Tuesday Jul 31 |
 | orienteering 45:00 [2] 4.9 km (9:11 / km) | |
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| Valkjarvi map. Got really lost in a recently slashed area after control #3. Started to rain. Bailed out back towards the road. Relocated in some nice woods on bare rock and found control #6. Worked backwards for a few controls, then went to another that I couldn't find, then back on the road in the pouring rain. (that control turned out to be missing, as I went back the next day from a different direction and found only some brown packing tape that they used to tape on the control codes on top of the correct noll - didn;t help my confidence today though). Walked alot, with some running. |
Monday Jul 30 |
| orienteering 1:24:32 [4] 10.8 km (7:50 / km) | |
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| Teisko map. This was the WOC classic qualifier, heat #2. I finished 60 out of 68. Overcast cool and breezy. Beautiful. Didn't have a particularly great run, but not terrible. |
Saturday Jul 28 |
| orienteering 54:18 [3] 4.9 km (11:05 / km) | |
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| Aitovuori again with James S. Just a little better than yesterday, |
Friday Jul 27 |
| orienteering 1:05:24 [2] 4.65 km (14:04 / km) | |
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| East side of Aitovuori today. This is more classic qual terrian. Control picking was the exercise. I was pathetic. Went 90 degrees off to a trail to finally find #2. Was standing in places correctly located on the map, taking 3 steps and then being totally lost. Ugh. |
Thursday Jul 26 |
| orienteering 1:29:09 [4] 9 km (9:54 / km) | |
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| Test race with the US team on the Honkaniemi map. This was intended for us to run at race speed in the terrain to get focussed more than anything. I made a pig parallel error on #3. Saw Mike E. in the area so figured I was ok, but I spent forever re-attacking a small cliff in bare-rock hell until I relized I was in the wrong bare-rock hell. Got stuck up to the waist in a sucking marsh on the way to #4. Had to bend over at the waist and yank each leg out. Ran the rest OK. Had been on this map last year. Saw some Irish guys in the woods too. 1:15000 |
Wednesday Jul 25 |
| trail run 4:00 [2] 0.6 km (6:40 / km) | |
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| warm-up on road to start triangle |
| orienteering 1:42:28 [3] 10.9 km (9:24 / km) | |
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| Ran a course on the Pehunpera map. Hot as hell. Had to stop and eat blueberries to avoid dehydration. (finland). Mostly clean run. |
Tuesday Jul 24 |
| trail run 8:43 [2] 1.3 km (6:42 / km) | |
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| warm up |
| orienteering 24:11 [1] 1.3 km (18:36 / km) | |
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| Walking pace line-O on Aitovuori map (west side) |
| orienteering 40:20 [3] 4 km (10:05 / km) | |
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| Short course on Aitovuori map (west side) |
Sunday Jul 22 |
| road run 42:01 [3] 9.9 km (4:15 / km) | |
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| Up the valley past I-83 and back. |
| weights 15:00 [2] | |
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| quick set |
Friday Jul 20 |
| road run 50:45 [3] 12.5 km (4:04 / km) | |
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| Roland park. |
Thursday Jul 19 |
| cycling 1:14:00 [4] 24.95 mi (2:58 / mi) | |
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| Work commute. Pushed hard today and managed a 20.2 avg...a PR for this ride. Previous best was 20.1 on Sept 20 of last year. Only the second time over 20. Morning-half avg was 20.5 |
Wednesday Jul 18 |
| road run 52:36 [3] 12.5 km (4:12 / km) | |
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| Roland Park. Wet. Slw early, then fast, then slow at the end. (slow + fast + slow) / 3 = not_too_fast
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Monday Jul 16 |
| cycling 1:16:30 [4] 24.95 mi (3:03 / mi) | |
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| Work commute |
Sunday Jul 15 |
| orienteering 1:23:57 [3] 6.5 km (12:55 / km) | |
