Training Log Archive: Nadim

From Northfield Rd., to the Bethesda Metro Station with dropping Max off along the way. Max pedaled hard on the trail-a-bike and we got up hills fast. I had to slow him down as we approached intersections. It was around 26 F.

From the Bethesda Metro Station to Northfield Rd. with Max's trail-a-bike in tow, and in the dark. I took a detour to a few stores to drop off some flyers for the Patuxent 10K that QOC is sponsoring in February. It's a bit awkward maneuvering with the trail-a-bike in the downtown areas.

Event: QOC Wheaton Regional Park
 

QOC: Wheaton Regional Park, MD. Russ Damtoft set a course that kept us off the trails in the park. It was in the low 30's F so I got off to a quick start. Every time I run here, I have a longing for the map being brought up to the same standard as our LIDAR based maps. Most of my errors were related to map issues. Like many, I was too low going to #1, and #4. I got past #9 a bit thought I could have read it better. The new deadfall on the big hillside that the old campground used to be situated on didn't trip me up too much but it did make me more tired. My biggest error was going to #13. I came up a gully and was going attack off the top of it but once there, I was right next to a trail that was at least mapped 50m further west. Missing, I wandered for 3 minutes. I had some good runs as I encountered other orienteers. First, there was Tom Nolan at around #6. I ran a leg with Jon Torrance to #10, and managed to get there just ahead. That tired me out--my training log will show that I've not been training enough. After flailing at #13, I ran off and on with Dan Quinn and managed to finish just ahead of him. Overall it was a fair outing for me. Dealing with a poor map is a skill just like any other in orienteering and the best deal with it well. I was encouraged by being able to run through the course with my lack of training.

Wheaton Regional Park. I needed to pickup controls for Peggy's Greenbelt course setting so I waited and helped with control pickup at this park. After having already run, and cooled down, I wasn't looking forward to heading out again. At least I got to wait inside unlike the meet director and other volunteers in the cold wind.

After heading out, I realized that I'd left my compass in my van. I felt confident enough and thought it'd be good training so I didn't turn around. It helped having been in the park many times but trails had changes and deadfall on most technical part of the park added difficulty. I only missed on one control, a pit in which the control could not be seen until being right on top of it so I felt I did well. Going slower sure helps the accuracy. Two controls were water stops which adds time and gave me much needed exercise for my arms. The worst was having to stand around in the cold to untie the knotted controls with gloves on. My orienteering gloves are skin tight, waterproof, and not easy to pull off. When course setters use slip knots it works much better.

Red - Splits

45 situps. It was a busy day.

Spinning while watching Lost in Translation with Bill Murray. I had found that watching action movies is usually better when doing a stationary workout. The movie is much longer than I rode for so I didn't finish it but it held my interest.

From Northfield Rd., Custer Rd. to Old Georgetown Rd. to Maple Ridge Rd., to the Bethesda Trolley Trail, to Glenbrook Rd. to Exeter Rd. to Edgemoor Ln. to Hampden Ln. to Moorland Ln. to Wilson Ln. to Hampden Ln. to Charlcote Rd. to Northfield Rd. I felt better than I had the night before so it was surprising to have been slower. Perhaps it was due to being hillier.

From Northfield Rd., Greenwich Park, to Old Georgetown Rd. to Beech Dr. to Johnson Ave./Hempstead Ave. to McKinley St. to Garfield St., to Roosevelt St., to the trail at Jefferson St. to Northfield Rd. I worked late and had to abort my planned run on the way home. Instead, after getting Max to sleep, I went out to run and had dinner at 10pm after my run. It was like old times. I was pretty tired starting out.

From Northfield Rd., to the Bethesda Metro Station with Max on the trail-a-bike. It was 27 F and I took it easy to keep down the wind. Max said he was not cold riding behind me. I parked both my bicycle and the trail-a-bike at the metro station.

From the Bethesda Metro Station to Northfield Rd. with Max's trail-a-bike in tow, and in the dark.