Sunday Dec 3 |
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| Event: WCOC Five Ponds meet
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 | Orienteering race 59:10 [4] 6.2 km (9:33 / km) | |
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| 5 ponds, red course, with some of the same points as in the spring, but all different routes; and with e-punching! (thanks George). A great run, and to my amazement my back held up fine. The only mistake (over 10-15 seconds) was going staight to the finish from 11. I stood around for almost 2 minutes before discovering (talking with George) that I hadn't done the final little trail loop with 12 and 13. So I took off and finished the course. My official time, recorded on my watch which I never stopped, should be 59:10. I didn't think I could e-punch the finish a second time, though apparently I could have. I would have been low 57's if I hadn't gone braindead again at the end. |
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Red - Splits |
Saturday Dec 2 |
| machines (bike) 25:00 [2] | |
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| At Smith. Then hit the squash ball around with Adam, something my back really didn't like. Then picked up the remaining 6 controls at Mt Tom (2.2 k). |
Friday Dec 1 |
| Trail Run 35:56 [3] 4.4 mi (8:09 / mi) | |
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| Freaky weather: 64 degrees on Dec. 1. Same run as Monday, stone wall and back. Same sore back. 9:02, 9:42, 9:22, 7:48. |
Wednesday Nov 29 |
| Orienteering 1:20:00 [2] 4.5 km (17:47 / km) | |
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| Picked up most the rest of the controls from Mt Tom. Started out running, but my back was worse than usual, and ended up all walking.
I'm leaving streamers out at control sites 11-22, which makes a very nice (challenging!) red course for winter training (5.8k, 280m climb). I moved the start/finish to the parking area a couple hundred meters down the road (with the white strip) to make better first and last legs. Then do 15, 16, 18, 17, 19, 14, 12, 20, 22, 21, 11, 13. Preprinted maps available. Maybe I can figure out how to post a JPEG. |
Tuesday Nov 28 |
| machines (Bike, L10-14) 45:00 [3] | |
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| Increased the level by one every 8 minutes; finished with the 5 minute cooldown. Starts to get hard towards the end, since I keep the RPM at 95. MHR: 140. |
Monday Nov 27 |
| Trail Run 36:46 [3] 4.4 mi (8:22 / mi) | |
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| Frost to stone wall and back. My first trail run since the Greylock marathon in September. I've had to keep off trails, except when orienteering, because of my foot, which held up OK today. The back got progressively stiffer and sorer on the way out. Then, improved with a good stretch at the turnaround. But sore and stiff again by the time I got back. 8:45, 10:31, 9:42, 7:47. |