Training Log Archive: TyrannosaurusIn the 7 days ending Sep 3, 2018:
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Monday Sep 3, 2018 #
9 AM
Running warm up/down 9:00 [2] 0.98 mi (9:11 / mi)
ahr:140 max:158 slept:8.5 shoes: Saucony Guide 10 (Blue)
Orienteering race 1:07:11 [4] 5.3 mi (12:41 / mi)
ahr:171 max:184 18c shoes: Saucony Guide 10 (Blue)
Whew! I decided to really go for it today, mostly since Alex was starting just 2 minutes after me. Really the only things that changed were my mindset, and then my prep included the typical pre-race visualization and I actually had a couple of things I was going to focus on. One of which was pushing physically.
In the first part of the race, I kept making glances back over my shoulder, expecting to see Alex right on my heels, but I didn't see her. I had a few very minor bobbles in the control circle, but nothing more than 5-10 seconds. The long leg drained me. I had been pushing physically from the get-go, but once I got to 7 I had to slow a bit just so my heart rate could come down a bit and I could think straight! Thankfully all the remaining legs were pretty short, but Alex definitely kept gaining on me there. I saw her behind me while I was going to 15, and I had nothing left to put up more of a gap. Bummer! She ended up getting me by about 1 minute. I'm glad I had a solid race though, and was able to keep her from catching up the entire way. It's kind of amazing how the racing mindset makes a world of difference in results.
Fun week all around! If you haven't been to Laramie for orienteering before, try making it out here sometime.
In the first part of the race, I kept making glances back over my shoulder, expecting to see Alex right on my heels, but I didn't see her. I had a few very minor bobbles in the control circle, but nothing more than 5-10 seconds. The long leg drained me. I had been pushing physically from the get-go, but once I got to 7 I had to slow a bit just so my heart rate could come down a bit and I could think straight! Thankfully all the remaining legs were pretty short, but Alex definitely kept gaining on me there. I saw her behind me while I was going to 15, and I had nothing left to put up more of a gap. Bummer! She ended up getting me by about 1 minute. I'm glad I had a solid race though, and was able to keep her from catching up the entire way. It's kind of amazing how the racing mindset makes a world of difference in results.
Fun week all around! If you haven't been to Laramie for orienteering before, try making it out here sometime.
Sunday Sep 2, 2018 #
7 AM
Running warm up/down 10:12 [2] 1.0 mi (10:12 / mi)
ahr:135 max:152 shoes: Saucony Guide 10 (Blue)
Up early for pre-running the course
Orienteering race 1:26:57 [3] 6.41 mi (13:34 / mi)
ahr:160 max:177 18c slept:8.0 shoes: Saucony Guide 10 (Blue)
RMOF Day 5 (Classic #2).
I ran in my running shoes, hoping that my blisters on blisters would survive. They did! I had such a miserable time orienteering yesterday, but today was awesome, and I had so much fun!
Unfortunately, my result is just about where it was yesterday, but that's partially due to my shoes (I couldn't run downhill or on a side hill very well), partially due to running across a beaver dam (no beavers in sight though), a big chunk due to the finish punch not registering (so after I downloaded I ran back to to finish and re-punched. That's another 3:30 onto my time. I swear I heard it beep the first time, but I did punch at the exact same time as someone else, so I could have heard his punch beep instead). But mostly it was due to a 10 minute (10 MINUTE!!) mistake on number 12 AND running off the map. Yikes. I didn't realize just how bad it was until I compared splits with Alex, and then again when I looked at my gps track.
I guess I would probably do better if I went into these races with more of a racing mindset and some goals and things to focus on for each one, but I just spent the whole summer doing that. Now it's time for just orienteering for fun. And I really did have a ton of fun today! It was a great course, my feet didn't hurt too much, and orienteering is great!
If you want to see some epic fails, check out control 12 on 2D rerun here. Please don't laugh too hard.
I ran in my running shoes, hoping that my blisters on blisters would survive. They did! I had such a miserable time orienteering yesterday, but today was awesome, and I had so much fun!
Unfortunately, my result is just about where it was yesterday, but that's partially due to my shoes (I couldn't run downhill or on a side hill very well), partially due to running across a beaver dam (no beavers in sight though), a big chunk due to the finish punch not registering (so after I downloaded I ran back to to finish and re-punched. That's another 3:30 onto my time. I swear I heard it beep the first time, but I did punch at the exact same time as someone else, so I could have heard his punch beep instead). But mostly it was due to a 10 minute (10 MINUTE!!) mistake on number 12 AND running off the map. Yikes. I didn't realize just how bad it was until I compared splits with Alex, and then again when I looked at my gps track.
I guess I would probably do better if I went into these races with more of a racing mindset and some goals and things to focus on for each one, but I just spent the whole summer doing that. Now it's time for just orienteering for fun. And I really did have a ton of fun today! It was a great course, my feet didn't hurt too much, and orienteering is great!
If you want to see some epic fails, check out control 12 on 2D rerun here. Please don't laugh too hard.
Running warm up/down 10:47 [2] 0.94 mi (11:28 / mi)
ahr:148 max:156 shoes: Saucony Guide 10 (Blue)
10 AM
Hiking 1:39:14 [1] 3.82 mi (25:59 / mi)
Up Leg? (Pole?) mountain/hill thing with Alex. Pro tip: if your feet aren't having shoes, hiking in Birkenstocks is a solid alternative.
Saturday Sep 1, 2018 #
9 AM
Running warm up/down 11:52 [2] 1.04 mi (11:24 / mi)
ahr:135 max:154 slept:8.5 shoes: VJ Bold (pink)
Slept much better last night. I think I was pretty tired. This is a long week (good, just tiring).
