Sunday Dec 2 |
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| Event: Blue Hills Traverse
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 | Orienteering race 2:17:09 [4] 13.7 km (10:01 / km) | |
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| Blue Hills Traverse. Did my first in 2000 and have only missed one since then (bad back last year), so this was my seventh. And by far my fastest time, even though I wasn't running very fast. The course seemed on the easy side, with no killer climb legs, and many controls not far from trails. (Not that I'm complaining!) And the cold weather (high 20's), though bad for my frozen hands (Reynaud's), is good for my hydration and electrolyte problems. (It's no coincidence that the temp was high 30's for both my sub-3:00 marathons.) So, though my legs got pretty tired, my energy was good throughout. I probably lost about 6-7 minutes total: maybe 2 on #4 where I lost the small trail through the green and bailed to the bigger trail to the west; at least 3 on the "distinctive tree" at 19 where I came in low and couldn't make sense of the map. A bunch of people caught or passed me at 19 who I had seen or run with earlier in the race: Tim P., Jeff Schapiro, Clint, the three Olafson girls. Tim finished a minute ahead; the Olafson's, seconds ahead (shouldn't I be able to outkick Tracy Olafson? Oh well). Clint a little, and Jeff a little more, behind. (Clint (generously?) didn't sprint past me heading to the tape; I'm sure he could have.) |
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| C • I probably could have, and ... 19 |
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Traverse - Splits |
Friday Nov 30 |
| Trail Run 31:21 [2] 3.5 mi (8:57 / mi) | |
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| Easy A.M. jog, after lifting. |
Thursday Nov 29 |
| Track 7:59 [3] 1.0 mi (7:59 / mi) | |
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| Indoor track, after a tiring 10 hour day. Started with an easy mile warm-up ... |
| Track 14:14 [4] 2.0 mi (7:06 / mi) | |
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| Then a tempo run that was going to be four miles at about 7:10 pace, but I needed to stretch the hip after two miles, and decided I needed to do something more focused ... |
| Track 6:33 [5] 1.0 mi (6:32 / mi) | |
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| So I did a faster mile. Felt pretty good, though breathing hard by the end. |
| Track 4:30 [3] 0.5 mi (8:59 / mi) | |
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| Cooldown. |
Wednesday Nov 28 |
| Orienteering 20:00 [2] 1.5 km (13:20 / km) | |
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| Mt Tom again. There were four yellow controls north of the road that needed picking up. |
| Orienteering 36:59 [4] 3.53 km (10:29 / km) +195m 8:13 / km | |
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| Just had time to sneak in the orange course before going to work. A good, hard effort. Goal was 10 m/k, but with about 6% climb, that wasn't going to happen. |
Monday Nov 26 |
| machines (elliptical) 30:00 [3] | |
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