Training Log Archive: maprunner

Maybe practice makes perfect? or maybe a slow pace is all that I needed. Another beautiful day (58 degrees) another day in the woods. Much better navigation today, and I kept up a steady pace, which was one of my goals. I kept it slow because I'm fighting off a cold. tried to stay in the woods, on a straight line, where possible. Sometimes I aimed off to the trail on purpose, sometimes I just missed. Skipped 13 because I was ready to head in. Forgot that there was a big field of very tall grass near the finish, so I had to back track. Finished with some jogging, to test the cadence and foot speed on my 620. route

Mike was following me live again. Do you want to see this feature? I'm offering to let folks follow my live track during our New Year's event (see promo here.) I'll be starting around 1:00 pm central time. Just send me an email address, and I'll send you the live link just before I start. I'll also ask Mike to send you the course map in advance. This should be a fun experiment.

Just had to get outside today: it was 55 degrees! And I'm so close to hitting my goal of 85 hours of orienteering this year, so I headed out to Clinton. Most of the snow is gone, but I still took it slow and tried to concentrate. Practiced go down hills on a diagonal, or up and over to a location. Was confused by all the new trails around 6, and totally screwed up 8 (parallel error). disappointed that it took me so long to figure out what I had done wrong there....

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Christmas day traditions continue. Another orienteering outing, but this year I resumed the tradition (unexpectedly) of getting new O gear for Christmas. Mike surprised me with a Garmin 620 (which is way more than our usual Christmas budget). But man, is it cool. Mike was able to follow my live track(and meet me in the woods at one point) and I uploaded the track, via my phone, before we even got home. Plus it has all sorts of other neat functions, like cadence and time your foot is on the ground. Don't know what I''ll do with the data. For now, it's just nice that I can collect it.

Mike drew me a short course on the Rockhaven map. I tried to follow it as a quasi-line o, and again, no compass. Totally messed up 4 and 5. Need to really be careful about how high/low I am on a hill.

A fantastic day in the woods, looking at tracks. We were the first humans out since it snowed. Saw coyote tracks, and lots of deer, tracks of course. If I was a hunter, I would take advantage of days like this to figure out where the deer like to walk.

Then off to Mom and Ron's for the big Christmas gift exchange, and another delicious dinner.

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C • Nice! 6

A long day. started at 5 am when the kids woke up and wanted to be entertained. Included hosting Vivian's 5th birthday party for 12 folks in the morning, followed by a much needed nap. Finally made it out to the woods for some training, before heading to Mom and Ron's for a traditional Norwegian meal cooked by Annette.

We went to Rockcrusher, and I decided to do some more of the Line O I had started last month. Since I was wearing my heavy mittens, I tried to do this training without my compass (I wear a thumb compass). Hills were slippery with the mushy snow, so I just walked.

Started off fairly well, but I had a problem staying on the line as I went down and up hill between 10 and 11. I figured it out as I got to "11" the first time,and went across the hill to where I was supposed to be.

I have no idea why I went so far down hill on the way to 13. Cut it short to meet Mike back at the car.

Beautiful quiet day in the woods, with only animal tracks (for the most part).
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Exercised at various times during the morning, between cleaning up the house and getting ready to host our niece and nephew for the night. Should be lots of fun!

Woo hoo, just enough fresh snow to go skiing. So I wandered around Holcom park for a while.

Then Mike and I went out to Clinton for some orienteering practice. I took it slow since the snow was fluffy and slippery. But so beautiful, to see the snow on the tees, and quiet, with only animal tracks on the trails.