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| Control hanging at Pine Grove Furnace. Incredible cool day. 56 degrees F when we started in the morning. Had some hornet trouble. Was putting water in at a shallow pit. Decided to put the water at the bottom of the pit so it wouldn't be so visible. as I was climbing out of the pit I got stung on the ankle. The 3 watter jugs were now covered with about 100 angry hornets. I found a long stick and proceeded to flip all the cups up out of the pit. Then I got a bigger log and tried pushing the water jugs up the side far enough so I could reach them without getting stung. One of the bottles popped open and drained out on the hornets. They didn't seem to appreciate that. Finally managed to salvage 2 gallons of water and all the cups. Took 20 extra mins for all this. |
| orienteering 58:12 [3] 7.4 km (7:52 / km) | |
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| Control checking. We had 2 controls stolen in the first hour of the meet, so I ran a loop to check all the beginner controls and a few others near trails and campgrounds. Everything was fine. |
| orienteering 12:56 [3] 1.1 km (11:45 / km) | |
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| Control pick up. |
| paddling 20:00 [1] | |
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| Easy paddling around Laurel Lake in Mike's Kayak. |
Saturday Jul 14 |
| orienteering 1:02:25 [3] 7.55 km (8:16 / km) | |
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| QOC summer series training and control pick-up at Wheaton park. Ran on a map with all the black features (trails) removed. I completely skipped #6 but didn't even realize it until Ted pointed it out to me. Went to #7 twice and though I had been to 6 and 7. Bad. |
Friday Jul 13 |
| trail run 28:38 [3] 7.15 km (4:00 / km) | |
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| Fast short one in Roland Park |
Thursday Jul 12 |
| cycling 1:17:30 [4] 24.95 mi (3:06 / mi) | |
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| Work commute. |
Wednesday Jul 11 |
| road run 38:19 [3] 8.7 km (4:24 / km) | |
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| Up the valley to I-83 and back. Pain in both legs, mostly the right as before. |
Tuesday Jul 10 |
| trail run 59:19 [3] 13.7 km (4:20 / km) | |
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| moderate run through roland park. A little extra distance and climb. Wet from the daily T-storm. |
Sunday Jul 8 |
| road run 9:00 [3] 1.6 km (5:37 / km) | |
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| warm up |
| orienteering 1:03:17 [4] 8.93 km (7:05 / km) | |
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| Red course at French Creek East. ok except for #9. Bad mental mistake. pulled up short (on pace), but was counting from the wrong attackpoint. Should have pushed on and bounced off trail 200m beyond if necessary, but instead wandered from terrace to steepness to whatever. Ugh. Cost ~6 mins. |
| weights 16:00 [3] | |
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| Short set. |
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Red - Splits |
Saturday Jul 7 |
| trail run 29:03 [3] 6.5 km (4:28 / km) | |
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| Run along the C&O canal towpath. Upriver then back down. |
| orienteering 23:46 [5] 3.5 km (6:47 / km) | |
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| 24 minute ROGAINE. (summer series event at Great Falls). Man, the woods here are awesome! I couldn't find #14 in the green area, so gave up and just continued. |
| orienteering 17:47 [3] 2.4 km (7:25 / km) | |
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| Streamer pickup. At least twice I was standing directly under the streamer on the feature and didn't see it! Maybe this explains #14. Probably not. I really didn't know exactly where I was on top of that spur. |
Friday Jul 6 |
| cycling 1:15:30 [4] 24.95 mi (3:01 / mi) | |
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| Work Commute. Beautiful day. Cool and dry and clear and calm. Managed a 19.9 avg pace, equal in both directions. |
| road run 14:05 [3] 3.4 km (4:09 / km) | |
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| Short loop right after getting off the bike. Legs still wanted to pedal. |
Thursday Jul 5 |
| road run 49:24 [4] 12.5 km (3:57 / km) | |
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| zig zag. Wet and muddy. 3rd fastest time. Still trying to beat the 49:08 from back in Feb. It all seems to come down to how fast I am on the biggest hill, which is about 200m long. |
Wednesday Jul 4 |
| weights 21:00 [3] | |
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| Upper body. |
Tuesday Jul 3 |
| cycling 1:16:30 [4] 24.95 mi (3:03 / mi) | |
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| Work commute. Morning headwind. |