Training Log Archive: maprunner

Weight = 0.933 M

Slow jog on the trails at SMP after work.

Just a few minutes on the hotel treadmill--this was as long as I could stand.

What's wrong with this picture? Mike is on a business trip to San Jose CA, and I'm on a business trip to Ft. Dodge IA. He flew, I drove. I need to be more selective in choosing my next job...

I've seen alot of Missouri in the last few days. The first drive, back from St Louis, went very quickly, thanks to Sharon's entertaining company. Today I was on my own, and there was not much entertaining going on. The corn has just sprouted, for those who are interested. There is a tourist center for the bridges of Madison county (also the birthplace of John Wayne), for those who are interested. Can you tell it was an exciting trip????

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Team Trials at Hawn. I was by myself today, which meant it was harder to push myself to keep jogging. Plus, this was the third day in a row of competition, which is pretty tough on my body right now.

Navigation was OK; one bobble on #3; one big, ten-minute mistake on #6. I stopped concentrating along the way, thought I had relocated on a fence, wandered a bit along the stream to the east, finally relocated, found the control and moved on. Bummer to have had that first mental lapse, but I managed to admit I had to relocate, and was able to put the mistake out of my mind to finish the course cleanly (although slowly).

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the weekend. I can see some improvement in my speed through the woods, and my fitness. Still need to work on the map reading, as always. But three decent days in a row; I'll take that.

Great weekend all around, in terms of courses, weather, company. One glaring exception: no Lisa. Otherwise, I couldn't have asked for anything more.

Green - Splits