Training Log Archive: maprunnerIn the 31 days ending Aug 31, 2011:
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Wednesday Aug 31, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
weights 1:00:00 [3]
Sunday Aug 28, 2011 #
11 AM
PT 1 [0]
walk warm up/down 10:00 0.76 km (13:09 / km)
ahr:114 max:126
run 30:59 3.14 km (9:51 / km) +33m 9:22 / km
ahr:159 max:174
Mike and I went to Clinton for a jog. I just wasn't into it today. Legs were tired from yesterday, I was sleepy, it was hot, yadda yadda yadda. I knew it really wasn't my day when I kept looking at my watch, and taking walking breaks when I didn't need to. Decided to just turn around early and head back in.
Saturday Aug 27, 2011 #
12 PM
PT 1 [0]
cycle 1:12:09 16.22 km (4:27 / km) +167m 4:14 / km
ahr:124 max:147
My girlie frame bike wouldn't fit on our bike carrier, until Mike bought me an adapter for Christmas. Finally used it today, and drove the bikes to the Overlook. We rode parts of the bike trail I've never been on before (I love doing something new!) Hilly enough to make me tired by the end.
Friday Aug 26, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
weights 1:00:00 [3]
Lots a lats tonight
Note
I see that BOK is bidding for the Classic Champs in March 2012. Could the gods really be so kind? The one year In five that I work hard and try to win the champs, and both the Classic and SML are in the spring??? I can't remember the last time the US Champs were in the spring (JJ, do you know?). This could coincide perfectly with my local O season; lucky me!
Wednesday Aug 24, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
Another week with lots of after work appointments. Tiring in it's own way. But it's not the same as training....
Monday Aug 22, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
Sunday Aug 21, 2011 #
run/walk warm up/down 20:00 [1]
PT 1 [0]
10 AM
orienteer 18:28 2.17 km (8:30 / km) +15m 8:13 / km
ahr:163 max:179 12c
Mike set a course for me at the Clinton Overlook. It was nice to run at competition pace on a course I hadn't yet seen. I pushed a bit, and therefore made some tiny bobbles and hesitations. This was a lot of fun, and it's amazing to compare my pace from yesterday to today, on the same trails.My route.
C • Mike 9
orienteer 14:07 1.61 km (8:47 / km) +7m 8:36 / km
ahr:155 max:171 12c
Another course set by Mike, which I hadn't yet seen. This is a small score O for an student "intro to O" course that we'll be offering on Thursday evening. No surprise that I was tired after my last two trainings, so I didn't push very hard on this course.
Saturday Aug 20, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
11 AM
run/walk 2:00:00 11.1 km (10:48 / km) +114m 10:17 / km
ahr:152 max:174
Got up in time to watch the joy on Thierry's face as he finally, finally,won the relay!
Mike and I went to the trails at Clinton; I did 7/3 repeats. It was fun to be there today, because they were also running the Hawk Hundred, so there were a few trail runners and their posses out there Inspiring to know they had been running for 4 hours already, and probably had 20 more to go. (Edit: the hundred is in a few weeks; don't know why there were so many trail runners and support teams there today).
Heavy thunderstorms overnight meant slick trails and lots of downed branches, and even one or two trees. My pace was very slow, and even then, I got pretty tired by the end.
Mike and I went to the trails at Clinton; I did 7/3 repeats. It was fun to be there today, because they were also running the Hawk Hundred, so there were a few trail runners and their posses out there Inspiring to know they had been running for 4 hours already, and probably had 20 more to go. (Edit: the hundred is in a few weeks; don't know why there were so many trail runners and support teams there today).
Heavy thunderstorms overnight meant slick trails and lots of downed branches, and even one or two trees. My pace was very slow, and even then, I got pretty tired by the end.
Friday Aug 19, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
5 PM
run/walk warm up/down 10:02 0.8 km (12:35 / km) +12m 11:42 / km
ahr:127 max:186
orienteer 40:20 3.68 km (10:58 / km) +4m 10:54 / km
ahr:165 max:183
Circle training at JCCC after work. Accidentally hit "stop" instead of split for the last two controls. Can't seem to connect to sprintseries.org/DOMA right now, so I can't post my route. EDIT: Cristina has kindly fixed everything, so here is my route
This is pretty good training for me. I can push the pace a bit between controls, so I am out of breath and stressed when I have to stop and locate the next control (good relocation practice). Since I'm carrying a blank map, it's hard to keep track of where I was and where I'm going (good for both concentration and route choice training). It was also good when I got tired at the end and began to make mistakes. I think next time,I will run first and then do the training, so I get more practice at the "tired and frustrated" stage.
