Saturday Nov 3 |
 | Orienteering race 1:00:16 [4]5.08 km (11:52 / km) | |
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| Day 1 of US champs. Woods pretty thick, including lots of green briar. I was moving pretty well but a couple of bonehead mistakes, on 1 and the yellow level 10, cost about 4 minutes each. Both times, there was a split-second decision not to follow the planned route and to instead just head for the flag; both times I wasn't secure in my attack. I wish there was something I could implant in my brain that would give me an electrical shock every time I do that. Lost about 12 minutes total, so the best times of around 51 were very doable. Instead I was way out of the money, 10th eligible M50. |
| Orienteering 30:00 [2]2.0 mi (14:59 / mi) | |
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| Did about half of the classic model with Adam. Also includes jogging to the model, back to the parking, and then to the start. |
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Day 1 Green X - Splits |
Friday Nov 2 |
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| Event: US Champs
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| Orienteering race 20:06 [5]2.5 km (8:02 / km) | |
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| US Sprint Championships, Prince William Forest, VA. An OK run, good enough for third M50 of those US eligible, fourth overall. I had good energy, but mistakes on three controls totalled a bit over two minutes. Just lapses in concentration: too much of the absent-minded professor in me to excel at this sport. |
| Orienteering 30:00 [2]2.0 mi (14:59 / mi) | |
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| Jogged the model event with Adam. Then some running to warm up. |
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Sprint Green - Splits |
Wednesday Oct 31 |
| Road Run 35:36 [2]4.1 mi (8:41 / mi) | |
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| Short UMass loop, a slow jog after dark to do something. Lots of work to do before I can head down to the US champs. |
Tuesday Oct 30 |
| grass 27:34 [3]3.6 mi (7:38 / mi) | |
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| 4 laps around UMass fields. A good run, pushing pretty hard by the end, but without feeling too much strain in my legs. 7:13, 7:02, 6:47, 6:32. |
| grass 8:07 [2]0.9 mi (9:00 / mi) | |
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| Cooldown lap, very easy. |
Monday Oct 29 |
| Track 12:55 [5]2.0 mi (6:27 / mi) | |
| weight:141lbs |
| After a long day of work where I couldn't (or just didn't) get away during daylight for a run, I found myself at Smith, after lifting, deciding whether to do the elliptical or the indoor track. Strange, the machines were mobbed, even all the treadmills, but the gorgeous indoor track (blue surface, like running on water) was totally empty; I'd guess the TV attached to every machine has something to do with it. Anyway, it was no contest, I needed to start getting serious about training, so I planned to do 4 800's with 2-3 minute rests between, after a good sub-8:00 mile warm-up. But the first 800 was awful: I felt very stiff, and out of shape. I almost bagged it, but I'm glad I didn't since by the last two my legs had loosened up and the splits were OK. But hard work. I have a long way to go. 3:21, 3:16, 3:10, 3:08. |
| Track 16:30 [3]2.0 mi (8:15 / mi) | |
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| A 7:57 mile before; about an 8:30 mile after. |
Sunday Oct 28 |
| Orienteering 1:00:00 [2]4.0 mi (14:59 / mi) | |
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| Mt. Tom, streamered Orange course, added a control to make a brown course, pondered various map corrections. About an hour of jogging, an hour of standing around (which I didn't log). |