Orienteering race 1:30:26 [3] 5.96 mi (15:10 / mi)
ahr:156 max:169 18c shoes: VJ Bold (pink)
I had absolutely no focus on my orienteering today. I had a decent amount of focus on how bad my blistered feet were feeling, and some focus as well on various cool-looking rocks and noticing the people around me. Motivation was extremely low as well, and I contemplated just calling it multiple times. Tomorrow I'm wearing my running shoes. For now, it's nap time.
Friday Aug 31, 2018 #
9 AM
Running warm up/down 10:23 [2] 1.06 mi (9:48 / mi)
ahr:143 max:156 slept:6.5 shoes: VJ Bold (pink)
I do not sleep well at all on this memory foam mattress.
Orienteering race 39:01 [3] 3.28 mi (11:54 / mi)
ahr:168 max:182 25c shoes: VJ Bold (pink)
RMOF middle. Really fun course! Ended up with a big (nearly 2 min) mistake on 12. I overshot considerably because I wasn't focused enough in a really rocky area. After that, I was slowly gaining on Alex again until 19, where I lost 30 seconds by taking my time up the hill and having a bobble on the hilltop as well. I need to try to run more of the time tomorrow, and be careful in the more detailed, rocky areas.
Running warm up/down 10:34 [2] 1.01 mi (10:28 / mi)
shoes: VJ Bold (pink)
1 PM
Hiking 30:33 [1] 0.79 mi (38:41 / mi)
shoes: Saucony Guide 10 (Blue)
Mini adventure with Alex up some big rocks
Thursday Aug 30, 2018 #
11 AM
Hiking 5:56:29 [2] 14.83 mi (24:02 / mi)
ahr:138 max:169 slept:8.0 shoes: Saucony Guide 10 (Blue)
Epic adventuring with Alex! We went up into the Snowy Mountains, and they were beautiful. It's crazy how there really aren't any other big mountains around the ridge we were on though. Did a hike/run loop up and around Medicine Bow Peak at 12,014ft, starting from 10,520ft. Hiked the ups, ran the flats and downs. Definitely felt meh on our last significant climb around Browns Peak, but it was mostly downhill from there on, and I was feeling good. Awesome way to spend the day.
Oh, we didn't go orienteering because I-80 eastbound was closed. By the time we found out we could have gotten through to where we needed, we were settled in to heading west to the mountains.
Blister update: my heel was taped up well, felt it while walking but not while running, blister ended up popping but feels ok now, so hopefully tomorrow won't be an issue. New blister on my toe developed, ouch.
Oh, we didn't go orienteering because I-80 eastbound was closed. By the time we found out we could have gotten through to where we needed, we were settled in to heading west to the mountains.
Blister update: my heel was taped up well, felt it while walking but not while running, blister ended up popping but feels ok now, so hopefully tomorrow won't be an issue. New blister on my toe developed, ouch.
Wednesday Aug 29, 2018 #
3 PM
Running warm up/down 1:24 [2] 0.11 mi (12:44 / mi)
ahr:134 max:140 slept:5.0 shoes: VJ Bold (pink)
Thoughts: "wow this is going to be hard"
Orienteering 55:33 [3] 5.04 mi (11:01 / mi)
ahr:176 max:185 15c shoes: VJ Bold (pink)
So many things. First of all, if you read Bridge's log, she recently warned that altitude is a thing. But I'm here to tell y'all again that ALTITUDE REALLY IS A THING FOLKS. Today's race was about at 8600ft. That's pretty freaking high. So this race today was much physically much harder than it should have been. Ah well. We'll see how I feel at the end of the week (probably even more tired).
Speaking of challenging, today's terrain wasn't much of a navigational challenge. Super open. A fun course, no doubt, but little challenge. But Alex has warned me that last time she was here, the forested areas required some focus, especially after transitioning from the open grassland.
About 2/3 of the way through the course, some guy passed me since I took an extended break at the water control, and told me to make sure to navigate and not just follow everyone else (it was a mass start). -_-
By the second to last control, I could feel a blister on my L foot forming. Ouch. Took off my shoe right away after finishing. It's looking pretty gnarly right now. My new shoes are gorgeous but they certainly need some breaking in.
I was the first woman finisher, winning me a L t-shirt. Ebone took the M size, but he was the overall winner, so he's justified.
Side note: Tonight I joined Cooking With Alex, and it's 10/10. If you ever get the chance to be her sous chef, do it.
Speaking of challenging, today's terrain wasn't much of a navigational challenge. Super open. A fun course, no doubt, but little challenge. But Alex has warned me that last time she was here, the forested areas required some focus, especially after transitioning from the open grassland.
About 2/3 of the way through the course, some guy passed me since I took an extended break at the water control, and told me to make sure to navigate and not just follow everyone else (it was a mass start). -_-
By the second to last control, I could feel a blister on my L foot forming. Ouch. Took off my shoe right away after finishing. It's looking pretty gnarly right now. My new shoes are gorgeous but they certainly need some breaking in.
I was the first woman finisher, winning me a L t-shirt. Ebone took the M size, but he was the overall winner, so he's justified.
Side note: Tonight I joined Cooking With Alex, and it's 10/10. If you ever get the chance to be her sous chef, do it.
Stretching 20:00 [1]
Laying down in the grass with the sky and the sun and the breeze felt amazing
Tuesday Aug 28, 2018 #
12 PM
Cycling 1:05:22 [3] 13.34 mi (12.2 mph)
ahr:129 max:167 slept:9.0
First 2/3 of the ride before my watch died.
Cycling 20:00 [3] 4.0 mi (12.0 mph)
Estimating the rest, of which a big portion was up a giant hill.