Training Log Archive: maprunnerIn the 7 days ending Oct 31, 2009:
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Saturday Oct 31, 2009 #
orienteer 1:03:00 [3] *** 3.8 km (16:35 / km)
10c
Local meet at Blue Springs, orange course. Crappy woods, beautiful weather, nice company.
Not a very good day in the woods. I should know, whenever my overwhelming feeling on the way to the meet is "I want to take a nap", it's not going to be a good day. Meet workers were surprised that I was doing Orange. But I'm terribly out of shape. And, as discussed elsewhere, I often use local meets as practice, rather than competition. I don't always have a plan (for the perfect practice) but I usually practice some skill along the way. Today, after I messed up the first control, and was tripping over my feet as I plodded through the long grass towards 2, I decided to practice how to recover during a bad run. "Suppose this was an A meet: what would you do ?" Slowed down, looked at the map much more often, didn't fight my compass when I didn't believe what it was telling me. Helped get me through the course, slowly, with fewer mistakes. And made me want to finish the course, instead of cutting it short, as I had been tempted to do.
Quickroute
Wednesday Oct 28, 2009 #
erg 30:00 [2]
Note
Since Valerie is willing to bare all, so must I.
Here is my day one US Champs mess. On the way to 1, I was convinced that the contour lines before the control were _down_, so I stopped when I hit the hill. (I know, totally dumb.) Finally figured it out when I crossed by marker 8. The long error at number 7 was just brain dead about where I was when I climbed the hill.
Day two was a lot better.
I forgot to charge my FR, so I ran out of battery around my mistake at 10. After I found 10, I was clean to the finish (including the infamous 12, which I saw as a depression)
Sunday Oct 25, 2009 #
walk warm up/down 20:00 [1]
orienteer race 1:35:34 [4] *** 5.4 km (17:42 / km)
13c
Day two in WI went much better. I was moving slower since my legs were so tired. But I kept better contact with the map. And I remembered my strategy for those times when things didn't make sense: stop and count to ten. Allows my brain to get some oxygen.
One lapse on a parrallel trail cost me about 5 minutes. Some small bobbles along the way but pretty minor. I was pleased.
Many thanks to BDG for a great event. I especially loved Saturday's course. It was the best I've seen in while. Also had a great time visiting with so many friends.
One lapse on a parrallel trail cost me about 5 minutes. Some small bobbles along the way but pretty minor. I was pleased.
Many thanks to BDG for a great event. I especially loved Saturday's course. It was the best I've seen in while. Also had a great time visiting with so many friends.