Training Log Archive: hkleaf

Think I caught a cold from staying out too long yesterday.
99/55

Event: MVOC TROL 8 - Possum Creek
 

94/59
Not much progress on the knee, even with relative inactivity the last few days.

MVOC/TROL Event - Possum Creek MetroPark, Dayton, Ohio.
Brown Course: 4.2km, 11c, 48m. (1:10 000, 3m)
Course Setter: Tom Svobodny
High 30s, cloudy, windy

Testing out the knee and finding out the setback is much worse than hoped. Even at walking pace, there were times it felt sore and bothersome. The orienteering itself wasn't that great either. The green was thick with honeysuckles (ala Miami Woods), but there weren't too many legs that require fight if one picked the right routechoice. On the way to #6, I ran to the wrong control ~30m from mine (it was in a reentrant too, just not a shallow one) because I stopped reading the map. Then on the long leg #7-8, I picked the slightly longer route on the southern trail, and later compounded things by missing my attackpoint. I stumbled around in the diffuse open area with scattered trees trying to locate the big pond without much luck. Finally decided to bail east for the trail to relocate, and walked right to the pond! At #9, I thought I was attacking from the smaller NE rough open when in fact I hopped off the trail into the bigger SW one. I realized what I had done when I saw the edge of the pond without losing much time. Lastly at #11, I didn't have trouble finding the control, just poor choice of finding more open woods to approach it, and then existing at a wrong angle.

There were several times where I thought my compass was malfunctioning. It could be a problem with interference from the staples I used to hold the punch card in place. It never led to any significant errors, but probably contributed a bit in my mistakes on a couple of the legs.

C • NS lines 4

Brown - Splits

Knee is looks a little bruised, but the pain is much less.

Really windy today. Snow last week and tornato watch this week, sounds about right for Cincy weather.... missed seeing the mammatus clouds and the double rainbow. Taking it easy per the PT's order.

Talked to the PT, who just confirmed that I overdid things last weekend. The uneven footings and steep hills probably contributed to the cause as well. I'm to back off of weight-bearing activities this week and rest the knee. If things improve, I can try running on Sunday. This probably means no O'ing at Possum Creek...

Bike warm up 15min
Stretches for quads and ITB (5x30s each)
Squats on upside down Bosu (5x15)
Jumps on the Shuttle w/ 5 bands (3x15)
Walking Lunges with (2) 10# dumbbells (6 lengths)
Side steps w/ blue band (6 lengths)
"Monster" walks w/ blue band (6 lengths)
Two-legged leg press @60# on Dyna Discs (3x15)
One-legged side jumps w/ black tubing (30)
Ice

98/65
L-knee still hurts to the touch

C • Left knee 1

Low 50s, sunny, some wind - Collecting the rest of the controls at Middle Creek. Knee still hurts about the same, but only when pressure is applied on the spot. This time I didn't forget the map! Instead of carrying the contraption that is the backpack for control stands all up and down the hills, I dropped it at a control near the bridge and made two separate loops to collect the controls. This made for a much more pleasant, and also faster experience.

It's a nice spring day. The still melting snow (esp. on eastern facing slopes) kept the air cooler. The horse trails are turning into small streams and deep puddles. I slipped and fell a few times despite wearing metal spikes, but overall the ground deep underneath is still frozen solid.

Again, everything was done at a walking pace, which didn't seem to aggravate the knee. I'll probably find out more what kind of damage I've done to it at PT tomorrow.