Training Log Archive: maprunner

A short outing around Holcom to move my legs and rest my mind. Crazy day. We are getting two bathrooms remodeled. I met with the contractor this morning to review all the tile layouts. They key item was a band of cobalt blue/light blue mixed tile, that would be an accent in the master shower. We picked it out over a year ago. When we opened the box, it was mostly light blue with some hints of cobalt. Not at all the impact tile I wanted.

Mean while, I was late for work, so I told the contractor I would decide later and rushed out the door. When I got to work, I discovered that I had left my computer at home! Agh, had to rush around work finding another computer, since I was running a teleconference in a few minutes. Got through my morning meetings, then rushed around to several tile stores with no luck. Also stopped at Home Depot to pick up the last few items which we needed

Back at work, get a text saying the electrician is coming a day earlier, do I have the fan? (which I had just bought). Rushed home to deliver the fan. Turns out the electrician was just checking things out, no work was being done today. Grrr.

Started looking online for tiles, found some that I like, but it cost $200 to ship them overnight. Then read the fine print, the overnight shipping is only after the 1-5 days prep time. Ugh. Guess we are not going to lay the tile on Thursday as scheduled.

Finally saw the same tile on Amazon, not Prime, had to pay a bit for shipping, but less than $200 and it will be here early next week. I'm willing to wait a bit to get the shower I wanted.

So, then I had time for a run, which was sorely needed and felt good. And next we are going to the KU basketball game, which is a rarity (my former boss has season tickets and couldn't go tonight).

C • Remodeling 3

PTOC score event at SMP. Temps around 3C, and light rain. Kept the attendance low, limited to a few die-hards.

I didn't think I would have time to get them all, so left a few to try to get at the end. I had forgotten my Garmin, so I hand-drew my route in the old school way.

I got tired near the end, but I kept pushing, reminding myself that I have three days in Georgia coming up and this was good practice. I had a pretty clean race, thankfully. One minor bobble following a wrong trail for a few meters. Also, had to adjust to a few (slightly) misplaced controls.

http://sprintseries.org/doma/show_map.php?user=map...

C • See you in GA! 2

Rockhaven local event, which had been rescheduled from the frigid Jan 1 original date.
Worked registration, gave some beginner's briefings then quickly changed before the mass start. I had decided beforehand that I would stop at one hour, so when I saw where I was at 30 minutes, I decide to skip a few controls.
Mostly OK, but I was trying to concentrate well and not make mistakes. Twice I was distracted and missed a minor trail junction and ended up on the wrong trail. The good news is that I noticed it fairly quickly, and corrected. But still, shouldn't have made these mistakes at all.
http://sprintseries.org/doma/show_map.php?user=map...

Then I drove to the Overlook and met up with 5 other women for a special "orienteering for women" training. My goal is to increase the number of women attending local events. I solicited advice, and several folks recommended women-only training, so I decided to try it. We have three sessions scheduled, today was the first.

It was a lot of fun, and well received. We had 2 complete newbies, and three semi-experienced orienteers who want to get better. We talked about the map, contours and compasses for a bit, then went on a map hike to a few locations. A good day.

C • orienteering for women 2