @4) + (15 @5) * 5.11 km (17:39 / km) +123m 15:46 / km
ahr:131 max:187 9c

basically felt like rerunning the other course I did. Intermediate permanent course and I went with a friend, not even trying to run or anything, just sorta chilling while I was navigating almost completely by memory. It was almost like a course review but in person, minus a few controls.

also, well, so much for a rest day.

Friday Mar 12, 2021 #

12 PM

Biking (RC+M. Henson Trails) 1:17:57 intensity: (15:37 @1) + (29:28 @2) + (22:53 @3) + (9:59 @4) 25.81 km (3:01 / km) +180m 2:55 / km
ahr:139 max:173

1 PM

Running (Wheaton) 15:55 intensity: (13 @1) + (29 @2) + (11:44 @3) + (3:29 @4) 2.1 km (7:35 / km) +20m 7:14 / km
ahr:154 max:179

I intended to do more but owwwww my legssss

Biking (sligo creek trail) 44:28 intensity: (1:24 @1) + (10:54 @2) + (28:51 @3) + (3:19 @4) 11.0 km (4:03 / km) +105m 3:51 / km
ahr:145 max:170

a lottt slower than earlier, mostly cuz i was tired but also I didn't know where to go so I had to stop a few times to check the directions.

Thursday Mar 11, 2021 #

4 PM

Biking (Rock Creek Trail) 1:32:08 intensity: (3:16 @0) + (12:31 @1) + (4:02 @2) + (47:34 @3) + (24:18 @4) + (27 @5) 30.03 km (3:04 / km) +161m 2:59 / km
ahr:146 max:184

Wednesday Mar 10, 2021 #

12 PM

Commute Biking (to Silver Spring) 12:05 intensity: (6:33 @1) + (5:32 @2) 2.3 km (5:15 / km) +44m 4:48 / km
ahr:120 max:139

1 PM

Walk (Siler Spring/DC) 1:31:15 [2] 8.03 km (11:22 / km) +50m 11:01 / km

5 PM

Commute Biking (from Silver Spring) 7:58 intensity: (1:09 @1) + (4:50 @2) + (1:59 @3) 2.01 km (3:58 / km) +18m 3:48 / km
ahr:137 max:157

Tuesday Mar 9, 2021 #

11 AM

Biking (Capital Crescent Trail) 1:59:17 intensity: (8:09 @1) + (33:25 @2) + (56:25 @3) + (21:18 @4) 40.3 km (2:58 / km) +234m 2:53 / km
ahr:147 max:179

I felt slow and a bit sore from yesterday, and I thought that biking through Bethesda slowed me down a lot. Apparently not, apparently I was faster than two weeks ago- and I'm not sure if that was mostly because of the terrain or if I improved. Also my endurance definitely improved, because even towards the end I didn't slow down much at all and felt about the same as at the beginning strength-wise.
I could've done without all the people on the trail today, but it was a nice day so I can't really say I expected otherwise. I'm pretty satisfied with this biking.

also extra note: my pace is apparently the exact same as yesterday's, even when the climb is taken into account. nice

Monday Mar 8, 2021 #

5 PM

Biking (Beach Dr) 1:40:03 [3] 33.7 km (2:58 / km) +185m 2:53 / km
ahr:146 max:179

time to up the time i exercise this week now that I've got my bike-
i think that I'm going to try going for a looot of time (like 2 hours a day) with low intensity on the weeks when I'm at my mom's house, so basically focusing on a ton of biking, and then on weeks I'm at my dad's house I'll focus more on running/higher intensity, still trying to get about 30 mins- 1 hour a day in. Kind of because at my dad's I can't really bike, and at my mom's I'm really sick of running in the areas near the condo, so I'd have to bike a bit anyways to get to terrain I'd be willing to run on. Like, yes, there's not really much variation at my dad's, but there I feel less frustrated when I run on the same thing over and over- I guess partially because it's on pavement and I don't see as many people there.

Sunday Mar 7, 2021 #

Note

back at my mom's house, so i get to bike again. Plus it's an easier week for school, so the training hours are about to go uppppp-
10 AM

Walk warm up/down 16:06 [1] 1.23 km (13:05 / km) +23m 11:58 / km
ahr:92 max:120

Orienteering 1:22:12 intensity: (24:18 @1) + (7:16 @2) + (14:02 @3) + (35:32 @4) + (1:04 @5) *** 7.08 km (11:37 / km) +162m 10:25 / km
ahr:145 max:187 12c

running-wise, i did okay. I definitely could've done better, but I can't be angry. I was actually able to run up a few of the hills this time (moreso in the first half). But for how hilly this park is, I really can't complain.

I messed up #2 a bit, I was too much to the right and then traversed the hillside too low, so I did a bit of a loop around the control. It wasn't too horrible, but it definitely cost me a few minutes.
On #3, I was still a bit frustrated about the mistake, because when I got to the reentrant with the control in it, I started looking for the control and the bouler about 100-150m too early, which cost me about a minute. Then I did a quick breathing exercise in an attempt to reset my focus, and it helped.