This is pretty good training for me. I can push the pace a bit between controls, so I am out of breath and stressed when I have to stop and locate the next control (good relocation practice). Since I'm carrying a blank map, it's hard to keep track of where I was and where I'm going (good for both concentration and route choice training). It was also good when I got tired at the end and began to make mistakes. I think next time,I will run first and then do the training, so I get more practice at the "tired and frustrated" stage.
Thursday Aug 18, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
Dinner tonight with some girl friends. One of whom has just moved out and filed for divorce. Unexpected news, but she says she is deliriously happy with the decision. So, good for her.
Wednesday Aug 17, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
erg 20:00 [2]
Nordic track 20:00 [2]
Busy week, with lots of post- work plans. Managed to finish my conference call with Australian colleagues ( 5 pm here is 8 am there) early enough to grt home and squeeze in some exercise tonight.
Monday Aug 15, 2011 #
weights 1:00:00 [3]
Lots of core work tonight. I'm going to be sore tomorrow, I think.
Sunday Aug 14, 2011 #
8 AM
Note
Walking and running around to hang up markers, then standing around and talking during our two O races today. Lots of new people, which was good to see. Everyone seemed to have fun. But still typical OK event numbers: 12 and 10 starters. Unfortunately, while we may increase our % participation this year, we will never win any "total number increase" contest. Oh well, I'm happy with any improvement.
4 PM
cycle 1:15:26 10.41 mi (7:15 / mi) +66m 7:06 / mi
ahr:115 max:137
Time on track is wrong; accidentally turned the watch back on when I was in the house.
Mike and I went for a bike ride out to Sander's Mound. First time I've made the full trip, so it was long for me, ridiculously easy for Mike. Lots of other bikers out tonight. Conversation was almost exclusively about O; are we getting too boring?
Mike and I went for a bike ride out to Sander's Mound. First time I've made the full trip, so it was long for me, ridiculously easy for Mike. Lots of other bikers out tonight. Conversation was almost exclusively about O; are we getting too boring?
PT 1 [0]
Saturday Aug 13, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
9 AM
walk 10:00 0.8 km (12:30 / km) +18m 11:14 / km
ahr:109 max:138
run 46:19 5.18 km (8:56 / km) +85m 8:16 / km
ahr:159 max:173
Exploring the new trail at Lichtwardt park. Perfect place for a short, shady run. Nice park, will be fun in the winter, too.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
Thursday Aug 11, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
erg 20:00 [2]
Tuesday Aug 9, 2011 #
weights 1:00:00 [3]
Monday Aug 8, 2011 #
6 PM
cycle 42:33 6.44 mi (6:36 / mi) +43m 6:28 / mi
ahr:113 max:138
PT 1 [0]
Nice evening bike ride with Mike. Topics of conversation: crazy business practices at my work; audit shop peer reviewers; individuals and their WOC preparations; what to have for dinner; how people express themselves in AP logs, Mike's adjustment to riding his mountain bike again, how tired my quads were tonight riding up Kasold into a headwind.
Sunday Aug 7, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
10 AM
orienteer 29:28 3.47 km (8:30 / km) +2m 8:28 / km
ahr:164 max:175
test running my course for next weekend. Need to make a few minor changes, but mostly it's in good shape.
Saturday Aug 6, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
10 AM
walk warm up/down 10:06 0.56 mi (17:53 / mi) +2m 17:41 / mi
ahr:115 max:124
run 34:15 4.13 km (8:18 / km) +3m 8:16 / km
ahr:161 max:169
A quick run on the river trails. Temp was low, but humidity was high. Felt OK running, especially because the trail was relatively flat compared to my usual trail runs.
11 AM
walk 15:00 [1]
Walking around checking the Burcham park map for changes, before setting next weekend's course.
Thursday Aug 4, 2011 #
5 PM
PT 1 [0]
weights 10:00 [2]
cycle 23:28 5.33 km (4:24 / km) +19m 4:20 / km
ahr:119 max:146
I was inspired by Gail to get outside tonight
Wednesday Aug 3, 2011 #
8 AM
PT 1 [0]
Nice belated birthday dinner tonight at Esquina, followed by Christopher Elbow chocolates. Yum!
