Training Archive: Tundra/Desert

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Belle and I walked around Oakland Zoo today, attending a birthday party for her goddaughter Kiara. The zoo would be sweet for a Sprint, but I'm not sure they'll let us run around the elephants and the chimps.

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I did not run at all between this Wednesday and the next, working on the Fundraiser.

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I just discovered tonight that I had left several maps in the Georgia hotel. The maps got into the printer box for the CX3810 because they were meant to be scanned, then I took the CX3810 to Raleigh on the 9th, then the CX3810 died and was thrown out, but I kept the box. I used the box (with all the stuff in it) to transport the 820 to Georgia, put the maps on a shelf with printer paper, and when packing to check out on Sunday morning (Mike was rushing me a bit), forgot to look on the shelf. The maps, I'm pretty sure, were two from the 2006 Team Trials, and the 2005 Long Champs. I think I can recreate my routes from the Team Trials, but the Long-O will be very interesting to try to recall.

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This is the third morning in a year or so I arrive at ATL on time only to miss my flight, and for the second time it is the UAL SFO non-stop. This time, it was the hired security idiot who didn't know the SSSS procedure to follow with my expired passport. He kicked me out of the line. I about called the police, but he did so first. The police didn't know, either. I got the SSSS stamped at the UAL ticket counter and got through another line without problems, but too late for the non-stop.

Easy running warm up/down 4:28 [2] 0.79 km (5:39 / km) +10m 5:19 / km
ahr:141 max:148 shoes: Mudclaw 330 #2

Warmed up to the start of Day 2 of the Navigator Cup. It was biting.

Orienteering race 1:18:25 [3] *** 11.2 km (7:00 / km) +555m 5:37 / km
ahr:168 max:177 spiked:17/18c shoes: Mudclaw 330 #2

The second day of the Navigator Cup. I ran a bit better than yesterday, which was evident by the many faceplants I managed (five or so) upon encounters with either low greenbriar, or ruined fences. I recorded the worst ones that I still remembered as of the date of this posting (08 March) in RouteGadget; the rest did not seem to have cost me much, or else I just carried the momentum forward, rolled over, and kept running.

I won since Mata did not show up, and was happy with the performance until I saw everyone else's results. Thereupon it became clear that my run was, at best, mediocre. It will take time to regain the speed I lost over the encounter with neuronitis and the resulting lack of interval training.

Length is from RG; climb is from the map. I think this part of the map is a lot more accurate than the eastern portion, the Polar mostly agreed with it but it also smoothed out some dips and crests, measuring a total of 475 m.

Day 2 Blue - Splits