After that, I only really lost focus on the way to #8, after passing the water pits i really have no clue where I crossed the stream and how I got to the control, but I made it, so I lucked out.

Overall, I think my compass work was pretty good, there were several legs on which I used a bearing, so that's good. Improvement on that part- also I think I didn't lose too much time on river crossings, so that's good. Only the first time I was crossing Quantico Creek I went around over to the bridge which probably cost me some time- definitely some distance- because the river looked too deep for me to cross there.

I weirdly enough felt like I was dehydrated more than usual on the course, even though I drank a lot more water than I usually do yesterday and in the morning. Maybe it was because i didn't eat anything before going on the course. I really need to fix my eating- i rarely have an appetite anymore, but when I do, i could eat anything and everything. Just like my training, it's all or nothing.

Saturday Mar 6, 2021 #

Note

oh noooo i'm slipping again, i thought i was getting better but having people around me who constantly remind me that i'm not and that according to them i was a better person a year ago is really not helping-

Note
(rest day)

yeah not happening. i feel bad about it but i really just...well...no

Friday Mar 5, 2021 #

2 PM

Running (road) 46:16 intensity: (25 @1) + (14:43 @2) + (28:19 @3) + (2:31 @4) + (18 @5) 6.44 km (7:11 / km) +101m 6:40 / km
ahr:145 max:188

eey i did double what i did on my recent runs
10 PM

Note

i wanted to do core but i'm honestly exhausted, partially from my run and partially from school.

Thursday Mar 4, 2021 #

3 PM

Strength Training (core) 10:00 [3]

4 PM

Walk 54:50 intensity: (53:10 @1) + (1:40 @2) 3.65 km (15:01 / km) +72m 13:40 / km
ahr:100 max:139

i feel like crap so there's no way i could go for a run today, so a long walk with ben it is.

Wednesday Mar 3, 2021 #

11 AM

Walk (w/ ben) 23:51 [1] 1.52 km (15:41 / km) +26m 14:27 / km
ahr:96 max:110

3 PM

Biking (MTB- Green Ridge SP) 2:20:06 intensity: (1:50 @1) + (43:58 @2) + (1:00:56 @3) + (31:08 @4) + (2:14 @5) 14.5 km (9:40 / km) +409m 8:28 / km
ahr:150 max:187

So, uh, the last 5 km took 15 minutes...
We went on the biking trail in Green Ridge on the other way around than we were before: big mistake. We ended up climbing up the biggest hill there, and we had to walk up the entire last hill because it was just too steep, the terrain was too iffy, and it was way too long. At the top, right before getting to the road, there was a short section that we physically could bike on, and my dad took advantage of that, and broke a lever on his rear gear shifter.
We tried to have me bike back to the car and drive up to pick him up, but I didn't have a map on me so I was going by memory of what I've seen on my dad's phone. Unfortunately I went incorrectly (so did my dad), so at one point I got very confused and while I was trying to figure out where to go, my dad caught up to me. (he could still go downhill, just couldn't pedal at all). So, I ended up not having to drive to pick him up, since it was basically just downhill the whole time.
it was a time...

Tuesday Mar 2, 2021 #

Note

oh- i made it over 9 hours of activity, interesting-
4 PM

Running warm up/down (neighborhood) 7:11 [2] 1.01 km (7:07 / km) +27m 6:16 / km
ahr:136 max:151

Running intervals 17:17 intensity: (6:35 @1) + (10:42 @4) 2.4 km (7:12 / km) +45m 6:35 / km

pathetic attempt at intervals, i thought i could do 3
4x 650m with 200m rest, but i ended up only doing it 3 times and the second time i had to walk for a few seconds halfway through. First interval pace was 5:09/km, but i clearly pushed too hard because i ended up doing 5:49/km on both of the next intervals.

honestly i just feel like crap today, not even sore or anything, just extremely...idk how to describe it.
9 PM

Strength Training (core) 10:00 [3]

10 PM

Strength Training (arma) 10:00 [3]

10 sets of 10 incline pushups cuz I'm lazy to do actual ones

Monday Mar 1, 2021 #

1 PM

Strength Training (core) 10:00 [3]

frustrated about everything, so I did core during class.

Even though I'm very very sore from the weekend, I felt super strong today? Like I got through every single exercise (even the planks) all the way through without stopping- admittedly I had a bit of a break after the first 5 minutes and another one 2 minutes later because I had to write something down for class. But I didn't have to stop in the middle at all- honestly I'm glad, it feels so good to be able to do the whole thing without much problems (I mean I still felt the burn but I didn't have to stop so-)
3 PM

Running (neighborhood) 22:42 [3] 3.25 km (6:59 / km) +55m 6:26 / km
ahr:172 max:189

aaaaaa i didn't want to go but I knew if I didn't I'd feel bad--

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