Training Log Archive: maprunnerIn the 7 days ending Apr 11, 2015:
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Saturday Apr 11, 2015 #
8 AM
orienteer race 1:21:16 8.24 km (9:52 / km) +113m 9:14 / km
ahr:141 max:162
Ft Leavenworth Duathlon, trek portion
My first official "adventure race". Beautiful day, 10 at the start and warming up. Only three solos and one family started the duathlon (others did just the O portion). Mike andI had prepared the night before.They post the maps online in advance, so, instead of using the USGS, I copied the markers onto the in-progress O map. I didn't do such a good job of it, which made it hard during the event. (Trek markers were 1-14; bike markers were 20 plus. You could not punch bike during the trek and vice versa)
It was also hard to find some markers, due to the vague desriptions:
Mike and I started on the trek portion at the same time and I was surprised to see him several times during the race. We were both having trouble finding some markers. I never found 5, because I had drawn it in the wrong place (and "tree near creek" was difficult to locate). I didn't try to find 11, since I was tired after bashing through the woods to 12. Took a long time to realize that 8 was actually IN the tunnel (more like a culvert, even I had to bend over). And I never thought to look on the other side of the railroad tracks for 10 (they wouldn't make us cross active railroad tracks, or so I thought).
Here's my track on the O map that I used during the race:
And here's my track on the 30 yo USGS map, which I did NOT carry with me (they had a master map that one could copy, but I chose not to do that. Would have helped with 5 and 11.)
My first official "adventure race". Beautiful day, 10 at the start and warming up. Only three solos and one family started the duathlon (others did just the O portion). Mike andI had prepared the night before.They post the maps online in advance, so, instead of using the USGS, I copied the markers onto the in-progress O map. I didn't do such a good job of it, which made it hard during the event. (Trek markers were 1-14; bike markers were 20 plus. You could not punch bike during the trek and vice versa)
It was also hard to find some markers, due to the vague desriptions:
Mike and I started on the trek portion at the same time and I was surprised to see him several times during the race. We were both having trouble finding some markers. I never found 5, because I had drawn it in the wrong place (and "tree near creek" was difficult to locate). I didn't try to find 11, since I was tired after bashing through the woods to 12. Took a long time to realize that 8 was actually IN the tunnel (more like a culvert, even I had to bend over). And I never thought to look on the other side of the railroad tracks for 10 (they wouldn't make us cross active railroad tracks, or so I thought).
Here's my track on the O map that I used during the race:
And here's my track on the 30 yo USGS map, which I did NOT carry with me (they had a master map that one could copy, but I chose not to do that. Would have helped with 5 and 11.)
10 AM
orienteer (bike) 1:08:11 11.72 km (5:49 / km) +88m 5:36 / km
ahr:121 max:144
Ft Leavenworth Duathlon, bike portion.
My very first bike O! They had nicely set a course that used roads, sidewalks, bike paths and short stretches of gravel. Which was perfect for my old lady bike.
Mike had warned me about how outdated the USGS map was in the SW portion of the map (he had used this map in a previous race) so I used a Google street map instead. Once again, I copied from the online master map, and did the best I could.
I was tired after the trek portion, plus I'm not a great bike rider, so I took it slow. Mike suggested that I not navigate at first, just ride. (edit: not navigate while riding). I had a hard time following that advice. I'm so used to reading the map and keeping it oriented, and I was trying to read the map as I rode. Which was not a good idea, as I narrowly missed cracks, curbs, loose sand, etc throughout the race. Good thing there is very little traffic on the post. I am so used to thinking only about the map and not my locomotion. It was very hard to switch to just thinking about the bike. I suppose it was similar to a newbie trying to run through the woods, and dodge logs, rocks, etc.
I got more comfortable with the combined riding and navigating as the hour wore on, but I never got used to searching for marker on a "tree". Number 30 was particularly hard to see, and I had to back track and scour the woods along the trail to finally find it.
I was out for an hour, and only hit the southern portion of the map, so I didn't get most of the controls. But this was a fun intro to bike o.
Here is my track on the Google map that I used
And here is my track on the USGS
So now I've done foot, ski, bike, trail and canoe O. I even did micro-O during it's 15 minutes of fame. I think the only type of O that I have left to try is some kind of indoor O (such as a museum, or that bazaar in Turkey). Wonder if we can map something around here?
My very first bike O! They had nicely set a course that used roads, sidewalks, bike paths and short stretches of gravel. Which was perfect for my old lady bike.
Mike had warned me about how outdated the USGS map was in the SW portion of the map (he had used this map in a previous race) so I used a Google street map instead. Once again, I copied from the online master map, and did the best I could.
I was tired after the trek portion, plus I'm not a great bike rider, so I took it slow. Mike suggested that I not navigate at first, just ride. (edit: not navigate while riding). I had a hard time following that advice. I'm so used to reading the map and keeping it oriented, and I was trying to read the map as I rode. Which was not a good idea, as I narrowly missed cracks, curbs, loose sand, etc throughout the race. Good thing there is very little traffic on the post. I am so used to thinking only about the map and not my locomotion. It was very hard to switch to just thinking about the bike. I suppose it was similar to a newbie trying to run through the woods, and dodge logs, rocks, etc.
I got more comfortable with the combined riding and navigating as the hour wore on, but I never got used to searching for marker on a "tree". Number 30 was particularly hard to see, and I had to back track and scour the woods along the trail to finally find it.
I was out for an hour, and only hit the southern portion of the map, so I didn't get most of the controls. But this was a fun intro to bike o.
Here is my track on the Google map that I used
And here is my track on the USGS
So now I've done foot, ski, bike, trail and canoe O. I even did micro-O during it's 15 minutes of fame. I think the only type of O that I have left to try is some kind of indoor O (such as a museum, or that bazaar in Turkey). Wonder if we can map something around here?
Friday Apr 10, 2015 #
PT 1 [0]
stretch 1 [0]
sprint drills 30:00 [1]
TGIF
Thursday Apr 9, 2015 #
PT 1 [0]
stretch 1 [0]
yoga 45:00 [1]
Learned more poses today. Couldn't hold the Fish because it hurt my neck.
Wednesday Apr 8, 2015 #
PT 1 [0]
weights 30:00 [3]
Tuesday Apr 7, 2015 #
PT 1 [0]
stretch 1 [0]
sprint drills (stretch) 10:00 [1]
sprint drills (jog/walk/run) 40:00 [2]
Walked out of work and was hit with a wall of.....warmth! Wow, 29C! Finally, shorts weather. Which also meant it was time to dust off the sprint drills. Walked/jogged over to Holcom, then entertained the softball moms with my funny drills. Also chatted with a few guys who were setting up for cricket practice.
Monday Apr 6, 2015 #
Note
Walked around IKEA with Sandy, then helped lift, load and unload some boxes. It was really fun to witness someone's first IKEA trip :)
Sunday Apr 5, 2015 #
10 AM
PT 1 [0]
orienteer 56:56 4.33 km (13:09 / km) +98m 11:49 / km
ahr:137 max:181
One last chance to run in the woods. It was 10 and overcast. Woods were still pretty open in most places, but sunny areas were starting to green out.
Pulled an old training course of Mike's. I tried running but I just had no mojo today. One big mistake when I wasn't paying attention to the trails. And then I looked at my watch and had to cut the course short in order to meet Mike on time.
route
Pulled an old training course of Mike's. I tried running but I just had no mojo today. One big mistake when I wasn't paying attention to the trails. And then I looked at my watch and had to cut the course short in order to meet Mike on time.
route