11 AM
Note
So, here are my routes from the weekend, in a better view:
Day 1 route
day 2 route
I need help from my readers to understand why I make particular kinds of mistakes. The mistakes on 9 and 10 on day 2 were due to thinking about running, instead of reading the map. I was moving faster than my brain could process, and so I made stupid errors of drifting off my line. I know how to fix that particular type of mistake.
Instead, I need help with the mistakes I made on C2 on day 1 and C3 on day 2. On day 1, I knew I was just vaguely heading in the direction of 2, without a careful plan. When I got confused by rock wall fragments, and stopped where I thought the control should be, I had a hard time making sense of where I really was. I wandered a bit, in case I was just near the control, but I eventually decided to relocate off the easy rock wall features. I headed east until I hit a rock wall. I know I stood there and said, I'm at a rock wall, running down hill on the side of a spur, near a stream.
Here's the part I don't get: I didn't identify my correct location on the map. Even with those known conditions, I convinced myself that I was at the rock walls S/SE of the control. I had all the information I needed, but I didn't really listen to myself and use the information properly.
Why? Obviously, at other times, I can read simple features like rock walls and streams. Why not this time? I was not too tired, since I hadn't been running and it was near the beginning of the course on day 1. And later in the course, I was able to read the map just fine and identify all the features.
So, what was going on this time? Is this a matter of concentration? Not really forcing myself to understand ALL the data available to me? Trying to force things to fit what I thought they SHOULD be? I appreciate any insight people can offer.
And I'm still looking for a way to figuratively "hit myself over the head" when I start to wander. I know I'm doing it, I know I will lose 15 minutes before I do anything about it, I know I should stop, and assess the situation. So what can I do to make myself actually do what I know is best for me? I suppose I should read tips on how to stop smoking or bingeing on foods. We all know what we're supposed to do, but we don't do it. I know I'm not alone in this particular problem.
Day 1 route
day 2 route
I need help from my readers to understand why I make particular kinds of mistakes. The mistakes on 9 and 10 on day 2 were due to thinking about running, instead of reading the map. I was moving faster than my brain could process, and so I made stupid errors of drifting off my line. I know how to fix that particular type of mistake.
Instead, I need help with the mistakes I made on C2 on day 1 and C3 on day 2. On day 1, I knew I was just vaguely heading in the direction of 2, without a careful plan. When I got confused by rock wall fragments, and stopped where I thought the control should be, I had a hard time making sense of where I really was. I wandered a bit, in case I was just near the control, but I eventually decided to relocate off the easy rock wall features. I headed east until I hit a rock wall. I know I stood there and said, I'm at a rock wall, running down hill on the side of a spur, near a stream.
Here's the part I don't get: I didn't identify my correct location on the map. Even with those known conditions, I convinced myself that I was at the rock walls S/SE of the control. I had all the information I needed, but I didn't really listen to myself and use the information properly.
Why? Obviously, at other times, I can read simple features like rock walls and streams. Why not this time? I was not too tired, since I hadn't been running and it was near the beginning of the course on day 1. And later in the course, I was able to read the map just fine and identify all the features.
So, what was going on this time? Is this a matter of concentration? Not really forcing myself to understand ALL the data available to me? Trying to force things to fit what I thought they SHOULD be? I appreciate any insight people can offer.
And I'm still looking for a way to figuratively "hit myself over the head" when I start to wander. I know I'm doing it, I know I will lose 15 minutes before I do anything about it, I know I should stop, and assess the situation. So what can I do to make myself actually do what I know is best for me? I suppose I should read tips on how to stop smoking or bingeing on foods. We all know what we're supposed to do, but we don't do it. I know I'm not alone in this particular problem.
Tuesday Aug 2, 2011 #
PT 1 [0]
erg 25:00 [2]
Well, it seems like Kansas decided to try to be a desert state for the day. 111 degrees for the high, but with very low humidity. I'm not buying "but it's a dry heat". Basement training for me!
Monday Aug 1, 2011 #
Note
Start of my annual "Anything Goes August". Since I usually follow such a strict training plan, I give myself a mental break every August, and just do "whatever". The only things I will continue to do is PT every day (or as often as I remember) and O at least once a week.